Mumbai: India’s active Covid-19 cases on Friday went up for the first time in 48 days, an indication that the country might be seeing a resurgence of the infection post the festival season. With the onset of winter in northern India, the new infection numbers are expected to go up, experts said. The number of … Read more
“We will celebrate Diwali together. But we will not burst crackers at any cost,” Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday. As the air quality in Delhi dropped to the ‘severe’ zone, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal urged people to avoid bursting firecrackers this Diwali. Addressing a webcast on Thursday, Kejriwal said the rising air pollution … Read more
The smog tower at Connaught Place is in addition to the Central government’s smog tower coming up in Anand Vihar. As the air quality in the national capital turned “poor” earlier this week, the Delhi government on Friday decided to install a smog tower at Connaught Place, one of the main business centres in the … Read more
The move, the statement added, would help the hotel industry generate more employment. In a major push to the hotel and restaurant industries, the Delhi govt on Wednesday allowed all restaurants in the national capital to operate 24 hours of the day, the Indian Express reported. Before this decision comes into force, the restaurants and … Read more