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The issue of IGST on oxygen concentrators may already be addressed by the GST council on Friday. The council could look at doing away with the 12% IGST on oxygen concentrators imported by individuals in the upcoming GST council meeting, ET reported on May 25.

The government said that all healthcare facilities will report each and every suspected or confirmed cases of black fungus to the city health department.

The Delhi Police chargesheet filed in connection with the case relating to violence at Red Fort on Republic Day, has claimed that there was a conspiracy to capture the Red Fort and convert it into a site for the farmers agitating against the Central agriculture laws, sources said.

While 284 Oxygen Expresses trains have completed their journey and brought relief to various states, four trains are on the run with more than 392 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen in 20 tankers.

The survey said the traders want the Delhi government to allow the opening of markets and factories with "strict conditions". The Delhi government's current lockdown is scheduled to continue till May 31. As on May 26, there are over 19,148 active cases in Delhi, and the positivity rate has dipped below two per cent.

On Wednesday, the Delhi government launched its first drive-through vaccination centre for adults above age 18. The centre has been established along with Aakash Healthcare Super Specialty Hospital at Vegas Mall, Sector-14 in Dwarka. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said more such centres will soon be established throughout Delhi when vaccine supply picks up. At the drive-through

“White fungus (Candida) causing multifocal perforations in the food pipe, small bowel and large bowel in COVID-19 infection has not been reported in literature to the best of our knowledge,” Dr Anil Arora, Chairman of the Institute of Liver, Gastroenterology and Pancreaticobiliary Sciences at the hospital, said.

Covid Live News: Delhi's Covaxin stock over for 45+ age group, Covishield left for 12 days, says Atishi - The Economic Times

Delhiites witnessed ‘super blood moon’ on May 26. The moon today had the nearest approach to Earth and therefore appeared to be the closest and largest full moon or ‘supermoon’ of 2021. Many parts of the globe caught a glimpse of ‘super blood moon’, a rare celestial event coincided with this year’s only total lunar eclipse.

The RLDA that in February received requests for qualification from these firms has found all of them eligible. “We will now invite them to participate in the tender and are likely to award the bid by the end of this year,” said the official.

Delhi recorded 1,491 fresh coronavirus cases and 130 fatalities on Wednesday, while the positivity rate declined to 1.93 per cent, according to the daily health bulletin. This is the fourth day in a row when the daily cases in the national capital have remained below 2,000.

Covid Live Updates: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal inaugurates a drive-in vaccination centre at Vegas Mall in Sector 12 of Dwarka today - The Economic Times

The positivity rate in the national capital stands at 2.52 per cent. On April 22, the city had recorded its highest positivity rate of 36.2 per cent. The Delhi government had launched the dedicated COVID-19 helpline number 1031 to provide information to residents about the availability of beds in hospitals, oxygen cylinders and medicines etc.

It added that helpline numbers don't register in people's mind immediately and they might forget so they should be publicised daily so that citizens know that even if they don't need it today, they can find the helpline details at a particular place in the newspaper.

Since April 19, both daily cases and single-day deaths count had been spiralling up, with over 28,000 cases and 277 deaths recorded on April 20; rising to 306 fatalities on April 22.

A bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Jasmeet Singh also asked Delhi government's Rao Tula Ram Hospital to respond to the plea which claimed that the victim's condition was critical and his oxygen level was very low, still the doctor of the hospital did not recommend for admission and due to the medical practitioner's negligence, the man died while waiting for an ambulance.

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) medical board also told the high court that the termination procedure would be "reasonably safe" at the present stage of gestation of the pregnancy.

? Justice Rekha Palli observation came after the Delhi government, represented by standing counsel Santosh K Tripathi, said its policy to provide ration and food to the poor was underway and would be finalised soon. The submission by the Delhi government came after the court asked "what do you want them (poor people) to do? Beg for food?"

A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh declined to entertain the plea, moved by two doctors and two research analysts, which had claimed that use of antipyretics, like paracetamol, antibiotics and steroids should be restricted to severe cases of COVID-19 and not at the initial stage of the infection.

The country's busiest airport is the largest cargo hub airport of south Asia region, with two integrated cargo terminals having an annual handling capacity of 1.8 million MT, which is scalable to 2.3 million MT.

A special cell of the Delhi Police is searching the social media giant's offices in Lado Sarai, Delhi and Gurugram. Further details are awaited.

The move came days after Twitter tagged a post by BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra against the Congress as "manipulated media". Denying that it was a raid, Delhi Police officials said it was a "routine procedure".

National Capital saw a dip in COVID cases. A total of 1550 new COVID-19 cases and 4375 recoveries were reported in the last 24 hours. With 207 deaths, the total toll stood at 23,409. Delhi now has 14,18,418 total cases with 24,578 active cases.

Manish Sisodia alleged the GOI allowed the two major vaccine manufacturers in the country to fix illogical differential pricing for the Central government and the state governments.

Delhi Education Minister Manish Sisodia on Sunday said the Delhi government is not in favour of conducting Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class XII exams and they will write to the Centre suggesting the same. Sisodia said the priority of the Central government at the moment should be vaccination against COVID-19 and it should talk to Pfizer and bring vaccines for the country's 14 million Class XII students and also for almost the same number of teachers across the country. Maharashtra School Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad said that safety of students is their priority.