Even as air quality data showed Delhi didn't record a single good air day in 2023-this last happened in 2018-the Supreme Court read the riot act to agencies responsible for governance and law and order in the national capital for their failure to implement the ban on the sale and use of firecrackers. Meanwhile, a political slugfest has broken out over the state of the Yamuna, on the eve of the Chhath festival. What connects the state of Delhi's air and its river is the attitude of the city administration and citizens towards both.
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BOTH ALLIANCES UNVEIL WELFARE SCHEMES DAYS BEFORE VOTING
PUNE/MUMBAI: The two major alliances in poll-bound Maharashtra made key welfare promises on Tuesday, as campaigning for the November 20 assembly elections kicked into high gear.
This is how seniors can access AVV health cover
NEW DELHI: On 29 October, the union government expanded the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) to provide free health insurance to all citizens aged 70 and above, regardless of income.
L&T boosts AI, data centre push with E2E Networks deal
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Larsen & Toubro Ltd's (L&T) investment in listed artificial intelligence (AI) cloud platform provider E2E Networks could speed up the engineering major's offerings in the data centres and AI space by 18-30 months, as it gives the company access to E2E's existing AI cloud platform.
SEBI'S CONTENT SCAN MAY RAISE COSTS FOR DIGITAL PLATFORMS
MUMBAI: Regulated entities should prepare for higher expenses if the proposed framework by the Indian capital market regulator for recognizing specified digital platforms (SDPs) is implemented, according to experts.
Dixville Notch splits presidential vote 3-3
DIXVILLE NOTCH, US: Voters in the US hamlet of Dixville Notch launched Election Day in the first minutes of Tuesday with a tied vote, mirroring the incredibly close national polls in the White House race.
Need political will to fight Delhi pollution
Three news reports in this newspaper on Tuesday need to be read together to realise why Delhi is increasingly becoming an unliveable city.
Canadian crisis, India's headache
Ottawa must wake up to the pro-Khalistan threat to its own internal security and relations with secular democracies such as India
JAISHANKAR, OZ FOREIGN MINISTER REVIEW STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
NEW DELHI: India and Australia reviewed their comprehensive strategic partnership on Tuesday as external affairs minister S Jaishankar and his Australian counterpart Penny Wong explored ways to deepen cooperation in key areas such as defence, security and trade.
PADMA BHUSHAN AWARDEE SINGER SHARDA SINHA, 72, DIES AT AIIMS
NEW DELHI: Popular folk singer Sharda Sinha, who was undergoing treatment at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, died on Tuesday night.
CONG COMMITTED TO CARRYING OUT NATIONAL CASTE CENSUS: RAHUL
HYDERABAD: Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that Congress was committed to carrying out a nation-wide caste census and demolishing the 50% ceiling on reservations in the country.
