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AAP MLA Aitishi on Friday said that the vaccination drive for18-44 age group in Delhi remained suspended for the fifth day as states were not receiving any vaccines for the younger age group.

An Air India Delhi-Newark flight returned midway after a bat was found onboard on Thursday.

An NGO in New Delhi has roped in celebrities from across the country and abroad to help raise funds for transgenders during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Congress on Thursday withdrew from the investigation and termed the Delhi Police's preliminary inquiry illegal and in violation of the law.

A petition has been moved in the Delhi High Court against Twitter for allegedly not complying with the Centre's new IT and social media rules. The petition has been filed by Amit Acharya, a practising advocate at the Delhi high court and the Supreme Court, as described in the petition. The plea says Twitter must perform their statutory and executive duties as a “significant social media intermediary”.

A total of 94 municipal corporation workers in Delhi have died in the second wave of Covid-19 while 49 of them are sanitation workers.

Forty two per cent of all those above 45 years of age have been vaccinated in Delhi so far. Meanwhile, vaccination centres for those between the age group of 18 and 44 years remained close for the fourth consecutive day, AAP MLA Atishi said.

A constable from Delhi Police has cleared the UPSC examination against all odds and will now be promoted to the position of ACP.

Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital has come across a first-of-its-kind case of white fungus which causes multiple perforations “throughout the intestine” in a Covid-19 patient, doctors said on Thursday.

With the Covid-19 positivity rate registering a significant fall in the city, the meeting of Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) on Friday is expected to take a call on the lifting or easing of the coronavirus-induced curbs in the national capital. The meeting, which will be held at 11.30 pm, will be attended by Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, along with the chief secretary and other senior officers. Besides a possible discussion on the unlock, the DDMA will also take stock of the current situation of Covid-19 cases and vaccination in the city.

Hinting at a possible unlock in the city, CM Arvind Kejriwal had said last week that if the rate of new virus cases keeps going down then the Covid-related curbs can be eased from May 31.

The vaccine war is only intensifying.  The BJP has accused the Opposition parties of spreading rumours after Delhi govt claimed jab shortage and demanded more vaccines from the Centre.

A group of traders of the national capital on Thursday demanded a rebate in taxes from the Delhi government as well as the central government, citing financial losses due to the Covid-induced lockdown.

The Delhi Police in its chargesheet said the Republic Day violence by farmers was a conspiracy to make Red Fort the new site for the protest.

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia inaugurated the city's first drive-in Covid vaccination centre for those in the 18-44 years age group on Thursday in Saket.

The officers of the Crime Branch of Delhi Police, as well as psychological experts, are interrogating Sushil Kumar in the alleged property dispute case that led to the death of a wrestler.

The drive-through inoculation centre was inaugurated by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. The centre will operate from 9 AM to 5 PM.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said that the manufacturers of Sputnik V have agreed to supply the Russian Covid vaccine to Delhi, but the quantity is yet to be decided.

Delhi Police on Wednesday recorded statements of eight eye-witnesses in the Chhatrasal Stadium murder case. All witnesses have testified against Sushil Kumar.

North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) lifted about 3,599.51 kgs of biomedical waste from quarantine centres and homes of Covid-19 patients between 23 April and 23 May.

Olympian Sushil Kumar on Sunday was arrested in Delhi in connection with the Chhatrasal Stadium brawl case. Sushil Kumar had been on the run since the May 4 brawl that resulted in death of a 23-year-old wrestler.

A head constable in Delhi kidnapped a burglar who was involved in a recent robbery and sought Rs 3 lakh as ransom. The police later traced the kidnapped man to the constable.

Two men have been arrested by Delhi Police for duping Covid-19 patients on the pretext of home delivery of oxygen cylinders.

The Delhi government had constituted a committee under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner (Transport), GNCTD to examine the price-capping of oxygen cylinders.

IIIT Delhi B.Tech. student, Samiya Caur has received the prestigious IAPP Annual Westin Scholar Award.