In focus, 18th May 2021, News & Stories from India

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18 May 2021

In focus, 18 May 2021

To lift the spirits of their employees and to make the feel valued and appreciated, EMCER formulated a unique way to make the employees feel special. — By arrangement

EMCER Celebrates its Most Valued Employees :Lifts their Spirits with Awards & Rewards

15 individual Awards,8 team Awards and 4 Zonal Awards and the most important of all – Employee of the Year Award were bestowed upon

18 May 2021 8:56 PM

Sandip Group of Institutes has a reputation for providing quality, industry-synced, and skill-oriented education to students pursuing engineering, computer science, Agriculture, law, management, pharmaceutical science, fashion design, and beauty cosmetology. — By arrangement

73 Students Placed from Sandip Group of Institutes at Schneider Electric via “Virtual Campus Drive”

174 students participated in Virtual Campus Drive, and had to undergo a series of interviews before being selected

18 May 2021 8:53 PM

A patient suffering from the coronavirus receives treatment inside the emergency ward at Holy Family hospital in New Delhi. (Photo: Reuters)

Indian doctors, trained abroad, forced to stand by as COVID sweeps nation

Health experts are warning that India will soon face a shortage of medical staff in critical care units

18 May 2021 1:18 PM

There has been an unprecedented spur in the demand for plasma. (Photo: PTI)

Top medical experts welcome move to remove plasma therapy from COVID-19 treatment

Earlier, as per the ICMR advisory on April 22, Convalescent plasma (Off label) was considered only when certain criteria were met

18 May 2021 12:54 PM

Bihar saw the maximum number of 78 deaths of medical practitioners. (Photo: File/PTI)

270 doctors have died of COVID in second wave of pandemic: IMA

The list of the deceased doctors includes former IMA president Dr K K Aggarwal

18 May 2021 12:42 PM

US President Joe Biden dialled up Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday. (Photo: File/PTI)

US President Joe Biden tells Netanyahu he backs 'ceasefire' in Israel: White House

Biden has so far resisted joining other world leaders and much of his own Democratic party in calling for an immediate ceasefire in Israel

18 May 2021 12:28 PM

Former TMC leader Sovan Chatterjee comes out of the CBI office, Nizam Palace, in Kolkata, early Tuesday, May 18, 2021. The Calcutta High Court issued a stay order on the bail of the four All India Trinamool Congress leaders who were arrested Monday in the Narada sting case. (PTI)

Narada sting case: Arrested TMC MLA, former party leader admitted to Kolkata hospital

The central agency had also apprehended two senior West Bengal ministers Firhad Hakim and Subrata Mukherjee in connection with the case

18 May 2021 12:08 PM

Employees packing boxes with COVID-19 vaccine at the packaging and dispatch department in Pune, Maharashtra. (Photo: World Health Organisation)

WHO reminds Serum Institute of its COVAX commitments amidst soaring demand in India

Earlier this month, Adar Poonawalla said it was not possible to ramp up production overnight

18 May 2021 11:18 AM

A health worker conducts Covid-19 testing at Ram Manohar Lohiya Hospital in Lucknow.(Photo: PTI)

Record 4,329 COVID-19 fatalities in India in single day

The country reported 2,63,533 new cases in a span of 24 hours

18 May 2021 10:23 AM

A truck is stranded on a flooded highway near Diu on May 18, 2021, after Cyclone Tauktae blasted ashore in western India late May 17 with fierce winds and drenching rains that turned streets into rivers, disrupting the country's response to its devastating Covid-19 outbreak. (Punit PARANJPE / AFP)

Cyclone Tauktae weakens after making landfall on Gujarat coast

The cyclone brought gusty winds and heavy rains on the entire coastal belt, uprooting trees in Junagadh, Amreli and Bhavnagar districts

18 May 2021 10:22 AM

The four heavyweight accused were Cabinet colleagues of Ms Banerjee when they, along with seven more TMC leaders, including many MPs, and IPS officer S.M.H. Meerza were allegedly caught accepting around Rs 5 lakhs in cash each in a sting operation by journalist Mathew Samuel ahead of the 2016 Assembly elections. — DC file photo

CBI arrests 4 TMC men, Mamata storms agency office

The arrest of these four by the CBI, close on the heels of the TMC coming to power in the state, triggered a volcano of protests in Kolkata

18 May 2021 9:34 AM

Earlier, in his monthly “Mann ki Baat” radio address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said a powerful positivity message needs to go out. (PTI)

Shashidhar Nanjundaiah | Positivity effect: Govt has to do things differently

Rather than viewing criticism negatively, the criticism-averse govt can also help transform public perceptions by responding more positively

18 May 2021 7:27 AM

The official position of our government in response to a shortage of vaccines and a shortage of oxygen and of ventilators is that nobody could have anticipated this. (AFP)

Aakar Patel | Govt needed to have ‘grip’ over Covid: That is what PM lacks

The reason we don’t have enough vaccines is that we did not order them at the right time because we didn’t think we needed them

18 May 2021 7:14 AM

The National AEFI Committee has said that bleeding and clotting cases following the vaccine shots in India were minuscule and in line with the expected number of diagnoses of these conditions in the country.— AFP

Bleeding and blood clotting identified due to Covishield

Since the Covid-19 vaccination drive was initiated, more than 23,000 adverse events have been reported through the CoWin platform

18 May 2021 1:49 AM

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