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07 Jun

Polling booths to be converted into vaccination centres in Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said that he will turn polling booths into mass vaccination centres. Kejriwal addressed a press conference on Monday where he announced his mass vaccination campaign naming – ‘Jahan Vote, Wahan Vaccination’. Under this scheme, vaccination centres will be set up in polling booths in each Assembly Constituency of Delhi. The campaign will cover as many as 70 municipal wards every week, with an objective to administer the first dose to all the citizens above 45 years and above. However, people in 18-44 age group will not be covered under the scheme. The process has…

05 Jun

Dear BJP, why do you hate Delhi, AAP asks as Centre ‘blocks’ ration scheme

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The Delhi government and Centre has yet engaged in a tussle now and this time it's not about COVID-19 but over the distribution of rations which has been started by the govt of national capital. The Delhi govt has accused the Centre saying that it has blocked plans to launch the doorstep delivery of rations from next week. Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal's office issued a statement in which it was claimed that no approval from the Centre is required for such a scheme and the ongoing legal cases too do not deter the launch of the scheme as there has…

19 May

Court denies anticipatory bail to Sushil Kumar in wrestler murder case

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A Delhi Court on Tuesday refused to grant anticipatory bail to absconding Olympic medalist Sushil Kumar in connection with the Chhatrasal Stadium brawl that led to the death of a wrestler. Additional Sessions Judge Jadgish Kumar denied the relief to Sushil Kumar against whom a case of murder, abduction and criminal conspiracy has been registered.Wrestler Sagar Rana died, while two of his friends Sonu and Amit Kumar got injured, after they were allegedly assaulted by Sushil Kumar and other wrestlers on May 4 night, at the stadium premises in the national capital. According to Investigating Officer (IO) Inspector Dinesh Kumar,…

18 May

Covid strain from Singapore: Kejriwal urges Centre to cancel flights immediately

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has flagged a new Covid variant detected in Singapore, which he said, is proving dangerous for children. Arguing that it can "come as a third wave" in India, he suggested that the Centre takes immediate measures, including suspension of flights to and from Singapore."The new form of Corona that came to Singapore is being said to be extremely dangerous for children, in India it may come as a third wave. My appeal to the central government: 1. Air services with Singapore to be cancelled with immediate effect 2. Priority on vaccine options should be worked…

18 May

Padma Shri awardee Dr KK Aggarwal passes away due to Covid complications

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Dr KK Aggarwal passed away after a long battle with Covid at New Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences on Monday. The 62-year-old was admitted to AIIMS for the past several days and was on ventilator support since last week. Dr Aggarwal was a cardiologist and the head of the Heart Care Foundation of India. He received the Dr BC Roy Award in 2005 and the Padma Shree in 2010. He did his schooling in Delhi and completed his MBBS from Nagpur University. Over the past year, he had been posting videos on the Covid pandemic and talking about…

14 May

Delhi govt seeks help from Serum Institute mentioning the non-availability of vaccines

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Delhi government has written to Pune-based Serum Institute of India to "come to its rescue", adding it has a week's stock of Covishield for 18-44 years. The letter further mentioned that vaccination centres will have to be shut down due to the non-availability of vaccines. This letter came after Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech stated it cannot supply more vaccine doses to Delhi. The Serum Institute replied to this and said that they are doing their best to meet countrywide vaccine requirements. "We rely on your support for provision of sufficient quantities of vaccine in a time-bound manner. Delhi has a limited…

10 May

Two-time Olympic medalist Sushil Kumar, accused of abduction and murder

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Delhi Police has issued a Look-out-Circular (LoC) against the two-time Olympic medalist Sushil Kumar who is absconding after a 23-year-old former junior national champion, Sagar Rana, was beaten to death during a brawl at the Chhatrasal Stadium parking area. After the incident, an FIR of murder, abduction and criminal conspiracy was registered against Kumar. Additional DCP (North-West district) Dr Guriqbal Singh Sidhu has confirmed that they have issued LoC against Sushil Kumar. “We have recorded statements of all the victims and they all made allegations against Sushil Kumar. We are conducting raids to nab Sushil Kumar,” Sidhu said. The victims…

24 Apr

Covid Updates: Arvind Kejriwal urges other states to provide oxygen to Delhi.

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As the national capital continues to reel under a severe oxygen crisis, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday urged his counterparts in other states to provide oxygen to Delhi, saying all available resources are proving to be inadequate owing to the severity of Covid-19. Kejriwal’s request for supply of oxygen came following the death of 20 patients in Jaipur Golden Hospital here as Delhi’s desperate hunt for the life-saving gas continued amid rising COVID-19 cases. India reported over 3.46 lakh Covid-19 cases in 24 hours ending 9 am Saturday, making it the highest single-day spike in the country so far. This is also…

25 Jun

Maharashtra, Delhi Among 5 States To Receive First Batch Of COVID-19 Drug

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India, the fourth worst hit nation by the coronavirus, reported a total of 456,183 infections and 14,476 deaths on Wednesday Hyderabad-based drug maker Hetero, which has approval to manufacture and market generic version of Remdesivir, has sent 20,000 vial of the COVID-19 drug to five states, including Maharashtra and Delhi - the two worst affected states in the country. Gujarat and Tamil Nadu are the other two states that will receive the first batch of the experimental COVID-19 drug. Telangana's capital city Hyderabad, where the drugmaker is based, will also receive the first consignment of the drug which is being…

23 Jun

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain Shifted Out of ICU, Condition Better

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Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain was on Monday shifted out of the ICU of a dedicated private COVID-19 facility, two days after he was administered plasma therapy, sources said. The minister had tested positive for the disease on June 17. His condition is much better now and the oxygen saturation level (Spo2) has also improved a lot, they said. "He is feeling better now and this afternoon, he was shifted out of the ICU to an isolation room at the hospital," a source said. The 55-year-old minister was on Saturday administered plasma therapy at the Max Hospital in Saket, where…