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Sashikala VP -January 7, 2021

Road that’s been ghosted

Road that’s been ghosted

The stretch of road from Malviya Nagar Metro station to Saket District Court is facing the predicament of not just being encroached upon but also not existing in official records Encroachments on the footpaths of Press Enclave Road consist of shops and homes. People living with their families, some who have grown up here, inhabit […]

PTI -January 6, 2021

442 new Covid-19 cases in Delhi, positivity rate dips to 0.55 pc

442 new Covid-19 cases in Delhi, positivity rate dips to 0.55 pc

The active cases tally on Tuesday dropped to 4,562 from 4,689 the previous day Delhi recorded 442 fresh COVID-19 cases and 12 new fatalities on Tuesday, while the city’s positivity rate came down to 0.55 per cent, authorities said. The infection tally in the city stood at over 6.27 lakh and the death toll mounted […]

Proma Chakraborty -January 6, 2021

Art for the mother’s heart 

Art for the mother’s heart 

‘Urmila – Enchanted Mother’ brings together the works of ten artists and their interpretation of birth, death and the mysteries of life “Adversity encourages innovation; pain draws out hitherto untapped emotions,” says curator Anu Jindal. Her ongoing online exhibition ‘Urmila – Enchanted Mother’ brings together the works of ten artists from varied genre and media […]

PTI -January 5, 2021

High ammonia in Yamuna: NGT asks CPCB to identify sources

High ammonia in Yamuna: NGT asks CPCB to identify sources

The NGT appointed Yamuna Monitoring Committee has asked the CPCB to identify point sources of pollution leading to high levels of ammonia in the river in Delhi and submit a report by 10 January The directions from the two-member green panel came after the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) alleged that Haryana has not yet stopped […]

PTI -January 5, 2021

Delhi gets rains for 3rd day on the trot

Delhi gets rains for 3rd day on the trot

The rains, under the influence of a strong western disturbance, come on the back of a “severe” cold wave that gripped Delhi in the run-up to the New Year Sporadic rains lashed the national capital for the third consecutive day on Tuesday, even as the minimum temperature rose to 13.2 degrees Celsius, six notches more […]

PTI -January 5, 2021

3 more Delhi residents test positive for UK variant of Coronavirus

3 more Delhi residents test positive for UK variant of Coronavirus

Three more Delhi residents have tested positive for the new Coronavirus strain as a result of door-to-door medical check-up of people who have recently arrived from the United Kingdom an official said on Monday With this, seven residents of the national capital have so far been found infected with the new Coronavirus variant that has […]

PTI -January 4, 2021

Covid vaccination in Delhi: Over 500 centres in ph-1, facility being set up for 2-8 deg C storage

Covid vaccination in Delhi: Over 500 centres in ph-1, facility being set up for 2-8 deg C storage

Work is underway in full swing to set up centres for Covid-19 vaccination in the national capital with 500 such units to come up in the first phase, even as the storage facility is getting equipped with freezers to hold vaccines in a temperature range of 2-8 degrees Celsius. Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on […]

PTI -January 2, 2021

Covid-19 vaccine to be given to people in Delhi for free once it arrives: Health Minister Jain

Covid-19 vaccine to be given to people in Delhi for free once it arrives: Health Minister Jain

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday said COVID-19 vaccine will be provided to people in the national capital for free once it arrives, and asserted that the city government has made preparations for the vaccination drive. Interacting with reporters during his visit to a facility in Daryaganj as part of a dry run exercise […]