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Heatwave in Delhi predicted to intensify from Wednesday, predicts IMD
•According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), no relief is in sight for at least a week.
Delhi: At least 7 killed, 30 houses gutted after fire breaks out in shanties in Gokulpuri area
•Police, who received the new of the mishap around 1 am, said, 13 fire-tenders were rushed to the site that brought the fire under control by 4 am
South Delhi Municipal Corporation disallows religious attire in its schools
•The SDMC runs primary schools up to class 5 and around 2.5 lakh students study in about 568 SDMC primary schools
1,100 academicians, intellectuals support Citizenship Amendment Act, 'congratulate' Parliament for 'upholding civilisational ethos of India'
Fp Staff •Even as the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests continued across the nation on Saturday, with the death toll in demonstrations rising to six in Uttar Pradesh and arrests in Delhi and detentions in Maharashtra, 1,100 academicians, scholars and intellectuals from various universities of India released a statement in support of the Act.
Delhi adds 496 new COVID cases, highest since 4 June; positivity rate rises to 0.89%
Fp Staff •The surge in Omicron infections and COVID cases in the past two days have forced the Delhi government to sound a 'yellow alert' in the capital
Yellow alert issued in Delhi amid rising COVID-19 cases: Schools and cinemas to shut, public transport to run at 50% seating capacity
Fp Staff •The restrictions come following Delhi's biggest single-day spike in infections in six months on Monday, with 331 new cases
Fire breaks out in Parliament premises ahead of Day 3 of Winter Session
Fp Staff •According to Delhi fire department, the fire broke out in Room number 59 of Parliament at around 8 am, however, the fire has been brought under control
Delhi's air quality index in 'very poor' category; expected to improve from 29 Nov
•The air quality in the national capital has remained in the 'very poor' or the 'severe' category on most days in November so far.
Delhi: 17 hurt, five houses damaged after LPG cylinder explodes in Azadpur
Fp Staff •The explosion took place on the third floor of a building while a cylinder was being changed. It not only led to the collapse of the roof and walls but also impacted four other houses on the second floor
Delhi's air quality likely to enter severe’ category due to Diwali, stubble burning, says study
•Under the zero firecracker emission scenario, Delhi's PM2.5 concentration is predicted to be in the upper end of the 'very poor' category from November 4 to November 6.