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Container Corporation of India (CONCOR) will be excluded from the derivatives segment, effective September 29, NSE said in a circular late Friday. The existing contracts of expiry months July, August and September would continue to be available for trading till their respective expiry and new strikes would also be introduced in the existing contract months, the exchange said. “However, no contracts will be available for trading in the security with effect from September 29,” NSE said.

Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday appealed to people of the city not to take selfies or swim in flooded areas as it could be fatal and said the threat of floods was not over yet. His appeal came a day after three boys drowned in a ditch while bathing in floodwaters in northwest Delhi's Mukundpur Chowk area. «Reports are coming from several places that some people are going to play or swim or take selfies or shoot videos in waterlogged places.

PWD Minister Atishi on Saturday directed the chief secretary to ensure that all amenities are provided to people sheltered in relief camps.Marooned locals residing on the banks of the Yamuna were evacuated and shifted to relief camps after the river breached the danger mark, resulting in water spilling over and flooding several parts of the national capital. The PWD minister said since Friday, there have been complaints of inadequate facilities at the relief camps, adding that the people sheltered there claimed a shortage of water, inadequate toilets, electricity and poor quality of food.

Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday urged all not to take selfies or swim in flooded areas. He pointed out the flood threats are not over yet. His appeal came a day after three boys drowned in a ditch while bathing in floodwaters in northwest Delhi's Mukundpur Chowk area.

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Saturday removed speed restrictions on metro trains that were imposed while crossing metro bridges over Yamuna due to increased water levels which caused the flood-like situation in the national capital. “Speed restriction imposed while crossing Metro bridges over Yamuna has been removed. All trains are running at normal speed now," DMRC said in a tweet.

national highways, bridges, residential areas in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand on Friday. Situation continues to remain tensed as many parts of the state continues to receive rainfall on Saturday. Chamoli district of Uttarakhand received rainfall-triggered landslide, which resulted in the shut down of Badrinath National Highway in Uttarakhand.

As per officials, dozens of vehicles were left stuck on both sides of the road. District disaster management officer, Uttarkashi, Devendra Patwal, said that the Yamunotri Highway 123 was blocked due to heavy debris near Chami. «National Highway's JCB has left for the spot.

Rahul Gandhi launched a verbal attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's silence on Manipur and further alleged that Rafale gets him a ticket to Bastille Day Parade. Rahul also questioned the lack of response of Modi on the ongoing situation in Manipur. Taking to Twitter, Gandhi said, “Manipur burns.

Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said that the first jammed gate of the ITO Barrage has been opened. He informed the gate opening operation took nearly 20 hours after a diving team extracted the silt from under the water with a compressor. "After nearly 20 hours of non-stop toil, the first jammed gate of the ITO Barrage has been opened.

Arvind Kejriwal thanked the Indian Army's Engineer regiment for opening the ITO barrage after working for 20 hours without any break. Soon after Delhi CM tweeted praising Army's work, BJP's Amit Malviya criticised Kejriwal for only tweeting to take credit instead of doing any work.

PTI citing sources at Delhi airports, the incident occurred on flight 6E 5605, and upon landing at Delhi airport, Hussain was handed over to security personnel. Authorities have filed an FIR (First Information Report) against him in connection with the incident. The unruly behaviour of the flyer caused panic among other passengers, crew and the pilot-in-command, the sources said.

After breaking all records in past few days flowing at a historic 208.66 metres mark, Yamuna river has begun receding to its normal level at a steady pace. Yamuna water level was recorded at 207.98 metres at the Old Railway Bridge at 11 pm on Friday, the official data of Central Water Commission (CWC) show.  "Today at 8 PM, 57363 cusecs water was discharged from Hathni Kund Barrage. As per the latest forecast issued by Central Water Commission (CWC) on July 14 at 11:30 AM, the water level at Old Railway Bridge (ORB) is expected to be at 208.05 Metres on July 14 between 10:00 PM to 12:00 AM and thereafter, it is likely to decrease," according to an official statement.

Delhi close to it, the swollen Yamuna on Saturday morning followed a downward trend, albeit at a slow pace of a few centimetres per hour. However, it is still flowing over two metres above the danger mark of 205.33 metres. The situation could worsen if weather predictions of more rain in the capital and upper catchment areas come true. According to the Central Water Commission's flood-monitoring portal, the Yamuna water level declined to 207.62 metres by 7 am on Saturday from its peak of 208.66 metres at 8 pm on Thursday. With the flow rate from the Hathnikund Barrage in Haryana's Yamunanagar decreasing over the past two days, further decline is expected. The India Meteorological Department (IMD), however, anticipated moderate rain in the city over the next two days and «heavy to very heavy» rainfall over Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh during the next five days, raising concern about a rise in the water level in the river. In the case of more rain in Delhi, experts said, stormwater may overflow and take longer than usual to drain out. Waterlogging could compound the situation further. Friday marked a turning point as the raging Yamuna and the resulting backflow of foul-smelling water from drains spilled into prominent locations such as the Supreme Court, Raj Ghat, and the bustling intersection at ITO.

Yamuna began flowing back on Friday, according to the report by the Hindustan Times. Water in at alteast half a dozen drains back flowed, creating pools of muddy and stinking water. Yesterday the lieutenant governor’s office and the elected government led by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal clashed over Drain Number 12.

Also read: Discount on tomatoes: How to get tomatoes at cheaper prices in Delhi The situation is expected to worsen with the continuous rainfall in the coming 3-4 days. Major roads at ITO and other low-lying areas near Yamuna remained flooded late on Friday night. This created huge inconvenience for commuters.

Companies such as Zomato, Swiggy and Zepto are providing monetary incentives to delivery personnel and associates. Those who brave the weather during the monsoons also get free raincoats and other rain gear. Most delivery personnel are already covered under medical and accidental insurance. Deliveries have increased in Delhi and the rest of the National Capital Region as most people avoid stepping out of their homes due to the rains, said executives at these companies. «Impact of the rains has led to a surge in orders with people resorting to a work-from-home setup in the region,» said Vikas Sharma, chief operating officer at grocery delivery platform Zepto. «We have seen the app's traffic increase by 10-15% in the last two weeks,» he said. Zepto riders in 10 cities including the NCR are neither shown the estimated time for deliveries nor are they penalised for any delay. "...we are also giving an additional incentive to delivery boys, called a 'rain fee'," Sharma said.

Wholesale tomato prices eased in the national capital after the government stepped in to ensure the arrival of fresh supplies from Karnataka, but other vegetables have become dearer following disruptions, signalling continued pressure on household food costs. In Delhi's key Azadpur mandi, the wholesale price of tomatoes was hovering at ₹80-100 per kg, traders said Friday, compared with ₹160 per kg at the peak last week. The Centre on Wednesday directed the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation (Nafed) and the National Cooperative Consumers Federation (NCCF) to get tomatoes from Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra for distribution in major consumption centres where retail prices have spiked. The arrival of tomatoes from Bengaluru has increased in Delhi.

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₹40 kg in June to more than ₹200 earlier his week in the capital. In fact, retail prices of perishables, especially vegetables, have risen steeply in northern India after heavy rainfall in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Punjab, Mint reported earlier. As a result, vegetable prices have surged 25-100%; in some cases, consumers are facing a shortage of a variety of vegetables.

₹180 per kg, even touching ₹280 a kg for some varieties, up from ₹20–30 a kg on 24 June. In many other cities and states, including Tamil Nadu and Kerala, tomatoes now cost over ₹180 a kg. Due to floods and damage to crops in the plains of Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab, the regular supply of tomatoes to Delhi may remain disrupted for some time.

The Union health ministry has sounded the alarm on a vector-borne disease outbreak with record rainfall in North India creating a favourable breeding ground for disease-carrying mosquitoes. It is putting out advisories to states and Union Territories (UTs) to collaborate with the respective civic agencies and take prompt action.