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Speaking to journalists on Tuesday, Siddharth Jain mentioned that the spike in cases that the country has seen in the second wave was not predicted, and that only a lockdown can break the chain, unless the entire country’s population is vaccinated.

With most Covid patients depending on oxygen therapy, the need for an uninterrupted oxygen supply has increased in hospitals.

Submitting its inquiry report before a bench of justices Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli, the committee stated that almost all the patients were already very sick to critical either from the time of submission or during the course of hospital stay even prior to the evening of April 23.

At 441, the maximum number of cases have been reported from the Police Control Room (PCR) unit, while 343 cases have been reported from the security unit and 242 from the traffic unit, The Indian Express has learnt.

The management of GD Goenka Signature School, Sohna notified students and parents about the death of principal Ritu Pathak through their website. Similarly, the website of St Xavier’s School, Raj Niwas Marg notified its community of the death of long-time educator, vice-principal K J Devasia.

Additional Solicitor General Chetan Sharma told the court that the minister is looking into the matter, and sought time to inform it about further progress.

The petition, filed by a law student, argues that the amended law effectively reduces the state government to a “mere vestigial organ” and elevates the “centrally-appointed” Lt Governor to the position of a “viceroy with plenipotentiary powers”.

The division bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli said, “This is not rhetoric. It is unfortunate. We can’t be blind. This is an emotional matter when people are dying. It is a matter of people’s lives and liberty.”

Earlier students of various colleges including St Stephen’s College, Hansraj College, Gargi College among others had written to the Principal demanding that classes be temporarily suspended and the academic calendar be reworked keeping in mind the current crisis.

The special staff of North-West district police received information that Vipul, a resident of Laxmi Nagar, was illegally selling remdesivir vials and he would come to Pitampura to deliver it after striking a deal with relatives of a Covid patient.

In the last four weeks, a special CP-rank officer, three JCPs and five district DCPs have tested positive for Covid-19. There are almost 3,000 police personnel infected at the moment, and so far, over 40 personnel have died of the virus.

In Delhi, strong winds are expected on Wednesday, followed by light rain on Thursday and Friday.

The court observed that from the evidence gathered following statements by a number of witnesses, it is prima facie apparent that the “riotous mob” armed with “weapons” had abducted Suleman, the deceased, to kill him merely on account of the fact that he was from a different community.

The Indian Express spoke to four hospitals in the city that confirmed there has been a drop in the allocated oxygen supply.

The court also pulled up Batra Hospital, where 12 people lost their lives last week on account of shortage of oxygen, for detaining a tanker of Goyal Gases on Saturday and forcing the driver to deliver more than what was allocated to it.

At many centres, vaccines arrived late and by the time they did, long queues had formed outside centres.

Sources said during investigation in some of the cases, they found that gangs based in Jamtara and Mewat are adopting innovative ways to dupe innocent people and trying to benefit from their desperation and misery amid the pandemic.

The exams will be held in the online open book exam mode. The current decision applies to final semester and final year students.

Balaji, who is a regular feature in the Chennai Super Kings dug-out has gone into isolation after returning with two RT-PCR positives on Monday

The court said a structured response by the administration is required so that “the voiceless and the marginalized sections of the society” can be given proper and adequate relief, considering the scale and magnitude of the Covid-19 pandemic. It listed the case for further hearing on May 20.

Special CP Nanda directed all additional CPs to meticulously brief their staff, that they do not waste time, and be prompt in helping urgent requirements of oxygen, medicine, hospital bed etc. “This is for very strict compliance,” she added.

The bench also said that big hospital chains have “only saved capital costs” and it will later also deal with the aspect of them not having their own oxygen generation plants.

India Covid-19 cases numbers today news update: While Maharashtra has been offering signs of a decline for quite some time now, states like Kerala, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka have also not been rising for the last few days.

Fearing arrest, Siraj Ahmad Khan had moved the court to seek anticipatory bail in the matter, claiming that he was being falsely implicated and had nothing to do with the alleged offence.

Coronavirus Lockdown India News Live updates, Covid-19 Cases and Lockdown in Delhi, UP, Maharashtra Today News: India, in the last 24 hours, recorded 3,68,147 new Covid-19 cases, taking the cumulative tally to 1,99,25,604. As many as 3,417 new coronavirus-related fatalities were also recorded, taking the nationwide death toll to 218,959.