Events of the week

Looking beyond What: Gallery Threshold presents “From The Ordinary To The Extraordinary: Pandemic Still Lifes’ by V Ramesh. The process of painting engaged him over the pandemic in an intensive yet spontaneous quest to retrace his journey afresh by using watercolours and gouache. Ramesh looks for that transparency of being able to look through a […]

SDMC to start multilevel stack parking in south Delhi’s Adhchini village

To address parking and traffic woes in south Delhi’s Adhchini, the SDMC will start a multilevel stack parking in the village by October this year, civic officials said. According to the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) officials, the facility will solve the problem of haphazard parking on streets in the area. The capacity of the […]

Delhi’s 1st wild animal rescue centre to begin operations in Rajokri next month

Delhi’s first wild animal rescue centre at Rajokri will be launched during the wildlife week next month, forest and wildlife department officials say “The facility has come up on a 1.24-acre plot in Rajokri in New Delhi district where a monkey rescue centre was lying abandoned. We have upgraded it to a wild animal rescue […]

Portrait of our times

Tharoor, Roy and PM Modi at the center in new book on patriotism Where exactly are we as a nation in the here and now? Have we lost the confidence to move forward in what is going to become the most daunting decade for our great country? Has the pandemic broken our resilience? How and […]

53 cases of dengue in one week; 211 in Delhi this year

Over 50 fresh cases of dengue have been reported in the national capital in the last one week, taking the total count this year to more than 210, according to a civic report released on Monday. In this month alone, 87 cases have been recorded till September 18, which is about 41% of the cumulative cases […]

HC seeks I-T dept stand on Newslaundry’s plea concerning leakage of seized material

The Delhi High Court Friday sought Income Tax Department’s stand on a plea by online news portal Newslaundry and its co-founder Abhinandan Sekhri to restrain any leakage of the material seized during a survey operation held earlier this month. A bench of Justices Manmohan and Navin Chawla granted time to the department’s counsel to seek […]

Traffic diversions in parts of Delhi in view of protest march against farm laws

In view of a protest march organised by members of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) against the Centre’s farm laws, the Delhi Traffic Police on Friday alerted commuters about closure of specific roads and suggested diversions to avoid any inconvenience Taking to Twitter, the Delhi Traffic Police informed about closure of roads at Jharoda Kalan […]

Singapore on your plate

This month long Singapore Food Festival offers the nation’s best delicacies, making it a haven for food lovers Offering Singapore’s diverse local street fare, Mai Bao in collaboration with the Singapore Tourism Board is hosting a month-long Singapore Food Festival and you simply can’t miss it.  The annual festival aims to celebrate local foods that […]