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COVID-19: Three times more testing as compared to last peak, says Satyenda
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 11 (ANI): Amid the surge in COVID-19 cases in the national capital, Delhi Health Satyendar Jain on Wednesday said that three times more tests are being conducted as compared to the last peak in number of the positive cases.
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Stern action to be taken against anyone found bursting, selling firecracke
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 11 (ANI): With strict laws in place, stern action will be taken against anyone found bursting or selling crackers in the national capital, said Delhi Police Commissioner, SN Shrivastava on Wednesday.
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Plea in Delhi HC to direct implementation of health bill to regulate patho
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 10 (ANI): An activist on Tuesday urged the Delhi High Court to issue directions to concerned authorities to ensure immediate implementation of the Health Bill 2019 of the government of Delhi or Clinical Establishment Act 2010, claiming illegal pathological labs ar
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Security beefed up across Delhi ahead of Diwali
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 10 (ANI): Heavy number of police personnel have been deployed in several market and crowded areas in the national capital as a security measure ahead of Diwali, which will be celebrated across the country on November 14.
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Delhi environmentalist welcomes NGT's 'total ban' on firecrackers
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 10 (ANI): An environmentalist and founder of an activist group, Swechha, Vimlendu Jha welcomed the 'total ban' on the sale or bursting of firecrackers by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) across the National Capital Region (NCR) till the end of November.
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Centre's timely intervention could have reduced pollution surge in Delhi:
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 10 (ANI): As air quality continues to deteriorate in the national capital, Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Tuesday said that Delhi was paying the price of Centre's negligence as timely intervention by the government on the issue of stubble burning in the fields
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Kejriwal govt has done nothing other than putting ads to tackle air pollut
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 9 (ANI): Alleging that the Delhi government has failed to negotiate with neighbouring Punjab on the issue of stubble burning, BJP Yuva Morcha President Tejasvi Surya on Monday said the Arvind Kejriwal government hasn't done anything to resolve the problem of air p
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COVID-19: Delhi reports 5,023 new cases, 71 deaths
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 9 (ANI): As many as 5,023 new COVID-19 cases, 7,014 recoveries and 71 deaths were reported in the national capital within 24 hours, as per the State Health Department on Monday.
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Haze hangs in Delhi as air quality deteriorates
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 9 (ANI): Delhi on Monday witnessed reduced visibility as the air quality continued to deteriorate in the national capital.
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Delhi BJP Yuva Morcha pledges to plant 1 lakh trees in city
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 9 (ANI): With deteriorating air quality in the national capital, Delhi BJP Yuva Morcha organised a bicycle rally on Monday to promote conservation of the environment. At the rally, they pledged to plant one lakh trees in the national capital.
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NGT bans sale, use of firecrackers in NCR, other cities with poor air qual
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 9 (ANI): In a bid to prevent the COVID-19 pandemic from worsening owing to poor air quality, the National Green Tribunal on Monday imposed a total ban on the sale and use of firecrackers in the National Capital Region from midnight of November 9 to midnight of
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Rajnath Singh to inaugurate model of anti-satellite missile system at DRDO
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 9 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will inaugurate a model of the anti-satellite missile system, which is seen as a symbol of national technological advancement, at the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) headquarters in the national capit
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