New Milestone In Covid Vax Drive, But Booster Needs A Shot In Arm

Nearly 30% Of Total Eligible Adult Population Has Taken Precautionary Dose

Over 1,000 volunteers to be trained in firefighting ops

Delhi Fire Service (DFS) has started a pilot project of training 1,100 civil defence volunteers, including women, to assist firefighters during major fires in the city. The move comes after a rise in fire cases in Delhi.

No immediate relief for Zubair from HC even as 4-day remand ends today; hearing on July 27

Delhi High Court on Friday refused to grant immediate relief to Alt News cofounder Mohammed Zubair on his plea challenging the legality of his police remand that ends on Saturday.

Just one day of rain wipes out ‘large deficit’ and pushes Delhi into ‘normal’ category

The city’s overall rainfall deficit, which was 74% on Wednesday, was wiped out with just one day of rain.

Intensity of rain to weaken for next few days in capital

While the city saw moderate to very light rainfall on Friday, the weather department expects the intensity of rain to drop over the next few days. India Meteorological Department (IMD) expects Delhi to see heavy rainfall on July 6.

India Facing 'Collapse Of Nation Crisis': Sen

'Extraordinary To Use Colonial Laws To Jail People'

Premature To Link Beheading To Pak Jihadi Group: NIA

A day after Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot and the state DGP linked the beheading of a tailor in Udaipur to a Pakistan-based jihadi group, sources in the National Investigation Agency, which is handling the case, cautioned it would be premature to come to such a conclusion.

Two Covid Jabs Protect Obese Equally Well: Study

Vaccines have helped in significantly reducing the number of severe Covid cases and hospitalisation and deaths due to the infection among everyone regardless of their body size, according to a new study published in The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology.

Hottest June In 3 Yrs, Avg Max Temp 40.4°C

City Sees Just 6 Rainy Days In Entire Month

BMC Election Will Be Make Or Break For Uddhav Camp

With the Maha Vikas Aghadi government falling and Eknath Shinde taking over in alliance with the BJP, former CM Uddhav Thackeray faces an uphill task for the BMC polls.

Monsoon Makes Big Splash: Thursday Wettest Day Of 2022

Max Temp At 29.4°C, Coolest Since March 6

HK rose from ashes, says Xi on rare visit

Hong Kong has overcome its challenges and "risen from the ashes", China's President Xi Jinping said on Thursday, as he arrived in the former British colony to celebrate 25 years since its return to Chinese rule.

Experts: GST on hosp beds will burden middle class

Patients seeking high-end care at private hospitals may have to shell out more as the GST Council has recommended levying 5% tax without input tax credit (ITC) on non-ICU hospital room rents costing more than Rs 5000 a day per patient.

Internal Roads Flooded, Water Enters Houses

Desilting Claims Down The Drain

'No waterlogging at 6 of 7 hotspots identified by govt'

Taking stock of the effect on the city of the season's first rainfall, deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia claimed no waterlogging was recorded in six of the seven hotspots identified by Delhi government.

DAY ONE: DELHI UNDER THE WEATHER

Tall Promises Come A Cropper At Pragati Maidan Tunnel At The First Time Of Asking; Most Other Hotspots Flooded Too

Uddhav's MLAs ignore rebel 'whip', may face action

Shiv Sena MLA Bharat Gogawale, appointed chief whip of the party by his leader Eknath Shinde, had issued a whip to all 16 Shiv Sena legislators in the Thackeray camp to remain present for a party meeting in Goa on Thursday.

Why BJP said no to CM & Fadnavis yes to dy CM

A triumphant Eknath Shinde arrived for the swearing-in with his infant grandson in his arms and took oath after invoking Sena founder Bal Thackeray and his mentor Anand Dighe.

The Unbearable Sense Of Being

51°C — The Real Feel Temperature Due To High Humidity At 2.30pm

Steered By Fadnavis, Revolt In Sena Reached Endgame

‘Hindutva’ Was Not Sole Driving Force Of Rebellion

I’m not ready to explore OTT yet, says Prabhas

While there’s no doubt that dig-ital platforms have opened a whole new playing field for actors and filmmakers, the big screen’s lure is undeniable.

Kyrgios spits at ‘disrespecting’ spectator

This is not what one thinks of when pondering the supposedly genteel roots of tennis, a country club sport being contested at a place officially called the All England Lawn Tennis Club: a player, Nick Kyrgios, capping a first-round victory by spitting in the direction of a spectator he said was hassling him.

‘If you don’t have any option, then why don’t you go there like a warrior’

Deepak Hooda Comes Good In Ireland T20s

MOVING UP

Djokovic Cruises Into 3rd Round, Frenchman Humbert Upsets 3rd Seed Ruud; No. 2 Kontaveit, Local Hope Raducanu Beaten

MVA Crashes

Uddhav quits. Shinde-BJP wins this round. But expect more political flux

Act Of Terrorism

Horrific Udaipur incident must lead to thorough investigation to see if there’s a bigger pattern

Semiconductors: Heroes Of The New Digital World

Covid showed the indispensability of chips, India must secure a manufacturing ecosystem for them

Mumbai Message For Politics

CM may have resigned. But the entire political class tried to subvert laws and legislative institutions

Hyd neta held for threat to harm PM, Shah, Yogi

The national convenor of a little-known political party was arrested in Hyderabad’s Old City on Wednesday for threatening to harm PM Narendra Modi, Union home minister

Cong berates Tewari for 2nd time in 15 days over Agnipath

The controversial Agnipath scheme triggered inhouse warfare in the Congress on Wednesday, as party MP Manish Tewari lauded the short-term recruitment plan as much-needed reform measure in the defence forces, and the party moved with alacrity to disown it and slam the measure as a threat to national security.