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Severe category: Delhi’s air quality dips drastically due to stubble burning
New Delhi: Air quality in Delhi and its suburbs dropped to the ‘severe’ category again on Wednesday with smoke from post-harvest paddy straw burning in neighbouring states accounting for over one-third of…
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Air emergency: City chokes on smog as AQI remains in ‘severe’ zone
New Delhi: A thick toxic haze or ‘smog’ continued to hang heavy over the national capital as the air quality remained in the ‘severe’ category on Wednesday, the Central Pollution Control Board…
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Delhi Police penalises vehicles contributing to pollution, over 4K ‘challans’ issued
New Delhi: In a effort to combat air pollution in Delhi, the Traffic Police has adopted stringent measures to penalise vehicles that contribute to pollution or fail to meet the necessary roadworthiness…
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Kejriwal recommends suspension of DPCC Chairperson over air pollution
New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday recommended the suspension of the Delhi Pollution Control Committee Chairman Ashwani Kumar to the concerned authority, in a move to expedite action on bureaucracy…
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Additional checks in place for Air India passengers at Delhi airport till Nov 30
New Delhi: Passengers travelling on Air India flights from airports in the national capital and Punjab will be subject to additional checks, and issuance of visitor entry tickets has been stopped at…
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14-year-old Delhi girl sets powerlifting world record
New Delhi: A 14-year-old Delhi girl has set a new powerlifting world record in the recently-held WPC World Championships at Manchester in the UK. Ishti Kaur, a Class 10 student of GD…
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5.6 earthquake in Nepal within 3 days, mild tremors felt in Delhi-NCR
New Delhi: Tremors were felt in Delhi after an earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter Scale struck Nepal on Monday evening, said the National Centre for Seismology (NCS). According to the NCS,…
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HC stays court summons to Arvind Kejriwal’s wife over name in two voter lists
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday stayed a lower court summons to Sunita Kejriwal, the wife of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, for allegedly violating the law by getting herself enrolled…
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Premature release of convicts shouldn’t be mechanical: Delhi HC
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has said that the application for the premature release of convicts who have served long periods of incarceration should not be handled in a mechanical and…
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Toxic air: Primary schools in Delhi shut till Nov 10
New Delhi: All primary schools in the national capital will remain shut till November 10 in view of rising pollution levels in the city, Delhi Education Minister Atishi announced on Sunday. For…
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Delhi air quality drops alarmingly for 6 days straight; worst since 2021
New Delhi: A toxic haze lingered over Delhi for the sixth consecutive day on Sunday as pollution levels once again reached the severe plus category due to unfavourable wind conditions, particularly calm…
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Delhi: Poor air quality affects mental development of children, say health experts
New Delhi: With the Air Quality Index (AQI) in several parts of Delhi-NCR breaching the’severe’ category, doctors and health experts said that Delhi has taken the shape of a gas chamber with…