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Each day, Devika wakes up and prepares breakfast for her six siblings. As they sit on the floor of their brightly painted Delhi home, she places another plate of food in front of a framed photo of her parents. They died just a few weeks ago from Covid-19.
Monumental loss
Leaving behind an indelible image of an able and efficient administrator, a noted town planner, possessing good management skills, never compromising with principles of honesty and probity, prompt in taking critical decisions and living a simple personal life, former Indian civil servant and politician, twice Governor of the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir, Jagmohan Malhotra left for his heavenly abode. Known for being a tough and unyielding man in his way of functioning, as he believed and practiced transparency and honesty, he had earned lot many admirers as also avowed critics. He took various daring steps in respect of beautification of Delhi city as Vice Chairperson in Delhi Development Authority. He, besides, an able administrator, was a man of letters and had more interest in the subject of History as he penned a few books too. A person of mixed qualities, as he was, a few of his policies and ways of functioning were not wholly liked by some people but that did n
COVID-19: Jharkhand seeks Centre s nod to import Remdesivir vials from Bangladesh ANI | Updated: Apr 19, 2021 05:49 IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], April 19 (ANI): With the increasing demand of Remdesivir for critical patients in Jharkhand, the state government sought permission from the Centre to import 50,000 vials of the COVID-19 drug from a Bangladeshi pharmaceuticals company.
Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Sunday wrote a letter to Union Cabinet Minister DV Sadanand Gowda asking for permission to import the supply as soon as possible. We had anticipated the second wave to be less virulent due to vaccination and herd immunity. But, on the contrary, a large proportion of patients are showing major symptoms and require hospitalisation and other such treatment protocols.Remdesivir is a vital medicine in the treatment protocol of a COVID-19 case. Unfortunately, there is an acute scarcity of the medicine in Jharkhand, read the letter.