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At least 22 Covid-19 patients lost their lives after leakage was reported from an oxygen tanker at a Nashik hospital. The incident took place at Dr. Zakir Hussain Hospital on Wednesday afternoon. Earlier this afternoon, a leakage was reported from an oxygen tanker while refilling, prompting the hospital and local administration officials to take measures to contain the leak. Although the leakage was fixed with the help of the fire department, the condition of patients on oxygen support in the meantime deteriorated and lost the battle against the virus. Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope said that leakage must have affected the supply of oxygen inside the hospital, adding that accountability will be fixed.

Three workers of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) have been allegedly kidnapped by a suspected Militant group from the Lakuwa tea estate under in Assam, the quint reported. Those abducted have been identified as Retul Saikia, Alakesh Saikia and Mohini Mohan Gogoi. As per the report, the development came days after banned Militant outfit ULFA released two employees of the Oil and Gas Infrastructure Limited. They had been kidnapped from Arunachal Pradesh on 21 December. “According to preliminary investigation, a group of five armed militants were involved in the abduction,” Sivasagar SP Amitava Sinha said.

Dr Kafeel Khan wrote a letter to Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath, requesting his reinstatement to serve the covid patients during the pandemic. Dr Khan was suspended from Gorakhpur’s BRD Medical College after several children died there in 2017, apparently due to the lack of oxygen cylinders at the government hospital. A departmental inquiry later cleared Khan of most of the charges, but he found himself in trouble for an allegedly provocative speech in Aligarh during last December’s protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). In his letter to CM Adityanath, Dr Khan said that “the second wave of Coronavirus has wreaked havoc in the whole of India. Despite the departmental action on the other doctors, their suspension has been terminated and service has been res...

Hours after Rahul Gandhi, Union minister Jitendra Singh on Tuesday said he has tested positive for COVID-19 and asked all those who came in contact with him to get themselves screened. “I have today tested #COVID positive with symptoms. Please get yourself screened if you were in my contact recently and take care,” he tweeted. Singh, who holds multiple portfolios, including Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office, is also the Lok Sabha member from Jammu Kashmir’s Udhampur constituency. Meanwhile, Arvind Kejriwal, the Chief Minister of Delhi has self-isolated himself after his wife was tested positive for the infection.

On Sunday, the ruling BJP and Congress lashed out at each other after a video of a Madhya Pradesh minister, Tulsiram Silawat and his supporters breaking coconuts and a priest chanting prayers in front of a tanker transporting oxygen from Gujarat went viral. In videos that were circulated widely on social media, MP PWD minister, Tulsiram Silawat and his supporters can be seen offering prayers in front of the tanker in Indore and posing in front of the vehicle for media photographs. MP Congress spokesperson Neelabh Shukla alleged that when the tanker, which started from Jamnagar in Gujarat reached Chandan Nagar Chowk on Saturday night, it was stopped for an hour by Silawat for puja Paath to quench their thirst for media coverage. They repeated the act when the vehicle reached a filling...

On Monday, the Uttar Pradesh government refused to follow Allahabad High Court orders to impose lockdown in five cities - Lucknow, Prayagraj, Varanasi, Kanpur, Gorakhpur from tonight till April 26 in view of the surge in coronavirus cases. The state said it will not implement the order of the court because the pandemic had virtually incapacitated their medical infrastructure especially in cities like Prayagraj, Lucknow, Varanasi, Kanpur and Gorakhpur and it has to protect both lives and livelihoods. The court issued a series of orders, including the suspension and closure of all religious activities and establishments, and the closure of all shopping malls. The court also ordered all educational institutions across the state to shut down as well. All offices, whether government...

After Delhi Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal announced a week-long lockdown in the capital, migrant workers started leaving for their hometowns. A massive crowd of migrant laborers gathered at the Anand Vihar Bus Terminal in Delhi to return to their hometowns. On Monday, Kejriwal announced a six-day lockdown from 10 pm on April 19 till 5 am on April 26, amid the rising Covid-19 cases in Delhi. Hours after the announcement, a huge crowd of people flooded the Anand Vihar Bus terminal in Delhi to leave for their native places. Covid protocol went for a toss as people rushed towards buses with their families. Even the police could not manage the crowd. The workers decided to leave Delhi even as Kejriwal while announcing the lockdown, assured them saying, “Main hoon na [I am there for y...

A board was hung on a tree in a temple of Kerala announcing that “Muslims are not allowed in the temple premises during the festival”. The board was found on the premises of the Sree Malliyottu Palottu Kavu temple of Kunhimangalam in Kannur District of Kerala. The board has sparked a controversy on social media platforms and faced a criticism by the people for mentioning a particular religion. The board has elicited various reactions on social media, with some alleging that the Sangh Parivar agenda is being implemented in the temple. It is said "the place is known for its secularism as following a ritual of meeting Muslim leaders for blessings". The ritual is called as "Madayi".buy viagra super force online https://alvitacare.com/wp-content/themes/twentytwentyone/classes/new/viagr...

It is no news that the North-eastern states do not find much representation in the mainstream Indian news or narratives. Here's an account of an agitation against dam construction in Meghalaya which has only been covered by a very few local media houses. The news which has not yet come to the fore is that in Meghalaya, around twelve villages since the past few weeks have been protesting against the proposed 210 MW hydroelectric project on what is considered the cleanest river in the country, the Umngot river. The dam has been proposed to be built over the adjoining West Jaintia Hills. One of the most popular tourist destinations of the state has a huge number of locals depending on it for livelihood. It is feared that along with a negative impact of tourism, the construction will cau...

The former INC president took to Twitter to announce the call-off for all public rallies in West Bengal. It is noteworthy given that India has shown by far the biggest hike in Covid-19 cases with 2.61 lakh cases in one day. The second wave of Corona has proved to be devastating in India, considering it has topped the covid charts leaving the US behind. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister on Saturday, in the wake of nearly 2000 patients testing positive for Covid-19, urged to the devotees attending the Kumbh Mela that the ongoing Kumbh should only have symbolic participation now. Although, as of now, nothing has been said in the context of the Bengal rallies, where all the contesting political parties had been campaigning hard for the elections. It is to be seen what other political parties...