NEW DELHI: Amid prevalent chaos and uncertainty over access to the essential services and commodities during the lockdown, we bring you the latest updates from your city.
* Update at 11.17am: Shramik Special trains to now have up to 3 stoppages in destination state, run with full capacity of around 1,700 instead of 1,200: Railway order (PTI)
* Update at 11.01am: Ensure opening of all private clinics, nursing homes, labs with all medical staff, MHA tells states (PTI)
*Indian Railways to restart passenger train operations with special trains from New Delhi connecting Dibrugarh, Agartala, Howrah, Patna, Bilaspur, Ranchi, Bhubaneswar, Secunderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram, Madgaon, Mumbai Central, Ahmedabad and Jammu Tawi from tomorrow
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* Update at 9.38am: Death toll due to Covid-19 rises to 2,206; cases climb to 67,152 in India, reports PTI quoting Union health ministry
* Update at 8.32am: Today, technology is helping many in the efforts to make the world free from Covid-19. I salute all those at the forefront of research and innovation on ways to defeat coronavirus. May we keep harnessing technology in order to create a healthier and better planet, says Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (ANI)
* Update at 7.23am: People arrive at wholesale fruit and vegetable market in Delhi’s Ghazipur to make purchases (ANI)
Hospitals to blame for untimely updates
Facing criticism for allegedly under-reporting Covid-19 deaths, Delhi government on Sunday issued a standard operating procedure for designated hospitals to ensure that all casualties due to novel coronavirus are communicated to the government by 5pm every day.
Corona claim triggers concern among judges
Delhi’s jail officials went into a tizzy last week when a woman judge handling remand of newly arrested persons inside the jail premises complained that “one of them was novel coronavirus positive and he signed on a register prior to her”.
* Update at 11.17am: Shramik Special trains to now have up to 3 stoppages in destination state, run with full capacity of around 1,700 instead of 1,200: Railway order (PTI)
* Update at 11.01am: Ensure opening of all private clinics, nursing homes, labs with all medical staff, MHA tells states (PTI)
*Indian Railways to restart passenger train operations with special trains from New Delhi connecting Dibrugarh, Agartala, Howrah, Patna, Bilaspur, Ranchi, Bhubaneswar, Secunderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram, Madgaon, Mumbai Central, Ahmedabad and Jammu Tawi from tomorrow
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Update at 9.54am
: Union home secretary Ajay Bhalla writes to chief secretaries of all the states to cooperate in receiving Shramik special trains and to facilitate the movement of stranded migrant workers * Update at 9.38am: Death toll due to Covid-19 rises to 2,206; cases climb to 67,152 in India, reports PTI quoting Union health ministry
* Update at 8.32am: Today, technology is helping many in the efforts to make the world free from Covid-19. I salute all those at the forefront of research and innovation on ways to defeat coronavirus. May we keep harnessing technology in order to create a healthier and better planet, says Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (ANI)
* Update at 7.23am: People arrive at wholesale fruit and vegetable market in Delhi’s Ghazipur to make purchases (ANI)
People arrive at wholesale fruit and vegetable market in Delhi’s #Ghazipur to make purchases#DelhiLockdown https://t.co/9Yr1yjwHbu
— TOI Delhi (@TOIDelhi) 1589162594000Hospitals to blame for untimely updates
Facing criticism for allegedly under-reporting Covid-19 deaths, Delhi government on Sunday issued a standard operating procedure for designated hospitals to ensure that all casualties due to novel coronavirus are communicated to the government by 5pm every day.
Corona claim triggers concern among judges
Delhi’s jail officials went into a tizzy last week when a woman judge handling remand of newly arrested persons inside the jail premises complained that “one of them was novel coronavirus positive and he signed on a register prior to her”.
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