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Kailash Gahlot was on Saturday nominated as a member of the BJP's Delhi Assembly election coordination committee. Gahlot, an MLA from Najafgarh seat in West Delhi, stepped down as Transport minister in the Delhi government, and also resigned from the primary membership of the AAP on November 17. Next day he joined the BJP.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Chef Gaggan Anand calls his travels around the world his “best R&D". For him, travelling is less about checking off touristy places, and more about discovering new tastes, flavours and ingredients.

Rishabh Pant offers will trigger a bidding war for him in Sunday's IPL mega auction in Jeddah and the wicketkeeper batter could smash the Rs 25 crore barrier, reckoned former India batter Suresh Raina. Kolkata Knight Riders shelled out Rs 24.75 crore to acquire the services of Australian pacer Mitchell Starc ahead of IPL 2024, the highest in the tournament's history so far, and Raina felt it could be broken this time.

air quality index (AQI) reached 420, placing the city firmly in the 'severe' category. This concerning dip follows a brief respite from the hazardous air pollution that has plagued the capital for weeks.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Delhi, and all of North India, is under a smog blanket. The Air Quality Index (AQI) has been steadily increasing, and most days is in in the ‘severe’ category.

Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai inspected the Narela-Singhu border to see the implementation of stage IV of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP), which enforces a ban on the operation of Delhi-registered BS-IV and below diesel-operated medium goods vehicles (MGVs) and heavy goods vehicles (HGVs), except for essential services. Speaking to media persons, Gopal Rai highlighted the AAP government's efforts to mitigate air pollution in the city. «The AAP government is continuously working to mitigate the level of pollution in Delhi. Entry has been banned for those vehicles that cause pollution, as Grap 4 is implemented. Today, we have received several complaints that vehicles are being allowed to enter Delhi without proper checking; hence I am here to inspect the same,» Gopal Rai said.

Narayani Gupta gathered where else but at the India International Centre for the release of a Festschrift on her. It is a measure of the calibre of the audience that most of them knew the meaning of that Germanic word so beloved of academics and applauded appreciatively as the book was unveiled. For the uninitiated, a Festschrift, literally 'celebration writing', is a collection of essays published in honour of a scholar and presented to them at a landmark event such as retirement or birthday. As the contributors are usually that scholar's peers and friends, such volumes are also called liber amicorum or 'book of friends'. It inevitably has a virtual avatar nowadays too called Webfestschrift, and if published after a scholar's death the compilation is called a Gedenkschrift. The Germanic overtone notwithstanding, Festschrifts are fairly commonplace in academic circles around the world, although initially there were more of these for luminaries in the field of sciences rather than humanities. Now such epistolary toasts are routinely brought out on poets and legal eagles (in India, Keki Daruwala and Nani Palkhivala come to mind), administrators and conservationists, economists and librarians, diplomats and theologians, even journalists.

As a Tsinghua University graduate student in Beijing, I couldn't help but reflect on how the city had faced a similar crisis not too long ago. Its infamous 'airpocalypse' seemed overwhelming. Yet, Beijing transformed its skies from grey to blue, setting a compelling blueprint for reform. Cities like Beijing — and London — have shown that with political will, change is possible. Beijing reduced PM2.5 levels by over 50% between 2013 and 2017. A 3-year action plan, 'Blue Sky War', targeted pollution at its source. Coal consumption was reduced through cleaner natural gas, shutting down coal-fired plants and relocating polluting industries. Stricter emission standards were enforced for vehicles and factories, alongside aggressive EV promotion and public transport subsidies.

Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women here, Saxena said, «I am happy today that Delhi's CM is a woman, and I can confidently say that she is a thousand times better than her predecessor.» While making the comment, he took a glance at Atishi who also addressed the students. The AAP and BJP have been at loggerheads over a range of issues, including governance and control of bureaucracy. Kejriwal tendered his resignation in September and said he would seek a «certificate of honesty» from the public in light of the corruption charges he faced. Atishi succeeded him as the chief minister.

defamation case against Delhi Chief Minister Atishi. Special Judge Vishal Gogne stayed till further orders the proceedings before a magisterial court, which had summoned Atishi on a complaint filed by a BJP leader accusing her of defaming him. The special court passed the order on an application filed by Atishi, who had challenged the magisterial court order summoning her in the case. «It is directed that the proceedings before the trial court shall remain stayed till further orders. List for submissions on December 2, 2024,» Judge Gogne said.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. This meet-cute goes back more than a decade. Gursi Singh was walking around the lanes of south Delhi’s Hauz Khas village, taking a break from designing the decor for a friend’s café, when he stumbled upon a store with a sign that read “Love Birds".

TeamLease EdTech Career Outlook Report HY2 (July-December 2024) said. Deeper market penetration in rural and semi-urban areas, fuelled by the rapid growth of the food processing industry – which is projected to double from $263 billion in 2019-20 to $535 billion by 2025-26, with a CAGR of 12.6% – is driving this spike. Key product segments like dairy, RTE (ready-to-eat) foods, frozen meat and snacks are creating job roles in supply chain and market research, the report said.

Previously, the top court directed Delhi and all the governments in the National Capital Region (NCR) to strictly implement GRAP stage IV anti-pollution measures as AQI (Air Quality Index) remains in the «severe» category. A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Augustine George Masih also directed Delhi-NCR states to constitute immediate teams for monitoring actions which are required under it.

Real estate brokerage firm Moneytree realty is expecting a 30% growth in sale value with residential and commercial real estate continues to do well. The company, which has set a target of Rs 500 crore in the first year of operation, is expected to close the year at Rs 750 crore and then touch Rs 1,000 crore in 2025. The company has tied up with leading developers in Delhi-NCR, Goa and Mumbai and banking on the boom in the residential segment to drive the growth.

Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear AAP leader Manish Sisodia's pleas seeking relaxation of bail conditions which require him to report to the investigating officer on every Monday and Thursday in the corruption and money laundering cases related to Delhi excise policy. A bench of Justices B R Gavai and K V Viswanathan issued notices to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) seeking their responses on Sisodia's applications. On August 9, the apex court had granted him bail in the corruption and money laundering cases linked to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam, saying long incarceration for 17 months without trial had deprived him of his right to speedy trial.

Seema Devi and Suman Hooda of the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) in Outer North District in Delhi, located and rescued 104 missing children over the past nine months. Their efforts took them across remote areas in Haryana, Bihar, and Uttar Pradesh, where they faced numerous obstacles, including language barriers, unfamiliar locations, and the challenge of families not having recent photographs of the children. Despite these difficulties, they reunited these children with their families.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. As the air quality index breaches hazardous levels all over the region, residents of Delhi-NCR and other major cities are working from home, while schools have already moved to online classes. Outdoor activities that usually rise in winter months, including dining out and shopping in high-street shopping districts, have fallen across major cities.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. No incentive, won’t buy. That appears to be the message coming through from dismayed consumers in Delhi after the state government failed to renew road tax and registration benefits on electric cars and two wheelers this September.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The US indictment of billionaire Gautam Adani in a $250 million bribery case could set the stage for a lengthy legal process involving a multi-jurisdictional defence.

winter session of Parliament starting on Monday. The five new draft legislations include the one to set up a cooperative university. The pending bills include the Waqf (Amendment) Bill which has been listed for consideration and passage after the joint committee of the two Houses submits its report to Lok Sabha. The panel is mandated to submit its report on the last day of the first week of the winter session. The session concludes on December 20.

The prominent pollutant was PM2.5-fine particles with a diameter of 2.5 micrometers or less, roughly the width of a human hair. These particles can penetrate deep into the lungs and enter the bloodstream, posing significant health risks, according to the Central Pollution Control Board.