New Delhi: Twelve people, including a doctor, died at Delhi’s Batra Hospital on May 1 after it ran out of medical oxygen – for the second time in the space of a week. The hospital’s Executive Director, Doctor Sudhanshu Bankata, said the next 24 hours would be “critical” and thatContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on April 30 warned state governments and police against clamping down on the spread of information or calls for help through social media from citizens affected by Covid-19. A Special Bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud, L Nageswara Rao and S. Ravindra Bhat said anyContinue Reading
By Kate Scanlon Washington D.C.: With concerns that suicide rates are rising in communities of color during the pandemic, Catholic mental health workers say the Church can play a key role in response. Claire Shynett, coordinator of the Houston chapter of the Association of Catholic Mental Health Ministers, told CNAContinue Reading
Kohima: Catholics of Nagaland will observe May 7 as a ‘Day of Prayer and Fasting’ for relief from the COVID-19 pandemic. As per a press release received here, the Bishop’s House, Kohima has informed of the invitation from Oswald Cardinal Gracias, President of Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI) inContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on April 29 rejected the Centre’s submission that the current oxygen supply to the national capital was sufficient and asked it to respond on Delhi government’s allegation that other states were getting more oxygen or almost equivalent to what they had demanded. The existingContinue Reading
New Delhi: Amid an acute shortage of medical oxygen in Delhi, Gurudwara Singh Sabha located in Greater Kailash area of the national capital has started “Oxygen Langar” for refilling of oxygen cylinders, where people can come and refill their empty oxygen cylinders. Former president of Delhi Gurudwara Committee Manjeet SinghContinue Reading
Mumbai: Father Stan Swamy, an accused in the Bhima-Koregaon violence case, moved the Bombay High Court on April 26, challenging the rejection of his bail plea. The appeal mentioned the increase in COVID-19 cases in prison and that custodial interrogation is no longer needed as the chargesheet in the caseContinue Reading
New Delhi: Aerial photographs of cremations in Delhi – innumerable pyres in a row that even landed on the front pages of foreign publications – have been indicating since last week that the actual number of deaths from Covid might be different from the official figures. After visiting the city’sContinue Reading
Kochi: Cardinal George Alencherry, major archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church and president of Kerala Catholic Bishops’ Council, on April 25 appealed to the state and Central governments to treat the availability of medical oxygen as a basic human right. Governments should immediately take all necessary measures to make oxygen availableContinue Reading
New Delhi: At least eight people have died and 384 rescued after a glacier broke and triggered an avalanche close to the Indo-China border in the Indian state of Uttarakhand on April 24 . “Eight bodies have been recovered. Rescue operations are in progress,” a defence ministry official told reportersContinue Reading
