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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 […]
Awaiting Covid vaccine arrival, Delhi hospital working on storage facility
From installing freezers to cold chain equipment set up, arrangements are being made at a Delhi government hospital for storage of COVID-19 vaccine, anticipating its arrival, sources said on Tuesday. Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain had recently said work was underway to build storage and transportation logistics so that once the vaccine arrives, the next […]
Health condition of passengers arriving from UK recently to be checked: Delhi govt
Amid mounting concern over a new strain of COVID-19 detected in the UK, the Delhi government on Tuesday said it will check the health condition of passengers, who have arrived here recently from the UK, by visiting their houses. All passengers arriving from the UK are now being tested for COVID-19 at Delhi airport, Health […]
Delhi registers first deaths due to dengue, malaria this year: Civic body
The national capital has reported one death each due to dengue and malaria so far this year, a report released by the South Delhi civic body on Monday said The death due to malaria is also the first in the city in over six years, it said. The sole dengue victim this year was a […]