A 44-year-old woman was arrested at Indira Gandhi International Airport for allegedly smuggling gold worth Rs 50 lakh from Dubai to Delhi by concealing it in her rectum, Delhi Customs officials said.
The Sub-Committee of the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) implemented Stage IV of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) across the National Capital Region (NCR) on Monday night with "immediate effect" in response to declining air quality.
In the past decade, the airport has experienced a 100 per cent increase in transfer passengers, further solidifying its position as a leading transit hub in South Asia.
Six more Indian nationals evacuated from war-torn Syria reached Delhi airport on Saturday. They expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Indian embassy for bringing them back home.
Indian nationals who returned to India shared their experience of staying in Syria in the past few days and how the embassy helped them to come back to India.
The air quality in the national capital remained in the 'poor' category on Tuesday, with a thin layer of smog covering parts of the city and limiting visibility.
As the winter spell sets in for the season, the air quality in the national capital remains in the 'poor' catgory, with thin layer of smog covering parts of the metropolitan city and and limiting visibility.
Delhi's average Air Quality Index (AQI) dropped down to the 'poor' category on Saturday. It was measured as 219 by the Central pollution Control Board at 8 a.m.
Delhi Chief Minister Atishi on Friday visited the Burari Electric Bus Depot on Friday to inspect the charging infrastructure and facilities available for buses. She said that adopting electric buses was a major step in the direction to curb rising air pollution in the national capital.
The overall Air Quality Index (AQI) recorded in Delhi was 183, categorised as 'moderate' as of 7 am on Friday, according to the data of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).