Hazy skies seen in Delhi on Wednesday morning. (Express Photo by Amit Mehra)Delhi News Live: Almost a week after Diwali, the air quality in Delhi continues to be a red flag with 370 AQI recorded today, according to the latest data by SAFAR. The AQI fell in the ‘severe’ category right after Diwali and remained there for 3 consecutive days before moving towards ‘very poor’ category.
Delhi on Tuesday recorded 33 new Covid-19 cases and zero deaths in a day while the positivity rate stood at 0.06 percent, the city’s health department said. Currently, there are 349 active cases in the national capital. Ninety-five percent of the vaccinated people in Delhi who have a history of Covid-19 have developed antibodies as compared to 82 percent unvaccinated ones.
Following a High Court order, the NDMC and the police are in the process of evicting “illegal encroachments” from Sarojini Nagar market. An NDMC official said the process began mid-September and is ongoing. Many vendors have not been allowed to set up shop while hawkers are being asked to leave.
The body of a 45-year-old farmer was found hanging from a tree near a mall at the farmers’ protest site at Singhu border on Wednesday morning. The Police said preliminary reports suggest that the farmer had allegedly committed suicide, adding that inquest proceedings under section 174 of CrPC have been initiated.
According to the police, the deceased has been identified as Gurpreet Singh from village Roorkee, Amloh tehsil in Fatehgarh Sahib district. He was associated with Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) Ekta Sidhupur. Read more
BJP West Delhi MP Parvesh Verma yet again reaches ITO ghat to oversee preparations for Chhath Puja. DDMA has banned Chhath Puja at Yamuna ghat. Police has presently stopped him from entering inside.
Distressed over non-payment of salaries, the nurses at Delhi’s Hindurao Hospital announced a strike for half a day from Tuesday. The protest will continue till their demands are met.
“The strike led by Nurses Welfare Association (NWA) will be held from 9.00 am to 12.30 pm every day as a mark of protest over non-payment of salary. It will continue every day till the salary is not paid,” said Indumati Jamwal, head of the NWA. Read more
Delhi High Court on Wednesday permitting the accused, including Congress leader P Chidambaram and his son Karti Chidambaram, in the INX Media case to inspect the case documents lying in the CBI ‘malkhana’. Justice Mukta Gupta dismissed the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) petition against a trial court order. Read more
According to the guidelines passed by the Delhi Disaster Management Authority, celebrations were allowed and none of these sites could be set up on the Yamuna banks. Instead, special ghats for the ceremonial dip were to be used. Read more guidelines
Three persons in an autorickshaw allegedly stole a camera and a lens worth around Rs 7 lakh from the bag of a woman photographer in East Delhi’s Mayur Vihar on Monday.
The 65-year-old photojournalist later found that the accused had replaced the robbed items with stones.
According to the woman’s complaint, she was in East Delhi and on her way to Noida when she found the auto. Read more
The Air Quality Early Warning System forecast for Delhi has indicated that the air quality could remain in the ‘very poor’ category from November 10 to 12. The forecast, however, indicated that the AQI could improve gradually.
The wind direction continues to be from the northwest direction of Delhi and conducive for the transport of pollutants from crop residue burning. The contribution of stubble burning to PM2.5 levels in Delhi is predicted to be around 14% on Wednesday. Read more
Delhi on Tuesday recorded 33 new Covid-19 cases and zero deaths in a day while the positivity rate stood at 0.06 percent, the city’s health department said. Currently, there are 349 active cases in the national capital. Ninety-five percent of the vaccinated people in Delhi who have a history of Covid-19 have developed antibodies as compared to 82 percent unvaccinated ones.
Two days after arresting a 31-year-old man from North Delhi’s Burari for allegedly killing his former employer’s wife, the Delhi Police has arrested the victim’s husband, an assistant professor at a Delhi University college, and his nephew on the charges of criminal conspiracy of the murder.
DCP (north district) Sagar Singh Kalsi has confirmed the arrest of both the men. Read more
Classes for the newly admitted batch of Delhi University undergraduate students will begin on November 22.
Admissions against the fifth cut-off list are currently ongoing in Delhi University. Following this, the university has scheduled a special admission drive starting November 18. Read more
The air quality in Delhi continues to be a red flag with 370 AQI recorded today, according to the latest data by SAFAR. The AQI fell in the ‘severe’ category right after Diwali and remained there for 3 consecutive days before moving towards ‘very poor’ category.