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Delhi metro, a risky ride amidst the pandemic

Delhi metro, a risky ride amidst the pandemic

Long queues, fear of infection and flouting of norms, commuters using the Delhi metro have little choice Satish Kumar is…

November 27, 2020

Time to walk diesel and petrol vehicles down the green mile?

With Delhi battling a resurgence of annual spike in air pollution which can further aggravate the distress cause by the…

November 24, 2020

Delhi’s detention centres deprive detainees of human rights?

Detained in Lampur centre for years, many languish here. HC orders inspection after lawyer points out concerns; also maintains deportation…

November 25, 2020

Too few cops, overload of cases

Delhi Police is dealing with an overload of pending cases due to a shortfall in manpower, low fresh recruitment and…

November 18, 2020

Winter of our discontent

While the conversations around air pollution heat up around the onset of winter in Delhi, local year-round factors are often…

November 17, 2020

Blood banks hit by pandemic

Lack of voluntary donors due to Covid restrictions has hit the supply of blood for transfusion Last month, Mandeep (name…

November 16, 2020

Axing its own foot?

The Haryana government's move to pass a Bill securing private sector jobs for locals faces flak from within the BJP…

November 14, 2020

Vexed issue of staff salary blights Diwali

If Delhi’s three MCDs get their act together, no employee will suffer due to delayed payment of salary. Bureaucratic indifference…

November 11, 2020

Delayed justice: How District courts in the Capital reel under new crisis

Owing to the pandemic, our country’s judicial system faces fresh challenges District courts have already been known for a backlog…

November 7, 2020

Mitigation of pollution still elusive in NCR

An ordinance to fight smoke from areas adjoining Delhi may have some impact but it needs political will Like every…

November 6, 2020