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Rajnath asks DPSUs, DRDO and OFB to provide oxygen, beds to state govts

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday asked defence public sector undertakings, DRDO and Ordinance Factory Board to work on a war footing

Uttar Pradesh reports 162 Covid-19 deaths, 29,754 fresh infections

The death toll crossed the 10,000-mark on Tuesday

Centre asks UTs to ramp up testing; augment lab, hospital infrastructure

This comes amid a surge in Covid cases

Covid-19 surge: Jharkhand to observe lockdown from April 22-29

Chief Minister Hemant Soren made the announcement.

Mamata writes to PM Modi, says Centre's vaccine policy appears hollow

Vaccine policy is "without substance and a regrettable show" of evasion of responsibility: Mamata Banerjee

Maharashtra: Grocery, vegetable shops to be open only between 7-11 am

The new restrictions will come into effect from 8 pm on Tuesday and remain effective till 7 am on May 1

Covid: Bharat Biotech to boost Covaxin output to 700 mn doses per year

Centre has pushed Bharat Biotech to double its output by June and churn out nearly 100 mn doses of its inactivated Covaxin shot per month by September

No gap in oxygen supply to Delhi; industrial use banned, Centre tells HC

The Centre also informed the high court that it has provided Delhi government hospitals with around 1,390 ventilators.

Weekend lockdown in UP; night curfew will remain imposed in all districts

The move by the UP Government comes hours after the Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed an Allahabad High Court order asking the state government to impose strict restrictions till April 26 in five cities

Arvind Kejriwal quarantines after wife Sunita tests positive for Covid

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has gone into quarantine

Covid vaccine policy discriminatory against weaker sections: Rahul Gandhi

He also said that there will be no free vaccines for those between the age of 18 and 45 years.

Union minister Jitendra Singh says tested positive for coronavirus

Singh asked all those who came in contact with him to get themselves screened.

PM to meet vaccine makers today to discuss next phase of rollout

The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) is likely to make a presentation

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Over 1,700 new deaths in record daily spike

People are self-prescribing drugs, more zero-to-19-year-olds hospitalised in second wave, insight into US ban on exports of vaccine raw materials-news relevant to India's fight against Covid-19

Delhi Police creates green corridor to help deliver oxygen to hospital

The Delhi Police organised a 'green corridor' to clear the way for two oxygen tankers heading to a hospital in Paschim Vihar

Delhi government to ramp up availability of beds for Covid-19 patients

Around 2,700 beds will be added at different hospitals and facilities in the national capital in the next few days

Why not same passion to win war against Covid as for polls: Sibal to PM

Sibal took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi

People following Covid-19 lockdown norms, no major violation: Delhi Police

"Even at places like mandi or bus stop, there is a little rush but there is discipline amongst the citizens. Less number of people are heading to Sarai Kale Khan ISBT today morning," the DCP added

UP moves SC over lockdown order, says it's not in Allahabad HC's domain

UP govt moved the Supreme Court challenging the Allahabad High Court's order to impose lockdowns in its five cities, on the ground that such kinds of decisions are not in the domain of the High Court

Industries can wait for oxygen, not Covid-19 patients: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court Tuesday said sufficient oxygen was not being supplied to Covid-19 patients in the national capital and asked the Centre if it can be diverted from industries