DELHI GOVERNMENT

Around 400 new COVID-19 cases in Delhi: Kejriwal

Delhi CM Kejriwal launches job portal

8:59 pm July 27, 2020

New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal launched a job portal on Monday and appealed to the traders, industrialists and people to join hands to revive Delhi’s economy. The portal — jobs.delhi.gov.in — will serve as a “Rozgar Bazaar” for the recruiters and job aspirants, Kejriwal said, highlighting that many people had lost their jobs and businesses were […]

Plea in HC to direct CBSE affiliated schools to publish docs on criteria to calculate class 10 marks

Why continue rapid antigen tests when false negatives so high: HC to Delhi govt

8:52 pm July 27, 2020

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the AAP government why it was going with Rapid Antigen Testing (RAT), which has a high rate of false negative results, as the primary test of COVID-19 infection. It also made it clear to the Delhi government to “strictly” follow the guidelines on COVID-19 testing as […]

GTB Hospital to make patient records available online

7:31 pm July 18, 2020

New Delhi: Patients undergoing treatment at the Delhi government-run Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital will be given a unique ID and all their records will be maintained online, an official said on Saturday. “We have started the process to make it completely computerised. Now, the patients won’t have to run around carrying heavy files,” Binay Bhushan, […]

7.89 lakh COVID-19 tests conducted in Delhi, says official data

11:21 pm July 12, 2020

New Delhi: A total of 7.89 lakh coronavirus tests have been conducted in the national capital till Sunday, according to data by the Delhi government. As many as 11,793 rapid antigen tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, while 9,443 RT-PCR tests were carried out during the same time, it said. According to the […]

Thousands without heat, water after tornadoes kill dozens

Rajiv Gandhi hospital gets ICMR nod to conduct plasma therapy on 200 patients

5:34 pm July 7, 2020

New Delhi: Delhi government-run Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital (RGSSH), a dedicated COVID-19 facility, has received nod from the ICMR to conduct plasma therapy on 200 coronavirus patients, senior officials said on Tuesday. RGSSH in east Delhi has treated over a thousand patients after being declared a dedicated facility, and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on […]