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Delhi reports 4,099 fresh cases, 1 death on Monday; positivity at 6.46% The positivity rate in Delhi is increasing for the last few days. On Monday it was at 6.46 per cent with the city registering 4,099 fresh Covid-19 cases and one person died due to the infection. 1,509 patients have recovered. As the cases in Delhi increased, Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Monday said over 81 per cent of the total samples sequenced over the last two days were found to have the Omicron variant. Of the 187 samples sequenced in the two days, 152 were classified as Omicron,…

Proud moment for Jamia!!! Jamia alumna grabs headlines for her historic feat of being first Indian woman to do so A Jamia Millia Islamia alumna is in the news after she was made the head of the government-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited, ONGC. Announcing about it on Monday, ONGC tweeted said: “Director (HR) Dr @AlkaMit26713758 has been entrusted with additional charge of ONGC CMD, making her the first woman to head the Energy major.” https://twitter.com/ONGC_/status/1478021165717196804 Alka Mittal is the first woman ever to head the government-owned ONGC. She’s currently the HR Director of the ONGC. A statement from…

Prof who founded Dept of Computer Engineering, 7 staffers say goodbye to Jamia A farewell event was held for eight employees, who served Jamia Millia Islamia, all these years in different capacities, and retired from their services in December, 2021. Ashhad Alam, Mahfooz Ahmad, Mohammad Farooq, Mohammad Hasan, Mohd Mursaleen, Professor MN Doja, Shaikhul Inam and Shamsher Ali Ansari retired, said a university statement issued on Monday. Of them Professor Doja was the founder head of the Department of Computer Engineering for six years from its inception and established the innovative and upcoming labs in the department. He started BTech…

Proud moment for Okhla!!! Yoza scoops Gold in Seoul Cup Ten-year-old Yoza Saleem again made India proud by winning a Gold medal in Poomsae event in 2021 Seoul International Open Children Taekwondo Championship held at Seoul, South Korea in November 2021. The event was organised by World Children Sport Committee, Seoul, South Korea online. Over 60 countries participated in the championship. Yoza with his swift moves was able to scoop Gold medal for his country. Also, he bagged Bronze in Speed Kicking event in the same championship. Yoza is Black-belt (Poom)-3 certified by World Taekwondo Headquarters, Kukkiwon, South Korea. He…

Jab for 15-18 years age group begins Covid vaccination of children 15+ began on Monday across the country, including in Delhi. The decision by the Centre to vaccinate children in 15-18 years age group was started amid a scare of the Omicron variant and surge in Covid cases across the country, hinting at the start of third wave. Delhi on Sunday saw surge in Covid cases with the city recording 3,194 fresh cases in 24 hours with positivity at 4.59 per cent and one death. In Delhi vaccination centres for children have begun at Fortis hospital, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital,…

Electric blanket catches fire in Johri Farm As fire broke out in a flat in Okhla on Sunday night, local residents rushed to douse it, according to sources. A resident, who also rushed to the spot in Johri Farm after hearing the commotion, said the fire brigade turned up on time and doused the fire. No untoward incidents were reported from the fire as residents were out of the flat, he said. The main cause of the fire is yet under probe but residents who had gathered there said it was due to electric blanket which was not switched off,…

Muslim women ‘auctioned’ online, FIR filed, app blocked After a journalist tweeted that her doctored photos were uploaded on a webpage along with objectionable comments “aimed at insulting Muslim women”, the Delhi Police registered an FIR, according to media reports. “We have received a complaint of a woman journalist alleging she is being targeted by an unidentified group of people on an app using GitHub by the name of “Bulli Bai”. An FIR has been registered at the cyber police station of the Southeast district,” said a senior Delhi Police officer, reported the IE. Esha Pandey, DCP (Southeast), said a…

Delhi sees 3,194 fresh cases, positivity 4.59% Delhi on Sunday registered 3,194 fresh Covid cases with positivity rate increasing to 4.59 per cent, according to city government health bulletin. The number is highest since May 20 last year. https://twitter.com/CMODelhi/status/1477616816000172042 One death was also reported. Covid cases have been rising across the country. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal earlier in the day had pointed out that the cases might cross 3,000-mark on Sunday. Omicron is a very very mild variant of Covid and data shows how oxygen beds, ventilators are lying vacant even with a high spread in cases, he said. The…

2,716 cases, positivity rate 3.64%, 1 death The national Capital is seeing rise in Covid infection. On Saturday, the city registered 2,716 new Covid cases with the positivity rate mounting to 3.64 per cent. It is after a gap of over seven months, the city’s numbers breached the 2000-mark. As per the latest health bulletin, the city also saw one death. A total of 74,622 samples were tested during the last 24 hours, up from 73,590 on Friday. A total of 1,24,148 Covid vaccination doses were administered in a day, out of which 52,767 people received their first dose while…

It was a cold Friday morning as many Okhla residents woke up to cold wave conditions. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD) the minimum temperature dipped to 3.8 degrees Celsius. It was on Thursday when the temperature dropped drastically to 3.4 degrees Celsius from 8.4 degrees Celsius on Wednesday. And there is no respite from cold wave for the next few days as the weather department has forecast. Besides, city’s air quality was reported in the “very poor” category as the Ministry of Earth Sciences SAFAR system recorded an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 308 on Friday. Okhla shivers…