Stepping up preparations for a possible third wave of COVID-19, the Delhi cabinet approved a policy on Tuesday under which subsidies and incentives will be given to the private sector for setting up oxygen production plants and storage facilities to help improve the availability of the life-saving gas in the national capital “Approved Medical Oxy […]

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The Public Works Department (PWD) in Delhi will carry out complete overhaul of major city roads after the monsoon season gets over, officials said on Tuesday According to PWD officials, the move is aimed at improving health of roads which gets deteriorated during rainy season due to extensive waterlogging and high-intensity rainfall. A major portion of […]

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The Delhi High Court Tuesday sought the Centre and Delhi government’s reply on a plea seeking direction to them to introduce a policy on urgent door-to-door COVID-19 vaccination for bed-ridden senior citizens here Notice on the PIL, which also seeks a helpline for registration of such cases, was issued by a bench of Chief Justice […]

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Amidst the pandemic many kids from the weaker sections of society lost access to educational material like books. Project Aashayein, under the leadership of Kajal Gupta is now on a mission to bring books back into the hands of kids living in slums around Delhi   In a small room of 8×9 square feet, four volunteers […]

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Ad hoc payments in case of injuries and deaths, dangerous working conditions and difficulties in getting registered are just some of the problems plaguing Delhi’s labour force   In June, 2021 three construction workers Basant, Mangal Prasad Singh and Panna Lal Yadav were killed in Delhi Development Authority (DDA)’s under-construction housing society situated in Dwarka’s Sector […]

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The Delhi administration on Friday sounded a flood alert and expedited efforts to evacuate people living in the Yamuna flood plains, as the river in the capital breached the danger mark of 205.33 metres amid heavy rains in the upper catchment areas, officials said. The water level was recorded at 205.34 metres at the Old […]

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Patriot visits some of Delhi’s busiest markets to assess the severity of the situation     We visited three of the popular markets of Delhi: Janpath, Lajpat Nagar and Sarojini, which have at some point been ordered to close for violating Covid-19 norms. We found most shopkeepers and patrons adhering to masking up (while not all), […]

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No death due to COVID-19 was recorded in Delhi on Thursday, while 51 fresh cases were reported with a positivity rate of 0.08 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department. This is the third time since the start of the second wave of the pandemic in the national capital that zero […]

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