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Congress corporator accompanied by Maha INC chief threatens govt employees, says they deserve to be ‘burned down’

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Congress corporator accompanied by Maha INC chief threatens govt employees, says they deserve to be ‘burned down’

As the health crisis tightens its grip around Maharashtra, the MVA leaders are seen causing disruption and intimidating the frontline warriors. 

In the latest incident as reported by Times Now, Nagpur Congress corporator Bunty Shelke along with Maharashtra INC Chief Nana Patole stormed into Nagpur’s Municipality Corporation’s office threatening and misbehaving with the employees. Citing inefficiency of the employees as the reason for his violent behavior, Shelke went ahead to make a dastardly statement. 

In the presence of the Pradesh Congress Committee chief Nana Patole, Shelke claimed that the workers ‘deserve to be burned down’ for their incompetence. 

Whether or not any action will be taken against the Congress corporator for his misbehavior and alleged attempt to disrupt work at such critical times is to be seen. 

Last week a Shiv Sena corporator from Mumbai’s suburbs was seen creating a ruckus at a Covid-19 hospital. Sandhya Doshi who was accompanied by a person with no mask was seen humiliating the hospital staff and accusing a doctor on duty for allegedly not “talking properly” to a patient she knew. 

Sonia Gandhi happy with MVA

Meanwhile, Congress President Sonia Gandhi praised the Maha Vikas Aghadi government for its ‘professional and transparent handling’ of the coronavirus crisis. 

She expressed satisfaction over the performance of the MVA informed Revenue Minister Balasaheb Thorat.

Maharashtra’s health infrastructure crumbles

Maharashtra has reported 66,358 new coronavirus cases and 895 fatalities on Tuesday taking the total death toll to 66,179. 

In a distressing event, an ambulance was found ferrying 22 dead bodies of Covid patients stashed one above the other from a hospital to the crematorium in Ambajogai in the Beed district of Maharashtra. 

Also, the condition of the state’s health infrastructure is worsening by the day. Thane district of Maharashtra reported yet another case of hospital fire in the wee hours of Wednesday. 3 patients are said to have succumbed after the fire engulfed the hospital.

Several hospitals in Maharashtra have reported recent fire incidents, killing dozens of people. Last week, fire in a Virar hospital had killed 13 persons, a day after leakage in oxygen tanker took 23 lives at a hospital in Nashik.

Uttar Pradesh: Dr Altamash, Akram, Jazib Ali arrested for black marketing Remedisvir, 70 injections, Rs 36 lakh recovered

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Uttar Pradesh: Dr Altamash, Akram, Jazib Ali arrested for black marketing Remedisvir, 70 injections, Rs 36 lakh recovered

On April 27, Ghaziabad Police and a Crime Branch team arrested renowned neurosurgeon Mohammad Altamash and two associated with black marketing Remdesivir injections in the Delhi-NCR region. As per reports, Dr Altamash, resident of Hazrat Nizammudin, has served at AIIMS for a long time and runs a clinic in Ghaziabad.

The Police recovered 70 Remdesivir injections, two Actemra injections and 36 lakh rupees in cash from his possession. The Police also seized a luxury car owned by Dr. Altamash.

Sanjay Pandey, in charge of Crime Branch, said in a statement that they had received information about a gang of doctors three days ago. A victim had approached them and informed them that he had bought an injection from this gang for Rs.48 thousand. Following the information, the Police started surveillance. They caught one associate of Dr Altamash, identified as Kumail Akram, a resident of Kaila Bhatha. Upon interrogation, they found that a man identified as Jazib, resident of Induwada, had provided him injection at a reasonable price from Delhi. Police then arrested Jazib, who told them about the involvement of Dr Altamash in the racket.

The doctor threatened Police with high-profile contacts

When the Police caught Dr. Atlmash red-handed, the accused doctor tried to threaten the Police with his high-profile contacts. He told the Police that he has relations with all the prominent leaders in the country and ministers at central government. However, when the Police showed some strictness, all the arrogance went away. He not only confessed to the crime but also directed the Police towards a consignment of the life-saving drug in his car. The Police seized the drugs and his vehicle.

Injections sold for up to Rs.50,000

Sandeep Kumar Singh, Chief Police Officer, City, said that the doctor used to get the drugs from AIIMS in his name and forwarded them to his associates. Accused Jazib and Kumail used to sell these injections in Ghaziabad, Noida, Faridabad and Gurugram. He adds that for every injection, they used to charge Rs.40 thousand to Rs.50 thousand.

The police officials had posed as prospective buyers to nab the doctor and his associates. Some plainclothes officer had contacted one of the accused and has told that they need 70 Remdesivir injections. A price of Rs 38,000 per injection was agreed. The accused was caught when he came to deliver the injections.

Dr Altamash reportedly is quite famous and influential in the area. He used to appear in TV as a health expert too.

Rs.36 lakh earned in a day

According to Police reports, the doctor had earned Rs.36 lakh 10 thousand in just one day by selling Remedesvir in the black market. Apart from this, he also gave around Rs.50 lakh to other people. He had raised all the money by black marketing life-saving drugs. Police suspect that there are other officials and employees at AIIMS who might be involved in the gang. The accused are being questioned to identify others involved in the racket.

Maharashtra: Major fire breaks out in Thane hospital killing four, fourth such incident in recent times

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Maharashtra: Major fire breaks out in Thane hospital killing four, fourth such incident in recent times

A major fire broke out at Mumbra’s Prime Criticare Hospital in the wee hours of Wednesday, leaving at least four patients dead. This is fourth such major fire incident in Maharashtra in recent times.

The hospital located in Mumbra’s Kausa is a non-Covid hospital and had more than 20 patients admitted when a fire erupted. 

While the cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, some reports suggest the fire broke out in the meter room of the hospital due to a short circuit. Within no time the fire spread to other areas of the two-floored hospital being run in a residential building. 

Three fire tenders and five ambulances rushed to the spot. At least 20 patients were shifted to a nearby hospital as informed by Thane police and fire brigade officials. 

NCP MLA of Mumbra- Kalwa Jitendra Awhad rushed to the spot upon receiving the news. He announced a probe into the incident and compensation of five lakhs to the kin of the deceased and 1 lakh to the ones injured through a Tweet. 

While interacting with the media, Awhad informed that seven patients were in the ICU out of which three were in critical condition. An investigation has been initiated to determine the cause, loss and casualty, he added.

Series of accidents

The series of fire incidents in Maharashtra hospitals continue to raise questions over the condition of the health infrastructure in the state.

Last week 13 patients lost their lives at Vijay Vallabh Covid Care hospital in Virar West, Mumbai after a massive fire broke out in its Intensive Care Unit (ICU). The patients reportedly died after inhaling toxic fumes. Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope was found downplaying the deaths saying that the fire in Mumbai hospital was not ‘national news’. He was also not wearing a mask and following COVID protocol

In another incident, 22 patients on ventilators lost their lives after a gas leak in Nashik’s Dr Zakir Hussain Hospital due to a stoppage in supply. Reports stated that ventilators in the hospital were stopped for at least 30 minutes. District Collector of Nashik has stated that the patients have succumbed to oxygen deprivation.

Exactly a month back on March 28, a fire in Mumbai’s Dream Mall killed 10 patients being treated for COVID at Sunrise Hospital located inside the mall.

Dasna priest Yati Narsinghanand not arrested, viral video is old. Read details

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Dasna priest Yati Narsinghanand not arrested, viral video is old. Read details

On Wednesday, social media was abuzz with news that Dasna temple priest Yati Narsinghanand Sarswati against whom calls of beheading were given by the Muslim community across the nation was arrested by police.

Viral video of Yati Narasinghanand

In the video Yati Narsinghanand could be heard speaking of his arrest by the Shahjahanpur police. However, the video is not recent.

Old video of Yati Narasinghanand

After the video went viral, Yati Narsinghanand took to Twitter to clarify that he has not been arrested and he is fine.

“Har Har Mahadev. Someone has spread fake news regarding my arrest. I am absolutely fine. No arrest has been made,” he tweeted.

FIR against the Dasna priest

The Delhi police had registered an FIR against Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati for allegedly hurting religious sentiments of Muslims through comments against prophet Muhammad during a press conference in Delhi.

Comments made by Yati Narisinghanand Saraswati at a press conference in Delhi had gone viral on social media after which AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan had also issued a call for his beheading for the same. 

Since then the Muslim community from various parts of the country have been carrying out rallies which included children against the priest chanting ‘sar tan se juda’ slogans.

‘Don’t talk like a bloody villager, I am your bloody DM’: Abusive Tripura DM justifies thrashing guests at wedding, invokes ‘principles of natural justice’

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‘Don’t talk like a bloody villager, I am your bloody DM’: Abusive Tripura DM justifies thrashing guests at wedding, invokes ‘principles of natural justice’

Tripura West District Magistrate (DM) Dr Shailesh Kumar Yadav came under severe criticism after raiding a wedding on Monday and behaving in a crass manner with the guests. He had the guests thrashed, grabbed the groom by his collar and a person who appeared to be the Purohit was thrashed as well.

Since then, he has attempted to justify his decision despite the criticism. He invoked ‘principles of natural justice’ when questioned regarding the atrocious conduct with the guests. He further said that he will not arrest anyone without receiving their answer first. “Yes, I did say it yesterday,” (that he will have people arrested) he admitted but added that, “You have to say such things at the moment to make people understand”.

The DM also said that a show-cause notice has been served to the family. He blamed the police for not enforcing the curfew. In another video, Yadav can also be seen talking with a person in the wedding, who appears to be one of the hosts, in an extremely derogatory manner.

“You seem to be an educated person. Don’t talk like a bloody villager,” Yadav said. When the person, who said he is a surgeon, responded saying that Yadav should not talk to him in that manner, the DM threatened, “Catch hold of this guy, obstructing a public servant on duty.”

The DM also behaved extremely rudely with the police. He told a policeman, “I am bloody your District Magistrate.” Since then, he has offered an apology. “All I did was done during the night curfew period last night and was for the benefit and wellbeing of the people. My intention was not to hurt or humiliate the sentiments of anyone,” he said.

The bride’s brother Subhrajit Deb had taken to Facebook to condemn the District Magistrate’s highhandedness. Deb informed that the wedding was being carried out after attaining all due permissions from the District Magistrate’s office itself.

Sharing pictures of the documents where permission to carry out the ceremony was granted by the Tripura West DM’s office itself, Deb confirmed that Yadav’s office had, in fact, granted them 4 vehicle passes so that they could move around smoothly (if required) during the ceremony. He wrote that all the documents were signed by the DM himself.

According to the Tripura DM, however, the hosts had violated Covid-19 norms.

Watch: Tripura District Magistrate raids wedding, thrashes guests, beats up Purohit, grabs groom by collar

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Watch: Tripura District Magistrate raids wedding, thrashes guests, beats up Purohit, grabs groom by collar

In a brazen display of highhandedness, Tripura West District Magistrate (DM) Dr Shailesh Kumar Yadav on Monday was seen dragging a groom and a priest by their collar, thrashing the guests, while ordering the police to arrest them all for violating COVID-19 norms. The incident reportedly happened at around 11 pm at Manikya Court in Palace Compound, North Gate area in Agartala, Tripura.

In a video that went viral on social media, Yadav enters a hall where a wedding ceremony was underway. Yadav in a firm voice orders attendees to vacate the hall. “Chalo bahar niklo”, says the West DM Yadav and the state police officials accompanying him threaten the guests to leave or face consequences.

The DM then reaches that mandap (canopy) area where the wedding ceremony was being carried out. Yadav reprimands the groom and the bride’s family for violating the COVID-19 protocols. He then pulls the groom by his collar, thrashes the priest and orders police officials to arrest them all.

Yadav is so infuriated that he refuses to listen to any explanation given to him by the groom or the bride’s side of the family. When a lady requests the DM to see the documents in which they have been granted permission to conduct the wedding, the angry DM tells her that the permission was given to conduct the marriage but not beyond 10 pm. “You’ll are educated people…ok”, says the DM while tearing the documents the lady tries to produce before him.

Speaking to the media, Yadav said that all the people assembled at the wedding hall had violated prohibitory orders under Section 144 CrPC and would be prosecuted under Section 188 of the IPC.

Following the incident, Shailesh Kumar Yadav ordered the closure of two marriage halls in Agartala, for flouting COVID-10 norms, for 1 year and the suspension of the Officer-in-Charge of the West Agartala police station for being hand in gloves with the flouters.

“From tomorrow, Manikya Court and Gulab Bagan are banned. They will not be able to function for one year. I will also recommend the suspension of the Officer-in-Charge of the West Agartala police station for not acting on repeated complaints of people, and I, as a district magistrate, have to come here. He is hand in gloves with these people, and departmental proceedings should be taken against him,” Yadav said.

“Such an incident, people should take this as an example. Unfortunately, these are the educated, rich people, they are behaving like this. What about the people who are not educated. You can make out what is the level of responsibility in our population,” Yadav added.

There also videos available where the DM is seen order people dining at the feast to get off their seats midway through the dinner.

A person who appears to be the purohit was thrashed as well.

Meanwhile, the bride’s brother Subhrajit Deb has taken to Facebook to condemn the District Magistrate’s highhandedness. Deb informed that the wedding was being carried out after attaining all due permissions from the District Magistrate’s office itself.

Sharing pictures of the documents where permission to carry out the ceremony was granted by the Tripura West DM’s office itself, Deb confirmed that Yadav’s office had, in fact, granted them 4 vehicle passes so that they could move around smoothly (if required) during the ceremony. He writes that all these documents were signed by the DM himself.

Deb furthered that keeping the COVID-19 protocol in mind, they had gathered not more than 25-30 close relatives for the wedding.

Sharing all the documents, Deb questioned the Tripura West DM that if all the permissions were granted by him then why were they not allowed to conduct the ceremony?

Document of permission granted to the bride’s family by the DM’s office

“Is it illegal to follow hindu marriage act in my state? Should we not follow the auspicious time (logno)? If we are educated fools sir, then its also uneducated behavior using un parliamentary language infront of a crowd! Its also inhuman to arrest kids and women at 1 am and taking them to police station when kids of 9 yrs age are crying!”, wrote Deb.

“Sir, we EDUCATED FOOLS request you not to fool simple people like us and harass at midnight even after issuance of orders from office,” furthered the bride’s antagonized brother in his Facebook post.

Meanwhile, BJP MP Pratima Bhowmik apologised to everyone because of the incident. She said that she was deeply hurt by the incident as well. Pradyot Manikya has demanded an investigation into the matter.

UK variant of COVID-19 more prevalent in Punjab and other northern states: Report

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UK variant of COVID-19 more prevalent in Punjab and other northern states: Report

The UK strain of the coronavirus, which is markedly more virulent, is more prevalent in several northern states, including Punjab, the genome sequencing data from the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reveals. Two scientists from central government labs asserted that large gatherings in Punjab were responsible for the widespread transmission of the variant in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, said a report published in The Hindu.

The scientists claimed that farmers protests were one of the “super spreader” events that may have contributed to the amplified spread of the B.1.1.7 variant, popularly known as the UK variant.

“Punjab played a key role in the rise of cases related to the B.1.1.7 variant. There were at least four major clusters (super spreader events), marriages, farmer protests from February 1 to February 28, that are responsible for large spikes. By March, Delhi was warned about a possible 15,000 critical cases,” said Dr Sujeet Singh, who is a director at NCDC.

The NCDC is tasked with carrying out the genome sequencing data from the Indian Sars COV-2 Genome Consortium (INSACOG) — a team of 10 labs across India that is accumulating a small amount of COVID-19 positive samples from international travelers, their contacts as well from the local communities to check for patterns in mutations, especially known variants of concern (VoC) such as the UK variant, the South African variant (B.1.1.35) and the Brazil variant (P.1).

The NCDC has so far sequenced 15,000 samples of India’s caseloads, out of which 1,757 samples from the northern states reflected that the percentage of the UK variant was significantly higher than those isolated from international travelers and their contacts. The UK variant was found in 1,666 of the 1,757 samples genome sequenced by the NCDC.

Considering Punjab, there were eight instances of the UK strain found among international travellers and their contacts but 543 in the wider community. In Delhi, there were 91 instances of the UK strain among the international travellers against 323 in the wider community. In Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir, there were no reported variants in those with international travel history, but 26 and 23 cases in the local community were still found to have the UK strain.

However, the same pattern doesn’t hold in the central and southern states of India. Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Kerala, where there are large COVID-19 caseloads, there were more instances of the UK variant in the travellers and their contacts than in the wider community. In Maharashtra, the ratio was 35: 29; in Kerala, it’s 15:1, and in Tamil Nadu, 14:1. These instances were in stark contrast to the situation in northern states.

Dr Anurag Agrawal, who serves as a Director at CSIR-IGIB, noted that the UK variant was imported in Delhi and Punjab because of the presence of the international airport and “significant amplifying events” in Punjab, which also contributed to spreading the strain to Delhi.

“It could have been maha panchayat, the farmer gatherings in Delhi, weddings. The only way to establish this is to check with donors of all these samples if they were present at protests,” he said.

The UK variant is amongst the most contagious strains of the coronavirus and is competing against the Indian variant (B.1.617). In the UK too, when the variant was first discovered, it was distinguished by increased instances of breathlessness and demand for oxygenation. This variant spreads more easily and quickly with 30-50% enhanced transmissibility than the original Chinese coronavirus that emerged in Wuhan.

NRI Belt of Punjab and the ‘farmers’ protests contributed to the spread of the more virulent UK coronavirus strain?

Earlier in March, it was reported that over 80% of cases in Punjab were due to the UK variant of the Chinese coronavirus. As per reports, the UK strain was first found mostly amongst the NRIs who had returned from the UK. As per reports, in March Kapurthala and Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar accounted for nearly 26 per cent of all COVID cases in Punjab. Punjab’s Doaba region comprising of these two districts contributed to 25.6% of all COVID related deaths on March 19. On April 5, it accounted for about 28% of COVID deaths in Punjab.

Doaba is also known as the ‘NRI belt’. It is also pertinent to note that ‘farmers’ from the Doaba region had continued their march towards Delhi for the protests. Perhaps, the protests and other super spreader events in Punjab may have contributed to the transmission of the UK strain in Singhu and other border areas of Delhi, from where they ultimately reached Delhi. 

‘Pull Up Your Socks, Get your house in order, enough is enough’: Delhi High Court pulls up Delhi Government

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‘Pull Up Your Socks, Get your house in order, enough is enough’: Delhi High Court pulls up Delhi Government

On April 27, Delhi High Court continued the day-to-day hearing of Covid-19 management in the national capital. During the hearing, when the High Court came to know that Seth Air has been holding 20 tons of Oxygen, the Bench criticized Delhi Government for mismanagement. The Court said, “Pull Up Your Socks, Get your house in order. Enough is enough. If you cannot do it, tell us, we will ask the Central Government to take over. People are dying!”

Amidst rising cases of Covid-19 infection in the national capital, the Delhi High Court is conducting day-to-day hearing of multiple PILs regarding the supply of drugs and Oxygen in the state. On Monday, the Bench comprising of Vipin Sanghi and Justice Rekha Palli had asked the Delhi Government to hold a meeting with all stakeholders and submit a report on the plan to ensure a smooth supply of Oxygen.

In its submission, Delhi Government said that it had conducted a marathon meeting with the stakeholders. Chief Secretary, Delhi Government, said that they had sought data from the stakeholders about the supply, existing contracts and demand of the life-saving gas.

Most of the data has been received by the Government, and by evening they will be able to pass an order to streamline the supply. CS further added that there would be a dedicated helpline number for the hospitals where they can contact in case of grievance. “The suppliers have to honour the existing orders,” said CS.

Hospitals approached High Court amidst lack of Oxygen

During the hearing, counsels of several hospitals made submissions as they were running out of Oxygen. Advocate Maninder Singh appearing for Shanti Mukund Hospital said that they had attended the meeting, and their allocation was reduced. Singh added that if a patient needs a certain amount of Oxygen, it has to be arranged. The Court directed the Delhi Government to immediately send 2.69 tons of Oxygen to the hospital that was allocated to them. When Advocate Mehra appearing for Delhi Government apologized for the delay, Singh said, “Apologising will not save lives.”

Advocate Sachin Puri appearing for Venkateshwara Hospital, informed the Court that they were about to run out of Oxygen. The Court noted that multiple complaints had been received, and they cannot be all wrong. “There have been repeated complaints of calls and messages not being answered,” the Court said. Adv Mehra assured supply would reach in the course of the hearing.

Advocate Ajay Kohli appearing for Delhi Heart and Lungs Institute told the Court that they have Oxygen left for two hours. The hospital was catering to 100 patients on Oxygen. The Court directed the Delhi government officials to take the necessary steps to ensure supply immediately.

The supply chain is getting streamlined, Delhi government claimed

As per the submissions made by Advocate Mehra, the supply chain is being streamlined in the national capital. Jindal Industries have provided 3-4 tankers. Five tankers were allocated by the central Government for Delhi. Linde also arranged four tankers. The Delhi government has requested the Central Government for support in airlifting tankers from Bangkok, to which the Home Ministry has agreed to. So far, the Delhi Government has 13 additional tankers at its disposal.

Black marketing is a major issue, Court noted

The Court noted during the hearing that black marketing of oxygen cylinders is a major issue that the Government must solve. Justice Palli said, “It’s the biggest problem that individuals are facing.” The Court was informed that some individual suppliers did not attend the April 26 meeting. The Court directed the Government of Delhi to take over the plants of the suppliers who fail comply to with their orders.

When the Court asked about those who want to get their cylinders refilled at home, Advocate Mehra stated that there is a shortage of cylinders. When Justice Palli asked the hospitals are saying they have empty cylinders, but they were unable to get them refilled, Mehra said the statement is incorrect. He said he and Advocate Satyakam have been answering the SOS calls themselves that irked the Court. The Bench told them it is not their job to handle the SOS calls.

The Bench told the Delhi Government to curb black marketing as there have been reports that cylinders are being sold for lakhs. “We will direct you then to take over their plants. Keep them in custody if they are playing with people’s lives like that,” the Court said.

‘You passed the order as a window dress’, said the Delhi Court

Advocate Aggarwal brought the order by the Delhi Government to the notice of the Court that states all hospitals must attend the patients within 10 minutes. He said when the hospital is running at full capacity, how it can follow such an order. “These orders cannot be issued in a general manner,” he said.

After checking the photographs of overwhelmed emergencies of the hospitals, the Court asked the Delhi government the intention behind the order. Mehra replied that it was just an advisory and not an order. The Court refused to accept the argument and said that such orders paint a bad picture of the hospitals. The Court also asserted that if the objective was just to do the paperwork, there was no need to pass such orders.

The Bench said, “That’s what we have been saying. If there is negligent behaviour by any hospitals, you pass orders. But passing these orders generally? This proceeds on the assumption that without this order, hospitals are not doing their job.” The Court added that such orders put additional pressure on the already overwhelmed healthcare system.

“It seems like this paperwork, just window dress, which has been done to satisfy patients and attendants that look we’ve issued the order. You are not looking at the other side, the hospitals and workers. And have your own Delhi govt hospitals been able to achieve this?” the Court said.

‘There is something fishy with your order’, said Court to Delhi Government

Arora, the owner of Multan, a company that refills oxygen cylinders, told the Court that he was asked to fulfil the requirement of the hospitals. However, he was getting continuous SOS calls. He asked the Court how to manage. When the Court asked Delhi Government about the system in place for the supply, Advocate Mehra informed the Court that a system is being set up to plan the supply to the hospitals.

The Court was informed by Seth Air that the company had 20 tons of Oxygen. The owner stated that he was asked to supply Oxygen to four hospitals only though he used to supply to 80 hospitals. He added when he asked the Government that he had received an SOS call and if he should honour the call or provide Oxygen to only four allotted hospitals, the Delhi Government asked him to manage others too.

The Court turned towards Mehra and asked them why Seth Air has not been informed properly about the supply. Udit Rai appearing for Delhi Government, said that Seth Air was lying.

The Court said, “Every time we have told him, all commitments he has with hospitals are to be honoured. He has already received 20 tonnes and will get 16 more today.” The Court asked if the Government had given Seth Air a free hand to run the course of oxygen supply on its own.

Seth told the Court he did not supply Oxygen to Maharaja Agrasen Hospital as they said they did not need any oxygen. The Court got furious and said, “I’ll take you in custody right now. You think we don’t understand what’s happening here. “Aap hame bevkoof samajhte hai”? Their patients are dying!” The Bench asserted that Seth had made a false statement that Agresen Hospital was procuring Oxygen from another source.

The Court directed GNCTD to take note and take over their unit. The Bench further directed Seth to not cause any obstruction in running of the plant under the management of officers of GNCTD. The Court added, “Seth appears to be a rather big supplier. He wasn’t part of your order?! There seems to be something fishy. This cannot be just overlooked!”

The Court further told Delhi Government, “Get your house in order. Enough is enough. If you can’t do it, tell us, we will ask the Central govt to take over. People are dying! From hearing today, it’s clear to us that GNCTD has to pull up its socks for the aspect of distribution of liquid Oxygen to larger hospitals but also cylinders used in smaller hospitals.”

When Mehra asked the Court to reconsider the phrase ‘Delhi govt needs to pull its socks’ and replace it with “needs to things more transparent, the Court denied and said, “This one man had 20 tonnes of Oxygen! And he isn’t even in your order? We are really alarmed by the situation that we have discovered today! If we look back when SG Mehta said there is availability, We did not believe it then!”

The hearing will continue tomorrow.

Despite not wearing a mask herself, transgender Congress councillor thrashes two Hindu Sadhus: Watch

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Despite not wearing a mask herself, transgender Congress councillor thrashes two Hindu Sadhus: Watch

On Tuesday (April 27) morning, a Congress councilor was seen thrashing two Hindu Sadhus in the Pilibanga area in the Hanumangarh district of Rajasthan.

As per reports, the accused has been identified as one Poonam Mahant. She is the councillor of ward number 35 and was elected on a Congress ticket in January this year. In a video that has now gone viral, the transgender Congress councillor was seen slapping two Hindu saints and shoving them in one corner. She then inquired, “Where are your masks in the time of the Coronavirus pandemic?” It must be mentioned that the accused herself did not have a mask or face covering.

Intimidated by the possibility of physical harm, one of the sadhus pointed towards a piece of cloth around his neck (suggesting that it was his mask). “Where is your mask?” she threatened after seizing the stick from one of the Sadhus. “Put the mask on,” she ordered and proceeded to hit a Sadhu with the stick in her hand. In her defence, she has claimed that she stopped the Sadhus only because they were roaming around without a mask.

Following social media backlash, the accused Congress worker tried to do ‘damage control.’ In another video made viral by the accused, one of the Sadhus was seen approaching the house of the councillor. The ‘transgender’ then stepped out of her house and directed him to a signboard. “Please wear a mask”, she was heard as saying. Poonam Mahant was then seen handing out a mask to the Sadhu and urging him to take care of himself amidst the Coronavirus crisis.

Despite her best attempt to deflect social media backlash and portray herself as a genuine political leader, netizens were not convinced by her act.

Registration for COVID-19 vaccination for people above 18 to start from 4 PM on April 28

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Registration for COVID-19 vaccination for people above 18 to start from 4 PM on April 28

The fourth phase of India’s COVID-19 vaccination drive will start taking registrations from 4 PM on April 28. In the fourth phase of the vaccination drive, everyone from 18 and above stands eligible to get the vaccine. People eligible for the vaccination can register themselves on the CoWin platform.

A few days back, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has informed via a tweet that the registration for citizens above 18 years of age will open on the Cowin platform on April 28. Citizens will be able to register themselves for vaccination on Aarogya Setu app, UMANG app and COWIN platforms.

On April 19, the government of India has announced that anyone from 18 years to 45 years of age can get the Covid-19 vaccine in phase three of the Largest Vaccination Drive in the world. The government allowed the vaccine manufacturers to supply 50% of the products directly to state and private players. Notably, the union government will provide vaccines only to those who are above 45 years of age. Those who are between 18-45 years of age will get the vaccination from their respective states or private players.

Note: Earlier report said that the registration opened at midnight on April 28, 2021 based on the information prevalent at that time. However, as per latest information, the registration will begin at 4 PM on April 28, 2021.

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