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Farmer protest: Security beefed up at Chilla border

2:53 pm December 16, 2020

New Delhi: Security arrangements were tightened at the Chilla border between Delhi and Noida on Wednesday as farmer union leaders have threatened to completely block the key border point to press for repeal of the Centre’s new farm laws. A senior police officer said elaborate security measures are already in place at the Chilla border. […]

Farmers harden stance, say will ‘make’ govt repeal agri laws; to block Chilla border on Wednesday

8:08 pm December 15, 2020

New Delhi: Hardening their stance on the three new agri laws, farmer leaders Tuesday said they will ”make” government repeal these legislations, and asserted their fight has reached a stage where they are ”determined” to win it no matter what. They said they will completely block the Chilla Border between Delhi and Noida on Wednesday to press […]

UK university strikes air quality research pact with Indian institute

Air quality in ‘very poor’ category in Ghaziabad, Noida, Faridabad

11:00 pm December 13, 2020

Noida: The air quality was in the ”very poor” category in Ghaziabad, Noida, Greater Noida and Faridabad while it was in the ”poor” zone in Gurgaon, according to data issued by a government agency on Sunday. Presence of pollutant PM 2.5 and PM 10 also remained high in the five immediate neighbours of Delhi, according to the air […]

Strong winds, light rain likely to improve Delhi’s air quality

11:37 pm December 11, 2020

New Delhi: Delhi’s air quality was recorded in the poor category on Friday, and is likely to improve significantly over the next two days due to a predicted increase in the wind speed and light rain. The city’s air quality index (AQI) was 271 at 9 am. The 24-hour average AQI was 284 on Thursday. […]

Noida: 166 new COVID-19 cases, tally near 23,000

7:50 pm December 2, 2020

Noida (UP): Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Buddh Nagar recorded 166 new COVID-19 cases that pushed the district’s infection tally to 22,978 on Wednesday, official data showed. Active cases in the district rose to 1,152 from 1,127 the previous day, according to the data released by the UP Health Department for a 24-hour period. The number of […]