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Humanity first: This mosque in Okhla plans to offer help to Covid patients, offer oxygen beds As Covid cases see rise in Delhi and India, a mosque in Okhla plans to convert some parts of its area into Covid facility and offer oxygen beds.  According to a reliable source, as patients are pouring in Al-Shifa hospital there is need to for extra oxygen beds and a mosque in Jamaat-E-Islami (Hind) campus is planning to open its gates for the Covid patients. A discussion regarding which is going and opinion from experts have been sought and most probably oxygen beds will…

6-day lockdown in Delhi: Kejriwal Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday announced a six-day lockdown in the Capital. He said it is being done to prevent a collapse of the city’s health system. The lockdown, he said, will come into effect at 10 pm on Monday, and be in force till 5am next Monday. The 6-day lockdown will come into effect from 10 pm today and will stay in place till  5 am April 26 (next Monday), the chief minister said, adding that essential services will be permitted during the period, reports Timesnownews.com. “Delhi’s health system has reached its…

Positivity rate 30%, 25,500 K Covid cases in 24 hours: Kejriwal Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said the Central government hospitals have around 10,000 beds in Delhi out of which 1,800 are COVID beds, and he has appealed to the Centre to reserve at least 7,000 beds for COVID patients. He said that he spoke to Home Minister Amit Shah earlier in the day, informing him of the dire need of beds and oxygen in Delhi. Kejriwal said that he had also informed Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan of the same yesterday. The Chief Minister said that apart…

Al Falah Controller of Exams Prof Aziz dies Al Falah Controller of Exams Professor Aziz Ahmad died a few minutes ago, said a university official. He told the OT over phone that Professor Aziz, 55, was admitted to Al Falah hospital on Saturday night and died a few hours ago. He was healthy, he said, adding that he was tested Covid positive a few days ago. Professor Aziz used to reside at Okhla Head with his family, he said, adding that he was born in Baraile in Uttar Pradesh. However, on Google search, the OT found his home address in Shaheen…

Rizwan Qaiser, other Jamia faculty members test Covid positive In the last 24 hours, Delhi has reported 25,000 Covid cases. Several faculty members of Jamia Millia Islamia have been reportedly tested Covid positive in the second wave. Rizwan Qaiser, Junaid Harris and a few more faculty members have tested Covid positive, according to university Proctor Waseem Khan. A source said that History Professor Qaiser, his wife and children have tested Covid positive. The exact number of faculty members who have tested positive couldn’t be ascertained from university official. Amid rise in coronavirus cases, Jamia has deferred PhD entrance exams. “The…

Okhla man shares Covid-19 experience from hospital bed As Covid wave surges with 24,000 cases registered in the last 24 hours in Delhi on Saturday, many stories of people battling the infection is surfacing from Okhla as well. But, journalist Mohammad Waqas, who was hospitalised with his mother, in Holy Family Hospital after being tested Covid positive a few days ago, shares his experience from the hospital bed through WhatsApp. “Now we are doing better. Amma is also showing good signs. But it is very scary. You find difficulty in breathing. You are put on oxygen. It is generally when…

Twitter services were down globally a few minutes as users in Okhla reported logout errors, failure to retrieve tweets and more. DEVELOPING STORY

Alumni Association of Jamia Millia Islamia (AAJMI) Treasurer Mohd Areeb Hasan, advocate tests  positive for Covid-19. In a social media media to people, he wrote: “I appeal to all Jamia Biradri to take precautions and measures to protect yourself as well as your families. Please stay at home and follow guidlines issued by medical practitioners as well as the Government. I request to all my nears and dears to kindly isolate yourself who came in my contact in last 5 days.”

Wali Rahmani’s Man Friday & Jamia alumnus Mufti Ejaz Arshad Qasmi no more Days after death of Sayyid Wali Rahmani, Sunni Islamic scholar and founder of Rahmani30, words spread today that his Man Friday Maulana Mufti Ejaz Arshad Qasmi too has passed away. Three days ago he was taken to one hospital in Faridabad with Covid related sufferings and he died today at 2 pm, said Nayab Hasan. His body will be taken to his hometown, he said. The news of his death surfaced on the social media as well. A resident of Laxmi Nagar, Qasmi was born in Bihar’s…

Know about Delhi Metro’s train frequency, other details for this Saturday, Sunday In view of the curfew imposed by the Government for coming weekend for the containment of Covid-19, Metro services will be available with a headway of 15 min across the whole network on the weekend i.e, on April 17, 18. “The two sections, where there is a bifurcation in the network i.e, Noida/Vaishali section of Blue Line and Kirti Nagar/Inderlok section of Green Line, the headway will become double i.e. services will be available after every 30 minutes in these sections,” said Anuj Dayal, executive director, Corporate Communications,…