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Delhi's potable water production has reduced to 60 to 65 MGD: DJB
"It is a fact that due to severe shortage of raw water supply from Haryana, there is an overall reduction of 60-65 MGD in the water production of Delhi Jal Board, which is adversely affecting the potable water supply in many parts of Delhi, especially the tail-end of the command areas," said Raghav Chadha, DJB vice-chairman.
Actively considering live telecast of SC proceedings: CJIN V Ramana
However, Justice Ramana emphasized that before initiating concrete steps to live telecast the court proceedings, he plans to seek a general consensus among his colleagues in the top court. He was speaking at the launch of a mobile application to grant access of virtual proceedings of the top court to the media persons.
O2 shortage: Overcome logistical hurdles to save lives, says Bombay HC to Goa govt
"We also direct the Central Government to ensure that the allotted quota is made available to the State at the earliest," a division bench comprising Justices Nitin Sambre and Mahesh Sonak said. A central government counsel had earlier informed the Court that the central government had increased allocation of oxygen to Goa.
Amid Covid surge, old graves at Aligarh Muslim University being dug up for new burials
With at least three dozen serving and retired AMU employees having died in the past few weeks due to Covid, old graves are now being dug up to bury the dead. The AMU campus has seen more deaths in past few weeks than in the entire year.
Cyclone Tauktae: Efforts on to alert Tamil Nadu fishers
The Tamil Nadu fisheries department state Commissioner J. Jayakanthan told IANS: "Most of the fishermen are from the western coast of Kanyakumari since the annual fishing ban is in effect on the eastern coast." Fishing officials said that while only 84 vessels have gone into the sea from the Thengapattanam coast, 150 fishing boats of Kanyakumari have ventured into the sea from the Kerala coast.
Mumbai court slaps notice to attach diamantaire Nirav Modi's assets
A Special Court under the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act, 2018 has slapped notices to Nirav Modi and his sister Purvi Mehta -- who turned approver five months ago -- besides his group companies, ordering them to appear before the Special Judge V.C. Barde on June 11, in Mumbai.
Global road safety body writes to Nitin Gadkari to identify 'blackspots' on India's roads
"The blackspots / grey spots removal from the road network definitely makes for a distinct and measurable difference in the road safety outcome in the states as measured through their accident/crash data records. However, the present ongoing blackspot programme delivered till date is without any appropriate scientific guidelines for investigation and rectification.
Survival is tough: SC asks govt to consider harsh realities of migrants with no money, job
A bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan and M.R. Shah said it is inclined to pass directions to NCR states to have community kitchens and to facilitate transportation of migrant workers who are willing to return to their native places amid the ongoing second wave of COVID-19 pandemic.
Lack of use, maintenance, leading to glitches in 'Make in India' ventilators
BEL has informed that bulk of the ventilators at GGS Medical College Hospital (GGSMCH) are not faulty, the Ministry said. "Their engineers have visited the Medical College on different occasions in the past to address the complaints received and carried out minor repairs required promptly.
Delhi urges Centre to supply surplus O2 from it's quota to other state
As Delhi has witnessed a sharp decline in daily Covid positive cases its hospitals in the last few days, the capital's daily demand for oxygen has also reduced. "During the peak period, we were getting regular SOS calls from the hospitals. Now, we receive hardly one or two SOS calls daily which are fulfilled without any delay.
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