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Delhi’s minimum temperature dips to 7 deg C
Delhi’s minimum temperature was recorded at seven degrees Celsius on Monday and is likely to drop further as cold winds from the snow-clad western Himalayas continued to sweep the plains, the India Meteorological Department said The mercury is likely to drop to five to six degrees Celsius by January 14, an IMD official said. The […]
Delhi’s minimum temperature dips to 9.6 deg C
Delhi’s minimum temperature dropped to 9.6 degrees Celsius on Friday, a day after it rose to 14.4 degrees Celsius, the highest in January in four years, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). A cloud cover persisted over the national capital, preventing a steep decline in the minimum temperature, an IMD official said. Clouds trap […]
No case of bird flu in Delhi yet; officials to keep close watch on poultry birds: Dy CM
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Thursday that there is no case of bird flu in Delhi yet and asked officials to keep a close watch on poultry birds coming in from neighbouring states to prevent any infection. The Centre on Wednesday had said that avian influenza or bird flu outbreak has been reported […]
Extend ban on UK flights till Jan 31: Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday urged the Centre to extend the ban on flights between India and the UK till January 31 in view of the extremely serious COVID situation in that country. The Centre has decided to lift the ban and start UK flights. In view of the extremely serious situation in […]
Moderate’ fog in Delhi, minimum temp rises to 14.4 deg C
“Moderate” fog in parts of Delhi lowered visibility to 300 meters on Thursday, even as the minimum temperature in the city rose to 14.4 degrees Celsius, the highest in around four weeks Visibility levels dipped to 300 meters at Palam and 500 meters at Safdarjung due to “moderate” fog, an official of the India Meteorological […]
Cyber, economic offences: Delhi Police to hire forensic experts
The Delhi Police is planning to hire forensic experts for assistance in detection of cyber and financial frauds, as well as in collecting evidence from the crime scene, officials said. These experts will be hired in the categories of forensic general, forensic digital, forensic accounting, forensic psychological, forensic chemical, biology and physics, they said. A […]
442 new Covid-19 cases in Delhi, positivity rate dips to 0.55 pc
The active cases tally on Tuesday dropped to 4,562 from 4,689 the previous day Delhi recorded 442 fresh COVID-19 cases and 12 new fatalities on Tuesday, while the city’s positivity rate came down to 0.55 per cent, authorities said. The infection tally in the city stood at over 6.27 lakh and the death toll mounted […]
High ammonia in Yamuna: NGT asks CPCB to identify sources
The NGT appointed Yamuna Monitoring Committee has asked the CPCB to identify point sources of pollution leading to high levels of ammonia in the river in Delhi and submit a report by 10 January The directions from the two-member green panel came after the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) alleged that Haryana has not yet stopped […]