Delhi

Delhi hospital reports ‘first-ever’ case of white fungus causing severe damage to intestine

4:29 pm May 27, 2021

New Delhi: Delhi’s Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) has come across a first-of-its-kind case of white fungus causing multiple perforations “throughout the intestine” in a COVID-19 patient, doctors said on Thursday. There have been reports of white fungus causing one or two perforations in the intestine of people suffering from COVID-19. In this case, there […]

Rahul emphasises power of local languages

Toolkit issue: Rahul Gandhi says ‘truth remains unafraid’

11:44 am May 25, 2021

New Delhi: ”Truth remains unafraid,” Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Tuesday after the Delhi Police sent a notice to Twitter India in connection with the probe into a complaint about the alleged ‘COVID toolkit’. After two police teams descended on Twitter’s offices in Delhi and Gurgaon, the Congress on Monday had alleged that the ”cowardly raid” on the microblogging site’s offices by the Delhi Police ”exposes lame duck attempts” […]

Lockdown extended in Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan

3:06 pm May 24, 2021

New Delhi/Chandigarh: Lockdown was extended on Sunday in Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Puducherry, with many states already imposing COVID-induced restrictions till May-end to rein in the spread of infection and the mounting deaths which crossed the three lakh mark. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced that the ongoing lockdown in the national capital will continue […]

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, […]