INDIA
Centre working on fortnightly schedule to streamline vaccination: PM Modi
Interacting over video conference with these DMs across eight States with Chief Ministers of these regions, the Prime Minister told them, Union Health Ministry is continuously streamlining the arrangements and procedures regarding vaccination to larger strategy. The next round of interactions will be with District Magistrates of 54 districts across 10 States, on May 20.
Navneet Kalra brought to Khan Chacha for questioning
It was from the Khan Chacha restaurant where Delhi Police had seized 96 oxygen concentrators on May 7.According to police sources, the police will question him about the hoarding of oxygen concentrators at his Khan Chacha, and Town Hall restaurants in Khan market and Nega & Ju restaurant and bar in Lodhi garden's central market.
Cyclone Tautkae brings record May rains, mayhem in Mumbai
The country's commercial capital also experienced its closest brush with a mega-cyclonic storm in the past 73 years, and the third most severe cyclone impact in the past 3 three years in a row after Cyclone Nisarga hit Maharashtra coast in 2020 and Cyclone Vayu had moved away parallel to the west coast in 2019.
Madan Mitra, Sovon Chatterjee admitted to SSKM
On Monday night the leaders were sent to Presidency Jail from the CBI regional office at Nizam Palace but early Tuesday, Mitra and Chatterjee, complained of breathlessness and they were rushed to SSKM hospital where they were examined and were admitted in the Woodburn ward of the hospital. Presently both the leaders are on oxygen support.
Ayodhya: Nine 'Shilas' installed at foundation of Ram temple
Special prayers, accompanied by Vedic chants, were held at the Ram Janambhoomi site before the installation of the nine shilas. All the nine shilas - named Nanda, Ajita, Aparajita, Bhadra, Rikta, Jaya, Shukla, Poorna and Saubhagyani were installed. After this, koorma or silver turtle, nag, nagin, navaratna-studded lotus flower, clusters made of roots of Bakul tree and silver vase were also installed.
Mamata wants change of governor, writes to PM, President
The letter comes immediately after the CBI arrested four Trinamool leaders, including two ministers, a former minister and a former Mayor in the Narada scam, on Monday. Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar has been on an unusual offensive against the Mamata government after the ruling Trinamool Congress won a landslide in this summer's assembly polls.
Cyclone Tauktae: Navy rescues 146 people from barge near Bombay High
The first lot of 60 personnel was rescued around 11 p.m. on Monday jointly by INS Kochi and OSV Energy Star in extremely challenging conditions in the Arabian Sea, around 175 km off Mumbai, which fell directly in the path of the Cyclone Tauktae which made landfall in Gujarat late Monday night.
Rahul Gandhi hopes Modi 'system' will wake up for kids' sake
"In the time to come, children will need protection from Corona. Paediatric services and vaccine-treatment protocol should already be in place. India's future needs for the present Modi asystem' to be shaken out of sleep," Gandhi tweeted. His remarks came after several countries started approving a Covid-19 vaccine for use in children aged 12-15 years.
Plasma therapy dropped from Covid-19 treatment protocol in India
The move came after an expert group discovered that the plasma therapy was largely ineffective in reducing the progression of coronavirus to severe disease or deaths. Plasma therapy was being profoundly used across India. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has revised the clinical guidelines for COVID-19 which does not mention the usage of plasma therapy.
Medical infrastructure in UP villages at God's mercy: Allahabad HC
"If this is the state of affairs of a medical college in a city like Meerut, then the healthcare system of the state, particularly in towns and villages can be likened to the famous Hindi saying - 'Ram Bharose'," the court observed on Monday, adding it was a case of "high degree carelessness".
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