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According to numbers shared by the government, 1,236 sanctioned posts of specialists are there in state-run medical facilities and of these 932 have been filled with regular candidates and 43 posts have contractual employees while 261 posts are lying vacant.

BJP holds protests, blocks roads against Delhi govt's excise policy. Massive traffic jam seen in different parts of the national capital.Times Now's Prashant & Pranesh with more inputs.BJP's Manjinder Sirsa & AAP's Somnath Bharti share their views.

"The Delhi government is opening liquor shops illegally across the city under its new excise policy. Shops are being opened near residential and religious places. Our protest will continue until the new liquor policy is rolled back," Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta told reporters.

New Delhi, Jan 03 (ANI): Delhi’s air quality continues to witness 'very poor' air quality with the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) standing at 381, according to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR). Meanwhile, the national capital is currently reeling under cold wave conditions

India's Omicron tally has breached the 1500 mark; Delhi, Mumbai, and Kolkata have reported a sharp increase in Covid19 cases. Times Now's Karishma, Shabbir, & Mohit with more inputs.

Tata and Godrej have lined up launches at Hailey Road and Shaheed Bhagat Singh Marg in Gole Market, both in Central Delhi near Connaught Place, while DLF will soon announce 2.1 million sq ft of first phase of Midtown West

New Delhi, Jan 03 (ANI): Amid of night curfew in the national capital, security has been tightened in parts of Delhi. Police personnel are deployed in large numbers in the area. The curfew starts at 10 pm and is effective till 5 am of next morning.

Flights from Mumbai and Delhi will be allowed to touch down in Dum Dum only twice a week from January 5, while the single direct weekly flight from Heathrow has also been temporarily suspended from January 3.

New Delhi, Jan 02 (ANI): A total of 138 cases of Omicron has been reported at Delhi’s Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) Hospital in the last month. Speaking to ANI, LNJP Hospital MD Dr Suresh Kumar on January 01 said, “In last 1 month, 138 Omicron cases here - 95 returned home after recovering. 3 kids also tested Omicron positive- 2 discharged, the remaining kid who's still admitted is stable; the vaccinated group has fewer symptoms than the unvaccinated one.

Owners and unions of mini RTV stage carriage buses had in the last few months made numerous appeals to the department to increase the validity of permits from 10 years to 15 years.

Weatherman has predicted mainly clear sky with shallow to moderate fog in the morning and the maximum temperature may reach up to 21 degrees Celsius. The relative humidity was 94 per cent at 8.30 am. The IMD has forecast cold to severe cold wave conditions in northwest India till January 3.

In wake of the sudden spike in Covid cases, West Bengal on Sunday announced certain restrictions on the movement of people and public transport from Monday onwards. Though Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had earlier said that there will not be a lockdown but keeping in view of the rising cases, the government decided to close all educational institutions and restrict the movement of local trains.

??The NCRTC is a joint venture of the Centre and governments of Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh for implementing the RRTS project across the National Capital Region.

Amid the surging COVID-19 cases following the emergence of the Omicron variant in the national capital, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on January 02 assured that no one needs to panic as the new cases are mild and asymptomatic. “COVID-19 cases are increasing rapidly in Delhi, but there is no need to panic. Currently, the active cases in the city are 6,360. Today, 3100 new cases are expected to be reported today. Only 246 hospital beds were occupied yesterday. All cases are mild and asymptomatic,” CM Kejriwal said.

Cold waves continued to grip the national capital.The overall minimum temperature of 4 degrees Celsius was recorded in Delhi on January 02.People are forced to sit near the fire to beat the chilling cold. “With night curfew in place, we are not getting enough passengers. Our daily income has been affected due to the curfew," said an auto-driver,” said an auto driver.

Delhiites thronged the famous Connaught Place amid ‘Yellow Alert’ in the capital on the first day of the New Year. COVID-19 appropriate behaviors were out of sight as several people were spotted without masks and social distancing. Long serpentine queues of commuters were also seen outside Rajiv Chowk Metro Station.

"We can vaccinate three lakh people daily. Currently, 1-1.5 lakh people are being vaccinated on a daily basis. We can increase the capacity if need arises. Regarding children's vaccination, we can inoculate them within a span of 10 to 15 days," Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain told reporters earlier in the day.

Justice Jyoti Singh, while allowing the woman's plea to undergo the procedure, stated that allowing the pregnancy to continue would have a deleterious impact on the petitioner's mental health and she cannot be deprived of the freedom to take a decision to continue or not to continue with the pregnancy in view the medical board's opinion.

New Delhi, Jan 01 (ANI): As registrations for COVID-19 vaccination of children falling into the age bracket of 15 to 18 years commenced from January 01 on the Co-WIN portal, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain informed that the government has set up over 1,000 vaccination centres for children in age of 15-18 years and having the capacity to administer 3 lakh vaccines per day

About 99.66 MT LMO capacity through Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) Plants has been created and 116 MT is targeted by next month. Of the 98 PSA plants, 83 have been commissioned and 14 pending ones will be in place by January 20, as per government sources.

The government has taken the right decision by extending the reduced rate. However, we would like to request the government to rationalise the circle rate and change the categorisation of colonies as well, " said Amit Goyal, CEO, India Sotheby's International Realty.

A government official said Delhi will be better prepared to deal with the situation next year and major focus will be on vehicular emissions -- vehicles contribute to about 40 percent of PM 2.5 emissions here.

These screens will be installed at prominent locations on PWD roads having ROW (right of way) 80 feet and above, intersections and T points of roads with ROW 80 feet or more, entry or exit of Metro station having heavy footfalls, revealed official documents.

An AQI between zero and 50 is considered "good", 51 and 100 "satisfactory", 101 and 200 "moderate", 201 and 300 "poor", 301 and 400 "very poor", then 401 and between 500 is considered "severe".

"We have initiated an exercise to start field inspection of those beneficiaries who have not been taking ration regularly for three months. It is to ascertain the reason behind their inability to collect ration and also to check if there is any fake beneficiary," Food and Supply Commissioner Neeraj Semwal told PTI