UPSC CURRENT AFFAIRS-DAILY CAPSULE-AUG 17 2017
CLICK HERE TO SEE DATE WISE CURRENT AFFAIRS Gorakhpur deaths not due to lack of oxygen, says panel. News: The deaths of children and others at the Baba Raghav Das Medical College Hospital in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, were not caused by a shortage of oxygen supply, a three-member Central government committee said on Wednesday. Beyond news: The Central government panel visited the hospital, amid allegations that a private contractor stopped supplying oxygen, resulting in the death of many children. The team looked at deaths between August 1 and 6 and then between August 7 and 12. The BRD Hospital had previously maintained that of the 34 babies who died at the neo-natal intensive care unit, 12 died of encephalitis. The hospital, in its statement, said there had been a “drop…




