The total cases now stand at 5,82,058. Of the total tests, 33,298 were RT-PCR, considered the gold standard, while the remaining were rapid antigen tests, which has a far less specificity rate.
The ongoing farmers' agitation is the biggest in Delhi since 1988. The present agitation is led by 35 farmers' unions - 31 among them from Punjab alone, and the rest from Haryana and Madhya Pradesh.
The court said labs can message the results to people on their mobiles numbers, which are taken at time of sample collection, and it can be put up on the websites later.
Although the BJP officially refused to comment on Badal's move, its leaders maintained that it was a “gimmick” to be in the news as the Shiromani Akali Dal – which quit the ruling alliance over the farm legislation – has been “feeling left out in the lurch”, with farm unions stealing the limelight.
At a meeting with a delegation of Delhi Bar Council and Coordination Committee of Bar Associations of Delhi, the chief minister said his government invested the most in the field of health and education and the result of that investment in the health sector is visible now during the pandemic.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said the COVID 19 situation in the national capital is "under control" and the number of cases are also going down.
In its plea, Philips has asked Delhi High Court to ban not only sales, but also manufacturing, assembling, importing, and advertising of Xiaomi products
Declining trends in Delhi positivity rate coupled with a more reliable testing strategy have led to suggestions that the nation's capital may have already seen the worst of the third wave.
Farmers’ Protest: A representative group of the protesting farmers is meeting Union ministers Piyush Goyal and Narendra Tomar for the second round of talks with the Centre today. A delegation of 40 farmers is in Delhi for the talks. Meanwhile, Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh met Home Minister Amit Shah today in a separate meeting and said that he appealed to Centre to bring a quick solution to the farmers’ crisis as it is a matter of both national security and the economy coming to a standstill in Punjab. The Delhi-Noida link road has been closed for traffic once again at the Chilla border area. Delhi-Haryana borders at Singhu and Tikri continue to remain closed for traffic movement as the farmers continue to camp on the roads. Commuting from Delhi to Noida and Haryana has become a nightmare over the past few days and the situation is likely to remain the same on Thursday as well unless there is a breakthrough in the talks with farmers.
Heavy traffic was seen at Delhi-Gurugram border in view of farmers protest on November 30. Police personnel are overseeing the border area. DCP South-West, Ingit Pratap Singh said, "We haven’t received any inputs on farmers coming here. We are taking precautionary measures and preparing for the same at both Singhu and Tikri border." Farmers have continued their protest against agriculture laws at Delhi border. They are agitating ever since passing of new farm laws by central government.
"Minimum Support Price will not be touched, no changes will be made to it," Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar replies to farmer leaders during their meeting at Vigyan Bhavan in Delhi.
