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COVID-19 crisis: AAI airports facilitate rapid, safe delivery of vaccines,
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): The Airports Authority of India on Thursday informed that AAI Airports facilitate the rapid and safe delivery of vaccines, oxygen and essentials across the country as the country is battling with the second wave of coronavirus.
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COVID-19 crisis exacerbates the global shortage of 900,000 midwives
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India]/ New York [US], May 6 (ANI/NewsVoir): Millions of lives of women and newborns are lost, and millions more experience ill health or injury, because the needs of pregnant women and skills of midwives are not recognized or prioritized.
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Jacqueline Fernandez distributes meals in Mumbai amid Covid crisis
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 6 (ANI): Bollywood star Jacqueline Fernandez, who recently set up a foundation to create and share stories of kindness, on Thursday visited an NGO in Mumbai that provides food to those in need. There she helped prepare and distribute meals to people.
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Acute food insecurity soars to five-year high: UN report
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Brussels/Rome, May 6 (ANI): The number of people facing acute food insecurity and needing urgent life and livelihood-saving assistance has hit a five-year high in 2020 in countries beset by food crises, an annual report launched by the Global Network Against Food Crises (GNAFC) has found.
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'Oxygen produced in Karnataka should be reserved for our state': Former CM
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 6 (ANI): Former Karnataka Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah on Wednesday said that the oxygen produced in the state should be reserved for the state only, amid the acute oxygen crisis faced by the country due to the rampant surge in co
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COVID-19: Bihar govt cancels leaves of all police officials
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], May 6 (ANI): Bihar government on Thursday suspended leaves of all police officials and employees in view of the COVID crisis.
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Hope major water shortage doesn't arise in Delhi amid COVID-19 crisis, say
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): Delhi Jal Board (DJB) vice-chairman Raghav Chadha has reiterated his concerns for reduced water levels of Yamuna river which might affect the COVID hospitals in the national capital and said that they have approached the Supreme Court to intervene in this m
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COVID-19: British Airways sends vital oxygen supplies to India
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): British Airways has flown a specially chartered aircraft loaded with emergency aid to Delhi to support India's battle against COVID-19.
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COVID-19: Oxygen shortage creates panic at AIIMS Rishikesh, dozens of pati
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], May 6 (ANI): Due to the increasing number of COVID-19 patients and shortage of oxygen, lives of several coronavirus patients admitted at AIIMS Rishikesh was saved on Tuesday night by shifting them to another ward and oxygen was arranged from BHEL Haridwar.
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Karnataka HC tells Centre to increase daily oxygen supply of state
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 6 (ANI): The Karnataka High Court has directed the Centre to immediately increase the cap on allocation of liquid medical oxygen (LMO) to the state of Karnataka to 1200 MT per day amid the COVID-19 crisis.
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Monumental moment in fight against COVID-19, says WHO chief after US annou
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 6 (ANI): Lauding the United States for extending support to waiving patent protections for COVID-19 vaccines amid the global health crisis, Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus termed the Biden administration's decision
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Delhi Police holds meeting with stakeholders on ensuring safety of orphane
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): In wake of reports of children getting orphaned and helpless after the death of their parents in the current Covid crisis, the Delhi Police Special Police Unit of Women and Children on Wednesday held a web meeting with all the stakeholders on issues pertaining
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