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The Delhi High Court Tuesday granted bail to Safoora Zargar, the pregnant Jamia university student who was arrested under anti-terror law UAPA in a case related to communal violence in northeast Delhi during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act, as Solicitor General Tushar Mehta did not oppose the court's decision on humanitarian grounds.

Delhi has now made it mandatory for all mild and asymptomatic patients, who test positive, to be monitored. The new SOP is divided on the basis of the test - RT-PCR or rapid test - conducted on the person. ?Change in rules

The ED, in March, had booked suspended Aam Aadmi Party councillor Hussain, Islamist group PFI and some others on charges of money laundering and alleged funding of the recent riots in Delhi.

The PM CARES Fund Trust has allocated Rs 2000 crore for supply of 50000 ‘Made-in-India ventilators to government-run COVID hospitals in all States and UTs and Rs 1000 crore was allocated for the welfare of migrant labourers. So far 2,923 ventilators have been manufactured, out of which 1340 ventilators have already been delivered to the States and UTs.

Delhi Police is on high alert after intelligence reports of about possibility of terrorists from Jammu and Kashmir trying to enter city. Police personnel are checking vehicles at several checkpoints in the national capital. According to intelligence reports, terrorists will attempt to enter city via road.

“We will start sero-surveillance in Delhi through antibody testing to see how much of the population is exposed to the infection as of now,” said a senior government official, who did not wish to be identified.

Safe disposal of medical waste still remains a major concern in the national capital. Used PPE kits have been found to be dumped carelessly out in the parking lot, along with other garbage In Lodhi Crematorium. Tune in for more details!

The Safdarjung Observatory, which provides representative figures for the city, recorded a maximum of 41 degrees Celsius, which was two notches above normal.

Mayur Vihar in East Delhi is home to well-known schools, close to hospitals and well-connected to Noida, Gurugram and the rest of Delhi. This prominent residential area in east Delhi comprises both govt and privately built apartment blocks.

In keeping with the recommendations of the Dr VK Paul committee, the Centre has proposed fresh delineation of containments zones, strict monitoring, aggressive contact tracing and quarantining.

New Delhi: A spell of early-morning rain brought respite from sweltering weather in the national capital and neighbouring areas on Monday as the weatherman predicted more downpour till the onset of the monsoon in the city.

Petrol and diesel prices at Rs 79.56/litre (increase by Rs 0.33) and Rs 78.85/litre (increase by Rs 0.58), respectively in Delhi today.

The national capital's tally is now nearing the 60,000-mark, while the death toll increased to 2,175.

Gurguram now has nearly 4,400 cases with 59 deaths while Faridabad has 2,100 cases with 52 deaths. Sonepat which is another Haryanas border district with Delhi has over 800 cases. Haryanas total death toll has risen to 150 as of today from just 20 on May 31 primarily due to these districts.

The Delhi govt has issued a revised order stating that the novel coronavirus patients who do not have comorbidities or require hospitalisation could opt for home isolation following withdrawal of the decision on five-day mandatory institutional quarantine.

The scientist at India Meteorological Department, Naresh Kumar informed that they are expecting heavy monsoon in Delhi by June 25. “There is cyclonic circulation started over North Odhisha and neighbourhood that is up to 7.6 kilometres. We are expecting fairly widespread to widespread activity over east Indian and north eastern state. That means more than 75 to 100 per cent stations may receive rainfall activity over east and north-east India during next to three days,” said Naresh Kumar. “We are expecting heavy to vey heavy spells over Odhisha, Jharkhand and part of north eastern state, thereafter the rainfall activity slightly shifted towards Madhya Pradesh. Considering that we are expecting the monsoon progress, in next 48 hours it will cover more part of Uttar Pradesh and some part of Uttarakhand. Then it should cover entire western Himalayas region including Haryana and Delhi by June 25.” Naresh Kumar added.

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal said this will make people evade testing which will further increase the spread of infection.

Heavy rain accompanied by strong winds lashed parts of the national capital early on Saturday morning. Earlier today, India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that thunderstorm accompanied with rain and gusty winds of speed 30-50 kmph would occur at and adjoining areas of Delhi NCR.

The government is in talks with doctors from Delhi Medical Association (DMA) to provide staff for the makeshift hospitals, and they have had many meetings with the health department officials already on this, they said. It has also advertised on Facebook and is using WhatsApp groups of doctors to reach out to doctors registered in medical associations and councils.

A top court bench, led by Justice A.M. Khanwilkar, again turned down a demand by the petitioners in the case for a stay on the project. There have been demands from green activists and heritage lovers for a stay on the project while its pros and cons may be properly debated.

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain, who has tested positive for COVID19, put on oxygen support after his lung infection increases: Office of Delhi Health Minister

With a record spike of 2,877 COVID-19 cases, the total tally in the national capital crossed the 49,000 mark, while the death toll mounted to 1,969 on Thursday, according to a government health bulletin. The city recorded 65 COVID-19 fatalities within a period of 24 hours while the number of containment zones in the city on Thursday stood at 243.

The movement of people between Delhi and NCR districts also figured in the meeting.The home minister reviewed the steps taken to check the spread of the virus, a central government official said.

Pakistan is considered a very important strategic pillar for China to contain India in the South Asian region and a powerful counterbalance to the rising India. China will exploit every possible chance to encourage Pakistan to act on Indian interests, but chess pieces manipulated by Beijing may not achieve what it is hoping for.

This development comes as Delhi's health minister Satyendar Jain tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday.