- Tuesday, May 07, 2024
BRITAIN and the US rushed ventilators and vaccine materials to India on Monday (26) as the country battles a catastrophic, record-breaking coronavirus wave that has overwhelmed hospitals and set crematoriums working at full capacity. London has sent more than 600 pieces of equipment to New Delhi to support its fight…
INDIA’s new coronavirus infections hit a record peak for a fifth day on Monday (26). The southern state of Karnataka, home to the tech city of Bengaluru, ordered a lockdown from Tuesday (27), joining the western industrial state of Maharashtra, where lockdowns run until May 1, although some states were…
THE defence minister on Saturday (24) reviewed efforts by various wings of the ministry in contributing to India's battle against a fast-spreading second wave of coronavirus. Rajnath Singh carried out the review in an online meeting attended by chief of defence staff Gen Bipin Rawat, army chief Gen MM Naravane,…
PAKISTAN foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Saturday (24) expressed support to the people of India in the wake of a massive surge in Covid-19 cases in the country. Qureshi said the Covid-19 crisis is yet another reminder that humanitarian issues require responses beyond political consideration. "We express our support…
INDIA’s daily coronavirus death toll passed a new record Saturday (24) as the government battled to get oxygen supplies to hospitals overwhelmed by the hundreds of thousands of new daily cases. Queues of Covid-19 patients and their fearful relatives are building up outside hospitals in major cities across India, the…
UK government is looking to help India with medicines and equipment amid a surging second wave of the coronavirus pandemic in the country. According to reports, British officials are in talks with India and ministers hope some of the supplies of surplus medical equipment can be send to hospitals there…
AIRFARES soared and demand for private jets boomed on Friday (23) as Indians who could afford it scrambled to escape a Covid surge before flights to the United Arab Emirates shut down. All flights from the UAE to India -- one of the world's busiest air corridors -- will be…
India is reeling from a new coronavirus surge, stretching hospitals to the limit with dire shortages of beds, oxygen and drugs. With more than 2,000 people dying daily, we look at the reasons for the vicious new wave and why the health care system is overwhelmed. - 'Herd immunity' -…
BILLIONAIRE Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Ltd has bought Britain's iconic country club and luxury golf resort, Stoke Park, for £57 million. The acquisition adds to Reliance's current stake in Oberoi hotels and hotel/managed residences in Mumbai that it's developing. The UK-based firm, which owns a hotel and golf course in…
Johnson & Johnson's single-shot Covid-19 vaccine is expected to be imported to India for "fill and finish" by June or July, as reported by an Indian financial daily on Friday (23). Fill and finish is the final step in the manufacturing process of putting the vaccine into vials or syringes,…
