Kin of Covid victims to soon get additional Rs 50,000 from DDRF

A one-time ex gratia assistance of Rs 50,000, in addition to the financial aid of an equal amount being provided by the city government  from the Delhi Disaster Response Fund (DDRF) will be recieved by families. Senior government officials said on Wednesday that directions have been issued to district magistrates to disburse ex gratia assistance […]

Covid cases to witness exponential rise says Delhi’s Health Minister, Satyendar Jain

The third wave of Covid-19 pandemic has hit Delhi and the city is expected to record 10,000 new cases on Wednesday with a positivity rate of 10 %, city Health Minister Satyendar Jain said The minister also said only 300-400 samples are being sent for genome sequencing now as sequencing of all samples is not […]

Neeraj soars, Virat is grounded

In a year when Kohli’s slipping grip over the Indian cricket team became news, athletes became household names after the country’s remarkable performance at the Tokyo Olympics  For the first time in the history of the Olympics, the Games were postponed for a year in 2020 due to the Corona-19 virus. The Games, though, have […]

Delhi logs highest number of Covid cases since May 16 of 2021

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 […]

BJP MLAs walk out on day two of Delhi Assembly session

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 […]

Weekend curfew makes a comeback as Delhi witnesses surge in Covid cases

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 […]

Do not marry in haste, girl!

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 […]

Traffic blocked on liquor shop issue

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 […]