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23 Apr

“Not National News”: Minister On ICU Deaths Discussion At PM’s Covid Meet

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Hours after the death of 14 coronavirus patients in a fire at a hospital in Maharashtra, state health minister Rajesh Tope was asked by reporters if this matter would be raised at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting with chief ministers today. "It's not a national news," Mr Tope replied, saying the supply of oxygen, anti-viral drug Remdesivir would be discussed at the COVID-19 review meeting instead as Maharashtra battles a rapid surge in cases. With a total caseload of over 40 lakh infections, it is the worst-hit state."In today's meeting with the Prime Minister, we will talk about oxygen, Remdesivir,…

23 Apr

Railways, Air Force being deployed to reduce transportation time for oxygen tankers: PM Modi

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Amid several states flagging scarcity of medical oxygen in the COVID-19 fight, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said Railways and Air Force are being deployed to reduce the transportation time for oxygen tankers and all state government need to work together to meet requirements of life-saving gas and medicines. Chairing a high-level meeting on the COVID-19 situation with chief ministers of 11 states and Union Territories which have reported the maximum number of cases recently, Modi called for working together to fight the pandemic with collective power. He said the biggest basis of India's success during the first wave…

23 Apr

IIT Scientists predict COVID-19 pandemic in India may peak near May 15 with 35 lakh total ‘active’ cases.

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The ongoing second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in India may peak between May 11-15 with 33-35 lakh total ‘active’ cases and decline steeply by the end of May, according to a mathematical module devised by IIT scientists. On Friday, India saw a single-day rise of 3,32,730 (3.32 lakh) COVID-19 infections and 2,263 fatalities with 24,28,616 (24.28 lakh) active cases. In predicting that the active cases would go up by about 10 lakh by mid-May before sliding, scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur and Hyderabad applied the ‘Susceptible, Undetected, Tested (positive), and Removed Approach’ (SUTRA) model. The scientists also said…

23 Apr

CJI Bobde says he is leaving court with “happiness, goodwill and with very fond memories”

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Outgoing Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sharad Arvind Bobde Friday said he was leaving the Supreme Court with “happiness, goodwill and very fond memories” and the satisfaction of having done his best. Justice Bobde, who decided several key cases during his tenure including the historic Ayodhya verdict, was administered oath as the 47th CJI in November 2019 and is retiring today. He headed the Indian judiciary during the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic ensuring that the apex court kept functioning albeit via video conferencing. Attorney General K K Venugopal said the tenure of a CJI must be a minimum of three years. “In March 2020…

22 Apr

Canara Robeco Focused Equity Fund

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Canara Robeco Asset Management Company Limited launched their new fund offer (NFO), Canara Robeco Focused Equity Fund, an open-ended equity scheme, investing in maximum of 30 stocks in large cap, mid cap, and small cap companies across diversified sectors. The 15-day NFO period starts from April 23 and closes on May 7. The new scheme re-opens on May 18. Canara Robeco Focused Equity Fund has the objective of taking a concentrated exposure in not more than 30 high conviction stocks across market capitalization, and would aim for improved risk-adjusted return characteristics while yet staying diversified. The Fund Manager adopting this…

22 Apr

PM Modi announces that India and the US have decided to launch a joint clean energy initiative

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday announced that India and the United States have decided to launch a joint clean energy initiative to help other developing countries with affordable access to green finance and clean technologies. Addressing the Leaders’ Summit on Climate, attended by 40 world leaders including US President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping, PM Modi announced the “India-US climate and clean energy Agenda 2030 partnership”. “As a climate-responsible developing country, India welcomes partners to create templates of sustainable development in India. These can also help other developing countries, who need affordable access to green finance and clean technologies,”…

22 Apr

The Supreme Court on Thursday terms the Covid-19 situation as almost a “national emergency”

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The Supreme Court Thursday termed the Covid-19 situation as almost a “national emergency” while agreeing to hear Vedanta’s plea for opening of its Sterlite copper unit at Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu on the ground that it would produce thousand tonnes of oxygen and give it free of cost to treat patients. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde was unimpressed with the objection of Tamil Nadu government which initially sought hearing of Vedanta’s plea on Monday and opposed its opening on various grounds including that it has been rejected by the apex court earlier. “We understand all this. We will ensure compliance…

22 Apr

PM Narendra Modi cancels West Bengal visit, to chair COVID-19 review meetings on April 23

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi today cancelled his visit to Bengal on Friday to campaign for the ongoing state election citing meetings to review the Covid situation in the country. Home Minister Amit Shah also cut short his campaign today, cancelling two of his three Bengal meetings to return to Delhi for a Covid meeting. According to the BJP, all its top leaders have called off the rest of their campaign."Tomorrow, will be chairing high-level meetings to review the prevailing COVID-19 situation. Due to that, I would not be going to West Bengal," PM Modi tweeted, effectively ending his campaign in…

22 Apr

India posts daily rise of over 300,000 COVID-19 cases, record death toll

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Swept by a brutal second Covid wave, India saw a record spike in infections with 3.14 lakh new cases, the world's biggest-ever daily surge, taking the caseload to 1.59 crore. In another grim record, 2,104 Covid deaths were recorded since yesterday. Amid the oxygen crisis in the national capital, the Delhi High Court came down strongly on the Centre on Wednesday, saying it seemed that “human lives are not that important.. for the state”. “Beg, borrow or steal. It is a national emergency,” the judges said. The court’s observations come as several private hospitals reached out to the Delhi government…

22 Apr

Delhi Congress leader AK Walia dies of Covid

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Senior Congress leader and former Delhi minister Dr AK Walia passed away on Thursday due to COVID-19. Walia, 72, breathed his last at the Apollo Hospital in Delhi. Walia was elected to the Delhi Legislative Assembly four times between 1993 and 2013. He had served as a Cabinet minister (Health, Urban Development, and Land and Building) in the Sheila Dikshit government in Delhi. Walia, who also had a clinic in Laxmi Nagar, contested polls from East Delhi’s Geeta Colony for the first time in 1993. After delimitation, he contested from Laxmi Nagar. He quit the Congress briefly in 2017, after…