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Mansukh Mandaviya, Health Minister During Covid Crisis, Back In PM Modi Cabinet
For BJP leader Mansukh Mandvaiya challenges are no deterrent as he faced one of the most gruelling tests when he took charge of the Union Health Ministry in 2021 while the country was battling the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic.
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5 Noida Doctors Named For Causing Death Of Covid Patient
Five doctors of a private hospital in Noida have been booked for negligence in the treatment of a COVID-19 patient which allegedly led to his death during the second wave of the pandemic in 2021, officials said on Monday.
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High Court Seeks Stand Of Delhi Government, Centre On Waiving School Fees Of Minors Who Lost Father To Covid
The petitioners, who were studying in Class 7 and Class 2 at the time of filing of the petition last year, have claimed before the court that their 41-year-old father died in the second wave of the pandemic due to lack of oxygen supply to the Jaipur Golden Hospital here.
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Parliamentary Body Demands Audit Of Covid "Deaths Due To Oxygen Shortage"
A parliamentary committee has demanded the Union Health Ministry "audit deaths due to oxygen shortage", especially during the Covid second wave, in coordination with states to enable robust documentation of the mortalities.
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Covid 2nd Wave Would've Been Less Grave If...: What Parliament Panel Said
Many lives could have been saved during the second wave of Covid if containment strategies were implemented on time, a parliamentary panel has said while pulling up the government for not being able to anticipate the gravity of the situation.
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BJP Would Have Won West Bengal Polls, But...: JP Nadda
A year after the party's defeat in the high-octane West Bengal Assembly polls, BJP president J P Nadda on Thursday claimed that the party would have come to power had the devastating second wave of Covid not affected the campaigning.
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"Grandparents More Attached": Aunt Loses Covid Orphan's Custody Fight
Supreme Court overrules Gujarat court's order that considered staying with aunt a better option for child; refuses to consider age and income as criteria
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Why Supreme Court Gave Custody Of Covid Orphan To Grandparents, Not Aunt
Supreme Court granted the custody of a 6-year-old boy, orphaned in the deadly second wave of Covid last year, to his paternal grandparents, saying that in Indian society, the paternal grandparents always take "better care" of grandchildren.
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Record Tax Collections Signify Economic Recovery, To Boost Growth: Government
Official sources say that the growth revenue collections has also boosted country's tax-GDP ratio for 2021-22 to 11.7 per cent
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Blog: I Didn't Think I'd Leave The ICU Alive
2022. Last year I feared I wouldn't be witnessing it at all. But here I am. New year, a new life and a new belief that the worst is over. I am a Covid survivor - I think I can say that now.
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Government Dismisses Reports On LIC IPO Data Claiming Massive Covid Deaths In 2021
The government Saturday dismissed as "speculative" media reports related to LIC IPO data claiming that Covid-related deaths in 2021 could be much higher than those recorded officially.
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Info On Bodies Dumped In Ganga During Second Wave "Not Available": Centre
There is no information available about the number of dead bodies found floating on the Ganga during the peak of the second Covid wave, the government said in the Rajya Sabha on Monday.
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Third Wave May Get Over By Mid-March As Cases Declining: Maharashtra Minister
Maharashtra health minister Rajesh Tope on Friday said the number of COVID-19 cases had begun declining statewide and predicted that the third wave of the pandemic might get over by the second or third week of March.
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Delhi's Active COVID-19 Cases Drop By 50% In 12 Days
The number of active COVID-19 cases in Delhi has halved in just 12 days after rising to a high of 94,160 on January 13, while it took 21 days for the active caseload to drop by half during the second wave last year.
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95% Beds Vacant In Maharashtra Despite Covid Surge: Health Minister
Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Thursday said that despite a high positive rate, at least 95 per cent of beds are vacant or the hospitalisation is lesser compared to the second wave of COVID-19.
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Mansukh Mandaviya, Health Minister During Covid Crisis, Back In PM Modi Cabinet
For BJP leader Mansukh Mandvaiya challenges are no deterrent as he faced one of the most gruelling tests when he took charge of the Union Health Ministry in 2021 while the country was battling the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic.
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5 Noida Doctors Named For Causing Death Of Covid Patient
Five doctors of a private hospital in Noida have been booked for negligence in the treatment of a COVID-19 patient which allegedly led to his death during the second wave of the pandemic in 2021, officials said on Monday.
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High Court Seeks Stand Of Delhi Government, Centre On Waiving School Fees Of Minors Who Lost Father To Covid
The petitioners, who were studying in Class 7 and Class 2 at the time of filing of the petition last year, have claimed before the court that their 41-year-old father died in the second wave of the pandemic due to lack of oxygen supply to the Jaipur Golden Hospital here.
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Parliamentary Body Demands Audit Of Covid "Deaths Due To Oxygen Shortage"
A parliamentary committee has demanded the Union Health Ministry "audit deaths due to oxygen shortage", especially during the Covid second wave, in coordination with states to enable robust documentation of the mortalities.
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Covid 2nd Wave Would've Been Less Grave If...: What Parliament Panel Said
Many lives could have been saved during the second wave of Covid if containment strategies were implemented on time, a parliamentary panel has said while pulling up the government for not being able to anticipate the gravity of the situation.
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BJP Would Have Won West Bengal Polls, But...: JP Nadda
A year after the party's defeat in the high-octane West Bengal Assembly polls, BJP president J P Nadda on Thursday claimed that the party would have come to power had the devastating second wave of Covid not affected the campaigning.
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"Grandparents More Attached": Aunt Loses Covid Orphan's Custody Fight
Supreme Court overrules Gujarat court's order that considered staying with aunt a better option for child; refuses to consider age and income as criteria
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Why Supreme Court Gave Custody Of Covid Orphan To Grandparents, Not Aunt
Supreme Court granted the custody of a 6-year-old boy, orphaned in the deadly second wave of Covid last year, to his paternal grandparents, saying that in Indian society, the paternal grandparents always take "better care" of grandchildren.
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Record Tax Collections Signify Economic Recovery, To Boost Growth: Government
Official sources say that the growth revenue collections has also boosted country's tax-GDP ratio for 2021-22 to 11.7 per cent
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Blog: I Didn't Think I'd Leave The ICU Alive
2022. Last year I feared I wouldn't be witnessing it at all. But here I am. New year, a new life and a new belief that the worst is over. I am a Covid survivor - I think I can say that now.
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Government Dismisses Reports On LIC IPO Data Claiming Massive Covid Deaths In 2021
The government Saturday dismissed as "speculative" media reports related to LIC IPO data claiming that Covid-related deaths in 2021 could be much higher than those recorded officially.
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Info On Bodies Dumped In Ganga During Second Wave "Not Available": Centre
There is no information available about the number of dead bodies found floating on the Ganga during the peak of the second Covid wave, the government said in the Rajya Sabha on Monday.
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Third Wave May Get Over By Mid-March As Cases Declining: Maharashtra Minister
Maharashtra health minister Rajesh Tope on Friday said the number of COVID-19 cases had begun declining statewide and predicted that the third wave of the pandemic might get over by the second or third week of March.
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Delhi's Active COVID-19 Cases Drop By 50% In 12 Days
The number of active COVID-19 cases in Delhi has halved in just 12 days after rising to a high of 94,160 on January 13, while it took 21 days for the active caseload to drop by half during the second wave last year.
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95% Beds Vacant In Maharashtra Despite Covid Surge: Health Minister
Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Thursday said that despite a high positive rate, at least 95 per cent of beds are vacant or the hospitalisation is lesser compared to the second wave of COVID-19.
