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SC: Smooth oxygen supply was intent, never stalled Covid hearing before HCs
A bench comprising Chief Justice S.A. Bobde, Justice L.N. Rao and Justice S. Ravindra Bhat said members of the Bar without even reading the order or it is released, "non-existent" intentions were being imputed. The bench queried senior advocate and president of the Supreme Court Bar Association Vikas Singh, "You have read the order. Is there any intention to transfer the case?"
People are dying, SC chides TN govt for not opening Vedanta plant
A bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde said: "When people are dying, Tamil Nadu cannot say it cannot open because of law-and-order issue. It is not about Vedanta or any other company. State government can't make such an argument."
Remdesivir shortage, doctors fear black marketing
While the government rate of the drug is Rs 600 for a vial, there are instances of the drug being priced at Rs 5,000 to Rs 13,000 in black market. The IMA, Tamil Nadu unit has already appealed to the government to strictly monitor the presence of the drug in the state and to prevent any hoarding or black marketing from taking place in the state.
Another grim record, India reports 3.32L cases and 2,263 deaths
Also, India registered over 2,000 daily deaths for the third consecutive day with the highest spike in single-day deaths of 2,263 on Friday, since the Covid-19 pandemic early last year, taking the cumulative death toll in India to 1,86,920 so far.
Maharashtra Covid hospital blaze toll climbs to 13
The conflagration was noticed around 3.15 am in the ICU ward located on the second floor of the four-storeyed Vijay Vallabh hospital at Tirupati Nagar in Virar town. Fire-fighting teams and other agencies from the Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation rushed to the spot and battled the blaze, the tentative cause of which is suspected to be a short-circuit.
Oxygen & ICU bed shortage causing deaths: Rahul Gandhi
The Country is reeling under acute oxygen shortage with critically ill patients require oxygen. Delhi is witnessing shortage of oxygen and around 25 Covid-19 patients have died in the last 24 hours in Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, the hospital authority said on Friday.
Centre requests states to vaccinate bankers, insurers on priority
The Centre has also asked the state governments and UTs to have special arrangements to vaccinate other players in the financial services segment like the employees of National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI), payment system providers/operators/vendors, cash logistic companies/cash-in-transit companies/ATM maintenance personnel, banking correspondents (BCs) and Customer Service Points (CSPs).
Who will it be in Kerala -- Chandy or Chennithala?
"Without doubt, 77 year old Chandy, the last of the pan Kerala popular political personality, on account of the way he carries himself and his vast experience, none can just discount Chennithala, who for the past five years has been doing yeoman service taking on Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan with ease," opined a media critic.
BJP MP Manoj Tiwari tests positive for Covid-19
"An earlier Covid test conducted on April 19 had returned negative. Manoj Tiwari was supposed to travel to West Bengal for campaigning in the morning, but he got himself tested for Covid again on Wednesday evening after having body ache and irritation in throat. This report has returned positive," said Neelkant Bakshi, former head of BJP media relations in Delhi.
Delhi records highest-ever Covid-19 deaths, positivity rate at 36.24
As per the report, a total of 19,609 Covid infected patients recovered in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery so far 8,51,537 in the national capital. With the latest deaths, Delhi's cumulative death toll rose to 13,193.
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