Covid blues at the Delhi zoo

A seemingly bored black-faced langur, or monkey, sits in a sunny corner of its cave examining its long tail. The langur was basking in the moderately warm heat that the capital receives with the onset of summers. It looked puzzled, surprised to have found a part of its body hanging out there, or perhaps too […]

Covid may reappear in June: IIT Kanpur study suggests possibilities

Though the average man on the street is hoping against hope that the pandemic is over,  the medical fraternity and government authorities are planning how to counter the fourth wave of Covid-19. One prediction says it will strike around 22 June and end on 24 October

Passes sold out overnight as Delhi zoo welcomes back visitors on first day

Earlier, the zoo had reopened for visitors on August 1, more than two months after it was shut due to a rise in the number of Covid cases during the second wave of the pandemic. The zoo was closed for the public on January 4 and the online ticket booking link on its website was […]

Delhi Anganwadi protests: Delhi Government responds to the grievances

The Delhi government is paying the country’s highest amount of honorarium and allowances to Anganwadi workers and helpers in the city, sources in the government claimed on Sunday. The Anganwadi workers are paid monthly Rs 12,720 in Delhi while Rs 12,200 is the pay in Tamil Nadu, Rs 11,811 in Haryana, Rs 10,500 in Telangana, […]

World’s smallest’ wearable air purifier launched at IIT Delhi

According to the start-up, Nanoclean Global, Naso95 is an N95-grade nasal filter. It sticks to the user’s nasal orifice and prevents bacteria, viral infection and pollen and air pollution. An IIT Delhi start-up has launched the world’s ‘smallest wearable air purifier’, claiming it to be as effective as an N95 face mask. It said that […]

A load too heavy

Mehmood Khan’s story is the story of 500-600 porters who work at Nizamuddin Railway Station   Ever wondered how much porters who carry your luggage at railway stations earn? Well, one porter at Nizamuddin Railway Station, Mehmood Khan, says he used to earn Rs 5,000 per month before Covid-19 restrictions led to a shutdown of […]

Fed up of online classes, kids want to return to school

The baffling lack of application of mind to the reopening of Delhi’s schools, both public and private, has riled the entire city. While the AAP government project the success of Delhi schools in other states, there is dismay in the capital about the neglect of this sector on the pretext of pollution and Covid-19    […]

A young captain in Virat’s mould

After leading the Under-19 team to victory in the Asia Cup, Delhi boy Yash Dhull is expected to bring back the trophy from the ongoing Under 19 World Cup despite coming down with Covid-19 in the middle of the tournament      When West Delhi boy Yash Dhull was named as captain of the India Under-19 […]