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Delhi's air quality improves due to high wind speed, but still 'poor'

Pollution levels in the national capital dipped on Monday with high wind speed aiding dispersion of pollutants, even as farm fires continued to rage in neighbouring states

Delhi's air quality remains 'very poor' due to 'unusually high' farm fires

The national capital's air quality remained very poor on Sunday with an unusually high number of farm fires negating the effect of better ventilation, according to a government forecasting agency

Delhi records season's lowest minimum temperature at 11.4 degree Celsius

The national capital recorded a minimum temperature of 11.4 degrees Celsius on Sunday morning, the lowest this season so far, according to the India Meteorological Department

Delhi coronavirus update: 5,062 new cases; positivity rate climbs to 11.42%

The national capital recorded 5,062 fresh COVID-19 cases on Saturday, taking the infection tally to over 3.86 lakh, even as the positivity rate jumped to nearly 11.5 per cent amid festivities and rising pollution in the city. These fresh cases came out of the 44,330 tests conducted the previous day which also coincided with a festival. This is the fourth consecutive day when over 5,000 cases have been reported in a day in the city. The highest single-day spike till date -- 5,891 cases -- was recorded on Friday. On Saturday, 41 new fatalities were recorded, pushing the death toll in the national capital to 6,511, according to the latest bulletin issued by the Delhi health department. The tally of active cases on Saturday rose to 32,719 from 32,363 the previous day, as per the bulletin. The bulletin said the total number of cases has climbed to 3,86,706 and the positivity rate stood at 11.42 per cent. After a long time, the positivity rate here has crossed the 10 per ...

Passengers could occupy all seats in Delhi buses from Nov 1: Minister

Despite a spike in Covid-19 cases, Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot on Saturday said passengers could travel on all seats in public transport buses from November 1

Delhi passengers can travel on all seats of buses from November 1: Gahlot

Amid a spike in Covid cases, Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot said passengers can travel on all seats of public buses from Nov 1, and cautioned that travellers will have to wear face masks

Delhi sees record single-day spike of 5,891 Covid-19 cases, tally over 380k

This was the third consecutive day when over 5,000 cases have been reported in a day in the city

Consider masks as vaccine against Covid-19, says Delhi Health Minister

With Delhi reporting jumps in Covid-19 cases for two straight days, Satyendar Jain emphasised the importance of wearing face masks, saying people should consider them as a "vaccine" against the virus

Delhi cabinet approves over Rs 40 crore to give insurance to lawyers

The Delhi cabinet has approved over Rs 40 crore to provide medical insurance of Rs 5 lakh and term insurance of Rs 10 lakh to lawyers, who are residents of the national capital, Law minister Kailash Gahlot said Friday. The lawyers will be insured under the Chief Minister Advocates Welfare Scheme, which was announced by the city government in December 2019. The AAP government had set aside a corpus of Rs 50 crore for the welfare of lawyers under the scheme. "Honble CM @ArvindKejriwal had last year announced CM Adv Welfare Scheme with an allocated budget of Rs 50 Cr. As a final step towards implementation of Scheme, Delhi Cabinet on 29.10.20 has approved expenditure of more than 40.60 Cr for purchase of Life Ins & MediClaim Policies," Gahlot said in a tweet. The chief minister had in November last year set up a 13 member committee, headed by the Supreme Court Bar Association president Rakesh Kumar Khanna, to recommend ways for utilisation of the fund for welfare of advocates. The ...

Diwali boosts hope in Delhi's markets, but spending caution may be a damper

Crowds return ahead of festive season, but caution in spending hints that sales may remain sluggish

Air pollution in Delhi-NCR: Modi govt brings Ordinance to fix air quality

The ordinance entails setting up a commission with 18 members with legal powers to tackle the menace in the region

Delhi sees record spike in Covid cases; govt cites new strategy behind rise

Twenty-seven new fatalities were recorded, pushing the death toll in the national capital to 6,423, according to the latest bulletin issued by the Delhi Health Department

Festive season, poor air quality responsible for Covid spike in Delhi: Govt

Social gatherings during festivities, deteriorating air quality, increasing cases of respiratory disorders are among the reasons attributed to rise in Covid cases in Delhi, the Health Ministry said

Rise in cases due to Delhi's strategy on contact tracing, testing: Jain

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said the govt has changed its Covid strategy by conducting aggressive tracing and testing in the city, citing it as one of the reasons for a sudden spike in cases

Coronavirus Factoid: India tally crosses 8 million, recovery rate above 90%

India has been adding, on an average, over 48,000 new cases daily in the last ten days

Delhi records lowest October temperature in 26 years, shows IMD data

The national capital recorded a minimum temperature of 12.5 degrees Celsius on Thursday, the lowest in October in 26 years, according to the India Meteorological Department

Ensure ex-gratia to genuine victims of Delhi riots: Minority welfare panel

Delhi government officials were directed by the Legislative Assembly's minority welfare panel to ensure compensation is paid to all genuine victims of the riots that occurred in the city in February

Doctors of North Corporation-run hospitals call off strike for pending pay

Doctors of North Delhi Municipal Corporation-run hospitals who have been agitating for the last several days over their pending salaries called off their stir, officials said

Delhi posts highest one-day spike of 5,673 Covid cases, tally past 370,000

The previous highest single-day spike of 4,853 cases was recorded on Tuesday

Situation not normal, don't lower guard: Delhi's 1st Covid-19 patient

With experts predicting a major surge in Covid-19 cases in the coming months in Delhi, the city's first coronavirus patient on Wednesday cautioned people to stay indoors as much as possible