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air pollution is linked to growing respiratory ailments in India, experts have said and urged the government to bring a policy limiting the number of cars per family and restricting the number of vehicles plying on roads at a time. On the sidelines of the 25th National Conference on Pulmonary Diseases (NAPCON-2023), organised by the Indian Chest Society here, Dr Rakesh K Chawla, the chairman of Pulmonology and Critical Care at Jaipur Golden Hospital, said air pollution has short-term as well as long-term effects on health.

Delhi Municipal Corporation or MCD. Singapore's High Commissioner to India, Simon Wong, in a social media post today morning highlighted a spelling error in the name of his country on a signboard installed near the high commission. Mr Wong, likely discovered the gaffe while on his morning walk, took to X and asked the MCD to do a 'spell check' before installing the signage. His post included a picture of signage, which had wrongly mentioned the spelling of his country as Singapur.

Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a bail plea of former Delhi minister Satyendar Kumar Jain in a money laundering case lodged against him. A bench of Justice A S Bopanna and Justice Bela M Trivedi will continue hearing the petition of Satyendar Jain and co-accused Ankush Jain.

Accor plans to open 30 new properties in India in the next three to five years to tap the huge potential here, according to its Senior Vice President Operations, India and South Asia, Puneet Dhawan. The hotel chain, which has nine brands in India out of 40 from its global portfolio, will also consider introducing more brands in the country to cater to different segments of customers here.

BJP is set to launch a special minority outreach programme — Alpsankhyak Sneh Samvad — in the run-up to the 2024 general election, under which it will organise a series of closed-door meetings in each Lok Sabha constituency from December. The decision was taken after a meeting of the BJP Minority Morcha in Delhi on Thursday. During the meeting a detailed presentation was made about the programme and its objectives, said party functionaries. In the past the BJP has run similar campaigns, such as Pashmanda Muslim outreach, Modi Mitra and Sufi Samvad. People from the minority communities who cannot join the party because of their professional or government job but like PM Modi are given Modi Mitra certificate by the minority morcha. The new outreach programme has been planned to take this a step further and try to convince a section of voters which are considered to be against the BJP. The theme of the outreach program will be 'Santushtikaran' (satisfaction) by Sabka Sath Sabka Vikas. The words have been chosen carefully as the BJP accuses the opposition parties of «tushtikaran» (appeasement) politics. Minority morcha leaders will spend time among the community members and highlight the fact that the BJP stands for collective justice and appeasement of none. For the outreach, the entire country has been divided into six clusters and a team will be formed in each cluster to conduct the programme.

South Africa posted a huge score of 428 runs against Sri Lanka in its opening match for ICC World Cup 2023 which is being played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. The team was able to set the target for Sri Lanka when all the players, Quinton de Kock, Rassie van der Dussen and Aiden Markram, scored centuries leading the total score to 428 for five.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will leave for New Delhi on Monday to participate in the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, which is likely to discuss the party's strategy for the upcoming elections. The chief minister during the visit is also likely to meet few union ministers and would discuss various projects concerning Karnataka.

The recent upsurge in luxury housing sales can be attributed to various factors, including the pandemic. Lockdowns and the rise of the work-from-home concept underscored the importance of expansive, better homes and self-sufficient apartment complexes. These complexes offer residents a wide range of facilities, from shopping to entertainment, says Nayan Raheja of Raheja Developers Limited.

Suella Braverman has cautioned his niece about some of her language around immigration and urged her not to forget that she herself is a child of migrants. According to a report in 'The Times' on Saturday, Father Ayres Fernandes told the newspaper from India that he sees the need to clamp down on illegal immigration. However, the director of a retreat centre in Okhla said there was a need for more compassion towards refugees and asylum seekers.

Vivek Tyagi, an alleged close associate of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sanjay Singh, on Saturday arrived at the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) office in connection with the Delhi Excise Policy case. The three associates of Singh to have been summoned by the central agency on Saturday are are Vivek Tyagi, Sarvesh Mishra and Kanwarbir Singh. On Friday, Sarvesh Mishra arrived at the ED office saying, «Truth will triumph». The probe agency has alleged that Sarvesh received Rs 2 crore on two occasions on behalf of Singh at the latter's residence. Tyagi, the personal assistant of the AAP MP, was allegedly offered a stake in the business interest of the accused Amit Arora's firm Aralias Hospitality. The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday arrested Singh after day-long questioning at his Delhi residence. The Rouse Avenue Court on Thursday sent Singh to ED remand till Octobe in connection with the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy case.

₹70,000 crore in foreign investment, with an additional ₹25,000 crore expected soon. “The unstable and erratic tax environment will impact not only online gaming sector, but the entire start-up sector," the minister said. Last month, Mint reported that the government is in process of sending out retrospective GST claims as high as ₹1.5 trillion across the entire gaming industry, claiming real-money gaming firms to qualify under gambling.

LIVE action with Mint here.Heinrich Klaasen has played 41 ODIs so far and scored 1,323 runs with an average of 41.34. His highest score so far is 174. The keeper-batter has scored three centuries so far.Quinton de Kock is at the top, then Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller in the middle order.

Also Read: Delhi's air quality on upswing, likely to enter 'poor' category soon The air quality in the city reached the "poor" category on Friday for the first time in 114 days. This hadn't occurred since June 14 when the AQI was recorded at 213. Experts have cautioned that the situation is expected to worsen as winter approaches and the burning of paddy in agricultural states like Punjab and Haryana increases.

Air India said in a social media post on X. After being fully acquired by Tata Sons in January 2022, Air India underwent this rebranding.

New Delhi: The implementation of 28% goods and service tax (GST) on online gaming, horse racing and casinos will informally figure in discussions at Saturday’s GST Council meeting as the Centre is keen to see the new regime takes effect without hassles, said a person informed about Centre-state discussions. The idea is to see how far states have put their legislative changes in place for the contentious tax regime change which had dragged for several months before a divided GST Council cleared the new regime at its meeting on 2 August.

NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and human resources department head Amit Chakravarty in police custody in a case lodged under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) on Friday came under scanner in the Delhi High Court, which said there appeared to be something missing as the order was apparently passed without hearing their counsel. Justice Tushar Rao Gedela said a relief cannot be granted at this stage as the court has to hear the counsel for police, and listed the matter for further hearing on October 9 as the first case.

Raghav Chadha may lose the Type VII government bungalow allotted to him, as a Delhi court on October 6 reportedly lifted the interim stay imposed on the dispossession order issued by the Rajya Sabha (RS) Secretariat earlier this year. The RS Secretariat had in March sent a notice to Chadha to vacate the Type VII bungalow allotted at Pandara Road, New Delhi, in July 2022. In its place, another bungalow of a relatively lower grade was to be allotted to him.

₹300-1,000 on every ticket beginning 6 October. SpiceJet is also planning a fuel surcharge, an airline executive said. “Fares were already trending higher for the festive months of October and November due to high travel demand.

Enforcement Directorate (ED) before a Delhi court on Friday why it has not made businessman Gaurav Dalmia and his wife Sharmila accused in a money laundering case lodged against him. The agency has alleged that Rai, who cheated several people by claiming himself to be close to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), senior bureaucrats and politicians, «duped» Gaurav Dalmia and his family to the tune of Rs 12 crore by instilling in him a fear of arrest in an ongoing investigation by the ED.