INDIA
Global road safety body writes to Nitin Gadkari to identify 'blackspots' on India's roads
"The blackspots / grey spots removal from the road network definitely makes for a distinct and measurable difference in the road safety outcome in the states as measured through their accident/crash data records. However, the present ongoing blackspot programme delivered till date is without any appropriate scientific guidelines for investigation and rectification.
Survival is tough: SC asks govt to consider harsh realities of migrants with no money, job
A bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan and M.R. Shah said it is inclined to pass directions to NCR states to have community kitchens and to facilitate transportation of migrant workers who are willing to return to their native places amid the ongoing second wave of COVID-19 pandemic.
Lack of use, maintenance, leading to glitches in 'Make in India' ventilators
BEL has informed that bulk of the ventilators at GGS Medical College Hospital (GGSMCH) are not faulty, the Ministry said. "Their engineers have visited the Medical College on different occasions in the past to address the complaints received and carried out minor repairs required promptly.
Delhi urges Centre to supply surplus O2 from it's quota to other state
As Delhi has witnessed a sharp decline in daily Covid positive cases its hospitals in the last few days, the capital's daily demand for oxygen has also reduced. "During the peak period, we were getting regular SOS calls from the hospitals. Now, we receive hardly one or two SOS calls daily which are fulfilled without any delay.
Sterlite sends first load of Oxygen to Tirunelveli hospital
Thoothukudi Contractors association president, S. Thiagarajan while speaking to IANS said, "It is a really happy moment and around 200 contract workers are engaged in the work along with the staff of the plant and our efforts are fructified as we could provide oxygen to the needy and to government Medical college, Tirunelveli from this plant."
Modi to release 8th instalment of Rs 19,000 cr for PM-KISAN scheme on Friday
The Prime Minister will release the instalment through video conferencing at 11 a.m. "The instalment will enable the transfer of more than Rs 19,000 crore to more than 9.5 crore beneficiary farmer families," said a statement issued from the Prime Minister's Office. The Prime Minister will also interact with farmer beneficiaries during the event. The Union Agriculture Minister will also be present on the occasion.
DCGI allows Phase II-III clinical trial of Covaxin on 2 to 18-years-old
the DCGI accepted the recommendation of Subject Expert Committee (SEC). The national drug regulator of the country on Wednesday gave the approval to conduct the clinical trial in the age group of youngest age group till now paving way for them to be saved from the deadly pandemic outbreak.
Delhi's positivity rate falls to 14%, O2 demand also down
More importantly, Delhi's daily Covid positivity rate has also come down to 14 per cent, the lowest since April 22, when the positivity rate was at its peak at 36 per cent. Meanwhile, the capital's daily oxygen demand which had gone up to 700 metric tonnes per day, now has reduced to 582 MT as number of critical Covid patients has decreased in many hospitals.
New Cambridge tracker shows India Covid cases will decline by May 23
there is substantial variation among States and Union Territories in their trajectories. Cases will continue to increase over the next two weeks in Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Puducherry, Punjab, Tamil Nadu and Tripura.
Religious, political gathering behind India's Covid resurgence: WHO
"A recent risk assessment of the situation in India conducted by WHO found that resurgence and acceleration of Covid-19 transmission in India had several potential contributing factors, including increase in the proportion of cases of SARS-CoV-2 variants with potentially increased transmissibility; several religious and political mass gathering events which increased social mixing," the global health agency said in its weekly epidemiological
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