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Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed Still “Critical”

NEW DELHI, May 7: A day after an alleged assassination attempt, the condition of the former Maldives president and currently speaker of Parliament Mohamed Nasheed, who underwent a multiple life-saving surgeries, was stated to be “critical,” a Male-based hospital said on Friday. “President Nasheed underwent a successful final, critical, life-saving procedure this afternoon. Over the […]

“Third Wave May not Happen At All If Precautions are Taken:” Raghavan

NEW DELHI, May 7: In an apparent bid to reduce the panic among the people, the government’s scientific advisor on Friday reframed his warning of an “inevitable third wave” of Coronavirus clarifying that it might not take place at all if precautions were taken. Clarifying his Thursday’s caution, K Vijay Raghavan, the principal scientific advisor […]

Installation of New Governments: Welfare Schemes Announced in Tamil Nadu, Post-Poll Violence Still the Key Issue in Bengal

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, May 7: As the new government led by M K Stalin took charge in Tamil Nadu announcing a series of welfare measures including footing the entire bills of the Covid patients in the private hospitals, in West Bengal the BJP, and now the RSS, kept raising the issue of alleged post-poll […]

SC Takes Grim View of Centre’s Oxygen Supply Failures

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, May 7: The Supreme Court on Friday took a very grim view of the centre slipping back in meeting the promised supply of medical oxygen to Delhi hospitals and warned it of taking “coercive action” in the event of failure to comply with the court order. The apex court also refused […]

New Security Feature Added in CoWin

NEW DELHI, May 7: A new security feature has been added to the CoWin portal after some users complained of their vaccination certificate being generated despite them not getting a jab. As per the new feature starting Saturday, anyone who has registered on the CoWin portal and selected a slot for vaccination will get a […]

SAARC Diary: Hydropower Plant in Nepal Inaugurated

NEW DELHI, May 6: Karun Bansal, First Secretary (DP&R) of the Embassy of India, Kathmandu; Nepal Electricity Authority and the District Coordination Committee (DDC), Jumla; on Wednesday virtually inaugurated a newly rehabilitated Small Hydro Power Plant at Chandannath Municipality in Jumla District constructed with Government of India (GOI) financial assistance of Nepali ₹ 26.39 million. […]

Pandemic Situation in South Asia

NEW DELHI, May 6: Not only India, most of its neighbours in South Asia are also in the midst of a major wave of Coronavirus infections, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies has said. Sri Lanka on Thursday banned all arrivals from India with immediate effect due to the record rise […]

Northern Railways Cancel Trains for Covid

NEW DELHI, May 6: The Northern Railways on Thursday cancelled a slew of Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto Express’, stating low patronisation and rising coronavirus cases as the reason behind the decision. The to-and-fro services of eight Shatabdi Express, two Rajdhani Express, two Duronto Express and one Vande Bharat Express are among around 28 trains that […]

Mamata-Centre Confrontation over Alleged Post-Poll Violence

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, May 6: Bolstered by the massive mandate she was given by the people of her state, the West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee began her third consecutive innings on Thursday with confrontation against the centre. Banerjee publicly showed her irritation at the centre sending a four-member team of officials from the […]

SC Asks Government to Prepare in Advance for Third Wave, PM Reviewed Situation

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, May 6: Jolted by the unpreparedness of the administration to meet the exigencies caused by the second wave of Coronavirus in the country, the Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Centre to start preparing for the possible third wave by creating a buffer stock of medical oxygen and other health infrastructure. […]
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