There’s no such report: Sisodia over claims that Delhi inflated oxygen need during Covid 2nd wave

Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday denied existence of any report by the Supreme Court-appointed Oxygen Audit Committee about Delhi exaggerating its oxygen requirement by four times during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. At an online press briefing, he accused the BJP of lying about such a report. “There is no such […]

Show cause notice to liquor store in Delhi for flouting COVID-19 guidelines

The state excise department issued a show cause notice to a liquor store in the national capital for not maintaining social distancing norms amid COVID-19 pandemic, finding it fit to suspend the store’s L-6 license with immediate effect. L-6 licence is given to retail vendors of Indian liquor/beer and it is granted only to select […]

Moving with the times

The ongoing exhibition organised by the newly reinvented Dhoomimal Art Gallery features the  works of artists associated with Delhi’s Silpi Chakra On 25 March 1949 as an answer to the woes of artists in Delhi, who felt the need of a platform and association which would be progressive and encourage new ideas, the Delhi Silpi […]

A stress-full migration 

Being the 97th most stressful city out of 100, Delhi no longer seems to be the residence of choice for students and young professionals Priyal, a 24-year-old living in the National Capital Region (NCR) of Gurgaon, started planning to leave for Canada in 2019. The pandemic halted her plans last year, but an inadequate healthcare […]

A city of birds: Delhi’s feathered friends find home in dilapidated wetlands   

Paradoxically, a populated and polluted Delhi supports a healthy diverse birdlife.  A study reveals Delhi’s ponds are the most biodiverse of any urban ponds anywhere in the world  Delhi supports a diverse birdlife that only one other city in the world can match—that’s Nairobi. It’s a bit of a puzzle, how come one of the […]

Monsoon likely to elude Delhi till end of June: IMD

Delhi is unlikely to receive monsoonal showers till the end of June and the maximum temperature in the city is predicted to hover around 40 degrees Celsius till then, according to the India Meteorological Department. On Wednesday morning, the national capital recorded a minimum temperature of 28 degrees Celsius, normal for this time of the […]

Onus of managing crowds on enforcement agencies: Delhi trader bodies

In response to the High Court’s observation that breaches in following Covid protocols will only hasten the onset of the third wave the Delhi trader bodies say managing crowds beyond their control, onus on enforcement agencies The Delhi High Court had on Friday taken cognisance of the violation of COVID-19 protocols in various markets in […]

Focus on providing enough vaccines for youth: Sisodia to Union minister Puri

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Tuesday asked Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri to focus on providing enough vaccines for the youth rather than “just abusing” Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. He was responding to Puri’s tweet criticising Kejriwal over his Punjab visit and Delhi’s pace of administering vaccines on Monday when more than 84 […]