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Delhi’s air quality plummeted to the “severe plus” category on Friday morning, a stage at which all emergency measures, including a ban on polluting trucks, commercial four-wheelers, and all types of construction, are mandated to be initiated and enforced in the National Capital Region.

Season of smog begins with air quality index near worst possible level of 500 and little apparent progress in controlling annual poisonous blight on life

Yesterday was a hectic day for the media in Delhi. Reporters and camera crews camped out for hours at the Enforcement Directorate office in New Delhi’s Parivartan Bhawan, waiting for the arrival of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who had been summoned by the central agency for questioning in the…

The air quality in several parts of Delhi reeled under the ‘severe’ category on the morning of November 3

3,000 Andhra Pradesh employees to join protest in Delhi on Nov 3, called by AISGEF. Demands include abolition of New Pension Scheme, filling vacant posts, ban on privatisation, regularisation of contract employees, release of 18 months' DA. #AISGEF #AndhraPradesh #PensionScheme #Privatisation #DA

Researchers in Bengaluru and New Delhi disproved a decades-long dogma that Vitamin B12 absorption only occurs in the small intestine. Using an innovative method, they found that absorption also occurs in the large intestine, which could explain why Vitamin B12 deficiency is not as high as expected in India. The…

Opp. Congress & ruling BJP accuse each other of looting Madhya Pradesh, drawing parallels with Sholay characters. Congress said Kamal Nath & Digvijaya Singh's bond akin to Jai-Veeru. CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan said Jai-Veeru fighting over "plundered booty". Nath termed Chouhan "Gabbar Singh".

Indian cities are always in a state of flux, often edging out old landmarks and heritage buildings. But now artists on social media are documenting these disappearing cityscapes  

After skipping the ED summons to appear before the Agency in Delhi, CM Arvind Kejriwal proceeded to Madhya Pradesh for campaigning. Read further on Dynamite News:

Court sends NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha & HR head Amit Chakravarty to judicial custody till December 1 in UAPA case. Police sought fresh custodial interrogation & conducted raids at 88 locations in Delhi & 7 other states. 300 electronic gadgets seized, 46 individuals questioned.

The meetings in New Delhi are also expected to cover China and the South Asian neighbourhood — where there have been a number of recent developments.