Business Blaster Expo witnesses several government school students display their ideas

Low cost, eco-friendly start-up ideas from Delhi’s school students find a footing at the Business Blasters expo as they attract crores of investment and recognition from entrepreneurs

High Court orders DDA to remove encroachment on pond land allotted to Delhi Sahitya Kala Parishad

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to look into the allegations of encroachment on a pond land, claimed to illegally allotted to Delhi Sahitya Kala Parishad

Covid may reappear in June: IIT Kanpur study suggests possibilities

Though the average man on the street is hoping against hope that the pandemic is over,  the medical fraternity and government authorities are planning how to counter the fourth wave of Covid-19. One prediction says it will strike around 22 June and end on 24 October

CP’s subways: What lies beneath

Years after they were constructed to facilitate safe travel for pedestrians, the five subways of Delhi’s Connaught Place remain a daunting prospect for citizens.

A tryst with queerness: womanhood and queerness in the capital

Three years after Section 377 was struck down by the Supreme Court, queer women in Delhi still find it difficult to live and love freely without compromising their womanhood

Passes sold out overnight as Delhi zoo welcomes back visitors on first day

Earlier, the zoo had reopened for visitors on August 1, more than two months after it was shut due to a rise in the number of Covid cases during the second wave of the pandemic. The zoo was closed for the public on January 4 and the online ticket booking link on its website was […]

Delhi Anganwadi protests: Delhi Government responds to the grievances

The Delhi government is paying the country’s highest amount of honorarium and allowances to Anganwadi workers and helpers in the city, sources in the government claimed on Sunday. The Anganwadi workers are paid monthly Rs 12,720 in Delhi while Rs 12,200 is the pay in Tamil Nadu, Rs 11,811 in Haryana, Rs 10,500 in Telangana, […]

“I am spending 20-30 percent of my income on drinking water”: Azadpur Mandi struggles with unhygienic drinking water and broken toilets for the workers

As the national capital readies itself for summer, Asia’s largest vegetable and fruit market – Azadpur mandi battles a water crisis with the lack of clean drinking water and hygienic toilets. In his sixties, Ratipal is doing arduous labour to earn a livelihood. His primary work is to load and unload trucks in Asia’s largest […]