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Good news for unskilled labourers The Delhi Government said it has raised the dearness allowance (DA) for labourers, on Friday. With the latest revision in the dearness allowance the monthly wages for unskilled labourers have been raised from ₹16,064 to ₹16,506 per month. Similarly, the wages for semi-skilled labourers have been increased from ₹17,693 to ₹18,187 per month. Speaking about the increment in wages of daily wage workers, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said: “Amidst the rising inflation, this is a big step taken in interest of the labour class. The Delhi Government has hiked the dearness allowance for unskilled…

Robots to douse fire in Delhi now In another significant overhaul of the Delhi Fire Service, the Delhi Government has undertaken a unique initiative of using robots for extinguishing fires in the city. Initially, the Government has inducted two robots into Delhi’s firefighting fleet. These remote controlled fire fighting robots will have greater accessibility to places and will be able to douse off fires in narrow streets, warehouses, basements, stairs, forests, and enter places like oil and chemical tankers and factories. Home Minister Satyendar Jain said: “For the first time such remote control robots have been brought into the country…

Deceased Nadeem’s father gets Rs 10L, injured in Tikona Park AC compressor blast get Rs 2L each Deceased Nadeem’s father gets Rs 10 lakh compensation and a few injured in Tikona Park AC compressor blast get Rs 2 lakh each on Saturday. The incident had rocked the locality on April 15, 2022 and one youth Nadeem had succumbed to the injuries received in the blast. https://youtu.be/kpoOGHedgjo Days after the incident, Okhla MLA Amantullah Khan had announced Rs 10 lakh compensation for the victims’ kin and today he distributed the cheque to the family members. In a social media post shared…

12-year-old dies while performing ‘Superman’ stunt for social media post Desire to produce viral content can be fatal at times. There have been cases of people losing their lives while taking daring selfies and still people and youngsters have continued to take risk to produce viral content. In one such incident a 12-year-old boy accidentally killed self while enacting “superman” for Instagram reel, reported Times Now. The tragic incident was reported from Noida a few days ago. Reporting about the incident, on May 19, TOI wrote: “Four of his younger sisters were with him, including one who was holding the…

Watch: Wind uproots solar streetlight in Abul Fazal Enclave a few minutes ago, said a resident. He said he saw the streetlight on the ground just very close to Okhla Vihar metro station. It’s understand that nobody got hurt. This is the third solar streetlight to fall in the last many days. https://youtu.be/chS1L4swolQ

Rain brings relief to residents but leads to traffic jams Rain and gusty winds provided people a respite from hot and humid weather in Okhla on Friday night, bringing the maximum temperature down. But residents coming from Kalindi Kunj said there was traffic jam in the area. DEVELOPING STORY

Jamia Nagar SHO Satish says goodbye Jamia Nagar SHO Satish Kumar has been transferred from Jamia Nagar Police Station, according to sources. https://twitter.com/theokhlatimes/status/1527608216003411968 Sudhar Trust NGO Sagir Abbasi said he has been transferred from Jamia Nagar Police Station after one and a half year’s tenure. Rizwan Khan said it is a routine transfer. Two days ago an event was organised by Sikhar NGO to bid him farewell. During the event, the SHO praised our work of guiding students at the Jamia Nagar Police Public Library.

Azam Khan out on bail: Amanatullah and Okhla netizens’ reactions Okhla is a place where you will find people from across India and when some developments take place across the country, residents to express their views in the virtual world. After reports surfaced of Rampur MLA Azam Khan walking out of jail day after the Supreme Court granted him bail, many netizens in Okhla flooded the social media with messages with some even sharing old photo of him with them. Mohammad Azam Khan, is a Samajwadi Party leader and Rampur MLA and he was in jail for the last two…

RCA, JMI invites application for free IAS(2022-2023) Coaching New Delhi, May 19: The Residential Coaching Academy (RCA), Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) is inviting applications for Free Coaching (with hostel facility) for the preparation of Civil Services (Preliminary-cum-Main) Examination-2022-2023 from Minority, SC, ST, and Women candidates. The last date for the submission of the online application form is 15th June, 2022. The university will conduct entrance examination for the selection of candidates on 2nd July, 2022 at ten centres- Delhi, Srinagar, Jammu, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Lucknow, Guwahati, Patna, Bengaluru and Malappuram (Kerala). Ever since its inception RCA has produced more than 245…

Focus on bold, innovative research ideas, Delhi State universities told The Delhi Government has time and again reinforced  that the development of any nation runs parallel to the amount of research being conducted by its universities for the welfare of society. In view of the same, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday, reviewed the research projects of state universities and urged them to focus on innovative research work. Speaking of the research work being done by state universities in Delhi, Sisodia said: “Over the years, state universities have worked hard to achieve greater heights as institutions. But now they…