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With Delhi's air quality index (AQI) a notch short of entering the "severe plus" category, a central panel on Thursday directed authorities to ban the plying of four-wheeled diesel light motor vehicles in Delhi and adjoining NCR districts and the entry of trucks into the capital as part of anti-pollution measures under the final stage of the Graded Response Action Plan.

Meta (formerly Facebook) India country head Ajit Mohan has quit from the company with immediate effect on November 3, according to new reports.

US to seek Iran's ouster from United Nation's top women's rights body

The United States announced Wednesday it will seek to oust Iran from the UN's premier global body fighting for gender equality because of its violation of the rights of women and girls and its ongoing crackdown on demonstrators who took to the streets in September after the death of a 22-year-old woman taken into custody by the morality police.

Vice-President Kamala Harris made the announcement of the US intention to work with other countries to remove Iran from the Commission on the Status of Women, saying no nation that abuses women's rights should play a role in any international or United Nations body charged with protecting these very same rights.

Russian invasion has uprooted 14 million Ukrainians: UN refugee chief

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has driven some 14 million Ukrainians from their homes in the fastest, largest displacement witnessed in decades, sparking an increase in the number of refugees and displaced people worldwide to more than 103 million, the UN refugee chief said Wednesday.

Filippo Grandi, who heads the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, told the UN Security Council that Ukrainians are about to face one of the world's harshest winters in extremely difficult circumstances, including the continuing destruction of civilian infrastructure that is quickly making the humanitarian response look like a drop in the ocean of needs.

Telangana minister K T Rama Rao asks BJP to refrain from violence

Condemning the attacks on the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) workers, Telangana Minister KT Rama Rao on Wednesday warned BJP to refrain from violence and said that physical attacks are not appropriate in a democracy.

Along with State Home Minister Mahmood Ali, KTR visited Mulugu ZP Chairman Kusuma Jagadish who was injured in the attack on Tuesday.

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Gujarat bridge tragedy: Search and recovery operations end, death toll 135

The Gujarat government on Thursday called off the five-day-long search operation launched after the collapse of a British-era suspension bridge on the Machchhu river in Morbi town of Gujarat and the death toll remained unchanged at 135, according to PTI. State Commissioner of Relief Harshad Patel visited Morbi, located around 300 km from the state capital Gandhinagar, and announced the end of the ongoing search operation, launched on Sunday evening soon after the suspension bridge came crashing down, said an official release. Patel chaired a meeting with heads of various agencies involved in the search and rescue operation and took a call to end the operation after reviewing the situation, it said.

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Air pollution: Noida schools told to hold online classes till Nov 8, says order

All schools in Noida, Greater Noida to hold classes online up to Class 8 till Nov 8 in view of increasing pollution in NCR: Official order

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Parents of school going children worried as quality of Delhi air deteriorates

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DRIISHYA conducts successful drone survey of Khanak mines

Drone Imaging and Information Services of Haryana Limited (DRIISHYA) has conducted a successful survey of Khanak mines using a fixed-wing drone, according to PTI.

 

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar was apprised by the officials here that DRIISHYA has done a successful survey of Khanak mines using a fixing wing drone for volumetric analysis in the mining areas of Bhiwani district, Dadam and Khanak.

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Delhi logs 65 new COVID-19 cases with 1.29 pc positivity rate

Delhi recorded 65 fresh COVID-19 cases on Thursday with a positivity rate of 1.29 per cent, according to data shared by the health department.

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Imran Khan undergoing surgery to remove bullet fragments; in stable condition now

Former Pakistan leader Imran Khan is undergoing surgery to remove bullet fragments after he was shot in the leg at a rally in eastern Punjab province. He is in stable condition. According to Bloomberg, a spokesman of Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party initially said there were two shooters at the scene. Local TV stations are broadcasting the alleged confession made by one of the attackers to the police. 

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"Keeping an eye...": India reacts after Imran Khan attacked during a rally in Pakistan's Punjab

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Delhi minister Gopal Rai calls high-level meet on Friday to discuss implementation of GRAP's final IV curbs

Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai will convene a high-level meeting on Friday to discuss the implementation of curbs on polluting activities under the final stage of the Graded Response Action Plan, officials said on Thursday. 

Delhi’s 24-hour average air quality index spiralled to 450, just a notch short of the “severe plus” category as the share of stubble burning in the national capital’s PM2.5 pollution soared to 38 per cent amid stagnant conditions and favourable transport-level wind speed.   

As Delhi stood at the edge of a public health emergency, the Commission of Air Quality Management on Thursday directed authorities to ban the plying of four-wheeled diesel light motor vehicles in the city and adjoining NCR districts and the entry of trucks into the national capital as part of anti-pollution measures under the final stage of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP).

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Delhi air pollution: GRAP Stage IV kicks in amid severe air quality

GRAP Stage 4 has been implemented in Delhi. As per the order released, it will be implemented immediately by all agencies concerned in the NCR region. All actions under Stage 1, Stage 2 and Stage 3 of the GRAP will continue to remain active.

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Terrorists fire upon migrant labourers working at Anantnag school in J-K

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As AQI worsens, commercial diesel vehicles banned from Delhi roads

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Meta India head Ajit Mohan quits with immediate effect: Reports

Meta (formerly Facebook) India country head Ajit Mohan has quit from the company with immediate effect on November 3, according to new reports. Meta Platforms Inc said that its India head Mohan, has stepped down to pursue another opportunity.

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AQI breaches 'severe', 'hazardous' categories in nearly all monitoring stations in Delhi

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UK economy in recession, to last until mid-2024: Bank of England

The Bank of England on Thursday said inflation in the United Kingdom will peak at 10.9 per cent before the end of 2022, noting that the economy is in recession that will last till mid-2024.

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Imran Khan injured as man opens fire near PTI reception camp: Local media