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New Delhi: Pollution levels in Delhi-NCR, which had crossed the 500-mark on Monday and stayed there, has started dropping, indicating that the stringent GRAP 4 measures have started taking effect. In an exclusive interview with NDTV, Arvind Nautiyal, Member-Secretary of the Commission for Air Quality Management, said the Air Quality Index or AQI — which…
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New Delhi: Around 1,000 farm fires were detected in Punjab alone today — on a day the Supreme Court ripped into the Delhi government over the pollution blanket over north India that went off charts. Hiren Jethva, an aerosol remote sensing scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, told NDTV this evening that this data…
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With Delhi’s air quality plummeting to “severe+” for the first time this season, the Centre’s air quality panel on Sunday announced stricter pollution control measures for the Delhi-NCR under Stage 4 of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP), which will come into effect from 8 am on Monday. The restrictions include a ban on truck…
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Police said the petrol pump owner has a few cases pending against him. New Delhi: A man was injured after 16 rounds were fired at a petrol pump in Delhi’s Gokulpuri on Thursday night. Police said that four people came on two bikes into the petrol pump, opened fire at the office cabin and fled….
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Newly-appointed Delhi captain Ayush Badoni displayed his true potential with a sparkling century to keep Delhi on course for a first innings lead against Jharkhand on the third day of their group D Ranji Trophy match here on Friday. Known for his exploits at the IPL level for Lucknow Super Giants, Badoni showed…
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Delhi has raised the air pollution alert level to GRAP-3 New Delhi: Primary schools in Delhi will switch to online learning mode from Friday due to severe air pollution in the national capital, Chief Minister Atishi announced in a post on X. She said the online classes for primary school children will continue “until further…
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Left-arm spinner Ninad Rathva came up with career-best match figures as Baroda crushed Meghalaya by an innings and 261 runs in under two days to earn a bonus point in their Ranji Trophy Group A match Thursday. If day one belonged to off-spinner Mahesh Pithiya, who grabbed 6/25 to dismiss the opponents for…
Aam Aadmi Party’s Mahesh Khinchi — councillor from Karol Bagh’s Dev Nagar ward — will be the next Mayor of Delhi, having won the election by a wafer-thin margin. Mr Khinchi, Delhi’s first Dalit Mayor, got 133 votes and the BJP’s Kishan Pal 130 votes in the election held this evening after much chaos and…
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Manoj Tiwary votes during the MCD’s Mayoral election. New Delhi: Chaos overtook the mayoral election in Delhi today as the Congress boycotted the poll, demanding that the new Mayor-who would be a Dalit — serve a full term. The election, normally held every April, has been delayed over a tussle between the ruling Aam Aadmi…
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At 5:30 am, Amritsar and Pathankhot airports in Punjab reported zero visibility. New Delhi: Delhiites woke up to another smoggy morning with a thick layer of white blanket (smog) engulfing the city. The air quality index (AQI) at 6 am was recorded at 432, falling under the “severe” category”, according to the Central Pollution Control…
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