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Okhla residents struggle to get Covid beds, resident shares nightmarish experience On April 30, the OT received a WhatsApp message from an acquaintance urging the portal to help his friend’s relative find Covid bed in Okhla. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO SURVIVE. DONATE RS 100, 500, 1K OR MORE TO SAVE COMMUNITY JOURNALISM: JUST CLICK TO PAY The resident shared a message conversation with his friend based in Qatar requesting him to find a bed for his sister in Shaheen Bagh having breathing problem. SPONSORED: 2 Batla House–based entrepreneurs launch alkhadim app so that you can shop from comfort of…

One more death reported of Jamia staff, tadfeen after asar Words have spread in the virtual world about death of another staff of Jamia Millia Islamia. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO SURVIVE. DONATE RS 100, 500, 1K OR MORE TO SAVE COMMUNITY JOURNALISM: JUST CLICK TO PAY Gulzar Ali, UDC, Faculty of Dentistry JMI, died today, said a message, with his photo. SPONSORED: 2 Batla House–based entrepreneurs launch alkhadim app so that you can shop from comfort of your house  The OT called a university staff to verify this development and he said: “Yes, we too have come to know…

Muslim & Media: Big shot wanted to expand his paper in Okhla, called a meeting with the OT, know what happened It was an unexpected call from a top university official months ago. “Please come and have lunch with us. I will introduce you with a big shot who wants to talk about your portal,” said the person, known to the OT for years. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO SURVIVE. DONATE RS 100, 500, 1K OR MORE TO SAVE COMMUNITY JOURNALISM: JUST CLICK TO PAY The OT rushed and there the official introduced him with a well-known Muslim personality, who…

Al Shifa Hospital to set up 50-bed field hospital for Covid patients, ties up with Aster Volunteers For Okhla residents, who had been complaining over lack of Covid beds in Al-Shifa Hospital after the second coronavirus wave hit India hard, the good news is that Abul Fazal Enclave hospital is girding up to set up a 50-bed temporary hospital to treat financially weak and disadvantaged patients in need of critical care. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO SURVIVE. DONATE RS 100, 500, 1K OR MORE TO SAVE COMMUNITY JOURNALISM: JUST CLICK TO PAY However, how soon the beds will be set…

I will miss my mother: A magnanimous soul with deep compassion A daughter pays tributes to her mother Asghari Begum: 15 November, 1951-28 April, 2021. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO SURVIVE. DONATE RS 100, 500, 1K OR MORE TO SAVE COMMUNITY JOURNALISM: JUST CLICK TO PAY My mother, a magnanimous soul with deep compassion for the underprivileged, who would ensure that the entire family, the servants (and some would add even the birds that came to her balcony) were fed before she would partake of her food — that was my mother, writes Naila Anjum. SPONSORED: 2 Batla House–based entrepreneurs…

Environmentalist Ranjit tests Covid positive, hospitalised Environmentalist and journalist Ranjit Devraj was hospitalised today days after testing Covid positive, according to a family friend. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO SURVIVE. DONATE RS 100, 500, 1K OR MORE TO SAVE COMMUNITY JOURNALISM: JUST CLICK TO PAY He said after testing positive, Ranjit was in home isolation but his health deteriorated as he complained of breathing problem and was rushed to Holy Family Hospital a few hours ago where he is stable. SPONSORED: 2 Batla House–based entrepreneurs launch alkhadim app so that you can shop from comfort of your house  Ranjit has…

This Okhla-based journalist’s post ‘Alvida Daddy’ breaks netizens’ hearts It was 19 hour ago when Okhla-based journalist Asad Ashraf’s post on his timeline Alvida Daddy broke netizens’ hearts. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO SURVIVE. DONATE RS 100, 500, 1K OR MORE TO SAVE COMMUNITY JOURNALISM: JUST CLICK TO PAY It was only two days ago, when Ashraf wrote this on his timeline: “Urgently need an ICU bed for my father in Patna. My mother is still struggling to live with her oxygen without support being at 85-88, it’s now my father whose oxygen saturation level has started to dip to…

Delhi’s positivity rate has come down to 31.76: Jain  Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain addresses a number of concerns in light of the pandemic, including vaccination drive, declining positivity rate, and the supply maintenance of oxygen and oxygen beds. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO SURVIVE. DONATE RS 100, 500, 1K OR MORE TO SAVE COMMUNITY JOURNALISM: JUST CLICK TO PAY He stated that the positivity rate has been declining is a certain ray of hope for the government. Jain said four days ago, the positivity rate in Delhi had touched the 35% mark, which has come down to 31.76 %…

Kejriwal for strengthening home isolation system Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal convened a meeting on Thursday with the health officials on the situation of Corona in Delhi. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO SURVIVE. DONATE RS 100, 500, 1K OR MORE TO SAVE COMMUNITY JOURNALISM: JUST CLICK TO PAY In the meeting, Kejriwal deliberated on the plan to increase the number of oxygen beds in the coming days, along with strengthening the home isolation system in Delhi. SPONSORED: 2 Batla House–based entrepreneurs launch alkhadim app so that you can shop from comfort of your house  Dy CM and Nodal Minister Manish Sisodia,…

Zakir Nagar Coucillor Shoaib Danish brother Md Saleh, 60, who was hospitalised in Al Shifa for days, passed away on Thursday at 10 am, according to family relative Farman. SPONSORED: 2 Batla House–based entrepreneurs launch alkhadim app so that you can shop from comfort of your house  He will be laid to rest at Batla House graveyard after asar prayer, he said. He has left behind three children, two sons and a daughter. DEVELOPING REPORT