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INDIA AND ASEAN TIE-UP CRUCIAL TO TACKLE CURRENT ISSUES, SAYS EAM

India and ASEAN are major demographics and their collaboration can be crucial in tackling contemporary issues, ensuring food and health security and addressing political challenges in the shared region like Myanmar, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Friday.

Experts raise concerns over key world leaders skipping COP29

Major world powers including the US, China, and India have not sought speaking slots for their heads of state or government at the upcoming UN Climate Conference (COP29) World Leaders Climate Action Summit, scheduled for November 12-13 in Baku, Azerbaijan, indicating high-profile absences that climate experts see as a worrying sign.

Climate extremes marred most of 2024, finds study

India experienced unprecedented weather extremes through most of 2024, with extreme events occurring on 93% of days during the first nine months of the year, according to a comprehensive report released on Friday by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE).

New innovations in focus at Orthopaedic conference

We are going to start with two or three more centres in Delhi and then go on expanding. DR PUSHPINDER SINGH BAJAJ, ISKSAA president and chairman and managing director, Centre for Sports Injury

COURT RESERVES VERDICT IN 1984 RIOTS CASE AGAINST CONGRESS LEADER

A Delhi court on Friday reserved verdict in an alleged murder case connected to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, in which former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar is an accused.

Man, 27, arrested for raping 14-yr-old niece

The Delhi Police has arrested a 27-year-old man from the Kalindi Kunj area for allegedly raping his 14-year-old niece, officers aware of the matter said on Friday.

PWD TO INSTALL NINE SOLAR TREES IN DELHI CANTT AT ₹10LAKH A PIECE

The Public Works Department (PWD) plans to install nine solar trees in the Delhi Cantonment area with each unit expected to cost more than 10 lakh.

Arbitrary orders affected city health centres: DGHS

THE BLACKLISTING ORDERS ARE PARTLY TO BE BLAMED FOR SHORTAGE OF MEDICINES IN GOVERNMENT-RUN HEALTH FACILITIES, OFFICIALS SAID

Boy slips into open drain, dies

A 13-year-old boy, who was walking to a playground near his house in Rajendra Park Extension in west Delhi on Friday afternoon, slipped into an open drain and drowned, police officers probing the case said.

This way to Dilli Gate Qabristan

The Old Delhi encyclopedia

350K diyas, laser show in Dilli Deepotsav

{TO BE HELD ON NOV 13} ON LINES OF AYODHYA EVENT

BJP SEEKS AUDIT OF DELHI DISCOMS, CITES LOSSES BY TWO OF THEM

Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva on Friday said that he will meet lieutenant governor VK Saxena and demand an inquiry into the accounts of Delhi's power distribution companies from last 10 years, alleging that large-scale financial mismanagement was taking place in two companies.

'Volunteers are the biggest strength of AAP'

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener and former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said that volunteers are the biggest strength of his party, urging them to give the next two-three months to the AAP as part of preparations for the assembly polls, scheduled to be held early next year.

LG AND DDA ARE LYING ABOUT FELLING OF TREES, SAYS MINISTER

Delhi minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Friday said lieutenant governor (LG) VK Saxena and the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) have been \"lying\" and presenting \"inaccurate reports\" over the alleged felling of more than 1,600 trees in the Ridge area.

'50 ACs, II TVs': BJP hits out at Kejriwal

{INVENTORY OF 6, FLAG STAFF RD} FALSE ACCUSATIONS, SAYS AAP

SC questions process to allow tree-felling in city

The Supreme Court on Friday asked what checks and balances are in place before permission is given to chop trees in the Capital, as it set out to examine the functioning of the Delhi Tree Authority (DTA) and tree officers.

Cong flags off month-long Nyay Yatra from Rajghat

The Delhi Congress on Friday flagged off the month-long \"Delhi Nyay Yatra\" from Rajghat, which party leaders said will cover all 70 assembly constituencies in the Capital in four phases ahead of the elections.

Drones spraying mist new stunt to check bad air

The Delhi government on Friday tested \"drone-based mist spraying\" at Anand Vihar, one of the city's pollution hot spots, sending up a device with a capacity to hold as much water as a typical household water bucket.

Highest single-day rise in Pb farm fires

A day after the Union government increased the fine imposed on farmers for burning stubble, Punjab recorded the highest single-day spike with 730 cases on Friday, taking the state’s total farm fire count to 6,029.

Another hazy day in city, AQI dips further

FORECASTS SHOW THAT THE AIR QUALITY IS LIKELY TO STAY IN THE 'VERY POOR' CATEGORY TILL AT LEAST MONDAY

Witnessing the advent of modernity and country's changing social fabric

As HT marks 100 years, a look at centenarians whose lives have stood witness to India's transformation

VP Singh's 11-month tenure as PM ends, coalition govt falls

HT's report on collapse of National Front govt after losing confidence vote in Parliament

Trump names his campaign manager Susie Wiles as 1st female White House chief of staff

{FIRST APPOINTMENT} OF NEXT U.S. REGIME

Sting op films COP29 chief exec using post to ink fossil fuel deals

The chief executive of Azerbaijan's COP29 team used his position to explore potential fossil fuel deals with investors, the BBC reported on Friday, what a former UN climate chief called was a \"betrayal\" of the climate summit process.

Modi attacks Cong on caste in big Maha blitz

The Congress is attempting to divide the country and create rifts between different castes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday as he slammed the Opposition in his first rally for the upcoming Maharashtra elections and urged the electorate to remain united.

SC overrides 1967 Verdict that removed AMU's minority tag

The Supreme Court on Friday, by a 4-3 majority, overturned its 1967 decision in the Azeez Basha case that denied minority status for the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), holding that AMU's status would need to be reassessed based on principles and direction defined in the present judgment.

Bodies of 2 Jammu village guards killed by terrorists found

Nazir Ahmad and Kuldeep Kumar were abducted on Thursday when they were grazing their cattle

'MVA copying our welfare policies...people know this'

People have woken up to the false propaganda now... They have also understood that our govt can work for the welfare of all sections of society

Harris concedes election, 'but not the fight'; Biden urges calm

Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee for president, acknowledged that her Republican rival, Donald Trump, had won the 2024 elections. But she warned that while she was conceding the election, she wasn't conceding the fight for freedom \"that fuelled her campaign\".

Terrorists claim to kill two defence volunteers

Two Village Defence Guards (VDGs) went missing from the Kishtwar district of Jammu on Thursday with an offshoot of terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) claiming to have killed them and security forces launching a search operation to trace the two men.