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The Gautam Adani group has also secured about two dozen cryogenic tanks for transporting medical oxygen, it said in a series of tweets.

UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has instructed the State Health Department to work out an action plan to conduct the vaccination campaign on a large scale.

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Ghaziabad, adjoining Delhi, is among the districts worst-hit by the pandemic in Uttar Pradesh.

Vaccine doses were given to beneficiaries at 6,155 centres – 5,347 government-run and 808 private ones – across the state, the government said.

The Prime Minister was also briefed that oxygen cylinders available with Armed Forces in various establishments will be released for hospitals.

At the interbank forex market, the local unit opened at 74.81 against the US dollar, then gained some strength to quote at 74.77, a rise of 24 paise over its last close.

For the posts of 746 members of zila panchayats, there are 10,627 candidates in the fray. For the 18,530 posts of members of kshetra panchayats, there are 89,188 candidates.

Polling began at 7 am for 34 seats in the seventh phase of the state assembly elections amid tight security and a rampaging second wave of Covid-19.

The assistance is to include badly needed oxygen respirators, a source with knowledge of the plans told AFP without providing further details.

The order came amid a scarcity of medical oxygen in many parts of the country, particularly in Delhi.

One more body was recovered on Sunday and a rescue operation is underway, the district disaster management office said

Doctors have claimed that the novel coronavirus variant responsible for causing the second wave of Covid-19 is not just highly infectious but also stealthy.

In the 76th episode of his monthly radio address ‘Mann Ki Baat’, PM Modi invited health care and front line workers from across the country to share their thoughts on the current situations.

There were 130 patients in the ICU, including 30 on invasive ventilation, when the SOS was sent.