Universities’ helplines face students' anxieties due to uncertainty, lifestyle changes
From uncertainties pertaining to the lockdown to career-related anxiety and symptoms of depression due to being away from home, helplines and counselling services being run online by various universities are dealing with the psychological concerns of students during the coronavirus pandemic. Earlier this week, the University Grants Commission (UGC) directed all...
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Fugitive security guard held after 3 family members of his employer test corona +ve
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Sikh body offers 2 hospital buildings for treatment purpose
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180 booked, 4K detained for lockdown violation
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Pvt firm roped in for bio-medical waste collection from quarantined homes
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G’gram sees 10 new cases in a day, tally touches 30
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AIIMS gets DRDO’s disinfection chamber
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FIR against unknown for throwing urine-filled bottles
09 April 2020 | Staff Reporter
Extend lockdown till April 30: CAIT to PM
The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging to extend lockdown period till April 30 in view of current troubled time of coronavirus. The CAIT said that prompted by the motto "Nation before Self", the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has undertaken a...
CM, MPs discuss ways to fight Covid
Concerned over sporadic cases of coronavirus, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday held a meeting with Member of Parliaments from Delhi to discuss measures to contain the COVID-19 spread in the national Capital. Interacting with the MPs via video conferencing, Kejriwal and said "we all will have to fight it...
Rlys plans to make 1K low-cost PPE per day after DRDO nod
Indian Railways has taken up the in-house production of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) type overall on a mission mode. An overall produced by Jagadhari workshop was recently cleared by ‘Defence Research and Development Organisation’ (DRDO) laboratory, authorised for the purpose. Approved design and material will now be used for making this...
Two held for supplying liquor amid lockdown
As Delhi is facing complete lockdown in view of Covid-19, the Delhi Police has arrested two bootleggers and recovered 884 quarters of illicit liquor from their possession. The duo has been identified as, Bablu (25) and Monu (21), both resident of Vikas Nagar, Delhi. According to Sharat Kumar Sinha, the Deputy Commissioner...
NDMC deploys 7 DTC buses for its employees
New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has arranged seven Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses to pick its employees deployed on essential services from their residence to office during lockdown period. A senior NDMC official said that these buses will be run on 8th and 9th April on specified routes on trail basis....
G’gram admin feeds 1.72L workers each day
The Gurugram district administration is providing lunch and dinner to around 1.72 lakh migrant workers every day amid the Covid-19 lockdown. Officials of the administration also claimed that around 77 relief centres or shelter homes are being run by the administration for migrant workers or other poor families so that no...
Markaz, adjoining areas in Nizamuddin sanitised
South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) on Tuesday sanitised Markaz building in Nizamuddin and its surrounding areas with 1 per cent sodium hypochlorite. A senior SDMC official said that a mass sanitisation and disinfection drive carried out at Nizamuddin west and adjoining areas. “A team of public health department visited the area...
