Varanasi is India’s spiritual capital. And here, in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s political stronghold, tensions between Hindus and Muslims are escalating.
Six New Delhi hospitals run out of oxygen as supplies failed to reach Indian capital
From CNN s Esha Mitra in New Delhi
A public notice hangs outside Shanti Mukund Hospital on April 22 in New Delhi, India. Amal KS/Hindustan Times/Getty Images
At least six private hospitals in the Indian capital New Delhi ran out of oxygen Thursday, the city s deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said in a letter to the union health minister on Thursday.
Even after the central government allocated 480 metric tonnes of oxygen for the capital on Wednesday, Delhi s advocate informed the Delhi high court on Thursday that the supplies had still not reached the capital.
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Tens of thousands of troops on both sides are currently stationed in freezing temperatures around the region of Ladakh in a bitter standoff that has lasted for months. Tensions in the area flared last year after a clash between groups of Indian and Chinese troops left at least 20 soldiers dead in June.