PTI
Posts by: PTI
3 more Delhi residents test positive for UK variant of Coronavirus
Three more Delhi residents have tested positive for the new Coronavirus strain as a result of door-to-door medical check-up of people who have recently arrived from the United Kingdom an official said on Monday With this, seven residents of the national capital have so far been found infected with the new Coronavirus variant that has […]
Covid vaccination in Delhi: Over 500 centres in ph-1, facility being set up for 2-8 deg C storage
Work is underway in full swing to set up centres for Covid-19 vaccination in the national capital with 500 such units to come up in the first phase, even as the storage facility is getting equipped with freezers to hold vaccines in a temperature range of 2-8 degrees Celsius. Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on […]
Covid-19 vaccine to be given to people in Delhi for free once it arrives: Health Minister Jain
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday said COVID-19 vaccine will be provided to people in the national capital for free once it arrives, and asserted that the city government has made preparations for the vaccination drive. Interacting with reporters during his visit to a facility in Daryaganj as part of a dry run exercise […]
Delhi braces for cold wave in run-up to New Year
A cold wave is likely to grip parts of Delhi over the next four days as frosty winds from the Himalayas have started blowing towards the plains, weather department officials said on Monday. The minimum temperature in the national capital settled at 5.6 degrees Celsius as against 6 degrees Celsius on Sunday. The India Meteorological […]
Give more time before fining people for HSRP violation, HC suggests to AAP govt
The Delhi High Court Thursday suggested to the AAP government to give more time to people to obtain colour-coded fuel stickers and high-security registration plates (HSRP) before it starts fining them Rs 5,500 for violations A bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Talwant Singh said the Delhi government should not create panic among the citizens […]
Fully ready to receive, store, give vaccine to 51 lakh priority category persons in Delhi: Kejriwal
The Delhi government is fully prepared to receive, store and administer Covid-19 vaccine to 51 lakh priority category persons in the city in the first phase of vaccination, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday. He said his government is all set to start the vaccination drive as soon as it gets the vaccine from […]
Dense fog shrouds Delhi; air quality remains ‘severe’
Dense fog reduced visibility to just 100 metres in parts of Delhi on Thursday, affecting traffic movement, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. The minimum temperature at the Safdarjung Observatory, which provides representative data for the city, settled at 4.5 degrees Celsius. Dense fog in the Palam area reduced visibility to 100 metres between 5:30 […]
Delhi school principals against scrapping of nursery admissions for next year
Principals of schools in the national capital are not in favour of scrapping nursery admissions for next year in view of the Covid-19 pandemic even as the government maintains that no final decision has been taken yet in this regard. Usually, the process to enter children in nursery in around 1,700 schools in Delhi begins […]