A cloud cover over the national capital on Friday led to the minimum temperature rising to 6.7 degrees Celsius, a notch above normal, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. However, moderate fog lowered visibility to 201 metres at Safdarjung and 300 metres at Palam in the morning, an IMD official said. Dense fog is predicted […]

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Testing was conducted at the Ghazipur chicken market after 8 samples sent to a Bhopal-based laboratory confirmed the presence of the bird-flu virus in Delhi The government had also shut down the poultry market for 10 days as a precautionary measure. “Test results of 104 samples arrived on Wednesday evening. Of these, 100 samples were collected […]

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After a host of Covid related work, five teachers were tasked with checking and preventing rise of bird flu The Delhi government has given another task to teachers – unrelated to teaching – leaving them feeling insulted. This time it is on bird flu duty, to watch the borders of Delhi so birds being transported […]

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Parts of Delhi reeled under a “severe” cold wave and witnessed “dense” fog on Thursday as the minimum temperature dropped to 2 degrees Celsius, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. Visibility levels dropped to 100 metres at Palam and 201 metres at Safdarjung due to “dense” to “moderate” fog in the morning, an IMD official […]

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The Delhi government on Wednesday allowed all schools in the national capital to reopen for Classes 10 and 12 from January 18 in view of board exams, according to officials of the Directorate of Education. Students will attend schools only with consent of parents and physical attendance is not compulsory, while schools will follow all […]

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The North Delhi Municipal Corporation on Wednesday imposed a ban on sale and storage of poultry or processed chicken meat by shops and restaurants with immediate effect, in view of the bird flu situation in the national capital, according to an official order. The order issued by the veterinary services department of the NDMC also […]

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The AAP government will provide Coronavirus vaccine free to the people of Delhi if the Centre fails to do so, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Wednesday. He said he has already appealed to the Centre for ensuring free vaccination in the country since there are many people who may not afford the life-saving shot. […]

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MCD employees approach CM for help, while Kejriwal’s party has already started its efforts for a 2022 win Delhi’s municipal corporations are being plagued by the authority’s inability to pay its employees and the AAP will try to use this for its campaign to bag the civic seats out of BJPs hands. Its spokesperson, AAP […]

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