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New Delhi, April 21 : While several states claimed a shortage of Covid vaccine, it has been learnt that many states have wasted huge quantities of it.Tamil Nadu, Haryana and Punjab are three top states that reported the highest wastage of vaccines. W…

Chennai, April 21 : Director of Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Dr Rakesh Aggarwal has in a circular directed all hospitals and clinics to take prior appointment from the institute before referring…

New Delhi, April 21 : Amid acute shortage of oxygen in Delhi hospitals, the Covid positivity rate in the national capital has shot up to 32.82 per cent (till April 20, night), making health management more challenging in the city.As per the Delhi gov…

Chennai, April 21 : The Union Territory of Puducherry has decided to impose lockdown from April 23 (Friday night) till April 26 (Monday morning) amidst the rising number of Covid-19 cases.The decision to impose lockdown in the Union Territory was tak…

New Delhi, April 21 : The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) opened ZojiLa Pass on Srinagar-Kargil-Leh road on Tuesday (April 21, 2021) for this year after a closure of 110 days, as compared to an average of 150 days in previous years.The Pass normally …

New Delhi, April 21 : It has been a week since India reported over 2 lakh new Covid-19 cases on a daily basis since April 15.India on Wednesday hit another record high of 2,95,041 new cases in the last 24 hours. With this, the country’s overall Covid…

Ahmedabad, April 21 (101Reporters) Being a good citizen and obeying the law of the land is not just a legal or moral obligation for thousands of villagers in Gujarat but it also comes with its own set of financial incentives.As part of a scheme named T…

Kochi, April 21 : Entering its 16th year of extending soothing and loving palliative care to the needy, the Thrissur based Alpha Palliative Care has launched a new feature to its services and has named it ‘Upasana’ which will remember all those who p…

Kolkata, aPRIL 21 (ians) Within a fortnight of releasing two employees of a private oil exploration firm, suspected ULFA militants kidnapped three employees of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) early on Wednesday from a rig in Lakwa of…

New Delhi, April 21 : With the supply of 5,000 cubic metres of oxygen to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital by the Delhi government, a crisis has been averted.The hospital confirmed to IANS on Wednesday that the supply has been received.The hospital on Tuesday h…