A stress-full migration 

Being the 97th most stressful city out of 100, Delhi no longer seems to be the residence of choice for students and young professionals Priyal, a 24-year-old living in the National Capital Region (NCR) of Gurgaon, started planning to leave for Canada in 2019. The pandemic halted her plans last year, but an inadequate healthcare […]

A city of birds: Delhi’s feathered friends find home in dilapidated wetlands   

Paradoxically, a populated and polluted Delhi supports a healthy diverse birdlife.  A study reveals Delhi’s ponds are the most biodiverse of any urban ponds anywhere in the world  Delhi supports a diverse birdlife that only one other city in the world can match—that’s Nairobi. It’s a bit of a puzzle, how come one of the […]

Monsoon likely to elude Delhi till end of June: IMD

Delhi is unlikely to receive monsoonal showers till the end of June and the maximum temperature in the city is predicted to hover around 40 degrees Celsius till then, according to the India Meteorological Department. On Wednesday morning, the national capital recorded a minimum temperature of 28 degrees Celsius, normal for this time of the […]

Onus of managing crowds on enforcement agencies: Delhi trader bodies

In response to the High Court’s observation that breaches in following Covid protocols will only hasten the onset of the third wave the Delhi trader bodies say managing crowds beyond their control, onus on enforcement agencies The Delhi High Court had on Friday taken cognisance of the violation of COVID-19 protocols in various markets in […]

Focus on providing enough vaccines for youth: Sisodia to Union minister Puri

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Tuesday asked Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri to focus on providing enough vaccines for the youth rather than “just abusing” Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. He was responding to Puri’s tweet criticising Kejriwal over his Punjab visit and Delhi’s pace of administering vaccines on Monday when more than 84 […]

Delhi HC takes cognisance of Covid norm violation in markets, says breach will hasten 3rd wave

The Delhi High Court Friday took cognisance of the violation of COVID-19 protocols in various markets in the national capital and observed that such breaches will only hasten the third wave which cannot be permitted at all. The high court asked the Centre and Delhi government to take strict measures, sensitise shopkeepers and hold meetings […]

158 new COVID-19 cases, 10 more deaths in Delhi in a day; positivity rate slips to 0.20 pc

The national capital has recorded 10 more deaths due to COVID-19 and 158 fresh cases of the disease while the positivity rate has dipped to 0.20 per cent, according to data shared by the health department on Thursday. These 10 fatalities have pushed the death toll in the city to 24,886. The national capital had […]

Delhi riots: After securing bail, student activists seek speedy release from jail

JNU students Natasha Narwal and Devangana Kalita, who have been granted bail by the Delhi High Court in the riots ‘conspiracy’ case, have moved a trial court here seeking immediate release from the jail. Additional Sessions Judge Revinder Bedi is slated to hear the matter shortly. The court on Tuesday had sought the verification report […]