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Delhi Corona App now has authorized helpline numbers for each hospital. The Delhi government received a lot of complaints from the citizens that the phone numbers of these hospitals stay unreachable most of the time. Taking cognisance of these complaints Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia who is also handling the additional portfolio of the health minister directed all the COVID hospitals of Delhi to make authorised helpline numbers to deal with COVID related queries. Now all these hospitals have come out with 24X7 available authorised helpline numbers; all these numbers are available at the…

ICU beds in Delhi Govt Covid hospitals see a steady rise: City Govt In a bid to ramp up the medical infrastructure in Delhi’s fight against Covid-19, Delhi government has ensured a steady increase the number of ICU beds in its Covid hospitals. A few days back, Arvind Kejriwal had said additional ICU beds would come up at Lok Nayak, Guru Teg Bahadur, and Rajiv Gandhi Super Specialty hospitals. After a sustained push by CM and under the daily supervision of Health Minister, the number of ICU beds has increased three fold from 60 to 180 in Lok Nayak Jai…

Turkish TV drama Ertugrul enthralls some Okhlaiites A few months ago talks about watching Turkish drama in Okhla could have been termed as madness and nothing else as residents don’t know the language. But things changed with the Turkish historical TV drama Dirilis Ertugrul (Ertugrul’s Resurrection) set in the 13th century being dubbed in Urdu, finding place on the social media. Since then, many Okhla residents have been not only talking about the drama but also watching it on the social media. A few days ago three people of different ages were seen talking about the drama at a local…

After series of tremors, SDMC gets cracking, issues notices to 30 to building owners The SDMC while intensifying its action has issued 30 more notices to residential group housing societies, educational institutions, and schools and asking them to submit a structure audit report within 30 days to ensure seismic stability for the buildings, it said. “The building owners are responding to the notices and 6 owners have already started the process of engaging structural consultant and consulting the engineers of SDMC. Thus so far SDMC identified 103 such buildings and issued notices to them In addition to this, the SDMC…

Is Okhla AAP MLA Amanatullah to return as Wakf Board chief soon? AAP Okhla MLA Amanatullah Khan is likely to return to Delhi Wakf Board (DWB) as its chairman, according to newindianexpress.com. Since words spread in the locality a few days ago quoting reports in the media that a file pertaining to his appointment to the board as its member had already been cleared about 10 days ago, chances are that Khan will be again back as Wakf Board chairman, however, there is no confirmation from the AAP. OT could not reach Khan to know about the latest development of…

Noida-based YouTuber journey: From zero to 10 L subscribers to Rs 8 L investment Noida-based journalist turned YouTuber Shakeel Ahmad has come a long way vis-a-vis his channel in the virtual world. In December 2016 when he launched his YouTube channel after resigning from his job, he had no idea that in nearly four years time he would succeed in captivating 10 lakh people, who are subscribers to his channel, and will be honoured by Google video platform giant YouTube. “It was historic moment for me when I got invite from YouTube very recently which honoured me with the gold…

Kejriwal hands over Rs 1 cr cheque to family of Dr Gupta who died of corona Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal handed over a cheque of Rs 1 crore to the family during his visit to meet and offer condolences to the family of Late Dr. Aseem Gupta of LNJP Hospital. Dr. Gupta lost his life due to COVID-19 a few days back. Kejriwal said one crore is a very small amount and is a symbol of Delhi’s respect and honour towards Dr. Gupta. He also said that he will remain like a brother to the family and will solve…

Mild earthquake tremors were felt in Delhi 7:00:48 PM IST at a depth of 5 km from the surface, including Okhla, on Friday evening, claimed media reports. The India’s National Center for Seismology.said an earthquake of magnitude 4.5 was reported near Delhi with the epicentre of the earthquake 63 km southwest (SW) of Gurgaon in Haryana. An Okhla teenager said he felt the tremor which lasted for a few seconds. DEVELOPING STORY

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (AMPAS), USA has offered membership to more than 800 film professionals across 68 countries in order to give itself a wider and more diverse representation in terms of gender, race and ethnicity. The Academy is known around the world for its annual Academy Awards, now officially and popularly known as “The Oscars”. The new invitees, which include a number of Hollywood and Bollywood celebrities, also include a number of Indian film professionals. Proudly for Jamia Millia Islmia, included in the list are documentary filmmakers Nishtha Jain, Shirley Abraham and Amit Mahadesiya all…

Proud moment for Earshad as his philanthropic work gets appreciation During lockdown several Okhla residents, including Ershad Ahmad, worked tirelessly to serve the needy. Their works were highly appreciated. And very recently it was a historic moment for Ershad when his work got appreciation from the District Magistrate, district South-East. “I place on record my appreciation to acknowledge the activities undertaken by NGO United for Humanity in providing essential commodities, food, sanitizers, mask etc to the underprivileged, destitutes and migrant labourers during this period April to May 2020 of Covid-19 pandemic in the jurisdiction of district South-East, Delhi. As a…