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COVID crisis: Delhi govt to provide free ration; financial aid to auto, taxi drivers
The Delhi government will provide free ration for two months to 72 lakh ration card holders and financial assistance of Rs 5,000 to auto-rickshaw and taxi drivers in the city to help them tide over the COVID-19 crisis, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Tuesday. However, the decision to provide free ration does not mean […]
Good samaritans hold down the fort
HR professional, Dipali Tyagi, has been cooking food for 60 Covid patients, twice a day, every day, free of cost for two weeks now The people of NCR are suffering and dying because of crumbling health infrastructure and a dire shortage of something as basic as oxygen in hospitals and outside. Also, the number of […]
Historical woodblocks
The latest exhibition at India International Center showcases Japanese woodblock prints with subjects that include famous prostitutes, kabuki actors, and erotica Bringing to us one of the most important genres of art of the Tokugawa period (1603–1867) in Japan, here’s an exhibition of Japanese woodblock prints known as ukiyo-e or “pictures of the floating world”. Aptly titled […]
Registrations for vaccine open, but the wait continues
For the 18 to 45-year-olds left out of the vaccination process, India’s phase 3 of the vaccination drive has brought hope, however shortages in vaccines is not making things easy Even as the Covid crisis deepens in the country, Delhi is seeing colossally high daily positive cases (20,394 on 1 May) and a grim rise […]
Marginalized at greater risk from Covid-19
Coronavirus hits the marginalised sections—as defined on racial lines—of a society, says a comprehensive Lancet study Coronavirus has a racist tendency or is it a lack of access to health facility or reluctance to get tests done, that shows that South Asians and other ethnic minorities in England are more likely to test positive, get hospitalized or […]
As Covid deaths continue to rise, North DMC brings in 13 hearse vans into service
With crematoriums inundated, bodies waiting in long queues and ambulances charging hefty sums, North DMC Mayor assigns more hearse vans for cremation The North Delhi Municipal Corporation Mayor Jai Prakash told Patriot 13 hearse vans have been ordered to take bodies to cremation grounds. One van will be deputed for each cremation site specifically to […]
Delhi doesn’t have sufficient vaccine doses for 18-44 age group: Health minister
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Thursday said the city does not have sufficient doses of vaccine for the inoculation of those in the 18-44 age group and orders have been placed with manufacturers for the same. The minister, however, said preparations to give jabs to this category have been completed. “At present, we don’t […]
