Pulkit Nagar and Aditya Nair

Delhi’s 5-point plan to tackle winter pollution amid Covid

October 6, 2020

The Delhi government led by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has come up with measures to tackle the annual issue of pollution and smog during winters in the national capital. On Monday, Kejriwal held a meeting with the departments involved to chalk out a plan to mitigate the issue. The challenge...

Anti-dengue campaign relaunched in Delhi

September 7, 2020

Coronavirus cases in the national capital have started rising again, and to further compound the problem, other health issues are also coming to the fore. Due to the monsoons, the threat of dengue is looming large over Delhi again. The last few years have seen a decline in the seasonal...

Metro rail SOP announced, services start from 7 Sept

September 3, 2020

After more than five months of being shut, metro rail services across the nation are set to resume for the public from 7 September. To avoid overcrowding at the stations, the Centre on Wednesday released new guidelines for running metro rails. Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Wednesday announced the...

Centre, AAP govt at loggerheads as Covid cases rise in Delhi again

August 28, 2020

Coronavirus cases are again rising in Delhi and with it, the politics between the Central government and Delhi’s AAP government is also heating up. Now, state’s Health Minister Satyendar Jain has written a letter to the Union Home Secretary accusing the Home Ministry of interfering in the work of the...

Corona cases rising again, testing to be doubled: Kejriwal

August 27, 2020

Coronavirus cases in the national capital are increasing once again. Since the last few days, the number has been peaking despite the dip that the city saw earlier. Looking at the current scenario, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal called an emergency review meeting at his home on Wednesday morning and made...

29% Delhiites have Covid antibodies: Sero survey

August 21, 2020

The second serological survey for Covid-19 conducted in Delhi was released on Thursday. The results revealed that 29% of those who had been surveyed in the national capital had antibodies for the novel coronavirus. During the release of the report, state Health Minister Satyendar Jain said that the war against...

Delhi witnesses record 1,106 cases, Sisodia says no need to panic

May 30, 2020

As the national capital witnesses a record increase of 1,106 coronavirus-positive cases in the last 24 hours, Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia has said that there is no need to panic because the recovery rate has improved to 50% despite a spike in the cases. Sisodia, speaking exclusively to The...