Medics attend to a patient at the Covid Care Centre of Shehnai Banquet Hall New Delhi, Wednesday.Delhi News: Delhi on Thursday reported 12,306 new Covid-19 cases — a decrease in the number of infections registered on Wednesday — and 43 deaths. With this, the city’s positivity rate stood at 21.48 per cent.
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Thursday said that the peak of third Covid-19 wave seems to have gone past in the national capital after it registered a record single-day rise of 28,000 cases. However, he cautioned that the city is still not out of danger zone while stressing on the need to monitor the trend before easing of restrictions. “The numbers have come down to 22-24% from 30%; it has reduced but it is not so low that we can open up everything. Hopefully, the numbers will decline as fast as it went up. But, we have to wait and watch,” he said.
In other news, the air quality is likely to remain in the ‘very poor’ category with the Air Quality Index of the city currently at 336, according to the Air Quality Early Warning System for Delhi. The minimum temperature on Wednesday morning was recorded at 10 degrees Celsius. The weather department has predicted light rainfall, starting Friday.
Delhi on Thursday reported 12,306 new Covid-19 cases — a decrease in the number of infections registered on Wednesday — and 43 deaths. With this, the city’s positivity rate stood at 21.48 per cent.
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Thursday said that the peak of third Covid-19 wave seems to have gone past in the national capital after it registered a record single day rise of 28,000 cases. However, he cautioned that the city is still not out of danger zone while stressing on the need to monitor trend before easing of restrictions. “The numbers have come down to 22-24% from 30%; it has reduced but it is not so low that we can open up everything. Hopefully, the numbers will decline as fast as it went up. But, we have to wait and watch,” he said.
Indian Army contingent including infantry troops, tanks, missiles march on Rajpath as they rehearse for the Republic Day parade on January 26.
Two neat rows of fruit-laden bistendu trees lie behind Roshanara Begum’s tomb at Roshanara Bagh.
The short trees with gnarled trunks and thin branches have green cherry-sized, bitter fruits hanging from them. When ripe, the fruits of the bistendu turn yellow, as some have on the trees in the garden near the 17th-century tomb. They stand in a quiet part of the garden, a little distance away from a cricket game underway near the tomb. Dogs lie near the shade of the trees, on the grass scattered with dried, black fruits of the bistendu trees, and squirrels scamper up the short tree trunks. The branches of some of the trees spread wide, providing ample shade. The garden itself was laid on the orders of Roshanara, Shah Jahan’s daughter, and her tomb lies within a pavilion, open from all four sides, in the garden. It is a monument protected by the Archeological Survey of India (ASI). Read more
A Delhi court while allowing a woman's plea for interim maintenance ruled that a wife is entitled to maintenance from her estranged husband even if she lives in the same household, observing that it was a common scenario in Indian households "where a victim of domestic violence is deprived of basic necessities".
Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Monika Saroha also noted that there is usually a practice in many Indian households "an educated woman despite her qualification may not be allowed to join any regular employment to take care of her young children born in quick succession and to attend to the needs of her husband and family."
The woman had filed a complaint under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act (DV Act), alleging torture by her husband. After the husband denied the allegations, the trial court had found no ground for granting interim maintenance, noting that the woman had master’s and bachelor’s degrees, and was "capable of maintaining herself". Read more
The Faridabad Police arrested two people and booked 200 people for allegedly pelting stones and assaulting police personnel while municipal corporation officials were carrying out a demolition drive to clear encroachments from forest land in Khori village Wednesday. Read more
After the Gurgaon administration’s announcement Tuesday that revised property circle rates have been implemented in the district, homebuyers will have to shell out more money to purchase property, particularly in some upscale areas.
Yash Garg, Deputy Commissioner, Gurgaon, said the new circle rates, which came into force from January 1, were revised based on revenue data and efforts were made to ensure that affordable housing was not affected. “There has been a marginal increase in circle rates across the district as these have been rationalised,” he said. Read more
A day after the Delhi Police registered an FIR against people who allegedly made derogatory remarks against Muslim women during a session on Clubhouse app, Cyber Cell officials said they have narrowed down on four-five suspects and will bring them in for questioning.
On Tuesday, the Delhi Police took cognizance of a group on Clubhouse, an audio-only app, where dozens of users participated in a discussion during which derogatory and sexually loaded remarks were made about Muslim women. The discussion was recorded and shared online, prompting the Delhi Commission for Women to write to the police seeking action. Read more
After a PhD student alleged that a motorist tried to molest her inside the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus Monday night, the teachers association (JNUTA) has demanded the reinstation of the Gender Sensitisation Committee Against Sexual Harassment (GSCASH).
The PhD student said that the incident had taken place when she was taking a stroll inside the campus around 11.45 pm. An FIR has been registered but no one has been arrested so far. Read more
Parts of Delhi recorded dense fog on Thursday morning with visibility around 50 metres at Palam.
Fog is considered ‘dense’ when visibility is between 50 and 200 metres, and ‘moderate’ fog is when the visibility is between 200 and 500 metres, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The Safdarjung weather observatory recorded ‘moderate’ fog on Thursday with visibility at around 400 metres.
The minimum temperature recorded over the past 24 hours was 9.8 degrees Celsius at the Safdarjung observatory. This is three degrees above the normal. The maximum temperature recorded was 18.1 degrees Celsius, two degrees below the normal. Read more
After the Covid-19 vaccination drive was opened for children between the age of 15 and 18, 6,84,941 children have got their first dose in Delhi as per data on the government’s CoWIN portal. This means almost two-thirds of the total 10,40,000 eligible children have been immunised partially.
Delhi on Wednesday administered 99,662 Covid-19 vaccine doses, of which 12,665 were precaution doses administered to healthcare workers, frontline workers, and those above the age of 65 years who have comorbidities. Read more
Travel is set to get easier for commuters going to and from Indira Gandhi International Airport, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi and Central Delhi as the construction work of the much delayed Benito Juarez Marg (BJ Marg) underpass and skywalk has picked up the pace and is expected to be completed by March.
The project was scheduled to be completed by January but got delayed due to the construction ban imposed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) citing pollution.
"The work is on schedule and the majority of the civil work is done. Only roofing, lighting, flooring work is left in the underpass. Pillars have been erected for the skywalk and readymade steel girders are being installed on them. This should be completed by March and will provide major relief to the commuters," said a PWD official. Read more
The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) plans to refurbish two prime markets in South Delhi — Nehru Place, Bhikaji Cama Place.
The work at both markets is in progress and a provision of Rs 26.60 crore has been made for the same, said a senior DDA official.
The redevelopment plan of Nehru Place includes a skywalk, an amphitheatre, automated parking, exhibition halls, recreational areas, and dedicated vending zones, he said. Read more
Following a notice by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, Delhi’s Directorate of Education has now responded to the apex child right’s body that it will be instituting additional safeguards to its ‘Desh ke Mentor’ programme, including police verification of mentors and prohibiting physical meetings between mentors and students. Read more
The Najafgarh jheel, a transboundary wetland lying in Delhi and Haryana, has recorded fewer species of water birds this year as compared to the last, the Asian Waterbird Census (AWC) conducted at the jheel on Tuesday has found.
The AWC is an annual count of waterbirds that takes place in January, and is coordinated by the Wetlands International South Asia and the Bombay Natural History Society. It is conducted in seven wetlands across Delhi-NCR. Read more
Following the Centre’s instruction to states and union territories to increase Covid testing, all districts in Delhi have been given targets according to the active cases to increase the tests, officials said on Wednesday.