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Over 10,000 oxygen concentrators, 19 oxygen generation plants sent to stat
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): To combat the second wave of COVID-19, the Indian government has so far dispatched 10,796 oxygen concentrators, 12,269 oxygen cylinders, 19 oxygen generation plants, 6,497 ventilators/Bi-PAP, and about 4.2 lakhs Remdesivir vials to various states and union te
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Karnataka: Increase in distress calls for air ambulances amid COVID surge
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 14 (ANI): As India reels under the second wave of COVID-19 outbreak, there is a spurt in demand for air ambulance services.
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Mamata writes to PM Modi over PSA plants issue; alleges low quota for West
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 14 (ANI): Amid the high demand for medical oxygen in hospitals due to the second wave of COVID-19 in the country, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his attention over the lowering quota for
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Aditya Chopra diverts entire YRF 50 celebration budget to COVID aid
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 14 (ANI): In the wake of the raging second wave of COVID-19 in India, Yash Raj Films head honcho Aditya Chopra has opened up the kitchen at YRF Studios to provide cooked meals to thousands of frontline workers in Goregaon and also feed people at quarantine c
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EC postpones Legislative Councils by-polls in Andhra, Telangana till COVID
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 13 (ANI): In view of the ongoing second wave of COVID-19 pandemic in the country, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday postponed the biennial election to Legislative Councils of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana till the pandemic situation significantly imp
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Covid deaths increase in Kanpur's rural areas
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kanpur Dehat (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 12 (ANI): As India reels under the effects of the second wave of COVID-19, the situation in rural areas is even grimmer. The villagers of Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur Dehat have witnessed a massive surge in deaths claiming that all the recently deceased pe
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India received 9,284 oxygen concentrators, around 3.44 lakh Remdesivir via
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): India received 9,284 oxygen concentrators, 7,033 oxygen cylinders, 19 oxygen generation plants, 5,933 ventilators/Bi PAP, approximately 3.44 lakh Remdesivir vials delivered/dispatched through road and air, from April 27, 2021, to May 11, 2021, as global aid t
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IKEA calls organisations to increase relief support for India, donates EUR
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 12 (ANI): IKEA Foundation said on Wednesday that it has donated EUR3 million in unrestricted funding to Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), a medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid to people, to provide primary healthcare and distribute me
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Karnataka's flower business hit by second wave of Covid-19
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Shivamogga (Karnataka) [India], May 12 (ANI): Coronavirus second wave has hit the livelihood of flower sellers in Karnataka, leaving them jobless and distressed.
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COVID-19: Flights carrying medical supplies from Switzerland, Netherlands
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): As India continues to face the mounting challenge posed by second wave of COVID-19, the country on Wednesday received coronavirus-related assistance from Switzerland and the Netherlands.
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11 cases against 21 people registered under NSA in Indore for black market
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 12 (ANI): Indore has registered as many as 11 cases of black marketing of Remdesivir (anti-viral drug) injections against 21 people under the National Security Act (NSA) amid the second wave of COVID-19, police said on Tuesday.
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BJP leader held in Ratlam for 'black marketing' of oxygen flow meters, rel
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Ratlam (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 11 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh police on Monday arrested Rajesh Maheshwari, a BJP leader and the manager of Maheshwari Medical Agency, in connection with "black marketing of oxygen flow meters" amid the second wave of COVID-19 in the state. He was later release
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