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‘Pune tops among Indian cities in health infra with 3.5 hospital beds per 1k people’
As the second wave of Covid-19 cripples the Indian healthcare system with hospitals running out of beds and oxygen supply, a report by Housing.com shows that when it comes to health infrastructure, Pune is the most equipped city in India,…
This UP village has sealed itself to check Covid spread
The Parwana village in Bulandshahr district of Uttar Pradesh has sealed itself to prevent the spread of Covid infection.Barricades have been put up at the entry points of the village, with a banner declaring that the "entry of outsiders in…
‘ILI’ creates scare in UP villages
It is now ILI that is creating a scare in Uttar Pradesh villages.Maqsood, 39, developed cold and mild fever. He did not take any medication, dismissing it to be a normal viral. On the third day, he developed breathing problem and by the…
Covid Diary: Being a cremation ground worker amid Covid times
The shades of dusk are falling -- it is time to exit this space. But people continue to come in with their dead. The quiet synonymous with a cremation ground is replaced by ambulance sirens, relatives in PPE suits and crackling of burning…
Noted science writer explains why Coronavirus is ‘lab-made’
Noted science writer Nicholas Wade, who has worked with some of the world's most distinguished science magazines and journals, penned an exhaustive article last week explaining why Coronavirus has all the hallmarks of being engineered in a…
Now, two dozen bodies found on Ganga banks in UP’s Ghazipur
After Bihar's Buxar, around two dozen bodies were found on the banks of the Ganga at adjoining Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh, an official said on Tuesday.A.K. Pandey, the SHO of Gahmar police station in Ghazipur, told IANS that the…
17 die in 20 days in single UP village, Covid suspected
In a disturbing turn of events, Pipra Bara Khan, a small village in Babhanjot block in Gonda district in Uttar Pradesh, has witnessed 17 deaths in the last 20 days.It is suspected that the deaths were caused by Covid-19, even as the…
An untold saga of indomitable spirit of Covid-19 warriors
In these difficult times, when the world as a whole is locked up inside the homes and life has come to a still, there are few, who on the call of their duty and sense of responsibility are sleeves up for this war against unseen enemy.…
18 foreign O2 plants, 3.4L Remdesivir dispatched to States
Global aid comprising 8,900 oxygen concentrators, 5,043 oxygen cylinders, 18 oxygen generation plants, 5,698 ventilators or BiPAP and more than 3.4 lakh Remdesivir vials have been delivered to States and UTs so far to strengthen their…
Rajasthan woman tehsildar performs last rites of Covid+ woman as kin stay indoors
The fact that Covid-19, besides killing humans, is killing humanity and human sentiments too was proven in Sikar district when the mortal remains of a woman, who died of Covid, lay outside her house for five hours awaiting her final rites…