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Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs Piyush Goyal also appealed to people not to panic about the availability of oxygen as the country has a sufficient stock of the gas. The Centre has asked the states and Union territories to ensure a judicious use of medical oxygen and no wastage of the essential public health commodity amid a surge in coronavirus cases and the subsequent demand for the life-saving gas. Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs Piyush Goyal also appealed to people not to panic about…

The curfew will be in force in Gurgaon, Faridabad, Panchkula, Sonipat, Rohtak, Karnal, Hisar, Sirsa and Fatehabad districts from 10 pm on Friday till 5 am on Monday, an official order said. The Haryana government has imposed a weekend lockdown in nine districts to stem the spread of COVID-19 in the state, an official order stated. The curfew will be in force in Gurgaon, Faridabad, Panchkula, Sonipat, Rohtak, Karnal, Hisar, Sirsa and Fatehabad districts from 10 pm on Friday till 5 am on Monday, it said. These districts are the…

Many states have complained about the differential pricing and say they have been told by the manufacturers that stocks will arrive later. Private hospital chains Apollo, Max and Fortis will start Covid shots for people between 18 and 44 from tomorrow, when vaccinations are opened to all adults across the country. Several states have said they cannot launch vaccinations for 18-plus people on Saturday as planned as they do not have enough vaccine stocks. Apollo said it would start these vaccinations at limited centres in the country. “The vaccination program…

Singhu border, where farmers have been protesting against the new farms laws for months, is in Sonipat and has been exempted from Section 144. All large gatherings have been banned in Haryana’s Gurugram, Sonipat, Hisar, Faridabad and Panchkula from today amid a massive surge in coronavirus cases across the country in the second and more deadly second wave. These five districts along with Karnal are the worst affected in the state due to Covid. The state government in an order on Saturday instructed the six districts to impose prohibitory orders under…

A massive earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 on the Richter Scale hit Sonitpur area of Assam today at around 7:51 AM, said National Center for Seismology.  As per the early inputs, the first earthquake was centred 43 km west of Tezpur in Assam. EMSC said that the quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles).  Following the first massive earthquake, two 4.3 and 4.4  aftershocks took place with one at around 7:55 am and another a few minutes after that. The  earthquake originated in Assam and tremors…