Schools in India's capital have been largely shut since March 2020 due to Covid-19, leading to concerns the closures could increase poverty, reduce earning capacity, and result in mental and physical stress to millions.
Gulpreet Singh begs for food from a dirty hemp mat spread on the sidewalk outside Delhi's South Campus metro station. Like millions of Indians who survive on handouts or a daily wages, the 84-year-old says he has no choice but to be outside, breathing air thick with smog in the Indian capital.
Many Indians are horrified that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is rebuilding the capital's historic center in a pandemic. But debate among politicians, architects and heritage experts runs deeper still.
Thousands of Indian farmers protesting controversial agricultural reforms stormed New Delhi's historic Red Fort Tuesday, with others breaching barricades and clashing with police.
Tens of thousands of farmers have swarmed India's capital where they intend to camp out for weeks to protest new agricultural laws that they say could destroy their livelihoods.
An Indian man has been arrested for the alleged rape of an 86-year-old woman after he approached her while she was waiting for the milkman then lured her to an isolated field, according to a senior police official.
On Wednesday, Delhi surpassed Mumbai's Covid-19 tally, becoming India's worst-hit city. It has so far recorded 70,390 cases of the virus and 2,365 deaths.
India and China have agreed to peacefully resolve a simmering border dispute between the world's two most populous nations, officials in New Delhi said.
