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 […]

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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 […]

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The Delhi government has decided to impose weekend curfew in the capital, amidst a surge in Covid cases of the Omicron variant, as per the Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia. Government employees, barring those engaged in essential services, will be asked to work from home. Private offices will remain open with 50% capacity. “There will […]

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Soon, a Bill will be tabled in Parliament to raise the legal age of marriage for girls to 21, at par with boys. It is a false equivalence to say that if they can vote at 18, they can marry. Voting is not a life-changing experience like marriage. It seemed one of those topics on […]

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Delhi commuters were in for a nasty surprise on the first working day of 2022 as BJP workers blocked traffic to protest the manner in which liquor retail has been privatised in the capital On 3 January, just when Delhi was coming back to its normal working mode on the first Monday of the new […]

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While many brought home furry friends during the lockdowns, not many were up to the job of managing them, leading to an increase in the number of strays and abandoned pets on the streets  Laila, a three-year-old dog, used to live in a construction site in Sector 79, Noida. On 2 September, Akansha Majumdar, a […]

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In the midst of a rapid increase in the number of Omicron cases, resident doctors staging a protest at Safdarjung Hospital demanding that NEET-PG counselling be held at the earliest    Safdarjung Hospital, one of the busiest hospitals in the capital, became the focal point of national news as doctors from across Delhi gathered here […]

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VP Singh believed that historically, any real change comes through an element of ruthlessness or not at all. Whether it was his firm stand on corruption, Raid Raj or the implementation of the Mandal Commission report, he wanted to be a disruptor rather than gain power for power’s sake    Thirteen years after his death […]

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