Meeting of Delhi Disaster Management Authority, amid worsening Covid situation, is expected to discuss making temporary treatment centres out of community centres.
DDMA is likely to meet Monday to consider strategies to tackle crisis as Covid cases in Delhi reach 36,000-mark and allegations of mismatch in death figures emerge.
Arvind Kejriwal's decision to reserve Delhi’s hospital beds exclusively for city residents, which LG Anil Baijal overturned, is a classic example of the playbook the CM has perfected.
The SC bench came down heavily on LNJP Hospital, a dedicated Covid-19 facility under the Delhi govt, and said it was treating bodies 'worse than animals'.
Senior Congress spokesperson Ajay Maken said it was 'shameful' that the Covid positivity rate in Delhi is the highest & its recovery rate the lowest in the country.
The bench led by Justice Hima Kohli asked the Delhi govt to file an affidavit after it was informed that district courts are functioning with limited internet bandwidth.
The SC has asked the Centre to convene a meeting with the states concerned and find a common programme for interstate movement within the NCR amid the lockdown.
Development Minister Gopal Rai has asked concerned authorities to spray insecticides and pesticides on crops and vegetation to prevent a probable desert locust attack.
Delhi HC order for Centre and Delhi govts also asks for details of Covid helplines, capacity created to deal with such calls, and nature of assistance rendered.
It is obscene that a man so detached from India should occupy such a powerful position in a party that governed India for most of its republican history.
About 300 employees had called in sick Wednesday, allegedly in protest against mismanagement of airlines. Remaining staff given ultimatum to rejoin work by end of Thursday.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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