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COVID patient violates home isolation

11:17 pm December 3, 2020

New Delhi: A coronavirus patient allegedly violated isolation guidelines in southwest Delhi, officials said on Thursday. The 25-year-old man was found coronavirus positive last Friday, following which he went into isolation at an address in Sitapuri area of Dwarka. A field visit team found him absent there, said officials. When they contacted the patient on […]

Coldest November in Delhi in 71 years: IMD

3:13 pm November 30, 2020

New Delhi: The month of November was the coldest in the national capital in 71 years, with the mean minimum temperature dropping to 10.2 degrees Celsius, according to the India Meteorological Department. Delhi had recorded a mean minimum temperature of 10.2 degrees Celsius in November 1949. The mean minimum temperature for November was 9.6 degrees […]

India fighting Covid with all its might: PM Modi

New farm laws have begun mitigating farmers’ problems in short span of time:PM

8:02 pm November 29, 2020

New Delhi: Amid protests by a section of farmers against the recently enacted farm laws, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted on Sunday that these reforms have opened doors of new opportunities for farmers and bestowed on them new rights. In his monthly ‘Mann Ki Baat’ broadcast, Modi said the farm laws have begun mitigating the troubles of farmers in […]

Delhi’s air quality deteriorates to ‘poor’ category

9:48 pm November 28, 2020

New Delhi: Delhi’s air quality slipped back into the poor category on Saturday, a day after favourable wind speed helped it improve significantly. With winds slowing down, government agencies said the air quality is likely to deteriorate further . The city’s 24-hour average air quality index (AQI) was 231 on Saturday. It was 137 on […]

Farmers from UP reach Delhi border to lend support to protest by their Punjab counterparts

7:40 pm November 28, 2020

New Delhi: Some groups of farmers from Uttar Pradesh gathered at the Ghazipur border with their vehicles on Saturday afternoon, lending support to the agitation by their counterparts from Punjab against the Centre’s new agri laws. A senior Delhi Police officer said that around 200 farmers arrived at UP Gate (Ghazipur border) as part of […]