COVID

Rahul emphasises power of local languages

Rahul Gandhi accuses PM of shedding crocodile tears on Covid deaths

11:46 pm May 22, 2021

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said a crying prime minister is the government of India’s response to ”the highest Covid deaths” in the country, devoid of vaccines and having the lowest GDP. Gandhi made the frontal attack against Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the grim pandemic situation in the country, leading two other senior Congress leaders, P Chidambaram and Jairam Ramesh, too to […]

21 cases of black fungus at LNJP Hospital: Official

10:22 pm May 22, 2021

New Delhi: Over 20 cases of mucormycosis or black fungus have been reported at the Delhi government-run LNJP Hospital till date, a top official said on Saturday. Of the 21 cases, 13 people are Covid positive, Medical Director of the facility, Dr Suresh Kumar said. Mucormycosis or black fungus is more common among people whose […]

Around 400 new COVID-19 cases in Delhi: Kejriwal

Delhi govt likely to extend lockdown by another week

9:52 pm May 22, 2021

New Delhi: The Delhi government is likely to extend the ongoing lockdown by another week, although the Covid situation is improving in the city with less number of cases and declining positivity rate in the past few days, official sources said on Saturday. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had first imposed a lockdown on April 19 […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

About 15 hospitals treating black fungus cases in Delhi: Satyendar Jain

9:44 pm May 22, 2021

New Delhi: Amid escalating cases of black fungus in the national capital, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday asked people to be watchful and not resort to self-medication, particularly steroids, and said about 15 hospitals in the city are treating mucormycosis patients. Black fungus or mucormycosis is a fungal infection that affects the nose, […]

COVID: Hospital discharges outnumber admissions in Delhi

11:59 pm May 21, 2021

New Delhi: The number of people discharged from hospitals on a daily basis after recovering from COVID has outnumbered the number of those getting admitted since May 14, government shows. The decline in hospital admissions can be attributed to the decline in positive cases, according to officials. The government data shows that since May 14, […]