Coronavirus live updates: Tamil Nadu chief minister Stalin flags 'severe crisis' over oxygen with PM Modi
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THE TIMES OF INDIA | May 07, 2021, 23:22:54 IST
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Coronavirus live updates: Tamil Nadu chief minister Stalin flags 'severe crisis' over oxygen with PM Modi

Over 4.14 lakh fresh infections were reported on Thursday and also 3.927 deaths. Daily death count has now stayed above 3,000 for 10 days in a row. Maharashtra reported the most fatalities at 853. UP, Delhi and Karnataka also reported over 300 deaths each. Kerala and Madhya Pradesh have imposed lockdown amid a surge in cases. Stay with TOI for all updates.
12:39 (IST) May 07
Amicus Curiae Rajshekhar Rao tells Delhi High Court that they have spoken to a tech company on bed availability and Google is ready to help. They connected them to Delhi government
12:29 (IST) May 07
Delhi government informs Delhi High Court that it is grateful for suggestions given by court and Amicus Curiae and they are taking in a proactive manner. Amicus Curiae also tells HC that the oxygen issue is slowly getting streamlined
12:17 (IST) May 07
At Congress Parliamentary Party meeting, Congress Interim President Sonia Gandhi has demanded that an all-party meeting and Parliamentary Standing Committee should be held over the Covid-19 situation in the country: ANI quotes sources
12:17 (IST) May 07
While many foreign banks have so far avoided major disruptions by shifting tasks to other offshore hubs, India’s Covid crisis has exposed a little-discussed vulnerability for companies that have spent decades outsourcing functions to the country.
12:03 (IST) May 07
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea by the Union government against Karnataka HC's order which asked it to increase the daily oxygen allocation to the state.
11:57 (IST) May 07
Delhi High Court appoints senior counsel Arvind Datar, as Amicus Curiae, to assist the Court on a plea seeking exemption on imposition of IGST on the import of Oxygen generators as a gift for personal use
11:46 (IST) May 07
Supreme Court refuses to entertain the petition filed by the Centre, against the direction of Karnataka High Court's May 5 order directing supply of oxygen to the state to up to 1200 MT per day from the sanctioned allocation of 965 MT
11:45 (IST) May 07
India reporting 5 times as many deaths as US
11:37 (IST) May 07
Delhi HC seeks stand of Centre, Delhi government on PIL to vaccinate all class 12 students appearing for Board exams
11:33 (IST) May 07
Centre says that there should be pan-India vision and not state specific approach while deciding supply of oxygen to different states. Solicitor general Tushar Mehta tells SC the entire system will collapse of all HCs start passing order on oxygen supply in their states
11:32 (IST) May 07
Lack of a clear Covid-19 and vaccination strategy while declaring premature victory against the virus are government failures that have made another "devastating lockdown inevitable", said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday in a letter addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
11:30 (IST) May 07
SC says that it is conscious of the difficulty faced by Centre but we have also to think about what will happen if the requirement of oxygen of a state is not met
11:21 (IST) May 07
Centre says that it would create great difficulty if all HCs start passing order for supply of oxygen to state
11:21 (IST) May 07
SC says that Karnataka HC order directing Centre to supply 1,200 MT oxygen to the state is a very judicious order and calibrated exercise of power
11:12 (IST) May 07
We mean business and the 700 MT of oxygen has yo be supplied to Delhi everyday till we modify our order. Please don't drive us to a situation where we have to pass coercive action against the government: SC tells Centre
11:11 (IST) May 07
SC says it will pass orders to decongest prisons during severe Covid-19 pandemic. A 3-J bench headed by CJI NV Ramana said it will set up a High Powered Committee, which will consider release of prisoners in jails across India in consonance with NALSA guidelines
11:07 (IST) May 07
Delhi: SC makes it clear that Centre has to supply 700 MT oxygen every day and its order to supply the oxygen is not confined for a day
10:55 (IST) May 07
A part of Rahul Gandhi's letter to PM Narendra Modi
A part of Rahul Gandhi's letter to PM Narendra Modi
10:53 (IST) May 07

Your government’s lack of a clear and coherent Covid and vaccinationstrategy, as well as its hubris in declaring premature victory as the viruswas exponentially spreading, has placed India in a highly dangerousposition: today the disease is growing explosively. It is currently on theverge of overwhelming all of our systems. GOl’s failures have madeanother devastating national lockdown almost inevitable.

Rahul Gandhi in letter to PM Modi

10:39 (IST) May 07
Government of India has, so far, provided more than 17.35 crore vaccine doses to states/UTs free of cost. More than 90 lakh doses are still available with states/UTs to be administered. Over 10 lakh doses in addition will be received by states/UTs in next three days: Ministry of health