State places order for Covid vaccines
As the third phase vaccination of people aged between 18 and 44 years is scheduled to begin on May 1, the State Government on Thursday wrote to the manufacturers of both Covaxin and Covishield for supply of the two vaccines. In a letter to the CMD of Serum Institute of India...
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UP extends weekend curfew till Tue morning
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People’s representatives have crucial role in fight against Covid -19: CM
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Covid toll breaches 2,500-mark in State
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CM lauds Janata curfew, says positivity rate down, 13K recovered in 24 hrs
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Govt to vaccinate all 18+ in 3 months: CM
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Jain: Declining Covid positivity rate ray of hope
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AAP: Allocate requisite amount of O2 to Delhi
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Six of family die in gas cylinder explosion
In a tragic incident, a couple and their four minor children were burnt to death on the early hours of Thursday after a cylinder caught fire in a hut in southwest Delhi’s Bijwasan area. The deceased persons were identified as Kamlesh (37), his wife Budhani (32), their two daughters, 16 and...
Raise allocation of O2 from 490 MT to 976 MT: Sisodia to Goyal
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Thursday wrote to Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal and requested for an increase in the oxygen supply quota from current 490 to 976 Metric Tonnes (MT). Sisodia, who is the nodal minister for the Covid 19 management in Delhi, highlighted that despite...
MHA: Amended Delhi Act does not alter responsibilities of elected Govt on health
After empowering Lt Governor, the Union Home Ministry on Thursday said the new amendments are “in no way alter the constitutional and legal responsibilities of the elected Government” in Delhi State. “The amendments to the GNCTD Act, 1991, in no way alter the constitutional and legal responsibilities of the elected Government...
Two held for selling fire extinguisher instead of oxygen cylinder to woman
The Delhi Police has arrested two men for allegedly cheating a woman by selling her fire extinguisher instead of an oxygen cylinder in west Delhi’s Uttam Nagar area on Thursday. The accused have been identified as Ashutosh (19) and Ayush (22), both residents of Vikaspuri. According to Santosh Kumar Meena, the Deputy...
Nine get plasma through Jeevan Rakshak
Delhi Police through “Jeevan Rakshak” have donated plasma to nine persons who were in need for plasma therapy in the National Capital. In view of surge in Covid cases in the city, the Delhi Police also appealed to the public to come forward in more numbers to register in ‘Jeevan Rakshak’...
Char Dham Yatra suspended due to Covid surge
Considering the Covid surge in the state and across the nation, chief minister Tirath Singh Rawat announced that the Char Dham Yatra slated to begin next month has been suspended. While pilgrims will not be allowed to visit the shrines, the Char Dham shrines will reopen as scheduled with only...
Musings on Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude
The year 2017 marked fifty years of the publication of Gabriel Garcìa Márquez’s magnum opus One Hundred Years of Solitude. First published in Spanish in 1967, the book had created quite a sensation in the whole of South America - including Argentina, Peru, Venezuela, and in the rookie novelist’s native...
