30,000 beds and ramped up oxygen supply; Delhi prepares for possible threat from new Covid variant

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said his government is gearing up to fight a possible threat of the Omicron variant of coronavirus and has prepared 30,000 oxygen beds and also ramped up oxygen supply and storage facilities The chief minister held a meeting with government departments to review the preparations to deal with […]

Delhi HC asks Centre to respond to plea for live streaming of proceedings on same-sex marriage petitions

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought the Centre’s response on a plea seeking live streaming of proceedings on petitions to recognise same-sex marriages under the special, Hindu and foreign marriage laws. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh granted time to the Centre’s counsel to take instructions on the […]

Events of the week

Antique art What: Lithographs, portraits, maps, watercolours, depicting the history of India from the late 1600s. There has been a lot of hype about the Indian Art which was taken overseas. India Habitat Centre presents, ‘Art of Hindustan Through The Ages’ by curator and collector Nikhil Gupta. The current government is doing a lot to […]

Feeding the poor, Gambhir’s Jan Rasois are winning hearts 

The Jan Rasoi initiative undertaken by East Delhi’s MP Gautam Gambhir is a hit amongst the people, with many waiting in lines for their chance to munch on what “feels like home made food”  Established at Gandhi Nagar on 24 December 2020, the first Jan Rasoi serves food to around 500-600 people on a daily […]

Dengue cases over cross 8,200; more than 6,700 in November alone

Dengue cases in Delhi this season has jumped to over 8,200, with more than 6,700 of those being recorded in November alone, according to a civic report released on Monday On November 17, the city had recorded a total of 5,277 dengue cases, making it the highest number of cases of the vector-borne disease recorded […]

Old ‘Farzi’; new offerings 

After winning hearts with their unique style and dishes, the Farzi cafe is introducing a new menu with amalgamated flavours from across the country, so we gave it a shot  All Delhiites are well familiar with the high energy that Farzi café offers. Keeping with its Farzi style, they have revamped their menu which is […]

‘I have lived Munshi Premchand; the values which he has advocated in writing still rule me’

Donning multiple hats, Anand Raaj, the lead actor, writer and producer of Andaman, talks about his motivation behind the movie and his experience of working with Sanjay Mishra and Rajesh Tailang   The makers of ‘Andaman’ have come up with a unique distribution plan for their film after facing constant rejections from production houses.  ‘Andaman’ revolves […]

TV show to help school children pitch start-up ideas to investors launched by Delhi govt

The Delhi government on Sunday launched the ‘Business Blasters’ programme, a first-of-its-kind televised event that will give students of classes 11 and 12 of schools run by it an opportunity to present their start-up ideas to investors and obtain investment capital to take them to the next level. The show will include students’ business ideas, […]