Education News: NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) administration to provide for immediate isolation to residents .
The decline in Covid-19 cases in the national capital continued on Saturday, the consecutive second day in which the new cases remained below 10,000-mark, even as the number of tests slipped to the lowest since the second wave of the pandemic hit the city. The number of fresh cases recorded in Saturday's health bulletin was 6,430 as against 8,506 on Friday.
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has written to Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal, asking him to take action against minister Rajendra Pal Gautam for disclosing the identity of minors in a social media post.
The government, which had passed orders to buy 1.34 crore Covaxin and Covisheild doses for those in the 18-44 age group, has been facing shortage with 100 session sites being shut because of Covaxin shortage earlier this week.
A Delhi Court on Saturday dismissed the bail plea of former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Tahir Hussain in connection with two cases related to northeast Delhi violence.
In Gujarat, the inoculation of frontline workers with a single dose is 93 per cent, Rajasthan is 91 per cent, MP is 90 per cent which is well above the average.Delhi is about 80 per cent, just below average. Every state should try to ensure 100 per cent coverage
New Delhi, May 15
India Test opening batsman Shubman Gill on Saturday received the first dose of Covdi-19 vaccine.
Gill posted a photo of himself getting vaccinated and he captioned the post on Twit
Amid vaccine shortage faced by Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said his government has written to Dr Reddy's Laboratories for supply of around 67 lakh doses of Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V.
Dr Reddy's Laboratories launched Sputnik V -- the first foreign-made vaccine being used in the country -- on Friday .Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia earlier this week claimed that Covaxin manufacturer Bharat Biotech has refused to provide additional doses to the national capital
"(The figure in) Rajasthan is 95 per cent, Madhya Pradesh is 96 per cent, Chhattisgarh is 99 per cent and Delhi is 78 per cent. It is 10-11 per cent below the (national) average. It should be improved. It (Delhi) is a limited area, limited population and (it is) well-connected. We appeal that states work to raise it," V K Paul said.
Ajay Banerjee
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, May 14
Former AAP MLA from Rajouri Garden, Jarnail Singh, died on Friday morning of Covid-related complications.
He had been under intensive
New Delhi, May 15
The government on Saturday eases certain norms under Gas Cylinders Rules, 2016, to fast track approvals for imported cylinders and pressure vessels for storage and transportation of
New Delhi, May 15
Away from the football field, Indian team striker Jeje Lalpekhlua has been patrolling a long stretch of Tuichang river in his native Mizoram to prevent “overfishin
Delhi Police arrested 15 people and registered FIRs against 17 persons in connection with posters critical of PM Modi’s vaccine exports amidst the ongoing COVID-19 crisis in the country.
A Delhi Court has refused to grant interim bail to a riot accused claiming to be suffering from 'paranoid schizophrenia', saying that the possibility that he is pretending to be suffering from a mental disorder to come out of the jail cannot be ruled out.
Delhi Court on Saturday refused to grant bail to former AAP Councillor Tahir Hussain in the case relating to the communal violence that broke out in Delhi.
