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June 9 (IANS/ 101Reporters) "Happiness is no longer part of my life," said Kumari Neha. The 30-year-old was tragically widowed when her husband Deepak Anand, a government school teacher succumbed to Covid-19 while being treated at .
Since the beginning of the second wave in April, 54 government teachers have died as a result of the virus in Bihar s East and West Champaran districts. A teacher s group in East Champaran feels that timely wages could have prevented some of the deaths.
A hospital in Bhagalpur, Bihar, July 2020. | Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
On April 25 when 25-year-old Syed Ali’s oxygen levels dipped perilously low to 78 percent, his family in Indarwa Abdullah, a village in Bihar’s Gopalganj district, rushed him to the district hospital. He was put on oxygen therapy, but it was not helping. He needed a ventilator, the doctors said.
The Gopalganj district hospital has three ventilators that it received from the Central government last September. But seven months later, as Bihar battles a deadly surge of Covid-19, with daily caseload this week increasing to more than three times the peak seen last year, these life-saving devices are little more than furniture here.
Prayagraj: Bucking the trend this time, the youth brigade has claimed top honours in the overall merit list of PCS 2019 exam, the result of which was declared by Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) on Wednesday. Among the top 10 rank holders, nine are less than 30 years of age.
Moreover, the topper Vishal Saraswat and two other candidates in top 10, are just 25 years old.
Vishal’s father Shiva Prakash is priest of a temple in Mathura while his mother Rajeshwari is a homemaker. His elder brother is working in the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Vishal had appeared in PCS 2018 interview as well, but was not successful.