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Topic: Delhi

Manish Sisodia asks Amit Shah to scrap rule on assessment of Covid patients at govt centres

Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said people were facing a lot of problems due to the new system and it should be scrapped immediately.

Resource crunch, anxious relatives, bad press — woes of LNJP, Delhi’s main Covid hospital

From families complaining of negligence, staff complaining of shortages and cases rising, LNJP hospital has a fine balance to strike between patient care and the resources it has.

Arvind Kejriwal has locked himself in a cage and given the keys to Amit Shah

Unless Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal rethinks his surrender to Modi-Shah, he will make the Aam Aadmi Party a matter of history.

Delhi HC asks AAP govt to increase rapid antigen tests, says current numbers ‘abysmal’

A Delhi High Court bench noted that the present numbers of rapid antigen tests were not even reaching 50% of the target of 22,000 tests per day set by the Delhi govt.

Low testing and tracing: How Delhi turned into India’s New York City after Covid hit

In episode 501 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta explains how Delhi dropped the ball to become the second-worst Covid hit region in India.

Delhi’s testing numbers increase by almost 3 times — just as Amit Shah had promised

Delhi tested 17,533 samples as of 20 June, which is 2.8 times the number of tests conducted on 15 June (6,105 samples).

Amit Shah holds meeting with CM Kejriwal, L-G Baijal to improve contact tracing in Delhi

During a virtual meet, Amit Shah, Arvind Kejriwal and Anil Baijal discussed strategies to make contact tracing more robust in Delhi and strengthen medical services in severely affected areas.

Here’s why you can’t get a Covid test in Delhi on a Sunday

Although testing was increased in the capital, calls to 5 pvt labs and 5 govt hospitals Sunday revealed very few were willing to take patients.

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain’s condition improves, fever subsides

Satyendar Jain, who tested positive for Covid earlier this week, was administered plasma therapy Saturday after his condition had deteriorated.

Wholesale vegetable prices soar as demand rises, retail rates to spike too if supply gap stays

Wholesale traders cite a nearly 20% increase in demand for vegetables as restaurants, dhabas, canteens and other eateries have opened since 1 June.

On Camera

Stop targeting Galgotias University students. Focus on politicians instead

Going through their Instagrams and dissecting their ‘statements’ is not the astute political commentary you think it is—it is time for us to back off from targeting 20-year-olds.

High capacity usage, fresh borrowings & new orders — why FY25 could be a big year for pvt investment

Companies are borrowing more from banks and public. Economists say high capacity utilisation & growing new orders could set stage for renewed investment push by India Inc.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

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.