New Delhi, April 19
The Delhi government on Monday advanced the summer vacation in all schools in the national capital in view of the COVID-19 situation.
The vacation which was scheduled from May 11
Many hospitals in Delhi and few other states are currently operating on the edge due to a shortage of medical oxygen. Thus, opposition party leaders and affected citizens have slammed the Centre and state governments for the shortage of medical oxygen, which is necessary for hospitals to keep critical Covid patients alive. Watch this debate between Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Atishi Marlena and Haryana state BJP spokesperson Raman Malik.
In Delhi, spot gold prices on Thursday were at Rs 50,820 per 10 gm for 24K up by Rs 10 from yesterday while silver was at Rs 70,300, up Rs 1,500 for 1 kg of precious metal.
Justice Navin Chawla said that though it would have been "prudent" for the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to await the outcome of petitions in the Supreme Court and the Delhi HC against WhatsApp's new privacy policy, but not doing so would not make the regulator's order "perverse" or "wanting of jurisdiction".
A first year resident doctor from Delhi has said that she “feels dead from within” after witnessing the horrific scenario in the hospital every single day amid the coronavirus pandemic. Abhishek Bachchan has reacted to the post.
Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 18.7 degrees Celsius on Thursday morning. This is four degrees below the normal temperature at this time of the year, the India Meteorological Department said.
India Business News: NEW DELHI: American Airlines (AA) — the only US major not to have a presence in the India market — will start a nonstop on New York (JFK)-Delhi route .
Covid-19: Delhi sees surge in demand for oximeters, oxygen concentrators on Business Standard. Whether the expensive oxygen concentrator or the humble steam inhaler, people in Delhi are going all out shopping for both "prevention and cure" in view of the surge in Covid-19 cases
India reported a global record of more than 314,000 new infections Thursday as a grim coronavirus surge in the world's second-most populous country sends more sick people into a fragile health care system critically short of hospital beds and oxygen.
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New Delhi, April 21
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) today said its personnel seized over 300 kg of narcotics valued around Rs 2,000 crore from a container ship on
Ajay Banerjee
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New Delhi, April 21
After several spells of snow in March and April, the high Himalayan passes on the two road routes to Ladakh have reopened, facilitating the mo
New Delhi, April 22
Former Delhi minister AK Walia passed away due to Covid-19 on Thursday.
Walia was the most important minister in the Sheila Dikshit government and held several portfolios.
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New Delhi, April 22
The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed pleas by social media platforms Facebook and WhatsApp, challenging India’s competition regulator CCI’s order directing a pro
New Delhi, April 22
Whether the expensive oxygen concentrator or the humble steam inhaler, people in Delhi are going all out shopping for both "prevention and cure" in view of the surge in COVID-19
'The machine is charged via electricity and is small, concentrating the oxygen of the room, thereby providing hyper oxygen. With a cylinder, one has to refill the oxygen once it empties out. However, with a concentrator, the same is not required,' she added.
The big drug consignment was being supplied to the national capital in the wake of a one-week lockdown that has pushed the prices of cannabis to a new high.
The decision has been taken "in view of the increased need to minimize the possibility of community spread of ongoing COVID-19 epidemic and also to optimize diversion of available manpower and materials resources for the treatment of suspected/confirmed patients of COVID-19.
