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Regulatory process now easier for Delhi private schools to get recognition

Delhi has made it slightly easier for private schools to get recognition or extension of their provisional recognition, reducing the number of regulatory compliance parameters from 91 to 73

145 new Covid cases in Delhi, 2 more die; positivity rate dips marginally

Delhi on Sunday recorded 145 fresh COVID-19 cases and two new fatalities due to the disease, as the positivity rate dipped marginally to 0.23 per cent, authorities said.

Covid-19 vaccination: Over 24K beneficiaries receive shots in Delhi

Coronavirus vaccine shots were administered to 24,321 beneficiaries in Delhi on Friday, the inoculation figures crossing the 24,000-mark for the second consecutive day, according to data shared

Delhi recorded fewer crimes against women in 2020 than in 2019: Police

Compared with 2019, rape cases in Delhi fell by 21.63 per cent in 2020, those of molestation by 25.16 per cent and insult to modesty of women by 12.32 per cent, the police said

Covid: Delhi logs 130 fresh cases, 2 more deaths; positivity rate 0.22%

With 130 fresh cases, Delhi's COVID-19 tally climbed to 6,37,445 on Thursday, even as the positivity rate stood at 0.22 per cent, according to authorities. Two fatalities were registered on Thursday, taking the death toll due to the viral disease to 10,896 in the city, according to the latest health bulletin issued by the Delhi government. No death due to COVID-19 was recorded in the national capital on Wednesday, the third time the single-day fatality count was nil in February, while 134 cases were registered. On February 9, no fatality from COVID-19 was registered in Delhi, the first time this month and after a gap of nearly nine months. No COVID-19 death was recorded on Saturday as well, the second time in February when the single-day fatality count was nil. The city recorded 94 fresh COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, the lowest in over nine months, when the positivity rate slipped to 0.17 per cent. Delhi had recorded 96 coronavirus cases on January 27, the lowest in over nine months

Covid-19 vaccination: Over 24,000 receive shots; turnout 80% in Delhi

Coronavirus vaccine shots were administered to over 24,000 beneficiaries in Delhi on Thursday

Delhi records zero Covid-19 death for 3rd time in Feb, 134 new cases

No fresh death due to COVID-19 was recorded in Delhi on Wednesday, the third time single-day fatality count stood nil in February

Covid-19 vaccination: 15,053 receive shots in Delhi; 2,532 get 2nd dose

The overall turnout was about 50 per cent spread across 298 vaccination centres

Covid immunisation: 14,965 beneficiaries receive vaccine shots in Delhi

Nearly 15,000 beneficiaries in Delhi received COVID-19 vaccine shots on Monday and of them 2,191 got their second dose, officials said. The immunisation drive, which started on January 16, picked up pace in the last one week. On Saturday 1,856 healthcare workers got their second dose after receiving the first shot on the inaugural day of the vaccination drive. The turnout for the second dose on Saturday was about 43 per cent. On Monday,14,965 beneficiaries were vaccinated. Among the healthcare workers,4,571 got their first dose and2,191 the second shot. Also,8,203 frontline workers got their first jabs on Monday, a senior official in the health department said. "Seven cases of AEFI (adverse events following immunisation) was reported," he said. Under the nationwide mega vaccination drive, a total of 4,319 (53 per cent) healthcare workers, against a target of 8,117, were administered the shots at 81 centres across the city on day one. According to doctors, the second dose is to b

Delhi reports 141 fresh coronavirus cases; positivity rate at 0.22%

Delhi recorded 141 fresh COVID-19 cases and three deaths on Friday, while the positivity rate stood at 0.22 per cent, authorities said.

Delhi court grants interim protection from arrest to two persons in 7 cases

A Delhi court Wednesday granted interim protection from arrest to two persons in seven cases related to the communal violence in north east Delhi in February last year.

After pandemic-hit 2020, Delhi sees rise in power demand in new year

Electricity demand in Delhi is picking up in the new year, recovering from the coronavirus pandemic-hit 2020, with January registering 19 per cent more peaks on 23 days than that in the last year

Tikri, Singhu, Ghazipur borders remain closed as farmers continue protest

The Tikri, Singhu and Ghazipur borders will remain closed for traffic as farmers at the borders of the national capital continued their agitation against the Central farm laws

Over 100,000 vaccinated in Delhi till date; frontline workers too get jabs

The total number of people vaccinated against Covid-19 till date in Delhi, majority of them being healthcare workers, has crossed the one lakh-mark, officials said on Saturday

Delhi Court issues arrest warrant against Hafiz Saeed in terror funding

A Delhi court issued an arrest warrant against Hafiz Saeed in a money laundering case related to terror funding in Jammu and Kashmir

'Chakka jam': Entry, exit gates at multiple metro stations closed in Delhi

Entry and exit facilities at several prominent Delhi metro stations were on Saturday temporarily closed in view of the 'chakka jam' protests by farmer unions agitating against the new agri laws

Delhi govt declares 6 hospitals completely 'Non-Covid' as cases decline

In view of the decreasing case, the Delhi Government has declared six of its hospitals completely "Non-Covid". It also decided to reduce the number of reserve Covid beds in five government hospitals

No blockade in Delhi, UP, Uttarakhand; unions ask protestors to be peaceful

Protesting farmers will not block roads in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand during the nationwide 'chakka jam' on Saturday

After police fixes 'iron nails', farmers at Ghazipur border plant flowers

Stringent security measures like multi-layered barricading, concertina wires, had come up along with iron nails cemented on roads around the protest site in the wake of the January 26 violence in Delh

Over 9,200 people get Covid vaccine shots on Friday in Delhi; turnout 50%

Sources said vaccination will now begin for frontline workers too from Saturday onwards