With the second phase of the covid-19 vaccination drive starting on Monday, elderly people received their first shots of the vaccine In the first phase, starting January 16, over 3.6 lakh beneficiaries comprising healthcare workers and frontline workers, were vaccinated in Delhi. On Monday, the drive began to give jabs to persons aged 60 and above, and […]

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Delhi has recorded mean maximum temperature of 27.9 degrees Celsius in February, the second highest recorded for the month in the last 120 years, the Indian Meteorological Department said on Sunday The highest mean maximum temperature recorded for February in Delhi was 29.7 degrees Celsius in 2006, the IMD officials said. On Sunday, a minimum […]

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The Covid-19 vaccination drive for people above 60 years and those aged 45 and above with comorbidities will begin on Monday at 192 health facilities, including 136 private hospitals in the national capital, Delhi government officials said The vaccines will be administered free of cost at government hospitals and health centres while Rs 250 will […]

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Services on a major section of the busy Blue Line of the Delhi Metro were intermittently affected for nearly two hours on Friday due to a technical snag, officials said The Blue Line connects Dwarka in Delhi to Noida City Centre. The DMRC tweeted in the morning that there was a “Delay in service from […]

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Four more people belonging to the gay and lesbian community urged the Delhi High Court on Thursday to declare that marriages between any two persons irrespective of their sex be solemnised under the Special Marriage Act (SMA). The Delhi government in response to a similar petition filed earlier has said that there is no provision […]

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Confusion regarding the optimum gap between doses keeps health care workers away from follow up dose of Covishield and Covaxin It has been over a week since the second round of doses began for Covid vaccines, and Delhi has till February 24 seen just 25,110 come through. This is in fact just over half of […]

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New Delhi on Wednesday recorded February’s warmest day in the last 15 years, with the maximum temperature settling at 32.5 degrees Celsius, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD) Delhiites woke up to a warm and humid morning with the humidity levels shooting up to 100 per cent and the minimum temperature settling at a […]

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Amid a spike in Coronavirus infections in some states, the Delhi government is likely to ask travellers from five states, including Maharashtra, Kerala and Punjab, to show negative Covid-19 test report before entering the national capital, officials said on Wednesday. They said an official order will be issued later in the day and it will […]

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