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At least 624 doctors died in the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic across the country, with the national capital losing the most. According to the latest report of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), so far 109 doctors have lost their lives in Delhi alone in the second wave. The IMA’s latest data revealed that a total of 1,362 doctors have died so far since the beginning of the pandemic in 2020. In the first wave as many as 748 doctors lost their lives. Delhi is followed by Bihar where most doctors’ deaths have been recorded. A total of 96 doctors have lost their lives in Bihar, while Uttar Pradesh lost 79, Rajasthan 43, Jharkhand 39 and Andhra Pradesh 34. However, there are some states where less number of deaths were recorded, including Puducherry where one doctor died i...

On the night of May 18, 2021, Wasim Khan was “thrashed” by three policemen for calling the police helpline number 100. The incident took place in Fatehpur Beri Police Station, Delhi. Wasim had wanted the police to stop the fight in his neighbourhood when it got out of control. He had no idea that merely reporting this incident to the police as a Muslim man would lead him in trouble. He was beaten so badly that he needed surgery. As per a report published on The Wire, Khan’s uncle, Ahmed Ali, who lives in the same neighbourhood as Khan, Chandan Hulla in south Delhi’s Chhatarpur told that around 9 pm on May 17, 2021, two brothers from the area got into a fight outside his nephew’s home. The fight escalated and others from the neighbourhood got involved. The two sides threw stones at...

The district administration of Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh has urged 11 Muslim families to sign a consent letter to vacate the houses located in the Southeast area of Gorakhnath Math Temple. The families are now being forced to vacate the houses by the administration. According to the govt authorities, the properties are being cleared mentioning the security of Gorakhnath Math Temple. The letter in Hindi says, “To abide the order of district administration to deploy police force keeping in view the security at The Gorakhnath Temple, we are giving our land and signing this document with our will. We don’t have any objections. To express our consent, we are signing this document below.” The area in the letter is enrolled as Village Old Gorakhpur Tappa, Town Pargna Haveli, Tehsil Sada...

General Manoj Mukund Naravane, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Wednesday arrived in Srinagar on a two-day visit to Kashmir to review the prevailing security situation. On arrival at Srinagar, the Army Chief, accompanied by Lt Gen YK Joshi, the Northern Army Commander and Lt Gen DP Pandey, Chinar Corps Commander visited units and formations in the hinterland where he was briefed by the local Commanders on the existing security situation and the measures being taken to identify and target the Over Ground Workers (OGWs) network involved in radicalization and recruitment of youth into militant ranks. Efforts to prevent local recruitment and facilitate the surrender of local militants were also discussed, a statement issued to the news agency. Interacting with troops, the COAS expressed his...

The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) has moved the Supreme Court seeking a stay on the May 28 order of Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) which empowered certain districts to grant citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh. The application filed by IUML said, during the pendency Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 (CAA) the MHA has gone ahead and issued an order dated May 28, whereby the Centre, relying on Section 16 of the Citizenship Act 1955 (henceforth referred to as the Act), the power to grant citizenship under Sections 5 (citizenship by registration) and 6 (citizenship by naturalization) have been delegated to collectors of certain districts to grant citizenship to persons. The plea claimed the Centre has illegally permitted the collectors of the ch...

Financial Year 2020/21 was "the darkest year of the economy in four decades" - one that resulted in record negative growth and left "most Indians poorer than they were two years ago" - Congress MP P Chidambaram said Tuesday, slamming the government over its handling of the country's finances. As per a report published on NDTV Mr Chidambaram also slammed the government for misleading the people - a reference to the "green shoots" claims of the Finance Ministry in July last year, after the first wave peaked. He said Congress had then called for measures like direct cash injections, but its pleas went unheard. "2020/21 has been the darkest year of the economy in four decades. The performance in the four quarters tells the story. The first two witnessed a recession (-24.4 and -7.4 per ce...

Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking free COVID vaccine for the 18-44 age group, saying the state was incapable to incur nearly Rs 1,100 crore on it due to limited resources. Soren has written to Prime Minister the state was battling a deadly second wave of COVID-19 with its limited resources. “The financial burden on the state for vaccination of the age group of 18-44 years is likely to be more than Rs 1,100 crore considering 1.57 crore eligible beneficiaries. “With vaccine being available for age group of 12-18 years and below, the mentioned financial burden will further increase by around Rs 1,000 crore. It will be extremely difficult to spare as much resources from the resource pool of the state which is already stressed du...

84-year-old tribal rights activist Father Stan Swamy tested positive for Covid-19 , two days after he was shifted to a private hospital from Taloja Central Jail in Mumbai. The Bombay High Court on Friday had ordered authorities to shift Swamy to the Holy Family Hospital for 15 days. He was is in custody in connection with the 2018 Bhima Koregaon case. Scroll.in quoted Swamy’s friend, Father Joseph Xavier saying his health condition was stable. “He was admitted to the hospital on Friday, the doctors were treating him and were doing some CT scan,” he said He said that the activist was admitted to the intensive care unit after his condition deteriorated. “They [doctors] said we need to keep him [in the ICU] as he needs some oxygen,” Xavier said, adding that his condition is stable. ...

Amid increasing Black, White and Yellow fungus cases across the nation, another fungal infection 'cream fungus detected in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. According to the reports, doctors detected a case of a cream fungus with black fungus in the Covid infected patient. The patient admitted to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical College and undergoing treatment in the ENT department. Doctors said that fungal infections are increasing due to excessive use of Covid-19 antibodies which are eliminating symbiotic bacteria from the body. Doctors added that these bacterias will helps to eradicate the fungus from the body. Medical experts have enlightened that the cases of fungal infections are coming out due to excessive use of COVID-19 antibodies which are eliminating important and symbiotic...