Read more about Covid-19 challenge bigger than last year, stop it from hitting villages: PM on Business Standard. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the Covid-19 challenge before the country now is bigger than the last year and it should be stopped from hitting villages "by all means"
Noting that accountability of government is integral to democracy, Congress leader Anand Sharma on Saturday said the Narendra Modi dispensation must be held morally and politically accountable for the death of COVID-19 patients due to shortage of oxygen and critical medicines. He said the government must answer why it did not put an exigency plan in place before the onset of the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. Accountability of government is integral to democracy. This government must be held morally and politically accountable, Sharma said on Twitter. Reminding again the prime minister and his colleagues that India cannot be micromanaged in a pandemic. The responsibility for the deaths of Indian citizens for shortage of oxygen and medicines lies squarely at the doorstep of the government, he said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday condoled the loss of lives in a blaze at a private hospital in Maharashtra s Palghar district and approved an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each for the next of kin of the victims. Thirteen COVID-19 patients died in the blaze at the intensive care unit of a private hospital in Virar, police said. There were 90 patients in the hospital, 18 of them in the ICU, when the fire broke out after a blast in the AC unit, an official said. The dead include five women and eight men. The fire at a COVID-19 hospital in Virar is tragic. Condolences to those who lost their loved ones. May the injured recover soon, Modi was quoted as saying by the Prime Minister s Office (PMO).
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Thursday that India and the US are launching an agenda 2030 partnership on green collaborations as he pitched for concrete action at a high speed and on a large scale globally to combat climate change. Addressing a virtual summit on climate change convened by US President Joe Biden, Modi said a guiding philosophy of back to basics must be an important pillar of the economic strategy for the post-COVID era and asserted that India has taken many bold steps on clean energy, energy efficiency and bio-diversity, despite its development challenges. The summit is being attended by some 40 world leaders, including Chinese President Xi Jinping, his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Japanese counterpart Yoshihide Suga.
May Lord Shri Ram s boundless compassion always remain on the countrymen, he tweeted. The festival is celebrated to mark the birth of Lord Ram. Modi asked people to follow all the protocols in place to avoid getting the infection and keep the mantra of dawai bhi, kadai bhi (have medicine and follow guidelines) in mind.
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