New Delhi: A new study warns that thousands of patients across north India — including Delhi — continue to endure avoidable pain simply because palliative care is widely misunderstood, underused and poorly integrated into routine healthcare. Yet the same study also offers rare, encouraging proof that the crisis can be reversed quickly if doctors and…
New Delhi: Delhi Police is planning to integrate CCTV cameras managed by MCD and NDMC to enhance city-wide surveillance and security. Police sources said that during a recent meeting with the top brass of the city police, directions were issued to explore the technical and logistical feasibility of integrating the existing CCTV infrastructure with the…
New Delhi: In a move aimed at improving infrastructure in govt schools while promoting inmate rehabilitation, Delhi govt has approved the procurement of 10,000 dual desks from the Tihar Central Jail Factory, CMO said on Monday.The decision was cleared at a Cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Rekha Gupta. According to the govt, the initiative…
New Delhi: Delhi home & urban development minister Ashish Sood visited the Vasant Vihar shelter Tuesday and said govt is considering giving financial aid to the victims’ families. The fire department and police are probing the blaze, he said. Sood ordered forensic and physical audits of all city shelters and said improved and safer heating…
New Delhi: Police have collected DNA samples from the families of the three men who went missing after a fire broke out at a residential building housing a footwear shop in south Delhi’s Tigri Extension-1, Sangam Vihar, on Saturday.The samples were sent for DNA profiling to help identify the two charred bodies that remain unidentified,…
New Delhi: Two men lost their lives after a fire ripped through a Delhi govt shelter for the homeless in southwest Delhi’s Vasant Vihar early on Monday.Police were alerted about the blaze at Coolie Camp at 3.15am. Four fire tenders, along with 24 firefighters, were scrambled. The blaze could be brought under control at around…
New Delhi: Nearly two years after revamping the Nehru Place District Centre, Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has initiated the process of hiring a dedicated agency for its cleaning and maintenance. The agency will deploy around 40 sanitation workers and provide routine upkeep services. The scope of work includes cleaning of the plaza, its internal and…
NEW DELHI: A new analysis of early winter trends in Delhi-NCR by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) revealed that particulate matter 2.5 rose and fell almost in tandem with nitrogen dioxide during morning (7-10 am) and evening (6-9 pm) hours, as both pollutants surged with traffic emissions before being trapped near the surface by…
New Delhi: Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport Police has dismantled an interstate syndicate accused of supplying counterfeit French D-type visas to Indian job seekers. Four individuals—an agent from Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, and three passengers—have been arrested, officials said. The racket surfaced on Oct 28, when immigration officers at Terminal 3 intercepted three Indian-origin passengers attempting…
New Delhi: The Delhi govt has formally registered and constituted the Delhi Traders Welfare Board, stating that it marks a major step toward strengthening support for more than 8,00,000 traders across the capital. The development was announced after a meeting chaired by industries minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa, who said the board would function as an…
