Delhi wakes up to heavy downpour - Heavy downpour continues in parts of Delhi on August 20. India Meteorological Department has predicted heavy spells of rainfall in the national capital till August 25. Current temperature of Delhi is 27 degree Celsius. Heavy rainfall has led to waterlogging in various areas.
Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain on Thursday announced that the results of the second serological survey conducted in the national capital are in. Speaking to the media, Jain said a total of 29.1 per cent of the city’s population has developed antibodies against COVID-19 or the novel coronavirus.
A 16-year-old boy was stabbed to death by his neighbour for allegedly dropping a brick on a crate of eggs kept outside the latter’s shop in Sangam Vihar. Police said the 22-year-old accused first took up the matter with the teenager’s parents who agreed to compensate him for the loss. Despite this, the man returned with a knife and allegedly stabbed the teenager multiple times. The incident took place around 9am on Wednesday when the teenager was stacking bricks beside the accused’s shop. A brick fell on the crate of eggs damaging some of them. The accused, Farooq, hurled abuses at the teenager and got into a fight. Farooq returned with a knife later at night, dragged the teenager out of his house and stabbed him multiple times. He then fled leaving the teenager bleeding on the road.
The accused include five office bearers of societies and one property dealer. Two are accused in the case related to Rudra Welfare Society, three in Aerocity Dwarka and one in the case related to the Eminent Officers Welfare Society.
Three members of a family, including a 12-year-old boy, were rescued by the Delhi Fire Service (DFS) from their east Delhi flat which was engulfed with smoke caused by a fire on Thursday morning, an official said. According to DFS Director Atul Garg, they received a call at 5.24 am about a blaze in Murti Gali Krishan Ganj in Laxmi Nagar.
Rain lashed parts of Delhi-NCR early Thursday morning bringing down the temperature to 27 degree Celsius. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted thunderstorms with moderate to heavy rain would continue to occur over many places in the national capital and neighbouring areas during the next 2 hours.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates: India's COVID-19 caseload went past 28 lakh with a record single-day spike of 69,652 infections, while the recoveries increased to 20,96,664 on Thursday pushing the recovery rate to 73.91 percent, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The total cases of coronavirus infections mounted to 28,36,925, while the death toll climbed to 53,866 with 977 new fatalities being reported in a day, the data updated at 8 am showed. The case fatality rate has declined to 1.90 percent. There are 6,86,395 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which is 24.20 percent of the total caseload, the data stated. India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7.
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Three members of a family, including a 12-year-old boy, were rescued by the Delhi Fire Service (DFS) from their east Delhi flat which was engulfed with smoke caused by a fire on Thursday morning, an official said.
