Owing to shortage of availability of beds in the city, Covid patients often are left with no option but to opt for home isolation packages  As on April 26, there are 52,733 people with Covid-19 in home isolation in Delhi. The city reported 20,201 cases in the last 24 hours, it has in fact seen […]

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Patriot speaks to nurses, who reveal how symptoms of the new Covid strain are worse this time – with hospitals in the Capital city short staffed, and many contracting the virus A couple of days earlier a video showing two Covid-19 patients sharing a bed at Delhi’s Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) hospital bore […]

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Ganga Ram hospital shows 14 beds available on Delhi government’s Corona dashboard, but when Patriot calls to check – the officials say none are available, and claims 500 people on waiting list Delhi is facing an acute shortage of Covid-19 ICU beds. While the Delhi government has its website “Corona jantasamvad” where one can check […]

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Elderly couple’s death in Dwarka shows how unsafe roads are for pedestrians A death of an elderly couple, Shanti Swaroop Arora (79) and his wife Anjula Arora (62), in a road accident puts the spotlight back on how unsafe walking on Delhi’s roads are. The CCTV footage of how and what led to the deaths […]

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North MCD pensioners and employees think it will take time, before they get paid on time    For months now, the employees and pensioners of North Municipal Corporation of Delhi have spoken out against its employer’s inability to pay their dues. At one point the salaries were deferred by up to five months. Manmohan Bharadwaj, […]

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With the recent social distancing violations at the city’s bars and pubs coming into limelight – it seems a night curfew was inevitable Just as night life was getting back into action, a steady and worrying rise in Covid cases has made the Delhi government decide to end them. Night curfew has been announced and […]

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Delhi airport eyes a future of full privatisation, with no equity left to AAI In mid-March, reports stated that the government had plans to sell its stake in an already majorly privatised Delhi international airport, amongst others. This is a part of its asset monetisation plan, to raise Rs 2.5 lakh crore of additional resources. […]

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In a city with a high crime rate against women, it is of concern on how the centre uses its money for women’s safety and security initiatives, and to create a safe space Delhi has till now, under the Nirbhaya fund, received Rs 400.35 crores. The capital city was where the December 2012 brutal rape […]

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