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Accidents and fatalities on the streets of the national capital saw a significant decrease in 2020 due to the nation-wide lockdown amid the COVID-19 pandemic, compared to the previous year 2019.

Delhi will have its own school education board like other states, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced today. The state government approved the formation of the Delhi Board of School Education during cabinet meet.

Furniture giant Ikea is accelerating its India expansion after a nationwide pandemic lockdown last year delayed the construction and opening of new stores in one of its fastest-growing markets.

A 30-year-old man, who was riding pillion on a scooter, was killed after the two-wheeler was hit by a water tanker near the Delhi Jal Board office in south Delhi, police said on Sunday.

Delhi recorded 312 fresh COVID-19 cases on Friday, the highest number of daily incidences in nearly one-and-a-half months, while three more fatalities pushed the death count in the city to 10,918, according to data shared by the Health Department.

The national capital on Sunday recorded a maximum temperature of 34 degrees Celsius, five notches above the normal, the meteorological department said.

A "rowdy" Indian passenger on board an Air France flight from Ghana via Paris to New Delhi forced the plane to make an emergency landing at Bulgaria's capital, according to a media report.

The COVID-19 pandemic is nearing the "endemic phase" in the national capital, said Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain even as the city has been witnessing a marginal spike in the COVID-19 cases.

The national capital stands third on the list of states and Union territories with most contaminated sites, according to the Central Pollution Control Board data.

Amid the ongoing farmers protest against the Central agri laws at Delhi borders, American cardiologist Dr Swaiman Singh has decided to put his return to New Jersey on hold and has been camping at Tikri border for the past 3 months providing free medical checkup and medicine to protestors.

The Delhi Police has arrested three Bangladeshi nationals in a dacoity case, officials said on Saturday.

Flapping and swaying tents have made way for more permanent structures. Air conditioners and coolers being set up indicate the approaching summer has been accounted for. At the many makeshift townships that have sprung up along Delhi's border points in the past three months or more, the crowd may be thinning, but not the resolve by the looks of it. In any case, the farmers are ready to neutralise any lingering doubts by marking 'Black Day' today - the 100th day of their protest. As part of the proceedings, the Kundli-Manesar Palwal Expressway will be blocked for five hours.

Delhi Police has been effectively using social media for better public outreach besides following a four-step strategy to bust 'fake news'.

Delhi witnessed a significant decline in crime including rape cases, molestation and crimes against women in 2020 as compared to 2019, according to data by Delhi Police.

The maximum temperature is likely to rise by three to four degrees Celsius in Delhi in the next few days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Saturday.

Over 430 buildings in north Delhi have been identified as structures under high-risk category in the last one year, according to the area's civic body.

Three men have been arrested for duping their employer of Rs 40 lakh by claiming that they were robbed, police said on Friday.

The Delhi High Court Friday said it expects that the AAP government will put things in order and comply with a judicial order asking authorities to take action and regulate online pathological labs, otherwise contempt action would be initiated.

The Delhi High Court Friday granted time to the Centre, AAP government and the police to respond to a plea seeking reopening of the Nizamuddin Markaz which has been locked since March 31 last year after several people who attended the Tablighi Jamaat congregation there contracted COVID-19.

The bodies of a 22-year-old woman and her two children were found hanging at their house in Delhi, police said on Friday.

The Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board (DSSSB) has announced a total of 1126 vacancies in Delhi Jal Board, Directorate of Ayush, Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board, New Delhi Municipal Council and other organisations.

It was a clear and warm day in Delhi with the maximum temperature settling at 33.9 degrees Celsius on Thursday, the India Meteorological Department said.

The police have arrested a man from Rajasthan for allegedly cheating people by posting on social media fake advertisements claiming to deliver liquor at home during the COVID-19-induced lockdown and inducing them to pay for it in advance, officials said on Thursday.

The Delhi High Court Thursday directed the Uttar Pradesh police to provide original X-Ray plate and video of post mortem of the 25-year-old farmer, who died after his tractor overturned during the tractor rally on Republic Day.

AAP candidates were leading in four wards as the counting for municipal bypolls began today, election officials said.