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Saurav Gupta -August 21, 2024

Delhi: Patients, kin suffer as doctors’ protests paralyse city hospitals

Delhi: Patients, kin suffer as doctors’ protests paralyse city hospitals

Stir by private and government hospital doctors in the national capital over the rape and murder of a Kolkata doctor brings healthcare services in the city to a halt, leaving countless patients without medical care

Saurav Gupta and Kushan Niyogi -August 16, 2024

Delhi: Clogged city drains leave the Capital flooded

Delhi: Clogged city drains leave the Capital flooded

Most of the drains in Delhi are clogged with silt and garbage, leaving streets inundated and causing inconvenience to the residents

Kushan Niyogi and Saurav Gupta -August 2, 2024

Delhi coaching centre deaths: UPSC aspirants sent two complaints before the incident, to no avail

Delhi coaching centre deaths: UPSC aspirants sent two complaints before the incident, to no avail

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi and the Public Works Department were apprised of the risks that the students at coaching centres were facing

Patriot Bureau -July 11, 2024

Dengue Returns: Hospitals, civic agencies gear up to counter the threat of vector-borne diseases

Dengue Returns: Hospitals, civic agencies gear up to counter the threat of vector-borne diseases

The number of dengue cases in the first six months of the year is twice as much as the city witnessed during the same period last year; however, hospitals are ready to avoid crisis similar to what struck the national capital in 2015, when 60 people succumbed to the disease

Saurav Gupta -May 31, 2024

Delhi’s heatwave crisis: Surge in hospital visits as temperatures soar

Delhi’s heatwave crisis: Surge in hospital visits as temperatures soar

Delhi’s top hospitals report significant increase in illnesses related to or exacerbated by the rising temperatures; doctors advise youngsters and elderly to stay at home during daytime 

Kushan Niyogi -May 18, 2024

Dark spots hound Delhi as vast stretches of roads remain without streetlights

Dark spots hound Delhi as vast stretches of roads remain without streetlights

Dark spots, or stretches without streetlights, were demarcated by the DCW in December, last year. such spots are in Rohini, Laxmi Nagar, Mangolpuri, and Delhi University North Campus, among others

Kushan Niyogi -April 28, 2024

Dread of the night still haunts Delhi, 16 years after Soumya Vishwanathan’s death

Dread of the night still haunts Delhi, 16 years after Soumya Vishwanathan’s death

Lack of police patrolling and streetlights is a major cause for concern at night across Delhi, say the national capital’s female workers

Kushan Niyogi -April 18, 2024

Cash-for-job haunts JNU’s contractual workers 

Cash-for-job haunts JNU’s contractual workers 

Company demands Rs 1,000 each from the 340 contractual employees; around 270 of them have already paid the sum according to the workers’ union