New Delhi Apr 27 PTI Efforts are on to douse a fire at the Bhalswa landfill site in north Delhi which has been raging for over 15 hours officials said on WednesdayAccording to them five fire tenders are working at the site The fire broke out at the landfill site on Tuesday The fire department received information about the blaze around 547 pm following which 10 fire tenders were rushed to the spotLater three more fire tenders were pressed into serviceThree incidents of fire were reported this year at east Delhis Ghazipur landfill site including the one on March 28 which was doused after over 50 hours PTI AMP NSD

New Delhi Apr 20 PTI Amid a rise in Covid cases the Delhi government has stepped up preparations including arranging hospital beds medical oxygen and medicines officials said on Wednesday and asserted that the situation is fully under controlChief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is keeping a close watch on the Covid situation and is in constant touch with top officials to ensure that both the infection is controlled and preparations are in place to meet any eventuality they saidThe government has arranged adequate number of hospital beds medical oxygen and medicines although hospitalisations are very low officials said during a meeting the of Delhi Disaster Management AuthorityDDMA on WednesdayAccording to figures only 80 beds 082 percent of the total 9737 beds in hospitals here were occupied The occupancy of oxygen-supported beds was 064 percent ICU beds 091 percent and ventilator beds 103 percentOf the total 1729 active cases on April 18 40 were hospitalised 12 were on oxygen support nine were in ICU five on ICU and oxygen support and one on ventilator according to figuresThe Arvind Kejriwal government has targeted to scale up hospital beds to 37000 of which 31622 were ready by April 19 Out of total 10594 ICU beds 9274 have been readied official data showedOfficials said availability of all drugs for the treatment of comborbidities and other medicines related to Covid has also been ensuredThe medical oxygen infrastructure has also been scaled up to over 991 MT by April 19 while it was 730 MT till May 31 last yearA buffer stock 442 MT of liquid medical oxygen was also readied by the government A total of 97 PSA oxygen plants were running in the city with a combined capacity of over 116 MT they saidTwo cryogenic bottling plants with capacity of 125 MT have been installed that can refill refill 1400 jumbo cylinders per day they saidShortage of oxygen supply had claimed many lives in Delhi during the second Covid wave in 2021Officials said work has also been awarded for 15 LMO tankers of which one tanker has been received Three more will be delivered by the end of AprilWhile one tanker will be delivered by May 15 and five tankers will be delivered by June 19 officials said during the meetingThe government has also maintained an operational fleet of 240 CATS ambulances for aiding patients Besides 65 ambulances have also been hired The fleet of ambulances is planned to be raised to 350 shortly they added PTI VIT VIT TDS TDS

New Delhi Mar 30 PTI The Delhi Police under no circumstances should leave barricades unmanned on city roads and they should be removed when not in use Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said in Rajya Sabha on WednesdayAccording to the inputs provided by the Delhi Police barriers and barricades are placed strategically on the roads of the national capital and its borders by following a set protocol for safety and security of people the minister saidThe set protocol is governed by a Delhi Police standing order and circularAs per extant guidelines under no circumstances the barricades should be left unmanned and they should be removed from the carriageway and footpaths when not in use he said replying to a written questionRai said whenever any complaint pertaining to barriers is received appropriate action according to law is taken to address the issues raised in the complaint PTI ACB RHL RHL RHL

Mumbai Mar 23 PTI A 34-year-old college dropout has been arrested for posing as an Ayurveda doctor and practicing in a health clinic in suburban Malad a police official said on WednesdayAccording to the official the arrest was made recently as a part of a joint operation by the Dindoshi Police and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMCs PNorth Ward The accused identified as Sukesh Gupta had been practicing in the Shivshahi area of Malad for the past four years he saidThe civic body had been verifying the qualifications of doctors in its jurisdiction after coming across instances where people with fake medical degrees were found treating patients and prescribing medicinesBMC officials learnt that Gupta had dropped out of college and was treating patients and prescribing them medicinesThe police official said Gupta was given a warning after which he shut down his clinic but reopened it after 6 months After a complaint was lodged by the BMC a raid was conducted at Guptas clinic and he was arrested he said Police seized medicines and equipment from his clinic He was subsequently booked under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Maharashtra Medical Practitioners ActPrimary probe revealed Gupta had put up a BAMS degree certificate at his clinic and an investigation was underway to ascertain from where he had obtained it the official said PTI ZA RSY RSY

New Delhi Dec 22 PTI Delhi is set to achieve the milestone of providing at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine to all eligible people according to government dataAccording to Co-WIN dashboard14786476 people in the national capital have taken at least one dose of Covid vaccine by 730 pm on WednesdayAccording to district authorities 14833713 people aged above 18 are eligiblefor vaccination against the novel coronavirus infection Also as per the draft roll published on November 1 2021 the total number of electors in Delhi stand at 14795949Over 25214677crore doses have been administered in the city since the inoculation exercise started on January 16 As many as 10428201people have received both the dosesOver 102 lakh people were vaccinated against the infection in Delhi on WednesdayAuthorities in northwest Delhi district administered the maximum number of doses 2963 lakh followed by southwest Delhi 2936 lakh and west Delhi 2722 lakh In view of the threat posed by the new Covid variant Omicron the authorities have increased the pace of vaccination in the city in the last few weeksGovernment officials said district authorities have set up special facilities to contact people who are eligible for the second dose but have not taken itWe call up such people and ask them to take their second dose immediately an official said The authorities are also identifying clusters having low vaccination rateAnganwadi workers self-help groups and non-government organisations go to such clusters and convince people to get vaccinated the official addedPTI GVS SRY

Kolkata Oct 27 PTI The West Bengal assemblys winter session is scheduled to begin from November 1 and will continue till November 18 Speaker Biman Banerjee said on WednesdayAccording to assembly sources the winter session generally held in December has been advanced due to the possibility of municipal polls in the last month of this yearThe winter session will begin from November 1 It will continue till November 18 Banerjee saidMeanwhile the BJP legislative party has written to the Speaker requesting him to defer the session by a few days citing Diwali and Kali Puja festivals on November 4 and 5We fail to understand how the assembly session can be held during Diwali and Kali Puja We have requested the Speaker to defer it by a few days BJP chief whip Manoj Tigga saidReacting to the BJPs concerns the Speaker said the House would remain adjourned during the festivalThere will be no session during days of festivals such as Diwali and Kali Puja There is no problem with having a session on other days We have already informed this to the BJP legislature party Banerjee saidAccording to a source in TMC legislative party the business of the House will be decided at an all-party meeting later this month PTI PNT NN NN

Jaipur Sep 22 PTI Rajasthan has become the leading state in the country in solar energy production with an installed capacity of 773795 MW Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said on WednesdayAccording to a report released by the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Rajasthan has the highest installed capacity of solar energy in IndiaI am happy to share that Rajasthan has come first in the country by installing 7738 MW of solar power capacity Gehlot tweetedThis is the result of the Solar Energy Policy 2019 and the Rajasthan Investment Promotion Policy 2019 implemented by the state government he saidIn a statement the state government said it added new solar installed capacity of 234847 MW and investments worth nearly Rs 10000 crore in just eight months in 2021 PTI SDA IJT