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The Delhi government, which has been stressing the need to protect children during a possible ‘third wave’, on Wednesday set up a task force to come up with plans and measures to this end.

Police said the cheated amount recovered by them during the second wave is estimated to be in crores. The Cyber Cell alone has recovered Rs 81 lakh since May 1 from the bank accounts of the accused persons.

While both patients had Covid and diabetes, only one had received steroids during treatment, doctors at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital said.

The observation by the high court came during hearing of a Delhi citizen's plea seeking Liposomal Amphotericin B Injection /Amphonex-50, used in treatment of black fungus, for his father who is admitted in a hospital in Gurugram.

Kalra had told the court that he had himself sold oxygen concentrators to policemen and that it was because of his timely intervention many lives were saved. 

On Saturday, the city saw around 2,200 cases and the positivity rate is at 3.5%.

The mercury is expected to go up from Saturday as the clouds are likely to recede causing the temperature to touch the 40 degree Celsius-mark by Wednesday, the met department's forecast informed.

Police said they received a complaint from Delhi BJP’s Media Head Naveen Kumar who alleged that Usmani’s tweets against Lord Ram and late journalist Rohit Sardana were “defamatory”, “mischievous” and were intended to hurt religious sentiments.

The University has also started a doctors' tele-consultation service for its employees.

Raj said that she had been reaching out to hospitals to arrange for vaccination for the community on a priority basis but “they refused as they were not permitted to give vaccines to anyone without an appointment”.

Disability rights activists in the city have been raising the issue of difficulties faced by persons with disabilities in going to vaccinations centres, and the dangers of the exposure to them.

A forecast from the IMD states that under the influence of the Western Disturbance, thunderstorms, lighting and isolated showers are likely over the plains of northwest India over the next 24 hours.

Although Naqvi no longer represents Rampur — he was Lok Sabha MP from the constituency in 1998 — he continues to maintain relations with his former constituents.

Wrestler Sagar Rana died, while two of his friends Sonu and Amit Kumar got injured, after they were allegedly assaulted by Sushil Kumar and other wrestlers on May 4.

DDC vice-chairman Jasmine Shah said another 1,700 concentrators and 100 ventilators, funded by donors, are in the process of being supplied to hospitals.

At least five such fake websites and portals have been blocked by the Delhi Police till date, who are also on the lookout for other accused involved in creating such websites and portals.

Coronavirus Lockdown and Cases in India News Live updates, Covid-19 Cases in Delhi, UP, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu Today Latest News: India reported 2.67 lakh cases of the novel coronavirus on Tuesday. At least 4529 deaths were reported on the same day, the highest so far in a day.

The court was hearing a petition alleging that hospitals were following a “VIP Culture” in allocation of beds. The petition, filed by a Delhi resident Manjit Singh, sought a fair and transparent mechanism for allocating beds to Covid-19 patients in hospitals.

With some hospitals expressing difficulty in procuring the drug, family members say they are running pillar to post looking for it – often in vain.

Delhi University (DU) final year exams 2021 date: Like the second phase of OBE conducted in September 2020, students will be given the option to sit for the exam remotely or appear for the exam from their college/institute.

After a Covid surge that lasted around three weeks and pushed the capital’s health infrastructure to the brink, the numbers of cases have been falling of late, ostensibly because of a citywide lockdown that is now in its fifth week.

The court asked the Centre to file a specific report in this regard by Monday.

The police argued before the court that the role of the accused is not confined to participating in the riots but “he is amongst the conspirators who designed the killing of persons belonging to other community.”

Delhi Rains, Weather Today update: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) recorded 119.3mm of rain in the capital on Wednesday, which is the highest-ever 24-hour mark for the month of May.

The accused allegedly put out his contact details on social media sites as a vendor of Remdesivir. However, after receiving the advanced payment, he stopped communicating with the victims.