While the Union Health Ministry said in Parliament on Tuesday that no deaths due to lack of oxygen have been specifically reported by states, a fact-finding team appointed by the Karnataka High Court had reported that 24 Covid-19 patients died at the Chamarajanagar Institute of Medical Sciences, which is also the district hospital, due to shortage of oxygen on May 2-3.
Prerna Wadikar, a student who hails from Bengaluru, has won the Vice Chancellors Social Impact Award at the University of Oxford. The recognition was for her work in making portable energy access more affordable by developing a technological model using a lithium-ion battery.
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