A health worker takes a swab sample of a passenger for Covid testing at Indira Gandhi International Airport, in New Delhi. (Express photo by Amit Mehra)Delhi News Highlights: Delhi on Thursday reported 2,726 fresh Covid-19 infections and six deaths. The positivity rate for the day stood at 14.38 per cent. The national capital also saw 2,085 recoveries. More than 19,760 Covid-19 cases have been recorded in Delhi from August 1-10, as per official data shared by the city health department, news agency PTI reported. Besides, there has been a nearly 50 per cent rise in the number of containment zones in the city during this period. Meanwhile, wearing masks has been made mandatory in Delhi and a fine of Rs 500 would be imposed on those violating the rule.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said that there seems to be something wrong with the Centre’s finances the way it is “strongly opposing” free facilities for people. Citing the Agnipath defence recruitment scheme, reduction in states share in central taxes from 42 per cent to 29 per cent, Goods and Services Tax (GST) imposed on food items and 25 per cent cut in MNREGA fund, Kejriwal asked where was all the money going.
An Uttar Pradesh court Thursday rejected the bail plea of Shrikant Tyagi who was arrested by the police on charges of abusing a woman in Noida. Tyagi is reportedly affiliated to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), though the party has denied any links. He was booked for verbally abusing and pushing a woman during an argument about encroachment of the common area in a posh residential society last week.
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First published on: 10-08-2022 at 03:08:55 pm