Friday marked re-emergence of Delhi as the highest Covid-19 cases contributor in India. The capital recorded 7,178 cases on Friday, the highest in its record for first time in over four months. Last time when Delhi had been the highest contributor of cases was on 23rd June with its tally of  3,947 new cases.  This ...

On Thursday, because of the rising Covid cases and air contamination, the Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal ordered a total ban on the buying, selling, and bursting of firecrackers, including the green crackers during this Diwali. The restriction will be in place from 7 to 30 November, ANI reported.  Kejriwal requested residents of Delhi to celebrate Diwali by ...

The Delhi-NCR is still struggling with hazardous AQI levels and rising pollution, majorly due to stubble burning in neighboring states. Considering the dire situation and also due to the approaching the Diwali festival, the Delhi Government has launched an anti-firecracker campaign from November 3. The campaign includes 11 special squads of the Delhi Pollution Control ...

The Covid case count is surging in Delhi consistently for the last few days. On Tuesday, Delhi saw the highest single-day spike to date, with 4853 new cases and 44 deaths. On Friday, Delhi recorded more than 5,000 new Covid-19 cases with a high of 5,891 in 24-hour, taking the national capital to a 3.81 ...

Tuesday air quality in Delhi recorded further deterioration of “very poor” category for majority of the day. This was primarily due to change in weather conditions which made it unfavourable. Wind speed over the capital recorded a drop to near zero between Monday 7 pm and Tuesday 8 am. The temperature during night was recorded ...

On Monday, The Union Ministry of education announced a detailed SOP for resuming schools and universities in the nation. In unlock 5.0, the Centre has permitted universities and schools to reopen in a phased way, beginning from October 15. The states have the power to choose whether they need to reopen schools from the following ...

On Wednesday, PM Narendra Modi in a video conference urged the Chief Ministers of seven covid affected states’ to do a critical evaluation of the 1-2-day lockdowns that few other states have been implementing and the disadvantageous of this on economic activity. He stressed that the states should strengthen their contact tracing strategies to contain ...

Latest serological survey conducted in Delhi revealed one in three or 33% of the population has developed antibodies against coronavirus. The initial analysis of third sero survey included surveillance of 17,000 samples which had been collected from 11 districts. The official outcome of survey is to be announced next week. As per the survey out ...

Publishers Bloomsbury India earned the ire of people from both sides of the political divide with its handling of a book on the February violence in Delhi. Bloomsbury India has found itself at the centre of a social media storm after the poster for an online launch event for the book, ‘Delhi Riots 2020: The ...

In Delhi, more than 700 Covid-19 patients have been successfully administered convalescent plasma therapy. This was possible because of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s initiative for setting up India’s first plasma bank in the capital. In a press conference, Delhi CM stated that due to plasma therapy the recovery of critically ill patients has increased. In ...