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Covid-positive patients will not have to visit Covid Care Centres for clinical assessment:  Sisodia COVID-positive persons will not be required to visit COVID Care Centres for a clinical assessment for home isolation or hospitalisation, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said after an SDMA meeting on Thursday. He said it has been decided to withdraw the Centre’s order regarding the requirement of COVID Care Centre visit by COVID-positive persons at the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) meeting. Sisodia said those found COVID-19 positive would be *clinically assessed by medical officers at their homes. The Deputy CM of Delhi who is…

Opening for math, science teachers in Okhla If you are a teacher and interesting your career in that field then here is an opportunity for you as Okhla-based Institute of Advanced Studies is looking for online math and science teachers. If interested, you may chat in WhatsApp on 82874-94740 or share your CV along with your supporting documents and audio/video sample at [email protected], said IOAS director, adding that interested can also visit us at: instituteofadvancedstudies.in The purpose is to make use of technology to minimise adverse impact of the Covid-19 lockdown on academic session and student admissions, said IOAS director…

Laziz Pizza: What is new that you missed all these days? Laziz Pizza is getting ready to celebrate its eighth birthday in a few days. It was in October when Laziz was opened with great fanfare with its opening ceremony video going viral on OT. Since then the Abul Fazal Enclave-based Laziz has come a long way expanding its captive audience and getting praise from pizza lovers from around the city. What make it stand in the crowd is the hygiene of Laziz outlet, said its two founders Sadique and Tarique, engineer turn food entrepreneur “We take care of a…

Video: Crash course for NEET 2020 aspirants online for just Rs 3,000 by IITIans in Okhla! For many medical aspirants residing in Okhla this could be easily termed as a life-time opportunity for them as Abul Fazal Enclave- headquartered highly reputed Shaheen Academy, which for years has successfully fulfilled dreams of many youngsters, is providing online crash course for just Rs 3,000. Confirming this development with OT, Shaheen Academy Okhla Managing Director Kaleem-Ul Hafeez said looking at Covid situation we have decided to decrease the fees from Rs 20,000 to Rs 3,000. “Special crash course is being offered for NEET…

Fact or rumour: Shabana infected with coronavirus, hospitalised Okhla-based activist Shabana Iqbal Khan Azmi needs no introduction as she has a good fan following in the locality. And on Sunday one of her fans called in to find out about Shabana’s well-being. The fan wanted to know whether she is infected with coronavirus and undergoing treatment at a local hospital with her condition being extremely serious. Though news about her health has been doing the rounds, OT contacted Shabana’s husband Iqbal Khan over phone to get to the depth of the story. Khan said she is hospitalised and her conditions…

Zakir Nagar man devastated as all items purchased for daughter’s marriage burned in fire A fire which broke out in Zakir Nagar a few hours ago was doused on Monday, said a resident. While sharing this information with OT over phone, youth leader Mahmood Ahmad said nobody was hurt as the fire brigade which reached spot extinguished it. However, Mahmood said everything the family had bought for the wedding for their daughter was burned during the fire. Due to short circuit the fire broke out in Shabbir Ahmed’s house number 585 lane number 22 in Zakir Nagar at 12 pm…

I am on a mission to disinfect Ghaffar Manzil: Shadab Ghaffar Manzil-based activist Shadab Alam said he is on a mission to disinfect Ghaffar Manzil. “For days I have been sanitizing the streets. And we have planned to purchase one machine for each street so that the area can be disinfected at a time when several cases of corona are being reported in Delhi,” Alam told OT over phone. Alam is a resident of Ghaffar Manzil. He said since the coronvirus cases started surfacing in the locality he with some of his friends has been on a mission to disinfect…

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said the Delhi government is going to provide pulse oxymeters to corona patients recovering under home isolation. He said every district will have oxygen concentrators, Delhi will have a helpline and the team will come to the homes of the recovering patients to provide you oxygen. Kejriwal said: “All the people with very mild symptoms or who are asymptomatic, are treated at their homes. Our team assists them with daily calls and advises them on what to do on a daily basis. “The only issue that corona is that the patient may experience…

Two Jamia Millia Islamia PhD scholars of the Center for West Asian Studies, Sheeba Naaz and Yusra Zainab, presented a paper titled “Analysis of Islamic Finance from the perspective of the Sustainable Development Goals: With Special Reference to the WANA Region” in the 12th International Conference on Islamic Economics and Finance (ICIEF) 2020 held in Istanbul, Turkey from 14th to 20th June 2020. The Conference was hosted by the Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University, Halkalı Campus to discuss ‘Sustainability and Economic Development’ in the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the role of Islamic Economics and Finance in addressing it.…

Dr Yasir Naseem, 49, a general physician by profession and a resident of Batla House, who was admitted to a local hospital after suffering high fever and other Covid-related symptoms a few days ago, died on Saturday night, according to a resident. Afsar Ali, a neighbour who knows the family, said it was only a few days ago when he had come to know about Dr Yasir falling ill following which he had quarantined himself in his flat in Batla House. “When his health conditions didn’t improve he was taken to Fortis where he had treated many Covid patients. And…