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46 inmates across three jails in Delhi test positive for Covid
Forty-six inmates and 43 staffers of three jails in Delhi have tested positive for COVID-19, officials said on Monday. “All the infected inmates as well as staffers have been under isolation and are recovering,” said a senior jail official. According to data shared by the jail authorities, 46 inmates tested positive till Sunday — 29 […]
SDMC to set up Engineered Sanitary Landfill Site’ for scientific garbage disposal
The South Delhi Municipal Corporation will be setting up and Engineered Sanitary Landfill Site’ at Tehkhand at an estimated cost of Rs 42.3 crore to solve the problem of garbage disposal SDMC commissioner Gyanesh Bharti said the site will become operational by March 2023. He said it will be the city’s first engineered sanitary landfill […]
With minimum temp of 13.5 degrees Celsius, light rain likely in Delhi
The national capital on Friday recorded a minimum temperature of 13.5 degrees Celsius, six notches above normal, and is likely to witness light rain, hail and thunderstorm during the day, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD) The maximum temperature is expected to settle at 19 degrees Celsius. Isolated thunderstorms and hail are predicted over […]
21-year-old engineering student from Assam arrested in the Bulli Bai case
Delhi Police on Thursday arrested a second year engineering student from Assam’s Jorhat in the “Bulli Bai” case. He is the fourth person nabbed for their alleged involvement in the app that has listed hundreds of Muslim women for “auction”. Niraj Bishnoi, 21, the main conspirator in the case will be reaching Delhi around 3.30 […]
Kin of Covid victims to soon get additional Rs 50,000 from DDRF
A one-time ex gratia assistance of Rs 50,000, in addition to the financial aid of an equal amount being provided by the city government from the Delhi Disaster Response Fund (DDRF) will be recieved by families. Senior government officials said on Wednesday that directions have been issued to district magistrates to disburse ex gratia assistance […]
Covid cases to witness exponential rise says Delhi’s Health Minister, Satyendar Jain
The third wave of Covid-19 pandemic has hit Delhi and the city is expected to record 10,000 new cases on Wednesday with a positivity rate of 10 %, city Health Minister Satyendar Jain said The minister also said only 300-400 samples are being sent for genome sequencing now as sequencing of all samples is not […]
Delhi logs highest number of Covid cases since May 16 of 2021
Delhi reported 5,481 fresh COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, the highest since May 16 with a positivity rate of 8.37 per cent. Three more fatalities due to the viral disease were reported, according to data shared by the city health department. Tuesday’s positivity rate is the highest since May 17, when it stood at 8.42 per […]
BJP MLAs walk out on day two of Delhi Assembly session
Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia was questioned by BJP about providing jobs to kin of government employees who died on duty during Covid. He blamed Union Home Minister of taking away the government’s power to grant such compensations. BJP MLA Vijender Gupta asked why Delhi government was not providing jobs to dependents of government […]