At midnight on April 17, as a deadly new wave of the coronavirus overwhelmed India, Mumbai’s Municipal Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal learned that six hospitals in his city would run out of oxygen within hours -- putting the lives of 168 patients at risk.
After registering the hottest day of the season at a maximum temperature of 44 degrees Celsius less than a month ago, the Indian capital's maximum temperature for May dipped to the lowest since 1951 on Wednesday.
The police had recovered a total of 170 oxygen concentrators, two luxury cars – Audi and Mercedes –from four persons, including two brothers, who have been arrested for their alleged involvement in hoarding and black marketing of oxygen concentrators.
As per IMD's rainfall classification system, below 15 mm is light, 15-64.5 mm is moderate, 64.5 mm-115.5 mm is heavy and 115.6 mm-204.4mm is very heavy. "Extreme heavy" refers to rainfall above 204.4 mm.
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Two farmers from Punjab, who were part of the group protesting here against the new farm laws, passed away with one of them found COVID positive, officials said on Wednesday.
Delhi and NCR Rain Updates: The national capital received record rainfall on Wednesday. The latest IMD forecast says NCR will see cloudy skies rain today under the impact of cyclonic storm Tauktae and a Western Disturbance.
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A record 119.3 mm of rainfall pounded Delhi under the impact of cyclonic storm Tauktae and a western disturbance in 24 hours ending 8:30 am on Thursday, breaking all the previous re
Coronavirus Latest News LIVE Updates: Senior Advocate Rahul Mehra, appearing for Delhi government, on Thursday in the high court said, 'Entire pressure on oxygen supply is non existent presently.' Watch LIVE News, Latest Updates, Live blog, Highlights and Live coverage online at firstpost.com.
The case against businessman Navneet comes after Enforcement Directorate took cognisance of the case filed by Delhi Police on May 5 in oxygen concentrator scam.
The rainfall in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, northern Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand on Wednesday was a result of interaction between the remnant of cyclonic storm Tauktae and a western disturbance, the IMD said.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted that light to moderate rainfall will continue for next three hours in Delhi-NCR. On Wednesday, light rain continued in the national capital since morning, recording 60 mm rainfall till 8:30 pm, the highest 24-hour precipitation in May in 35 yea
