A meeting with the self

In Vadehra Art Gallery’s latest exhibition (ME)(MORY), artists show a quasi-dream-like state in their works, shedding their exterior bodies for the visceral and whimsical world of within Featuring nine artists with subcontinental presences or origins, Vadehra Art Gallery is pleased to announce (ME)(MORY), a women’s group show curated by Dipti Anand  The exhibition brings together […]

Delhi’s minimum temperature dips to 4.3 deg C

Delhi’s minimum temperature dropped to 4.3 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, and is likely to dip further in the coming days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. The Safdarjung Observatory, which provides representative data for the city, recorded a minimum of 4.3 degrees Celsius, three notches below normal, an IMD official said. Delhi had been registering […]

Bird flu: Delhi govt bans sale of processed, packaged chicken brought from outside city

The Delhi government on Monday imposed a ban on sale of processed and packaged chicken brought from outside the city, as samples of ducks from Sanjay Lake tested positive for bird flu. Only samples of ducks from Sanjay Lake have tested positive for bird flu so far, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Monday, […]

Def Services Enclave in Delhi to get water connection after 50 yrs, HC directs DJB to frame scheme

In a relief to veterans, decorated officers, war-widows and armed forces personnel the, Delhi High Court on Monday directed the water authority, DJB, to frame a scheme within nine months for providing drinking water to Defence Services Enclave at Khanpur and Khirki villages   The land allotted in the 1970’s for Defence Services Enclave at […]

Delhi’s minimum temperature dips to 7 deg C

Delhi’s minimum temperature was recorded at seven degrees Celsius on Monday and is likely to drop further as cold winds from the snow-clad western Himalayas continued to sweep the plains, the India Meteorological Department said The mercury is likely to drop to five to six degrees Celsius by January 14, an IMD official said. The […]

Delhi’s minimum temperature dips to 9.6 deg C

Delhi’s minimum temperature dropped to 9.6 degrees Celsius on Friday, a day after it rose to 14.4 degrees Celsius, the highest in January in four years, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). A cloud cover persisted over the national capital, preventing a steep decline in the minimum temperature, an IMD official said. Clouds trap […]

No case of bird flu in Delhi yet; officials to keep close watch on poultry birds: Dy CM

Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Thursday that there is no case of bird flu in Delhi yet and asked officials to keep a close watch on poultry birds coming in from neighbouring states to prevent any infection. The Centre on Wednesday had said that avian influenza or bird flu outbreak has been reported […]

The silent pandemic warrior 

Monu Kumar and hundreds like him are doing one of the most dangerous jobs in the world today, collecting samples from people for Covid tests. A dangerous job that has now become normal Monu Kumar, 31, is a very busy man and for a good reason. So much so that it’s even difficult to get […]