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Covid immunisation: 14,965 beneficiaries receive vaccine shots in Delhi

Nearly 15,000 beneficiaries in Delhi received COVID-19 vaccine shots on Monday and of them 2,191 got their second dose, officials said. The immunisation drive, which started on January 16, picked up pace in the last one week. On Saturday 1,856 healthcare workers got their second dose after receiving the first shot on the inaugural day of the vaccination drive. The turnout for the second dose on Saturday was about 43 per cent. On Monday,14,965 beneficiaries were vaccinated. Among the healthcare workers,4,571 got their first dose and2,191 the second shot. Also,8,203 frontline workers got their first jabs on Monday, a senior official in the health department said. "Seven cases of AEFI (adverse events following immunisation) was reported," he said. Under the nationwide mega vaccination drive, a total of 4,319 (53 per cent) healthcare workers, against a target of 8,117, were administered the shots at 81 centres across the city on day one. According to doctors, the second dose is to b

Delhi reports 141 fresh coronavirus cases; positivity rate at 0.22%

Delhi recorded 141 fresh COVID-19 cases and three deaths on Friday, while the positivity rate stood at 0.22 per cent, authorities said.

Delhi court grants interim protection from arrest to two persons in 7 cases

A Delhi court Wednesday granted interim protection from arrest to two persons in seven cases related to the communal violence in north east Delhi in February last year.

After pandemic-hit 2020, Delhi sees rise in power demand in new year

Electricity demand in Delhi is picking up in the new year, recovering from the coronavirus pandemic-hit 2020, with January registering 19 per cent more peaks on 23 days than that in the last year

Tikri, Singhu, Ghazipur borders remain closed as farmers continue protest

The Tikri, Singhu and Ghazipur borders will remain closed for traffic as farmers at the borders of the national capital continued their agitation against the Central farm laws

Over 100,000 vaccinated in Delhi till date; frontline workers too get jabs

The total number of people vaccinated against Covid-19 till date in Delhi, majority of them being healthcare workers, has crossed the one lakh-mark, officials said on Saturday

Delhi Court issues arrest warrant against Hafiz Saeed in terror funding

A Delhi court issued an arrest warrant against Hafiz Saeed in a money laundering case related to terror funding in Jammu and Kashmir

'Chakka jam': Entry, exit gates at multiple metro stations closed in Delhi

Entry and exit facilities at several prominent Delhi metro stations were on Saturday temporarily closed in view of the 'chakka jam' protests by farmer unions agitating against the new agri laws

Delhi govt declares 6 hospitals completely 'Non-Covid' as cases decline

In view of the decreasing case, the Delhi Government has declared six of its hospitals completely "Non-Covid". It also decided to reduce the number of reserve Covid beds in five government hospitals

No blockade in Delhi, UP, Uttarakhand; unions ask protestors to be peaceful

Protesting farmers will not block roads in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand during the nationwide 'chakka jam' on Saturday

After police fixes 'iron nails', farmers at Ghazipur border plant flowers

Stringent security measures like multi-layered barricading, concertina wires, had come up along with iron nails cemented on roads around the protest site in the wake of the January 26 violence in Delh

Over 9,200 people get Covid vaccine shots on Friday in Delhi; turnout 50%

Sources said vaccination will now begin for frontline workers too from Saturday onwards

Nearly 9,500 people get Covid jabs on Thursday in Delhi; turnout 51%

Nearly 9,500 healthcare workers received COVID-19 vaccine shots in Delhi on Thursday in the third week of the inoculation drive, with a turnout of more than 51 per cent.

Delhi records 2 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours, lowest in 10 months

The death toll stood at 10,858, while the cumulative COVID-19 case count rose to 6,35,331

56.13% in Delhi have antibodies against Covid-19, says Satyendra Jain

At 62.18 percent, Southwest Delhi district reported maximum seroprevalence. North Delhi at 49.09 percent recorded the lowest

Republic Day violence: Delhi Police files case against Tharoor, others

The Delhi Police has filed a case against Shashi Tharoor, Rajdeep Sardesai, The Caravan and others for allegedly misleading public regarding the death of a protester at ITO during the violence

Delhi reports 183 more Covid-19 cases, positivity rate slips to 0.27%

The total number of Covid-19 cases in Delhi reached 634,956 with 183 more people testing positive for the disease in a day, while the city's positivity rate slipped to 0.27%

In highest vaccination in a day, 8,774 get jabs against Covid in Delhi

A total of 8,774 people were administered vaccine against the coronavirus in Delhi on Saturday, the highest daily figure since the vaccination started on January 16, officials said

Samyukta Kisan Morcha condemns violence during farmers' tractor rally

The farmers union said that the long struggle for more than 6 months now, and more than 60 days of protest at Delhi borders also seemed to have led to this situation

Over 80 Delhi cops injured after clashes with farmers during tractor rally

The police statement came as the national capital witnessed clashes between protesters and police during the tractor parade by farmers to press their demand of repealing the three new agri laws