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13 million people in Afghanistan lack food as drought crisis bites: Report
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 21 (ANI): The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has said that urgent action is needed to avert a deepening crisis in Afghanistan as one-third of the country's population is surviving without adequate food due to a worsening dro
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Some hospitals left with few hours of oxygen: Kejriwal seeks Centre's help
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI): Amid complaints of oxygen scarcity in hospitals throughout the country owing to the massive spike in coronavirus infections, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday appealed to the Centre to "urgently" provide oxygen to the national capital, sayi
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COVID-19: Delhi district courts to take up only urgent matters through vir
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 19 (ANI): In view of the alarming rise in the Covid-19 cases in the national capital, the Delhi High Court on Monday ordered that all the judicial officers of the District Courts in Delhi will take up only urgent cases of their respective Courts, through videoconfere
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Delhi High Court to take up only extremely urgent matters filed in 2021
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 18 (ANI): In view of the alarming COVID-19 situation in the national capital, the Delhi High Court has ordered that all its Benches shall only take up extremely urgent matters filed in the year 2021, till its further order.
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UP CM orders procurement of 25,000 Remdesivir injections from Ahmedabad
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 14 (ANI): In view of the shortage of Remdesivir in Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday directed the state health department to acquire 25,000 injections of Remdesivir from Gujarat's Ahmedabad on an urgent basis.
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AAP MLA writes to PM Modi; urges for vaccine universalisation, vaccine nat
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 11 (ANI): Amidst the fresh surge of COVID-19 infections across the country, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Raghav Chadha wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday asking him for "urgent need for vaccine universalisation and vaccine nationalism".
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Amid spike in COVID-19 cases, AIIMS Delhi to curtail OT services from Apri
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): In the wake of the rising number of COVID-19 cases, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi on Thursday decided that only urgent procedures/surgeries will be taken up in its operation theatres from April 10.
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Delhi government to prepare action plan to check rise in COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will hold an urgent meeting on April 2 with Health Minister Satyendar Jain along with his department officials to prepare an action plan to fight the COVID-19 pandemic in the wake of an increase in cases.
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Punjab govt extends COVID-19 curbs till April 10
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], March 30 (ANI): In view of a surge in the COVID-19 cases in the state, Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday ordered the extension of curbs till April 10, while directing the health department to increase the number of vaccination sites to tar
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India urges UNSC to introspect about cost of 'actions and inactions' in Sy
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], March 30 (ANI): India has urged the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to assess the "costs of its actions and inactions" in Syria and said there is an urgent need to build consensus on the humanitarian situation and collectively work to ameliorate the sufferings of peo
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Tobacco smoke-exposed children often use emergent health services: Study
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 25 (ANI): According to a new study, tobacco smoke-exposed children utilise emergency and urgent care services more often than unexposed children, which contributes to a large toll on the nation's health care system.
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SC to hear Yamuna pollution matter on Thursday
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 22 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday said that it will hear the Yamuna pollution matter on Thursday, after hearing lawyer Shadan Farasat, appearing for Delhi Jal Board (DJB), seeking a direction for an urgent hearing in the matter, keeping in view the demand for wat
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