Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. (File)Delhi Live Highlights: Delhi on Sunday logged 9,197 new Covid-19 infections and 34 deaths. There 13,510 patients discharged/recovered and 69,022 tests conducted. Currently, national capital’s positivty rate 13.22 per cent.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said that he has learnt through sources that the Enforcement Directorate(ED) may arrest Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain. “We have learnt through our sources that the ED is about to arrest Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain just ahead of polls in Punjab… They have raided Satyendar Jain twice earlier and have come up empty handed,” he said.
Ahead of the Republic Day parade, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) released a video showing their machinery for armed forces. This year, counter-drone technology will be used for security and over 27,000 police personnel, according to Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana.
Traffic movement in Delhi would get affected in certain places on Sunday due to the Republic Day 2022 ‘rehearsal parade,’ Delhi Traffic Police informed. Due to the rehearsal, no traffic movement will be allowed from Vijay Chowk to India Gate from 6 pm today, on Rajpath from 11 pm, and the ‘C’-Hexagan- India Gate will remain closed from 9:15 pm. “The parade rehearsal will start at 10:20 am from Vijay Chowk and will proceed to National Stadium,” the advisory said.
The seized luxury cars. (File Photo)
A 27-year-old man was arrested on Sunday for allegedly molesting a PhD student of Jawaharlal Nehru University inside the campus, police said.
The accused was drunk at the time of incident and has been identified as Akshay Dolai, they said. A native of West Bengal, Dolai lived with his wife and children in south Delhi's Munirka and worked at a mobile repairing shop at Bikaji Cama Place.
The accused was identified and caught after the footage from more than a thousand CCTV cameras in and around the JNU campus was analysed, police said, adding Dolai was arrested while he was entering his rented house. (PTI)
A spell of rain late Saturday night brought Delhi's cumulative precipitation this January to 88.2 mm, which is the highest in the month since 1901, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
Before this, the capital recorded 79.7 mm of rainfall in 1989 and 73.7 mm in 1953, the IMD data showed. The Safdarjung Observatory, which provides representative data for the city, has recorded six rainy days and 88.2 mm of rainfall this month so far. It got 19.7 mm of rainfall in the 24 hours ending 8.30 am on Sunday.
The Palam Observatory also received a record 110 mm of precipitation this month, according to the data available on the IMD's website. (PTI)
Harmeet Singh Kalka of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) was on Saturday elected the president of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) amid heated arguments among the members.
The elections took place at Gurdwara Rakab Ganj Sahib in Delhi. The voting had to be stopped after a member revealed his vote publicly. Former DSGMC chief Manjit Singh GK, Paramjit Singh Sarna and Harvinder Singh Sarna objected to it.
The SAD (Badal) has 30 members in the House. The House has 55 members in all but only 51 can vote. Four cannot as they are nominated. (PTI)
A 32-year-old man from Saharanpur has been arrested for allegedly blackmailing and extorting Rs 2 lakh from a woman he met on a matrimonial website. The police said the accused has cheated and extorted money from at least half a dozen women in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and other states.
The accused, identified as Sachin Sachdeva, recently completed his MBA from Lovely Professional University in Jalandhar and was looking for a job, cops said. He created an ID on the website and threatened to upload the woman’s private photos online.
According to the police, the woman met Sachdeva in October last year. He lied about his job and promised to marry her. Later, he extorted Rs 2 lakh from her by threatening to publicise her private photos and started demanding more money. Read more
A spell of rain late Saturday night brought Delhi's cumulative precipitation this January to 88.2 mm, which is the highest in the month since 1901, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
Before this, the capital recorded 79.7 mm of rainfall in 1989 and 73.7 mm in 1953, the IMD data showed.
The Safdarjung Observatory, which provides representative data for the city, has recorded six rainy days and 88.2 mm of rainfall this month so far. It got 19.7 mm of rainfall in the 24 hours ending 8.30 am on Sunday. (PTI)
Delhi on Sunday logged 9,197 new Covid-19 infections and 34 deaths.
There 13,510 patients discharged/recovered and 69,022 tests conducted.
Currently, national capital’s positivty rate 13.22 per cent.
At least 106 people, mostly homeless persons, have died in Delhi this month due to cold conditions, non-government organisation Centre for Holistic Development (CHD) has claimed and written to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal requesting him to make proper arrangements for such people during winters.
While officials from the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) denied that deaths have occurred due to cold, officers of the Delhi Police acknowledged that the number of deaths among homeless people suffering from medical issues goes up during winters.
"There have been no deaths due to cold. However, fatalities among homeless people due to other issues, such as accidents, diseases, alcohol and drug-related problems, do take place, but DUSIB does not maintain such data," an official said, requesting anonymity. (PTI)
Ahead of the Republic Day parade, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) released a video showing their machinery for armed forces. This year, counter-drone technology will be used for security and over 27,000 police personnel, according to Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh.
Delhi CP Rakesh Asthana said there are intensified measures taken to assure safety on Republic Day. These precautinary steps have been taken from last two months because Delhi has always been a target of terror attacks.
How Indian Army uniforms and rifles have evolved over the decades will be on display at this year's Republic Day parade, Major General Alok Kakkar said on Sunday.
Three marching contingents of the Indian Army will wear uniforms and carry rifles from previous decades, while one contingent will wear the new combat uniform and carry the latest Tavor rifles at Republic Day Parade-2022 (RDP-2022) as a part of 'Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav' celebrating the 75th year of India's independence, he said.
There will be a total of six marching contingents of the Indian Army at RDP-22, he said at a press conference. Each marching contingent at RDP-22 will comprise 96 soldiers instead of the usual 144 so that proper attention can be given to Covid-19 protocol. (PTI)
The Omicron variant of COVID-19 is in the community transmission stage in India and has become dominant in multiple metros where new cases have been rising exponentially, the INSACOG has said in its latest bulletin.t also said BA.2 lineage, an infectious sub-variant of Omicron, has been found in a substantial fraction in the country.
The INSACOG, in its January 10 bulletin that was released on Sunday, said while most Omicron cases so far have been asymptomatic or mild, hospitalisations and ICU cases have increased in the current wave and the threat level remains unchanged. (With PTI)
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said the agencies can arrest anyone they want, including me as "we're not afraid."
"Modi govt is planning to arrest our Minister Satyendar Jain right before Punjab elections. We welcome them, they can send ED, CBI etc & arrest anyone they want, including me. We're not afraid as we haven't done anything wrong, AAP tweeted quoting Kejriwal as saying.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said that he has learnt through sources that Enforcement Directorate may arrest Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain. “We have learnt through our sources that the ED is about to arrest Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain just ahead of polls in Punjab… They have raided Satyendar Jain twice earlier and have come up empty handed,” he said.
Traffic movement in Delhi would get affected in certain places on Sunday due to the Republic Day 2022 'Rehearsal Parade,' Delhi Traffic police informed. Due to the rehearsal, no traffic movement will be allowed from Vijay Chowk to India Gate from 6 pm today, on Rajpath from 11 pm, and the 'C'-Hexagan- India Gate will remain closed from 9:15 pm.
"The parade rehearsal will start at 10:20 am from Vijay Chowk and will proceed to National Stadium," the advisory said. "There would be elaborate traffic arrangements and restrictions in place for smooth conduct of the parade," it added.
A 32-bed Covid isolation centre for students and campus residents has been set up inside Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in the national capital, following the Delhi government’s health department order on January 21.
The centre set up in one of the residential hostels at JNU is linked to the Delhi government’s Pt. Madan Mohan Malviya Hospital, which will provide manpower, logistics, consumables and medicines. It will be monitored by the New Delhi District Administration.
The JNU students’ union (JNUSU) has been demanding that a Covid care centre be set up on the campus, saying multiple students on campus had been infected with coronavirus disease in the ongoing third wave of the pandemic.
Less than one in four patients admitted with Covid-19 during the current wave of the pandemic needed oxygen support as compared to nearly three in four requiring it during the delta variant driven wave in April-May last year, shows the analysis of patient data from Max group of hospitals.
Of the total hospitalisations across Max healthcare hospitals, 63% of patients needed oxygen support during the first wave, 74% during the second wave, and 23.4% during the current wave. There were fewer hospitalisations as well, even though the number of cases during the current wave reached the same levels as the previous wave. The analysis is based on data from 13 hospitals run by the group across six states. (With Anonna Dutt)
According to the India Meteorological Department, rain on Saturday brought down the maximum temperature to 14.7 degrees Celsius, seven notches below the average and also the lowest for the season so far. The Safdarjung Observatory, which is considered the official marker for the city, had recorded 5 mm rainfall till 8 am on Saturday. The minimum temperature settled at 11.5 degrees Celsius, four notches above the season's average, the IMD said.
Delhi on Saturday recorded 70 mm of rainfall, the highest for the month of January in the lasr 32 years, the India Meteorological Department said. Delhi registered 69.8 mm of rainfall by 9.30 pm on Saturday. It is the highest since January 1989 when the capital received 79.7 mm rainfall, he said.
Over two lakh people have been administered the precautionary dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Delhi since the exercise commenced on January 10, according to official data.
The third or the precautionary dose is being administered to people aged 60 or more, healthcare workers and frontline workers who took their second dose of the vaccine nine months ago. They are being given the same vaccine they received earlier. Around three lakh such people became eligible for the third dose from January 10.
Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta has urged Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal to lift the weekend curfew in the national capital and withdraw restrictions at markets, where odd-even is currently in place for shops.
Baijal had on Friday rejected the government’s proposal to lift the weekend curfew in the national capital and ease restrictions at markets. The L-G had said the restrictions need to remain in place until Covid-19 cases come down in the city.
Gupta said that he has written to Baijal requesting him to convene a DDMA meeting immediately to take decisions in this regard as traders and businessmen have suffered the most due to the third wave of the pandemic.
Delhi on Saturday reported 11,468 Covid-19 fresh cases while the positivity rate dropped marginally to 16.36% from 18.04% as recorded on the previous day. The city also recorded 45 deaths, which is the highest single-day toll due to Covid this month.
So far, 479 people have died due to the infection in Delhi this month. This is the highest monthly toll since June when 740 deaths were reported. There were only nine deaths in the entire month of December, seven in November, four in October, and five in September. Read More
Tableaux from various Indian states and government ministries will participate in the Republic day parade on January 26. The theme given to participants this year was 75 years of India’s Independence. See more pics here
Delhi on Saturday reported 11,486 new Covid-19 cases and 45 related deaths, according to city health department. The test positivity rate dipped further to 16.36 percent. Currently, there are at least 58,593 active cases in the city while cumulative infections stand at 17,82,514. On Friday, the national capital had reported 10,756 Covid-19 cases and 38 deaths with a test positivity rate of 18.04 per cent.
Labs giving real-time data to states, segregation of coronavirus patients on basis of districts and assembly constituencies are part of the SOPs laid down by the Delhi government. In an order issued last week, the Health Department stated that it has prepared SOPs for Covid-care centres which also listed out guidelines to be followed for telecalling patients. According to a PTI report, under the SOPs, labs have been directed to give real-time data within 20 hours to the State Covid-19 Response Centre. They have been directed to segregate cases on the basis of districts, assembly names and wards, etc. This data will be published on the integrated management app. The tele-calling unit of the Covid-centre is responsible for calling up the patient within half-a-hour of testing positive. In case a patient requires admission, the team from the centre has to reach within an hour and facilitate it, the order said.
Observing that his conduct was against the cherished constitutional ethos of secularism, a Delhi court denied anticipatory bail to Vishal Jha (21), accused in the GitHub app case in which photographs of 100 Muslim women were hosted without their consent.
The Delhi High Court has directed the UIDAI to provide information relating to over 400 people who were allegedly issued fake Aadhaar cards for enrollment for civil defence training in the national capital.
Justice Chandra Dhari Singh allowed the petition filed by the Delhi government seeking direction to the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to disclose information on the Aadhar card holders sought by an investigation agency for probe of a case.
The case was lodged by the Anti Corruption Branch for the alleged offences of criminal conspiracy under the Indian Penal Code and the Prevention of Corruption Act. (PTI)
A Delhi court will look into whether two separate FIRs filed in the same case against engineering student Vishal Sudhirkumar Jha (21), one of the accused in the GitHub app case in which photographs of 100 Muslim women were hosted without their consent, can be legally investigated.
Jha, a second-year civil engineering student studying in Bengaluru, was arrested by the Mumbai Police earlier this month. He was the first of the four people to be arrested in connection with the app. Read more
The Delhi Police Cyber Cell has summoned an 18-year-old man from Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow to join the investigation after it was found that he had allegedly created a group on the Clubhouse app, where several users allegedly made derogatory remarks against Muslim women.
On Saturday, Delhi Police said they have identified the ID of user – Bismillah as Rahul Kapoor, a graduate student, whose father is working as an accountant in Army Public school, Lucknow Cantt. “He was traced and during questioning, he disclosed that he was asked by Sallos to create an audio chat room in Clubhouse. He created a chat room and handed over the moderator key to Sallos. We have seized his mobile phone and served him a notice. He is joining the investigation in Delhi on Saturday evening,” a senior police officer said. Read more
The Faridabad police on Friday booked a woman for allegedly murdering her father-in-law over a property-related dispute. The woman and an unidentified associate allegedly conspired to murder the man to usurp his property, said the police.
According to the police, the incident took place late on Thursday night when the victim, Bharat Singh Bhati, a resident of New Friends Colony in Ballabgarh, and his wife Jashoda Bhati were asleep in their room. The accused Gita is missing, said the police. Read more
The pace of precautionary doses being administered in Delhi has dropped significantly as just 10,862 people were inoculated on Friday, taking the week’s average to 14,348 doses, compared to 21,016 shots the previous week, data from the CoWIN portal revealed.
The total number of precautionary doses administered has crossed the 200,000-mark in twelve days since the drive was opened up for healthcare workers, frontline workers, and those over the age of 60 with comorbidities. Read more
Delhi has been witnessing overcast skies and light rainfall that began in the early hours of Saturday. The possibility of thunderstorms with rainfall remains on the forecast for the day.
A western disturbance has brought rainfall to parts of northwest India. A cyclonic circulation associated with the western disturbance lies over south Pakistan and adjoining southwest Rajasthan. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), western disturbances are storms that originate in the Mediterranean Sea, Caspian Sea or Black Sea and move eastwards across north India, bringing winter rainfall. Read more
“Nine stretches have been selected across the city to be redeveloped as samples. Apart from redesigning these roads to make space for pedestrians, we are making the spaces informative by adding interesting facts of the area,” said a senior PWD official. Read more
A deputy commandant of the Border Security Force is in the dock for allegedly orchestrating a Rs 140 crore scam in Gurgaon. A Special Investigation Team (SIT) has found that the main accused, Praveen Yadav, allegedly posed as an IPS officer on deputation on the National Security Guard’s campus in Manesar and allegedly conned contractors on the pretext of allotting tenders for construction work on the campus.
Police have recovered Rs 13.81 crore in cash and six luxury cars (Harrier, Range Rover, Jeep, BMW, Safari and Volvo) from his possession. Earlier this week, police had raided the residence of a relative of Yadav and recovered gold worth over Rs 1 crore. The relative is absconding. Read more
A 50-year-old man set himself on fire outside the Supreme Court Friday afternoon, with an initial investigation revealing that he used to work at a factory in Noida but hadn’t been paid for three months. Moreover, his employer sacked him recently.
“Eyewitnesses told police the incident took place around 2 pm outside the Supreme Court’s new building, where the man came and set himself on fire. The fire was doused by security personnel and he was taken to Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital (LNJP), where his condition is said to be stable and he is recuperating,” an officer said. Read more
Covid cases have reduced further in the capital, with 10,756 fresh infections recorded on Friday. The positivity rate also dipped below 20% after almost two weeks — it stood at 18.04%, meaning less than one in five samples tested were found to have the infection.
In view of the dropping positivity rate, the Delhi Disaster Management Authority has allowed private offices to work with 50% capacity. L-G Anil Baijal Friday rejected the government’s proposal to lift weekend curfew and odd-even at markets. Read more
An 11-year-old boy died after allegedly accidentally shooting himself at his house in Nuh Thursday morning. The boy’s parents had gone to a police station to settle an old case that his mother had filed against her husband, said police.
Police said the incident was reported around 11 am when the boy’s neighbour heard a gunshot and rushed to the house. In the police complaint, he said he saw the boy lying on a cot with a country-made gun near him. “He was bleeding profusely from the chest and was motionless. I asked his 9-year-old sister about what had transpired and she said he was playing with the gun,” he said. Read more
Delhi on Friday reported 10,756 new Covid-19 cases and 38 deaths in the last 24 hours, with the positivity rate at 18.04 percent, according to city health department. Currently, there are at least 61,954 active cases in the city while cumulative infections stand at 17,71,028. So far, 434 people have died due to the virus this month.
Following the Delhi Lieutenant Governor’s decision to not lift the weekend curfew and odd-even restrictions at markets and malls, several traders from Sadar Bazar and Sarojini Nagar held a protest and sought permission to reopen all shops. Some traders’ associations have also written to the L-G, requesting him to withdraw both restrictions.
Raising slogans and holding placards saying, “L-G sir please help”, “save our businesses”, “end odd-even plan”, “odd-even killing our business, please help”, the Federation of Sadar Bazar Traders’ Association stated, “Cases are declining at a very fast pace. Why can’t the restrictions be lifted?”
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The Delhi government will conduct a large-scale survey to understand the impact of the Covid pandemic on the psychological and emotional behaviour of school children, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said.
The last two years have been really tough and very stressful for school children. Due to school closure students have been confined to their homes, which is leading to a situation of fear and stress among them, he said.
"It is important to understand their mental state, to bring them back to the normal situation. In view of this, we have decided to conduct the study on a large-scale to understand the changes in mental and emotional state of school children in the past two years and what steps can be taken for their well-being," Sisodia, who also holds the education portfolio, said. (PTI)
Delhi reported 10,756 Covid-19 cases and 38 deaths on Thursday, with the positivity rate at 18.04 percent.
Active cases in the national capital now stand at 61,954, while cumulative positive cases are now 17,71,028. The total fatalities in Delhi stand at 25,541.
The number of Covid cases in Delhi has come down after registering a record surge a week ago, but the daily fatalities trend needs to be watched for the next few days to tell if the death count has reached its peak, according to medical experts.
Senior doctors at leading Covid facilities, both state-run and private, have emphasised that the peak in death cases happen generally a week or two after the peak in the daily cases tally.
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Thursday had said that it seems the peak of the third Covid wave in the national capital has gone past, even as he cautioned that the city was not out of the danger zone yet. (PTI)
Ahead of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's 125th birth anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that a grand statue of the iconic freedom fighter will be installed at India Gate as a symbol of India's "indebtedness" to him.
Till the statue, made of granite, is completed, a hologram statue of his would be present at the same place, he said, adding that he will unveil the hologram statue on January 23, the birth anniversary of the Azad Hind Fauj founder.
Official sources told PTI that the dimensions of the granite statue will be 28 feet long and six feet wide and added that its installation will be a case of India "reclaiming" its history. The statue will be installed under a canopy, which used to have a statue of King George V that was removed in 1968.
A man, who attempted suicide outside the Supreme Court complex on Friday, is out of danger, according to the Delhi Police.
The police found out during their inquiry that the man was not receiving his salary for the last three months from the management of a factory.
The government has put out the eternal flame of the Amar Jawan Jyoti underneath India Gate and merge it with the one instituted at the National War Memorial in 2019 a few hundred meters away.
Since the political controversy broke out government sources have claimed, giving a “correct perspective” that the flame will not be extinguished, but just moved to be merged with the one at the National War Memorial. Sources said that the eternal flame paid homage to the soldiers killed in the 1971 War, but does not mention their name, and the India Gate is a “symbol of our colonial past”.
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A 50-year-old man allegedly tried to set himself on fire outside the Supreme Court in New Delhi on Friday afternoon.He was taken to the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, where he is recuperating and police are trying to contact his family.
According to the police, the man has been identified as Rajbabu Gupta, who works in a factory in Noida Sector 128. “We received a call around 2.20pm that a man had tried to self-immolate and that he was stopped by the security personnel. Police rushed to the spot and the victim was taken to hospital,” a police officer said. An inquiry is on to ascertain why Gupta had allegedly attempted to kill himself. The police said they suspected some family dispute behind the suicide attempt.
A 78-year-old Delhi resident suffering from recurrent inflammation of the large intestine and bloody diarrhoea has recovered after doctors from Sir Ganga Ram hospital treated him with faecal microbiota transplant (FMT), a procedure where stool from a healthy person is put into the colon of the patient.
Despite treatment with antibiotics, the symptoms kept reoccurring in the patient and he was admitted to the hospital with fever, bloody diarrhoea, low blood pressure, and high heat rate. When his stool was analysed, the doctors found a bad bacteria called c. difficile. Read more
The Opposition strongly hit out at the Centre for its decision to “extinguish” the eternal flame of the Amar Jawan Jyoti as it is to be merged with the National War Memorial on Friday. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi slammed the move, saying “some people cannot understand patriotism”.
However, government sources said there was “a lot of misinformation” over the decision.
“It is a matter of great sadness that the immortal flame that used to burn for our brave soldiers will be extinguished today. Some people cannot understand patriotism and sacrifice – never mind… We will once again light the Amar Jawan Jyoti for our soldiers!” Rahul Gandhi tweeted Friday. Read more
Cloudy skies and light rainfall are on the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast for Delhi on Friday.
A western disturbance is likely to affect parts of northwest India from Friday night onwards, bringing rainfall with it. Thunderstorms are on the forecast for Saturday, while Sunday is also likely to be a rainy day, according to the IMD. Read more
Three days after a student of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) alleged she was molested on campus by a biker, the university authorities released a statement on the matter claiming they had “zero tolerance” towards any “violence”.
The statement, dated January 20 by Registrar Ravikesh, was released to the press Friday. It is the first official statement by the administration since the incident. Read more
Fewer precautionary doses have been administered in the capital this week, dropping to a daily average of 15,215 shots, as per data on the government’s CoWin portal. In comparison, 21,106 shots were administered on average each day, barring Sunday, during the previous week when the drive was first opened up for the third dose of the vaccine.
The total number of doses administered per day in Delhi also dropped below the 1 lakh-mark over the last two days. Delhi has been vaccinating over 1 lakh persons each day this month – averaging 1,33,130 shots a day – even crossing the 2 lakh-mark once on January 6, as per the data. Read more
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has approved proposals to end the weekend curfew in the national capital, stop the odd-even rule in markets and malls and allow private offices to call 50 per cent of their staff. He has sent the proposals to Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal for a final nod.
A Delhi court Thursday sentenced the first person to be convicted in a Northeast Delhi riots case to five years rigorous imprisonment for trespassing into a woman’s home and setting it on fire.
Sentencing the convict, Dinesh Yadav, Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhat said: “It cannot be gainsaid that the offence committed by the convict was a very serious one. However, no evidence had been led by the prosecution to prove that the unlawful assembly of which the convict was a member had been formed in pursuance to some conspiracy.” Read more
The Delhi government on Thursday further slashed the prices of Covid-19 testing, reducing the cost of the gold-standard RT-PCR test to Rs 300 if the samples are given at the lab or hospital and Rs 500 if they are collected from home. Several private lab owners, however, said it will be impossible for them to sustain business at these rates.
Last year in August, the government had fixed the prices at Rs 500 for lab collection and Rs 700 for home collection. The cost of the less accurate rapid antigen test was also fixed at Rs100, reduced from Rs 300 previously fixed by the government. Read more
Delhi on Thursday recorded 12,306 fresh Covid-19 cases, a decrease from the number of infections detected on the previous day, according to the city health department.