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12 May

Bharat Biotech has refused to supply doses to Delhi “under government instructions”

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Covaxin maker Bharat Biotech has refused to supply doses to Delhi "under instructions" from the central government, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia alleged today, accusing the Centre of controlling the supply of Covid shots and of "vaccine mismanagement". The company said it was "disheartening" that some states were complaining about its intentions. Bharat Biotech has said it will not be able to supply vaccines to the capital citing directives of the government and limited availability, Mr Sisodia said at a digital press meet. "The Covaxin manufacturer has, in a letter, said it cannot provide Delhi government vaccines due to unavailability,…

12 May

Hamas rockets target Tel Aviv after Israeli strikes flatten Gaza tower

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Hostilities between Israel and Hamas escalated overnight, with 35 Palestinians killed in Gaza and three in Israel in the most intensive aerial exchanges in years. Israel carried out hundreds of air strikes in Gaza into the early hours of Wednesday, as the Islamist group and other Palestinian militant groups fired multiple rocket barrages at Tel Aviv and Beersheba. “This is just the beginning" of Israel’s strikes, Minister Benny Gantz warned. Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh vowed that “if Israel wants to escalate, we are ready for it." The UN envoy for Middle East Peace, Tor Wennesland, warned that Israel and Hamas…

12 May

RAJESH TOPE: MAHARASHTRA MAY HAVE OVER 2,000 CASES OF MUCORMYCOSIS

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The Maharashtra government has decided to use hospitals attached to medical colleges as treatment centres for Mucormycosis, a serious but rare fungal infection now affecting coronavirus patients, said health minister Rajesh Tope on Tuesday. Symptoms of Mucormycosis, also known as black fungus, include headache, fever, pain under the eyes, nasal or sinus congestion and partial loss of vision. He said, "There could be over 2,000 Mucormycosis patients in the state as of now and with more and more COVID- 19 cases coming up, their number would increase for sure." The state government has decided to select hospitals attached to medical…

11 May

Three safe homes for Covid patients to come up in Salt Lake and Rajarhat

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Three safe homes for Covid patients are being set up by the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation in Salt Lake, Kaikhali and Bablatala in Rajarhat.The safe home in Salt Lake will be housed in the civic body-run Matri Sadan Hospital in EE Block, which also has a vaccination centre. “The hospital has a piped oxygen supply network. At least 50 beds have been earmarked for Covid-19 patients for the time being,” an official of the corporation’s health department said. The safe house in Kaikhali is being set up in a building adjacent to the Haj House, on VIP Road, where a satellite…

11 May

Sachin Waze Accused In Ambani Security Scare Case

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Sachin Waze, the suspended police officer under investigation over his alleged role in planting explosives outside industrialist Mukesh Ambani's Mumbai house, has been permanently sacked. The office of the Mumbai Police Commissioner issued the order for Waze's dismissal from service citing constitutional provisions. "API Sachin Hindurao Waze has been dismissed from police service. Order has been issued today under Provision of 311(2)(B) Constitution of India by Commissioner of Police, Greater Mumbai," police said. The National Investigation Agency that has been investigating the recovery of scores of gelatine sticks (explosives) inside an abandoned car near Mr Ambani's multi-storey house in Mumbai,…

11 May

Salman Khan’s sister Arpita Khan Sharma had tested Covid positive in April, reveals ‘I have fully recovered’

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Bollywood superstar Salman khan's sister Arpita Khan Sharma revealed that she had tested positive for Covid19 in April this year. She took to her Instagram to inform her followers about the same and said that she was asymptomatic. Soon after Salman khan made the news public at the press conference of his upcoming film Radhe: Your Most wanted Bhai, Arpita shared the same on social media. Arpita wrote, "I tested positive for COVID-19 in the beginning of the month of April 2021, however, I was asymptomatic. I followed all the guidelines and protocols and thankfully with the grace of God…

11 May

26 Covid Patients Die At Goa Hospital, Health Minister Seeks Court Probe

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Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane today said 26 COVID-19 patients died at the state-run Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) in the early hours and sought an investigation by the High Court to find out the exact cause.He said these fatalities occurred between 2 am and 6 am "which is a fact", but remained evasive about the cause. Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, who visited the Goa Medical College and Hospital, said the gap between the "availability of medical oxygen and its supply to COVID-19 wards in the GMCH might have caused some issues for the patients" even as he…

11 May

In Uttar Pradesh Human corpses float, piles up at Ganga bank

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On Tuesday some unidentified dead bodies of some patients were washed up on banks of Ganga in Bihar's Buxar, found floating in the Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh. Ghazipur's District Magistrate MP Singh has said that Our officers are present on the spot to investigate that where they came from. The local people of Ghazipur is in the trauma that the corpses of the patients found floating on the banks of Ganga ,spreading of diseases in the area. The incident of floating and piling up of corpses in Bihar sparked fears about the scale of the COVID-19 crisis in the…

11 May

National Technology Day

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National Technology Day is celebrated on May 11 every year, inorder to honour the achievements of engineers and scientists in the field of technology and science. This day is a reminder of the country's technological advancements. It was first observed on May 11, 1999, and its aim is to commemorate the scientific and technological achievements of Indian scientists and engineers. . National Technology Day holds great importance because on this particular day in 1998, India achieved multiple technological progressions. Every year since 1999, the Technology Development Board (TDB) remembers the day by honouring technological innovations. For this day every year…

10 May

Activist Natasha Narwal Gets Interim Bail After Father Dies Of Covid

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Pinjra Tod activist Natasha Narwal, who is currently in jail, was granted interim bail on Monday after her father died of Covid-19 on Sunday. A Division Bench of Delhi High Court comprising of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Anup J Bhambhani noted that there is nobody else in the family to perform the cremation and last rites and that her father’s body is waiting in the hospital to be accepted, LiveLaw reported. Natasha was arrested in May last year for allegedly being part of a premeditated conspiracy in the northeast Delhi riots in February that year. She has been booked under…