Due to unfavourable weather circumstances, Delhi’s air quality remained poor for a second day in a row on Tuesday. Pollution levels are expected to improve over the next several days, according to forecasting organisations. After a lapse of around two months, the city’s air quality Continue Reading
Private schools in Delhi would no longer be able to arbitrarily refuse admission to kids in the EWS category. The Delhi High Court made a ruling in the case in favour of the Delhi government on Friday. According to the court, all students on the list given for EWS admission following the Directorate of Education’s […]Continue Reading
In an effort to broaden its reach, Air India announced on Wednesday the beginning of new flights connecting Mumbai with New York, Paris, and Frankfurt as well as the restart of nonstop service between Delhi and Copenhagen, Milan, and Vienna. “This expansion comes as the airline continues to make progress in augmenting its fleet with […]Continue Reading
The authorities have been ordered by the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) to immediately rescind the curbs that were implemented in the Delhi-NCR (National Capital Region) as part of stage three of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP). As a result, regional building and demolition projects can get back on track. However, user agencies […]Continue Reading
Lalu Yadav, the ailing founder of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), will receive a kidney donation from Rohini Acharya, who lives in Singapore, according to a close relative. Lalu Yadav, 74, travelled to Singapore last month to have treatment for kidney issues. A kidney transplant was suggested for the RJD president, who has had a […]Continue Reading
After residents disobeyed the ban on firecrackers in many areas of the capital on Diwali night, Delhi recorded “very poor” air quality on Tuesday. However, the pollution levels for the following day were the lowest since 2015 thanks to favourable meteorological conditions that reduced the impact of the fireworks and stubble burning. However, “poor” Continue Reading
People in Delhi are thronging the markets in droves to purchase for holiday gifts as Diwali approaches. As a result, there are now backups of traffic in various areas of the city. On social media, a video of one such enormous jam is becoming viral. The ambulance is seen in the traffic gridlock in the […]Continue Reading
The director of the premier government hospital in the nation withdrew the letter he had written outlining the special preparations made for MPs and those that they had suggested. The “VIP culture” had been criticised by medical associations and campaigners, but the institute had countered that they were merely the MPs’ SOPs, or Standing Operating […]Continue Reading
On Wednesday morning, Delhi was enveloped in a heavy layer of fog, which reduced visibility in some areas to only 350 metres. This is the first fog of the season to affect the nation’s capital, according to senior scientist R K Jenamani of the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Delhi experienced a lowest temperature that was […]Continue Reading
In light of the festival season, authorities have emphasised the need to maintain a constant vigil against COVID-19, even as they approved the demolition of the city’s final three Covid care facilities and their removal from the property. The Delhi Disaster Management Authority examined the Covid-19 situation in the capital at their meeting on September […]Continue Reading