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Amid rising pollution, Kejriwal launches scheme to convert stubble into co
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 13 (ANI): In a possible relief from stubble burning and rising pollution, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Environment Minister Gopal Rai kick-started the sprinkling of the bio-decomposer solution, prepared by Pusa Research Institute in a field at Hiranki V
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Delhi pollution level jumps to 'very poor' category amid stubble burning
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 13 (ANI): People in Delhi are gasping for a breath of fresh air as the air quality of the national capital has reached the 'very poor' category on Tuesday.
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1,849 new COVID-19 cases, 40 deaths reported in Delhi
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): As many as 1,849 new COVID-19 cases and 40 deaths were reported from the national capital in the last 24 hours, the Delhi health department informed on Monday.
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Bihar Minister Vinod Singh passes away, Nitish Kumar terms it as 'personal
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): Bihar Minister Vinod Singh passed away in the national capital, following an illness for which he was undergoing treatment, at a hospital on Monday.
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Close to 700 cases of stubble burning reported from Punjab, Haryana betwee
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): Amidst increasing levels of air pollution in the national capital region, close to 700 cases of stubble burning were reported from Punjab and Haryana between September 21-29, according to sources in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (
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Khushbu Sundar attacks Cong leadership, says people working sincerely bein
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): Ahead of joining the Bhartiya Janata Party in the national capital today, actor-turned-politician Khushbu Sundar has launched a scathing attack on the Congress, stating that "some individuals at the higher level within the party are dictating terms, while
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Delhi air quality back to "poor" level
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): The national capital woke up to "poor" air quality on Monday, with the Air Quality Index (AQI) at 275 in Delhi's ITO and Anand Vihar areas, according to Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC).
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Ramlila, Durga Puja to take place in Delhi with COVID-19 precautions
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): The Delhi government has decided to go ahead with Ramila and Durga Puja celebrations this year with precautions amid COVID-19 in the national capital.
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Delhi Environment Minister imposes Rs 50 lakh fine on the NCRTC for violat
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 11 (ANI): Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Sunday imposed a fine of Rs 50 lakh on the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) for not following the anti-pollution directives of the government.
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Amid air pollution concerns, farmers in Amritsar continue stubble burning
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], October 11 (ANI): Amid rising concerns regarding air pollution in the national capital and neighbouring states, farmers in Amritsar's Meharbanpura village continued to burn stubble in their fields.
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Hope civic bodies stop issuing licenses to restaurants as per FSSAI direct
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 11 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday reiterated his opposition to restaurants being harassed by local civic bodies due to 'license raj' and expressed the hope that the municipal corporations of the national capital will stop issuing food license
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After Delhi's 'Baba Ka Dhaba', people queue up at Agra's 'Kanji Bada' foll
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Agra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 11 (ANI): Days after a major outpouring of support for the elderly couple who ran Baba Ka Dhaba in the national capital after a video featuring them went viral, another clip of an old man running a 'kanji bada' stall here in Agra who lost all his earning
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