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AAP: Power Minister Satyendar Jain accepts Goa counterpart's 'challenge' for debating Delhi's electricity model

Delhi conducts record 1,14,288 COVID tests in 24 hours: Satyendar Jain

6:03 pm April 12, 2021

New Delhi: Amidst surge in COVID cases, the Delhi government has gradually increased the testing and has conducted more than 1,14,000 COVID tests in last 24 hours, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Monday. He said, “Delhi recorded 10,774 positive COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 9.43% on Sunday. Whereas, in the last […]

Around 400 new COVID-19 cases in Delhi: Kejriwal

COVID situation in Delhi ‘very serious’: Kejriwal

9:52 pm April 11, 2021

New Delhi: The COVID-19 situation in Delhi is “very serious” with 10,732 fresh cases of infection being reported in the last 24 hours, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Sunday. He asked people not to go out of their homes unless it is urgent, and use face masks and sanitisers and maintain social distance. The […]

Delhi reports 8,521 fresh COVID cases; CM announces closure of schools

10:54 pm April 9, 2021

New Delhi: Schools in the national capital will remain closed for all classes till further orders due to the rise in COVID-19 cases, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Friday. The national capital reported 8,521 new COVID-19 cases and 39 deaths on Friday. This is the second highest single-day spike since pandemic began. On November […]

Thousands without heat, water after tornadoes kill dozens

COVID: Night curfew imposed in Noida, Allahabad, Meerut and Ghaziabad

10:30 pm April 8, 2021

Lucknow: Amid a surge in coronavirus cases, the authorities in Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Buddh Nagar, Allahabad, Meerut and Ghaziabad imposed a night curfew to tackle the infection spread. Earlier on Wednesday, similar restrictions were imposed in Kanpur and the Lucknow Municipal Corporation area. Till Thursday, coronavirus has killed 9,003 people in the state while the […]

COVID spreading ‘exponentially’ but severity of virus is ‘less’: Satyendar Jain

6:28 pm April 8, 2021

New Delhi: Compared to the previous peak of 2 to 3 per cent reported in November, the current COVID fatality rate in the national capital stands at 0.4 per cent, said Delhi Health Minister, Satyendar Jain on Thursday. This time, the coronavirus is spreading ‘exponentially’ but the severity of the virus is ‘less’, and so […]