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 The hospital was to receive its quota of oxygen at 05:30 pm but the supply did not reach it till midnight.  

The 2021 Indian Premier League is the 14th edition of the fruitful Twenty20 league. The tournament is currently being held in India in a limited capacity, across six venues, owing to the COVID restrictions in the country. Meanwhile, none of the teams has the home advantage this season.

 India continues to set new Covid-19 world records, with cases remaining firmly over the three lakh mark for the third consecutive day.

Here is a roundup of all the Covid-19 updates from across the country. Read and be informed.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal apologised to Prime Minister Narendra Modi today during the review meeting to discuss the oxygen crisis over a protocol breach.

 Earlier in the day, Modi also reviewed the emerging situation of Covid-19 in the country in a meeting with top government officials.

Harish Salve's appointment as amicus curiae in the case had drawn sharp responses from some senior advocates like Dushyant Dave. Dave claimed that Salve had proximity with the government of the day and is a childhood friend of Chief Justice of India SA Bobde.

Axar Patel is an Indian all-rounder who has been playing for Delhi Capitals since 2019. He has also represented Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings before. He serves Gujarat in the domestic circuit and is coming off a dominating performance in the Test series against England.

Terming the reports about the patients dying due to lack of oxygen as fake news, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital chairman told media persons that when oxygen pressure lowered in ICU beds, the staff gave oxygen to the patients manually.

The Indian Air Force deputed the big boys -- C-17 and IL-76 transport aircraft -- to airlift oxygen tankers to the filling stations across the country in order to speed up the distribution of oxygen cylinders.