“Are your own labs and hospitals NABL accredited?” HC asks Delhi govt

The Delhi High Court Friday said it expects that the AAP government will put things in order and comply with a judicial order asking authorities to take action and regulate online pathological labs, otherwise contempt action would be initiated. The high court, which was hearing a plea alleging non-compliance of its order in this regard, […]

Plea to open Nizamuddin Markaz: HC grants time to Centre, AAP govt to respond

The Delhi High Court Friday granted time to the Centre, AAP government and the police to respond to a plea seeking reopening of the Nizamuddin Markaz The Markaz at Nizamuddin has been  locked since March 31 last year after several people who attended the Tablighi Jamaat congregation there contracted Covid-19. Justice Mukta Gupta said the […]

Black ribbons and placards at Barakhamba: taxi drivers protest rising fuel prices

Taxi driver associations held a protest against soaring fuel prices at the Barakhamba Road area of the national capital on Friday Kamaljit Gill, Sarvodaya Drivers Association president, said taxi drivers tied black ribbons on their faces and held a peaceful protest from 10 am to 11 am. “The permission was for 80 people. However, around […]

Truckers feel the fuel pain; traders say 80% cost hike

As fuel prices skyrocket in India, truckers coming into the Capital city tell Patriot they are especially feeling the pinch When Covid-19 pandemic broke out in 2020, it resulted in a worldwide lockdown pushing the price of crude oil down. Now with vaccines to fight Covid, things are looking up, and so is the demand […]

Delhi CM administered COVID-19 vaccine at LNJP hospital

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his parents received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the government-run Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan hospital here on Thursday. The Covishield vaccine was first administered to Kejriwal’s parents, Govind Ram Kejriwal and Gita Devi, and then to the chief minister. “My parents and I got vaccinated […]

Delhi municipal bypolls: AAP wins 4 wards, Congress 1

The AAP on Wednesday won four of the five civic wards in Delhi in a bypoll, with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal asserting that people were desperate to bring the party to power in the three municipal corporations in the national capital. The AAP, however, suffered a shock defeat in the minority-dominated Chauhan Bangar ward, where […]

Scholars seek lucrative careers, move from public to private universities

Private institutes like Ashoka University, O P Jindal University, Shiv Nadar are drawing forth students and professors of public universities like DU, JNU and so on. Patriot speaks to the academicians to find out why Public universities such as Jamia Millia Islamia, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi University (DU), Aligarh Muslim Universitiy (AMU) are known […]

“I can never forget March 1, 2020:” Delhi’s first Covid survivor recalls his battle against the virus

It’s a day most Delhiites would like to erase from their memories but March 1, 2020, the day the city reported its first case of COVID-19, is seared into Rohit Datta’s memory. There’s no erase button for the businessman, the national capital’s first patient. From facing stigma in the initial days after the diagnosis to […]