New Delhi Apr 25 PTI A patient from Nepal suffering from a rare neurological disorder that would cause his eye to bulge out with every heartbeat got his vision restored following a surgery at a private facility here a statement said on MondayThe patient had been struggling with redness and swelling in his right eye which was causing blurred vision the statement from Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals here said The patient recommended for MRI and referred to the Neurosciences department of the hospital in New DelhiUnder the consultation of Dr PN Renjen Senior Consultant Neurology at the hospital the patient was diagnosed with a rare neurological condition that was impacting the eye it saidOn admission the patient reported vision blurring pulsatile proptosis with every heartbeat the eye would bulge out and difficulty in conducting his day to day activities He underwent a cerebral angiogram for better characterization of the condition the statement saidBased on the diagnosis by experts the patient was found to have suffered from indirect CCF which is also known as cavernous dural arteriovenous fistula it is the abnormal communication between the cavernous sinus and the dural arteries from the internal carotid artery and external carotid artery which is an extremely rare neurological condition having a difficult course of treatment it added Dr Harsh Rastogi senior consultant Neuro Intervention Radiologist at Apollo Hospital said In this patients case his arterial blood was mixing with venous blood and as a reason his eye was popping out with every heartbeat For resolving the same we conducted a surgery to disconnect the short-circuiting of the blood leading to the complete resolution of the red-eye The hospital said their doctors could help the patient in restoring his visual activities in just five days from his admission to the completion of the surgery The complexity of this case was to diagnose the right condition and provide aid We are glad that the patients post-operative recovery has been uneventful and he is back to his home contented and satisfied read the statement PTI SLB TDS TDS

New Delhi Apr 25 PTI The minimum temperature in the national capital on Monday settled at 227 degrees Celsius normal for this time of the year the India Meteorological Department saidThe relative humidity recorded in the city at 830 am was 40 per centThe weather office has forecast partly cloudy sky with the possibility of development of thunder and lightning during the day while the maximum temperature is likely to touch 41 degrees CelsiusOn Sunday the maximum temperature in Delhi had settled at 395 degrees Celsius two notches above the seasons average PTI SLB SRY

New Delhi Apr 23 PTI Delhi on Saturday reported 1094 fresh COVID-19 infections highest since February 10 and two deaths due to the disease as the positivity rate rose to 482 per cent according to the health department The national capital had recorded 1104 fresh COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 209 per cent on February 10 while 12people had succumbed to the infectionA total of 22614 Covid tests were conducted in the city a day ago the data by the department showed The COVID-19 infection tally in the national capital now stands at 1873793 and the death toll at 26166 Delhi had logged 1042 Covid cases with a positivity rate of 464 per cent and two fatalities due to the infection on Friday On Thursday the city reported 965 COVID-19 cases and a single fatality with a positivity rate of 471 per cent With the national capital witnessing a spurt in COVID-19 cases in the past few days the number of active cases of the disease in the city has now increased to 3705 from 601 on April 11 However the hospitalisation rate has so far been low accounting for less than 3 per cent of the total active cases according to the data There are 79 COVID-19 patients admitted to hospitals in Delhi at present while 2532 are recuperating in home-isolation Of the 9489 beds available for Covid patients in various hospitals just 101 106 per cent are occupied the data said In the wake of rising cases the Delhi government on Friday issued an order directing authorities to impose a fine of Rs 500 on people not wearing masks at public places The fine will not apply to people travelling together in private four-wheelers it said The government had lifted the fine for not wearing masks on April 12 because of a decline in the number of daily cases The decision to bring back the mask mandate at public places and impose the fine on violators came at a meeting of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority DDMA which devises Covid management policies for the national capital The city health department said that from Thursday Delhi has started providing free COVID-19 precautionary doses to beneficiaries in the 18-59 age group at government vaccination centres Delhi has also started genome sequencing of samples of all Covid-infected people to ascertain if a new variant such as the XE has spread in the city PTI SLB SRY

New Delhi Apr 23 PTI Delhi reported 1094 fresh COVID-19 infections and two deaths due to the disease on Saturday as the positivity rate rose to 482 per cent according to data shared by the health departmentA total of 22614 Covid tests were conducted in the city a day ago the data showed The COVID-19 infection tally in the national capital now stands at 1873793 and the death toll at 26166Delhi had logged 1042 Covid cases with a positivity rate of 464 per cent and two fatalities due to the infection on FridayOn Thursday the city reported 965 COVID-19 cases and a single fatality with a positivity rate of 471 per centWith the national capital witnessing a spurt in COVID-19 cases in the past few days the number of active cases of the disease in the city has now increased to 3705 from 601 on April 11However the hospitalisation rate has so far been low accounting for less than three per cent of the total active cases according to the dataThere are 79 COVID-19 patients admitted to hospitals in Delhi at present while 2532 are recuperating in home-isolationOf the 9489 beds available for Covid patients in various hospitals just 101 106 per cent are occupied as per the dataIn the wake of rising cases the Delhi government on Friday issued an order directing authorities to impose a fine of Rs 500 on people not wearing masks at public placesThe fine will not apply to people travelling together in private four-wheelers it saidThe government had lifted the fine for not wearing masks on April 12 because of a decline in the number of daily casesThe decision to bring back the mask mandate at public places and impose the fine on violators came at a meeting of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority DDMA which devises Covid management policies for the national capitalThe city health department said that from Thursday Delhi has started providing free COVID-19 precautionary doses to beneficiaries in the 18-59 age group at government vaccination centresDelhi has also started genome sequencing of samples of all Covid-infected people to ascertain if a new variant such as the XE has spread in the city PTI SLB IJT

New Delhi Apr 23 PTI The Delhi University has issued a notice asking students to mandatorily take prior permission from the varsity to hold protestsEarlier this month the university had issued an advisory to students to maintain law and order on the campus and focus on preparations for their upcoming examsDelhi University proctor Rajni Abbi said the latest notice was issued keeping in view the incidents in the last few daysA student told us that he had been sitting on a hunger strike for the last four days We did not even know it What do we do if something happens to the student she saidAbbi said they have made it compulsory for students to seek permission from the proctors office for holding protestsWe are not going to deny permission to anyone There is always a possibility that outsiders might come and do something mischievous This is also for the safety of the students We do not want students to destroy university property and that is a new point that we have added which was not there in the earlier notification she told PTIShe said not only has the notice been posted on the university website but sent to all the student organisationsPrior intimation of gatheringprotestdemonstration anywhere in the university is mandatory Although protestsdemonstrations are the legal right of every individual yet prior permission from the proctors office is mandatory read the notice issued on FridayIt is also directed that the participants shall refrain from using violence and any destruction to public property failing which the organisers will be held responsible for any damage and strict action will be taken it addedThe notice stated that the organisers should furnish details about their college or department contact number e-mail address and course name at least 24 hours in advanceThe organisers are also supposed to furnish details of programmes which includes nature of the programme protest public speech dharna GBM rally etc duration use of logistics list of speakers and expected number of participants PTI SLB SRY

New Delhi Mar 30 PTI Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said the Business Blasters programme should also be implemented in universities and colleges so that the entrepreneurial ideas of students dont hit a roadblock after they finish schoolUnder the Business Blasters programme students of Class 11 and 12 are given a seed money of Rs 2000 each to develop business ideas Government school students have till now developed 52000 business ideas I think the Business Blasters programme should also be implemented in schools and collegesThis will ensure that their ideas do not hit a roadblock when they enter college or university This will mean that they are prepared when they step out of college he said addressing the 14th convocation of the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University GGSIPU hereThe education system just ensures that students pass exams and get degrees There is a need to work on students and chart their career programme before they leave college If they want to pursue higher education its good But if they want to work they should be worked upon I think a target oriented approach is needed he saidKejriwal also spoke about the doorstep delivery of services of his government Our government systems are running since the time of British and they were framed by them to trouble us But we changed the system Just like you can get pizza over a phone call government services also come to your doorstep he said A total of 53692 degrees including 205 PhDs were awarded on the occasionDr Mahesh Verma vice-chancellor of the university said the varsity is adopting the National Education Policy 2020He thanked Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia who was also present at the event for allocating Rs 20 crore to the university in the Delhi BudgetThe university will be celebrating its silver jubilee next year he said PTI SLB TDS TDS

New Delhi Mar 26 PTI The University Grants Commission UGC has written to vice-chancellors of all central universities and colleges to use Common University Entrance Test CUET scores to admit students in undergraduate programmes UGC chairman M Jagadesh Kumar had said on Monday that CUET scores and not class 12 scores will be mandatory for admission to 45 central universities Central universities can fix their minimum eligibility criteria Today we have written to the VCs Directors and Principals of all Universities and Colleges to use CUET scores for admissions in their UG programs because with CUET in place there is no need for students to worry about writing multiple entrance tests Kumar tweeted on Sunday The state universities private universities and deemed-to-be universities can also use CUET scores for undergraduate and postgraduate admissions if they want Kumar had said on Monday The application process for the CUET for undergraduate courses in central universities will commence from April 2 the National Testing Agency has announced In a public notice issued on Saturday the agency said that the CUET will provide a single-window opportunity to students seeking admission in any central university across the country The CUET UG -2022 will be conducted in a Computer-Based Test CBT Mode it said PTI SLB VN VN

New Delhi Mar 26 PTI Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said his governments Rozgar Budget will generate employment for the youth on a large scaleHe said that the budget has taken care of every section of DelhiMany congratulations to Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Manish Sisodia for presenting the Rozgar Budget for Delhi This budget will create employment on a large scale for the youth Every section of Delhi has been taken care of in this budget Kejriwal said in a tweet in HindiPresenting the budget for the eight consecutive year Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia who also holds the finance portfolio said the government will spend Rs 4500 crore in the next five years to generate 20 lakh jobs in the citySisodia on Saturday presented a Rs 75800-crore budget in the Assembly for the financial year 2022-23 It is 986 per cent higher than last yearThe budget size for the financial year 2021-22 was Rs 69000 crore PTI SLB IJT

New Delhi Mar 25 PTI The Delhi government which makes the highest budgetary allocation for the education sector among states and union territories rolled out various initiatives such as Deshbhakti Curriculum and the establishment of Delhi Board of School Education according to the Economic Survey 2021-22 The per student per annum expenditure incurred by the government declined to Rs 63556 in 2020-21 from Rs 66593 it said According to the economic survey the city has a total of 1231 government and government-aided schools -- 2173 per cent of the total number of schools The share of enrolment in government and government-aided schools is 3936 per cent of the total admissions in Delhi in 2020-21 The survey also stated that the share of enrolment in private schools at primary and middle level had increased significantly from 3107 per cent in 2014-15 to 4672 per cent in 2019-20 However it came down to 4391 per cent in 2020-21 Similarly the share of enrolment in private schools at secondary and senior secondary level had also increased from 2908 per cent in 2014-15 to 3190 per cent in 2019-20 but declined to 2994 per cent in 2020-21 According to the State Budget Analysis Report of RBI the Government of Delhi had the highest budgetary allocation of 228 per cent in the education sector among all states in 2021-22 The total expenditure on education has increased from Rs 6555 crore in 2014-15 to Rs 15707 crore in 2020-21 The survey also highlighted that the Delhi Board of School Education DBSE was launched in March 2021 and it entered into a partnership with International Baccalaureate IB to inculcate the cutting edge pedagogy and assessments in the schools of Delhi The board started functioning with 30 schools of the Delhi government In the next few years all schools of the Delhi government and willing private schools may be affiliated to DBSE it said On September 28 last year Deshbhakti Curriculum was launched across all Delhi government schools with the aim of making students true patriots it said The government also started a new scheme of providing grants to academicians and academic administrators for the purchase of books journals and e-books etc during2021-22 for enriching and updating their knowledge for improving the educational standard in schools in Delhi it said The economic survey was presented in the Assembly on Friday by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia PTI SLB SMN SMN SMN

New Delhi Mar 24 PTI The Ministry of Ayush has sanctioned Rs 10 crore for three years for establishing a centre of excellence in Unani medicine at the Jamia Hamdard here that will carry out advanced research a statement from the university said on ThursdayThe project involves development of a research centre having advanced facilities for drug testing and quality control including training of Unani professionals organising of international conferences and generation of data for scientific validation monograph development modernisation of dosage forms as well as IPR generation for new products it added In recognition of high quality research on Unani Medicine at Jamia Hamdard Ministry of AYUSH have granted approval of a Centre of Excellence in Unani Medicine for advanced research on Pharmacognosy and Pharmacology of Pharmacopoeial Drugs of Unani Medicine under Ayurswastha Yojana of Ministry of Ayush and sanctioned Rs 10 crore for three years said the statement The Vice Chancellor of Jamia Hamdard M Afshar Alam thanked the Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine and the Ayush ministry for granting the project PTI SLB RHL