Delhi NCR

-August 22, 2024

Delhi: Health services hit in city as doctors’ continue strike for eleventh day

Delhi: Health services hit in city as doctors’ continue strike for eleventh day

Last Tuesday, the Supreme Court took suo motu cognisance of the rape and murder case in Kolkata and constituted a 10-member National Task Force (NTF) to formulate a protocol for ensuring the safety and security of doctors and other healthcare professionals

-August 22, 2024

Delhi: MCD under-reporting data on unsafe buildings, suggests report

Delhi: MCD under-reporting data on unsafe buildings, suggests report

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi data states that only 10 buildings collapsed in Delhi over the past two years; however, Delhi Fire Services says it received 350 phone calls related to collapse of buildings in 2023 and 2024

-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

-August 21, 2024

Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: AIIMS Delhi constitutes two committees to assess safety measures at campus

Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: AIIMS Delhi constitutes two committees to assess safety measures at campus

AIIMS Director Dr V Srinivas said the entire AIIMS family stands behind the cause of safety of all healthcare professionals at the premier hospital and across the country

-August 20, 2024

Monkeypox: Three Delhi govt hospitals directed to set up isolation rooms

Monkeypox: Three Delhi govt hospitals directed to set up isolation rooms

Last year, the number of reported cases around the world increased significantly. This year, the number of cases reported so far has already exceeded last year's total, with more than 15,600 cases and 537 deaths

-August 20, 2024

Delhi: Several hospitals, mall receive bomb threat emails; search operations underway

Delhi: Several hospitals, mall receive bomb threat emails; search operations underway

The mailing list mentioned around 50 government and private hospitals, including AIIMS, Safdarjung, Apollo, Moolchand, Max and Sir Ganga Ram hospitals, police said

-August 20, 2024

Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: RML Hospital ends strike; doctors’ body welcomes SC intervention

Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: RML Hospital ends strike; doctors’ body welcomes SC intervention

The RML RDA said it called off the strike after the Centre's acceptance of all demands put forward by their peers from across India

-August 20, 2024

Excise policy case: Delhi court extends CM Arvind Kejriwal’s judicial custody till August 27

Excise policy case: Delhi court extends CM Arvind Kejriwal’s judicial custody till August 27

The court is likely to consider on August 27 a supplementary chargesheet filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against Kejriwal