INDIA
BJP-led NDA leading in Assam
According to the Election Commission's initial trends of the results, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party is leading on 27 seats while its ally Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) on six seats and United People's Party Liberal (UPPL) on six. The Congress has established initial leads only on five seats while its partners Bodoland Peoples Front on two seats and All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) on one seat.
Early trends show TMC edge over BJP in Bengal
The 2021 assembly election has been a major test for the ruling Trinamool Congress as the saffron brigade had put in all its might to make its footmark for the first time in West Bengal. But if early trends are taken as an indication, then Mamata Banerjee seems to have an edge over her rival.
Karnataka bypolls: BJP leads in Belgaum LS seat, Cong in 1 Assembly seat
"BJP's candidate Mangala Suresh Angadi is leading in Belgaum over Congress nominee Satish Jarkiholi, while BJP candidate Sharanu Salagar is leading in Basavakalyan over Mala B Narayanrao of Congress," the official told IANS. In Maski (Scheduled Tribe), Basanagouda Turuvihal of Congress is leading over BJP's Pratapgouda Patil.
Police action against UP man for 'giving' oxygen cylinders to patients
The chief medical superintendent (CMS) of the hospital in the complaint to the police said Vicky was providing oxygen to many people without a Covid-19 test, in an unsafe manner, without sanitization and other medical precautions. This could lead to the spread of infection from one person to another.
India records highest Covid deaths of 3,689 in 24 hrs, 3.92L cases
It is the 11th day in a row when India recorded more than 3 lakh cases while over 3,000 casualties have been reported for the past five days. India's total tally of Covid-19 cases now stands at 1,95,57,457, the highest since the pandemic started in 2020, with 33,49,644 active cases and 2,15,542 deaths so far.
Oslo restaurateur contributes to ease Delhi's Oxygen crisis
"Oslo's lead Indian restaurant 'New Delhi' gives income from Friday sale to provide Oxygen in Delhi through Khalsa Aid. The restaurant is closed due to lockdown but takes away sales amounted to 54,000 NOK, that is Rs 482,000," he said, adding "Good work".
Powerful Indians making aggressive calls for vaccines: Adar Poonawalla
"I'm staying here (London) for an extended time because I don't want to go back to that situation. Everything falls on my shoulders, but I can't do it alone...I don't want to be in a situation where you are just trying to do your job, and just because you can't supply the needs of X, Y or Z, you really don't want to guess what they are going to do," Poonawalla told The Times.
Teacher on poll duty dies of Covid, days before her wedding
Swati Gupta, a resident of Mungra Badshahpur in the Jaunpur district, was posted in Bulandshahr. Her wedding was scheduled for April 30. She was undergoing training for the panchayat polls in Bulandshahr and reportedly contracted the infection during the training. It is learnt that Swati Gupta had even sent an application to the district election officer, requesting to be excused from election duty.
Gurugram administration ropes in private firm to manage oxygen supply
Gurugram Divisional Commissioner Rajeev Ranjan on Saturday chaired a virtual meeting with Ravinder Yadav of Vplak India and Pradeep Aggarwal, who is an AI expert. Ranjan said that presently there is no accounting of oxygen cylinders as many people are taking cylinders, the majority of which are not returned. There are reports that some people are storing these cylinders.
Ganga Ram Hospital raises alarm over dwindling oxygen stocks
The SGRH authorities said: "At 6 pm, we were left with only 2,500 cubic metres of oxygen, which will last only for five hours." The SGRH added that against the consumption of 10,000 cubic metres per day, it required a minimum of 11,000 cubic metre of oxygen in a day.
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