Pollution levels spiked to severe levels in Delhi with thick haze blanketing the city on Tuesday, reducing visibility drastically and affecting flights and trains, prompting Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to describe the national capital as a "gas chamber".
Delhiites woke up to a rain soaked pleasant morning on Thursday which brought down the temperature to 22.4 Celsius, six notches below the season's average.
The Delhi high court has termed Blueline buses as "killer" and held them responsible for most of the accidental deaths in the capital.
Delhiites continued to shiver for another day on Monday with the minimum temperature dipping to 2.3 degree Celsius, the second lowest recorded this season.
"The travel time from AIIMS to Hauzkhas is just few minutes on the usual day but today it took over an hour to cover the distance," Sarita, a business executive with a private firm said.
The latest list of richest Indians, compiled by Forbes magazine, has named 23 billionaires from Mumbai. Delhi accounts for only 12 such people. Among top five richest Indians living in India, two are from Mumbai and two from Delhi. But, Mumbaikars enjoy higher ranks than the Delhiites.
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Even before becoming chief minister, Kejriwal was being guarded by a bunch of volunteers. Some of these volunteers accompany Kejriwal wherever he goes even now and are also equipped with walkie-talkies.
The lifting of the heat-trapping cloud cover over Delhi coupled with the icy northerly winds sweeping the city resulted in the minimum temperature plummetting to 3.6 degree Celsius, three notches below normal.
Delhiites continued to shiver under severe cold wave conditions as they woke up to a foggy morning on Friday with the minimum temperature plunging below 5 degree Celsius.
There was some respite for Delhiites from intense cold wave conditions on Thursday with the minimum temperature climbing over 5 degree Celsius for the first time this week even as fog forced delay of some flights.
Though the fog reduced the runway visibility range to around 900 mt, the air traffic at the Indira Gandhi International Airport remained unaffected and all flights operated on schedule.
The Representative of India in the Palestinian National Authority, Zikrur Rahman, said that the mission has been constantly in touch with all the Indian nationals living in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
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There is some good news for Delhiites. The report on the registrations of births and deaths shows a marginal increase in the city's sex ratio. The report states that in 2007, there are 831 females per 1000 males in the city as opposed to only 822 females per 1000 males in 2005. However, this is a significant improvement when compared to the 2001 statistics, when there were only 809 females per 1000 males in Delhi.
Normal life was thrown out of gear in Delhi as irate traders torched buses, caused traffic jams and clashed with the police on Wednesday, stepping up their protests against sealing of unauthorised shops.
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Fandom of Kejriwal, who led the AAP to a scintillating win in the February 8 polls bagging 62 of the 70 seats, was visible as people chose innovative ways to express their sentiments at the venue that was transformed into a sea of colours as the crowd waved party flags and the tricolours.
President Ram Nath Kovind appointed Kejriwal as the CM of Delhi. The President has also appointed six MLAs -- Manish Sisodia, Satyendar Jain, Gopal Rai, Kailash Gehlot, Imran Hussain and Rajendra Gautam -- as ministers of the Delhi government following the advice of the CM.
Maximum temperature at around 8 am on Monday was 18.1 degree Celsius, three degree Celsius below normal. On Sunday it was 18.7 degree Celsius.
No disturbance in air traffic has been reported due to weather conditions.
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People living in Delhi should be more concerned about pollution levels rather than hosting a cricket match, said former India opener Gautam Gambhir.
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In the morning, Bharatiya Janata Party MPs Ranjan Bhatt and Hari Om Singh Rathore availed the 'MP special bus service' to reach Parliament.
Delhiites were spared by fog for the second day on Wednesday as the minimum temperature in the capital hovered around the seven degree Celsius mark.
The Aam Aadmi Party government has delivered on its big ticket poll promises made to Delhi, two weeks after forming the government.
The national capital is facing the worst smog in 17 years, the Centre for Science and Environment had said on Thursday.
Police resorted to baton charges and fired tear gas shells to disperse the protesters.
The tremor was recorded at 0947 IST off the west coast of Great Nicobar Islands, the meteorological department said in New Delhi.
Air travellers were the most relieved by the clear conditions, as flight operations, which were suspended for three hours on Tuesday due to heavy fog, were normal.
Fears of the Congress not having a credible face, after the death of its three-time chief minister Sheila Dikshit last July, and ceding its vote bank to the Aam Aadmi Party came true with the Arvind Kejriwal-led party capturing the space once occupied by the grand old party.
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The chief minister said the Delhi government was implementing from November 19 its decision to reserve 80 per cent of ICU beds in private hospitals for COVID-19 patients.
