NEW DELHI — The world’s fastest pace of spreading infections and the highest daily increase in coronavirus cases are pushing India further into a deepening and deadly health care crisis. India is massive — it’s the world’s second-most populous country with nearly 1.4 billion people — and its […]
Some hospitals in the Indian capital of New Delhi have run out of oxygen, putting lives at risk, the city’s deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said on Thursday, as the city was in the grip of surging coronavirus infections. “After some time, saving lives would be difficult,” Sisodia […]
India recorded the world’s highest daily tally of 314,835 new COVID-19 infections on Thursday as a second wave of the pandemic raised new fears about the ability of crumbling health services to cope. Health officials across northern and western India including the capital, New Delhi, said they were in crisis, […]
New Delhi, Apr 22: The Delhi government is making efforts to airlift its enhanced quota of oxygen supply from Odisha, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday, as several city hospitals reported shortage of oxygen amid rising cases of coronavirus. Kejriwal thanked the Centre and the high court for […]
Leh, April 22: The Union territory of Ladakh has reported 183 new cases of coronavirus, taking the virus tally to 12739, officials said. Ladakh had recorded a total of 134 COVID-related deaths till now, they said. While 171 cases were reported from Leh, 12 positive cases were received […]
Ashok Nagar/Kolkata (WB), Apr 22: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday dismissed allegations by Trinamool Congress that two of their activists were injured in firing by central forces in Ashok Nagar assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district, an official said. TMC activists had alleged two party […]
The Indian government plans to increase supplies of medical oxygen in coming days, Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said on Wednesday, as a nationwide surge in coronavirus cases soaks up supplies. The government was also evaluating applications from suppliers overseas for oxygen imports, Bhushan told a news conference, adding […]
As Sushil Kumar Srivastava’s breathlessness worsened, his family bundled the 70-year-old into a car and drove him to a hospital in the capital of India’s northern Uttar Pradesh state, where he tested positive for the coronavirus. After the private hospital turned the retired government official away because it […]
At least 22 patients died on Wednesday in a hospital in western India after a disruption to their oxygen supply caused by a leaking tank, the health minister said, as a nationwide surge in coronavirus cases soaks up supplies of the gas. The incident in the city of […]
New Delhi, Apr 21: A basketball coach has been arrested for allegedly molesting his minor student in south Delhi’s Hauz Khas area, police said on Wednesday. On April 10, the 17-year-old girl, along with her parents, filed a complaint at the Hauz Khas Police Station. She alleged that […]
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