Union Home Minister Amit Shah was admitted to Delhi's AIIMS on Tuesday. Earlier on August 2, the home minister had tested positive for COVID-19 and was admitted to Gurugram’s Medanta Hospital following the advice of doctors. Watch video on Zee News
The second sero survey was conducted from August 1-7. The first, conducted between June 27-July 10, had found that nearly 23% Delhiites had antiboides for COVID-19. - Coronavirus in Delhi: Results of Second Sero Survey Likely This Week, Says Health Minister Jain
India's Covid-19 tally crossed the 26-lakh barrier on Monday. As per the latest health ministry numbers, deaths due to coronavirus now stand at 50,921. Globally, the virus has claimed 7 lakh lives.
A study conducted by Knight Frank has revealed that real-estate sales in Mumbai have seen a surge of up to 2-3 times as compared to the Delhi NCR region. Also among the cities that are faring better than NCR are Pune and Bengaluru. It is said that these three regions are seeing an increase in sales as well as investor returns. The study was conducted based on an analysis of the top 8 cities in India.While Mumbai and Pune may be faring somewhat better in the real-estate market when compared to Delhi NCR, these regions aren’t without their problems. Read - Property Rates Are Decreasing In MumbaiThe data also shows that while all eight cities saw the real-estate sales falling dramatically during the lockdown period, Delhi’s market was the worst impacted with 82 per cent decline in new launches year-over-year.Samir Jasuja, founder and managing director at PropEquity said - “Real estate sector which was slowly coming up by March was hit with a complete halt in construction and sales activities by March last week. We may witness resizing of units, discounts, amenities and special payment schemes to be offered by developers to create demand, especially during the upcoming festive season.” Of the total real-estate sales in the top 8 cities, data suggests that Mumbai accounted for 30 per cent. The city also managed to maintain an average of 22-25 per cent sales over the last 10 years. Overall, Mumbai had a share of 31.32 per cent among the 8 cities in the first half of 2020, making it the city’s highest share in 10 years.Farshid Cooper, Managing Director of Spenta Corporation said, “Mumbai and Delhi have always behaved very differently when compared purely on pricing. The pandemic has definitely created a stressful market environment for developers as well as the homebuyers who were actively looking at properties. Mumbai market is seeing demand towards the affordable segment in areas such as Virar, Navi Mumbai and Thane whereas the Delhi-NCR especially Noida is burdened with higher levels of unsold inventory and buyers in this area prefer ready-to-move inventory.”Also read - Investors Distress-Selling Super-Luxury Real Estate In Mumbai Amidst The Lockdown
Crimes against women have fallen drastically in the capital this year , till July 2020. Figures suggest a 60% reduction in the number of cases of rape compared to that during the corresponding period in 2019. Incidents of molestation, too, have fallen by around 70% year on year. The number of molestation cases has gone down, too: from 1,734 last year to 1,023 in 2020. A case of rape has to be filed verbatim on a woman’s complaint in Delhi. This means the total number of such cases reflect an accurate crime graph against women.
New Delhi, Aug 17 () The number of coronavirus tests in Delhi has gone down in August as compared to July, with the government attributing it to the decrease
Earlier this month, the Delhi government-run Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital saw two instances of patients with relapse of coronavirus, almost one-and-a-half months after they were cured of the infection. In both the instances of relapse, the patients had moderate symptoms.
