Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Thursday said that though COVID-19 cases have increased in the capital, people are not developing severe disease and the hospitalisation rate is low.
The national capital along with Punjab, Haryana, and Chandigarh are also likely to witness heatwave conditions from April 28 to May 2, according to the IMD bulletin.
On the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between India and Japan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that the ties between the two countries have deepened in every sphere, be it strategic, economic or people-to-people contacts.
Amidst concerns raised in some quarters, the Union Ministry has presented data to assert that job employments and job growth have been on the uptick in the past few years.
India remains one of the most challenging major economies with respect to protection and enforcement of intellectual property, the office of the US Trade Representative said in a report as it decided to retain New Delhi on the Priority Watch List.
India on Thursday reported 3,303 fresh covid-19 cases that took its tally to 4,30,68,799, while the active cases increased to 16,980, according to Union health ministry data.
Describing Delhi as the “face of the nation”, the Centre today defended before the SC its control over transfers and postings of bureaucrats in the Capital even as the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP government took exception to the submissions.
New sub-variants BA.2.12 (52 per cent samples) and BA.2.10 (11 per cent samples) are showing high transmission and have been found in over 60 per cent of the total samples from Delhi sequenced recently, an official said
