Capital faces soaring temperatures: no official warnings yet 

While Delhiites face a heatwave in July, no plan of action or warnings issued from the government undermines the severity of the problem, despite the rising threat  By Friday, 4 July,  Delhi had suffered four consecutive days of a heat wave. Temperatures in some pockets of the city crossed 45 degrees yet no advisories were […]

Covid norm violations: Delhi govt closes Lajpat Nagar market till further orders

The Delhi government has closed the popular Lajpat Nagar market in south Delhi till further orders and the Rui Mandi in Sadar Bazar till July 6 for violation of Covid norms, officials said on Monday. The order to close the markets was issued on Sunday by the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA). Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM), […]

Private schools can collect fees on monthly basis with 15 per cent reduction: Delhi govt

Private schools in the national capital can collect fees on a monthly basis with a 15 per cent reduction in lieu of facilities that could not be utilised by students during the lockdown period, the Delhi government announced on Thursday. The government also said that school management shall not prevent a child from participating in […]

Slum dwellers struggle to book vaccine slots, technology and lack of awareness to blame

So far there has not been any separate vaccination camp in Delhi for slum dwellers — while people in slums are living in unhygienic conditions, with less scope of social distancing   For the last one month, 43-year-old Anju Lata, who lives in JJ cluster behind Barapullah nalla in Nizamuddin region, with the help of […]

Debt of doctors who served people day & night during Covid pandemic can’t be repaid: Kejriwal

The debt of doctors who served people day and night during the coronavirus pandemic cannot be repaid, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on the National Doctors’ Day on Thursday. The National Doctors’ Day is observed in the honour of noted doctor and former West Bengal chief minister Bidhan Chandra Roy, whose birth and death […]

Heatwave likely in Delhi

Delhiites woke up to a hot morning on Thursday with the minimum temperature settling at 31.7 degrees celsius, four notches above normal, the India Meteorological Department said. The maximum temperature in the city is likely to settle around 42 degrees Celsius, it said. The relative humidity at 8.30 am was recorded at 43 per cent. […]

Audit report sparks a political slugfest; common man reports distress 

Even as an audit report alleging that Delhi demanded four times its oxygen requirement triggered political slugfest between the BJP and the AAP, the ground realities of the second wave of the pandemic paint a different picture   Ashi Sinha was one of the tens of thousands of Covid positive people under home isolation when […]

Graveyard managers in Delhi preparing for possible third wave of COVID-19

Having seen “the worst in our life” during the second wave of COVID-19, graveyard managers in Delhi are praying to god to avoid a possible third wave, and at the same are preparing for any eventuality with a focus on adequate availability of land for burials. The second wave of COVID-19 triggered an unprecedented rush […]