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Within the world’s worst coronavirus outbreak, few treasures are more coveted than an empty oxygen canister. India’s hospitals desperately need the metal cylinders to store and transport the lifesaving gas as patients across the country gasp for breath.
So a local charity reacted with outrage when one supplier more than doubled the price, to nearly $US200 ($A258) each. The charity called the police, who discovered what could be one of the most brazen, dangerous scams in a country awash with coronavirus-related fraud and black-market profiteering.
The police say the supplier a business called Varsha Engineering, essentially a scrapyard had been repainting fire extinguishers and selling them as oxygen canisters. The consequences could be deadly: The less-sturdy fire extinguishers might explode if filled with high-pressure oxygen.
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Delhi Police seeks undertaking from officers not willing to get jab
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158 policemen test positive for COVID-19 on Thursday
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158 policemen test positive for COVID-19 on Thursday
After finding out that 8% Delhi police personnel are yet to be vaccinated, Delhi Police demanded undertaking from the officers who are not willing to get the COVID-19 vaccines due to health reasons.
On Thursday, a total of 158 policemen tested positive for COVID-19. As many as 61 policemen have died due to the disease since the beginning of pandemic last year.
The officer said that after it was found that 17 Delhi police personnel, each having received only the first vaccine shot, had succumbed to the second COVID-19 wave and sudden surge of positive cases in the force, all district DCPs and heads of other units were asked to provide updated data of vaccination of policemen.
Massage Centre At Delhi Singhu Border To Keep Farmers Protest Going Massage Centre At Delhi Singhu Border To Keep Farmers Protest Going Six plastic chairs, rugs and mats on the floor and a home-made pain relief oil from Punjab are being used to help the visibly-tired protestors unwind and reduce their muscle tension.
Farmers getting massage at Singhu border. (Representational)
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The growing complaints of sore feet, stiff back or pain around the kneecap among the protesting farmers especially the older ones have led to opening of a makeshift massage centre at Singhu Border.
Six plastic chairs, rugs and mats on the floor and a home-made pain relief oil from Punjab are being used to help the visibly-tired protestors unwind and reduce their muscle tension.
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