âShamelessâ: AAP draws journalist ire for cutting access to Hindustan Times reporters
AAP government expelled seven reporters of the paper from a Whatsapp group after one of them reported critically on its handling of the oxygen crisis.
On May 6, the Delhi governmentâs Media Cell removed seven
Hindustan Times reporters from a Whatsapp group meant for sharing press notes, including a daily health bulletin.
Vikas Yogi, the Arvind Kejriwal governmentâs Chief Media Coordinator who removed the reporters, didnât offer a reason but journalists in the 197-member group whom
Newslaundry spoke with said the action was prompted by a May 6
India s devastating new COVID wave theweek.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theweek.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Mumbai News | Edited by Ashutosh Tripathi | Saturday April 24, 2021 The Mumbai Civic body today announced that it will set up 16 oxygen generating plants in 12 city hospitals amid a phenomenal rise in demand for liquid medical oxygen and a dire shortage of the same across the country.
Bhopal News | Written by Anurag Dwary, Edited by Ashutosh Tripathi | Saturday April 24, 2021 A member of the nursing staff at Bhopal s JK Hospital has been arrested for administering saline to coronavirus patients instead of anti-viral drug Remdesivir, which is in high demand for treating COVID-19 patients, and black marketing it.
Andhra Pradesh News | Edited by Ashutosh Tripathi | Friday April 23, 2021
CBS News
Skyrocketing COVID cases and a lack of oxygen turn India into a living hell
India is fast becoming the next epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic. The world s second-most populous country reported more than 332,000 new COVID-19 cases on Friday. That s over 20,000 more than were reported the previous day, when India set a new record for cases recorded in a single day, surpassing a previous high seen in the U.S. in January.
As CBS News Lucy Craft reports, India is struggling to cope with the skyrocketing infections and a daunting shortage of medical oxygen. Anxious and exhausted, many citizens say they ve lost count of the friends and family sickened by the virus. Old and young, rich and poor, no one in the country of more than 1.3 billion people has been spared as its health care system buckles under the strain.