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Delhi govt to organize digital round table conference aimed to reduce air pollution

‘Major action’ taken at 13 pollution hot spots in Delhi: Officials

8:02 pm November 10, 2019

New Delhi: Acting on a slew of directions from the Supreme Court, implementing agencies have taken “major action” at 13 pollution hot spots in the national capital, including closing 23 polluting industrial units, over the last three days, officials said on Sunday. Municipal corporations have lifted 400 metric tonnes of construction and demolition waste and […]

Cyclone ‘Bulbul’ disrupts normal life in Bengal; 4 killed

4:15 pm November 10, 2019

Kolkata: Cyclone ‘Bulbul’, which made landfall between Bengal and Bangladesh coasts, brought in its wake heavy rain coupled with strong winds till early Sunday, affecting normal life in several parts of the city and the coastal districts of the state. At least four people were killed in rain-related incidents in Kolkata and North 24 Parganas […]

No claimants for dormant Swiss accounts of Indians; some may get liquidated soon

4:04 pm November 10, 2019

New Delhi/Zurich: No claimants have come forward for about a dozen dormant Swiss bank accounts linked to Indians, leaving the funds lying in these accounts at the risk of getting transferred to the Switzerland government. The Swiss government began making details of dormant accounts public in 2015 to allow their claimants submit necessary proof to […]

AirAsia India cuts pilots' salary by 40 pc for May, Jun

AirAsia India plans to start multiple flights connecting Ahmedabad

3:58 pm November 10, 2019

New Delhi: AirAsia India will fly daily on the Ahmedabad-Bengaluru route from November 22 and after that it plans to start multiple flights connecting the commercial capital of Gujarat with major destinations like Delhi, Goa and Hyderabad, an official said. Ahmedabad will become the 21st destination on the airline’s network after the beginning of services […]

Delhi pollution level dip slightly

8:01 pm November 9, 2019

New Delhi: Delhi recorded a decline in the pollution level on Saturday with the air quality moving from the ‘very poor’ to ‘poor category’ owing to favourable wind speed. The Central Pollution Control Board’s daily bulletin registered the air quality index (AQI) at 283 at 4 pm, down from Friday’s 330. Most of the 37 […]