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Thursday, Dec 03, 2020 | Last Update : 10:38 AM IST

The COVID-19 caseload increased to 85,91,730 with 38,073 new infections being reported in a day, while the death toll climbed to 1,27,059 with 448 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed. (Representative Photo) (AP)

COVID-19: Less than 40K cases reported in a day for second time in November

India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23 and 40 lakh on September 5

10 Nov 2020 12:21 PM

The apex court was hearing an appeal filed by the Delhi government against the high court's September 22 order.

SC asks Delhi government to move HC over reserving 80% ICU beds for COVID-19 patients

The government has already challenged the single judge's order before a division bench of the high court

10 Nov 2020 12:01 PM

A Nepalese volunteer sprays disinfectants on a man while he arrives to get free food distributed by social workers during lockdown to control the spread of the new coronavirus in Kathmandu. (AP)

6 Indian coronavirus patients recover in Nepal

Another group of seven Indians undergoing treatment at the same hospital are still kept under observation and are recovering

06 May 2020 4:01 PM

Migrant workers set out for their villages during the ongoing coronavirus lockdown in India. (DC Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

By ignorantly accusing the Markaz, we may be unwittingly blaming the Centre

'Markaz' is a word that means 'Centre', and is often used as short form for markazi hakumat

13 Apr 2020 12:27 AM

Joint report prepared by experts in the health, management, logistics and finance sectors favoured another lockdown in May as there are chances of a second peak in Covid-19 cases. (AFP)

Panel recommends Lockdown 2.0

Report says ease curbs from April 17 before closure from May 18-31

29 Mar 2020 10:56 AM

At 8.30 am, the capital's overall air quality index stood at 459. It was 410 at 8 pm on Thursday. (Photo: File)

Delhi’s air quality dips overnight, breaches ‘severe+’ mark

The number of masked faces continued to grow as the city remained shrouded in pungent haze for the fourth consecutive day.

01 Nov 2019 10:10 AM

The period between October 15 and November 15 is considered critical as maximum number of stubble burning incidents take place in this span in Punjab and adjoining states and is one of the main reasons for alarming spike in pollution in Delhi-NCR. (Photo: PTI | File)

New Delhi's air quality 'very poor' again, likely to drop over weekend

The city's overall air quality index (AQI) stood at 306 on Friday. It was 276 on Thursday.

18 Oct 2019 10:26 AM

Kejriwal, however, expressed concerns over the pressure on the hospitals in the national capital and called for improving healthcare across the country. (Photo: Twitter | @ArvindKejriwal)

‘Patients from Bihar come on Rs 500 ticket, get Rs 5 lakh treatment for free’: Delhi CM

Kejriwal on Sunday laid the foundation stone of a new 362-bed trauma centre at the Sanjay Gandhi Memorial.

30 Sep 2019 3:17 PM

The AAP party workers chanted slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government, claiming that the BJP had betrayed the people of Delhi as the impending promise of regularisation of the unauthorised colonies is yet to be fulfilled. (Photo: ANI)

Delhi: AAP party workers protest outside BJP headquarters

AAP party workers also claimed that the BJP has betrayed the people just how the Congress had when it was at the Centre.

21 Sep 2019 7:42 PM

‘I am very glad to inform that modern 'Make In India' product, the second Vande Bharat Express has completed its trial run between New Delhi and Katra (holy place of Goddess Vaishno Devi). The train will start for the passengers in Navaratri. Jai Mata Di!’ tweeted Piyush Goyal. (Photo: ANI)

Vande Bharat connecting New Delhi-Katra to debut this Navaratri

The new Vande Bharat Express will be fit for sleeper coaches, a facility that is amiss in the existing Vande Bharat trains.

18 Sep 2019 2:59 PM

This is also not the first time when Delhi Chief Minister has praised the Centre. Earlier, he had praised the Centre for its role in combating pollution in New Delhi. (Photo: ANI)

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal praises Modi govt's Motor Vehicles Act

His statement comes at a time when several states have publicly stated that they plan to reduce the fines.

13 Sep 2019 2:43 PM

‘Appropriation of leaders like Gandhi, Patel, Ambedkar being done with an aim of misinterpreting their true messages to further their nefarious agenda,’ she added. (Photo: ANI)

Economic situation is very grim, but Centre is indulging in vendetta politics: Sonia Gandhi

‘Democracy is at peril. The mandate is being misused and abused in the most dangerous fashion,’ the Congress interim president also said.

12 Sep 2019 2:09 PM

Cooperation from the citizens along with the efforts by the Arvind Kejriwal government have helped curb a majority of mosquito-borne diseases in Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Arvind Kejriwal's '10 hafte, 10 baje, 10 minute' leads the way in fight against dengue

New Delhi used to witness no less than 20,000 dengue cases on average each year, has seen AAP launch two-front attack against dengue.

10 Sep 2019 2:56 PM

A fire broke out in the rear power car of the Chandigarh-Kochuvalli Express as it was departing the New Delhi station on Friday, a railway spokesperson said. (Photo: Twitter/ ANI)

Train compartment catches fire at New Delhi railway station; no casualty reported

The fire has been extinguished. Twelve fire tenders were rushed to the spot, a fire department official said.

06 Sep 2019 3:02 PM

The EIU said decline in Mumbai's rank was mainly due to a downgrade in its culture score, while New Delhi has fallen in the index because of downgrades to its culture and environment score as well as fall in the stability score owing to rising crime rates. (Photo File | PTI)

Delhi slips 6 places in world's most liveable cities ranking due to climate change: Report

A score between 50-60 points, which is the case for India, indicates constrained liveability conditions.

04 Sep 2019 1:46 PM

‘OPDs were turned into emergency wards. There are more than 200 benches in the OPD area. So in quick time, we accommodated patients there,’ said Dr Shakti Gupta, Medical Superintendent of RPC at AIIMS. (Photo: ANI)

AIIMS fire incident: 90pc patients were shifted to RP Eye Centre, situation normal

Dr Harsh Vardhan, Minister of Health, President, AIIMS, New Delhi is closely monitoring efforts on-site towards extinguishing the fire.

18 Aug 2019 5:36 PM

AIIMS faced the biggest fire in its history, the department of lab medicine worked on full strength at a makeshift arrangement in the blood bank and to ensure that the patient services didn’t suffer. (Photo: File | Representative)

'It's our duty': Doctors help 30-yr-old deliver baby girl amid massive fire in AIIMS

The woman gave birth to a healthy baby girl at around 9:30 pm while the rescue operations were still on to douse the flames.

18 Aug 2019 3:59 PM

SDF, a regional political party in Sikkim, was founded by Chamling in 1993. (Photo: ANI)

10 MLAs of Sikkim Democratic Front join BJP

This comes a few days after the SDF legislators met BJP’s Ram Madhav.

13 Aug 2019 1:57 PM

‘Based on technical analysis of inputs collected regarding the origin of the email, connected mobile phone and IP logs, teams were rushed to Mumbai and Kanpur for locating the suspected user of the relevant email id,’ the statement said. (Photo: BUNNY SMITH)

Mumbai man held for sending death threats to Kejriwal, others

The accused is identified as Abhishek Tiwari, a resident of Uttar Pradesh, residing presently in Mumbai's Nala Sopara area, police said.

09 Aug 2019 7:12 PM

Mishra's counsel argued that proceedings and order are clearly in violation of the law of natural justice. (Photo: ANI)

Delhi HC adjourns hearing in Kapil Mishra's plea against disqualification in Assembly

Justice Vibhu Bakhru directed Mishra to file an affidavit within two weeks on the Delhi Assembly Speaker's version.

09 Aug 2019 4:37 PM

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