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Delhi, Maharashtra and Uttarakhand are the latest to confirm bird flu amid nationwide efforts to contain the spread. Seven other states - Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Gujarat - had earlier confirmed Avian Influenza as the cause of the recent bird deaths. Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture today summoned senior officials of the Ministry of Animal Husbandry to examine the availability of animal vaccines in the country. Haryana has reported the highest number of bird deaths; more than 4 lakh birds have died in the last few weeks. Jammu and Kashmir and Chhattisgarh are also on alert. "There has been no case of human transmission," Minister of Animal Husbandry Giriraj Singh said today, urging everyone to eat "properly cooked chicken, preferably at 70 degrees Celsius".

Delhi schools to reopen on Monday for classes 10,12, physical attendance optional

Delhi Temperature: The city woke up to a cold and frosty morning on Lohri as the minimum temperature dipped to 3.2 degree Celsius. Icy winds from the Himalayas continued to sweep the plains and brought the minimum temperature down, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. Visuals from different parts of north India show dense fog lowering the visibilityaffecting the traffic movement.

Coronavirus vaccines will be given in the first phase to around nine lakh healthcare and frontline workers in the national capital, Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain on Sunday charted out the strategy of inoculation drive in the national capital, hours after two coronavirus vaccines got approval for emergency use in the country.

A team of AIIMS doctors ruled out the possibility of shifting Union Minister Shripad Naik to Delhi on Wednesday.

The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) on Tuesday said water supply will remain affected in parts of the city due to high ammonia levels in the Yamuna.

Amid the scare of bird flu, North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) public health inspectors have requested restaurants not to sell roasted chicken.

A large convoy of tractor-trollies left Amritsar for Delhi on Tuesday to participate in the protest parade announced by farmer unions on Republic Day. The farmers have planned to hold a rally parallel to the Republic Day Parade, calling in farmers from across Punjab and Haryana to participate. A village in Punjab's Sangrur has even decided to fine those who choose to stay out of the rally.

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought response of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) India on American online payment gateway PayPal's plea challenging the Rs 96 lakh penalty imposed on it for alleged violation of money laundering law.

As India celebrates its 72nd Republic Day later this month, the annual parade at Delhi's iconic Rajpath is set to be different in comparison to previous years amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Sardar Patel Covid centre, the world's largest COVID-19 care facility run by the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) in Delhi's Chhatarpur, has started treating foreigners and people coming from abroad.

Delhi recorded 494 fresh COVID-19 cases today, the lowest daily rise in over seven months, and 14 new fatalities, while the positivity rate remained unchanged at 0.73 per cent on Friday, authorities said.

The first batch of the Serum Institute of India's coronavirus vaccine, Covishield, reached Delhi around 10 am, about two hours after the consignment took off from Pune amid tight security early this morning. The consignment -- consisting of 34 boxes and weighing 1,088 kilograms -- was flown to Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport in a SpiceJet aircraft.

A 24-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly harassing women by sending them abusive messages on Instagram, police said on Monday.

A team of government veterinarians today began a probe into the unexplained deaths of several crows in a park in Delhi Mayur Vihar locality. The investigation comes at a time when some states like Kerala have reported avian flu and culled hundreds of chicken and ducks to control the disease's spread.

The national capital reported the lowest COVID-19 cases in a single day in at least eight months on Monday. A total of 306 cases were reported in the last 24 hours, government data shows. The last time COVID-19 cases were this low was on May 11, with 310 cases.

The police have arrested a man for allegedly robbing and thrashing a fast food vendor who had asked him to pay Rs 20 for a plate of snacks, officials said on Monday.

The Delhi Police Special Cell on Sunday arrested a 29-year-old wanted criminal after a brief encounter in south Delhi's Chhattarpur area, officials said.

Delhi's minimum temperature was recorded at seven degrees Celsius on Monday and is likely to drop further as cold winds from the snow-clad western Himalayas continued to sweep the plains, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

The Delhi High Court Monday allowed a woman's plea to terminate her 28-week pregnancy after a medical board constituted by AIIMS said her fetus can be aborted as it suffered from anencephaly, a condition where the skull bone is not formed, and was therefore, incompatible with life.

Four passengers travelling on Air India's London-Delhi flight tested positive for COVID-19 on arrival, a top official of Genestrings Diagnostic Centre said on Monday.

Delhi's Minimum Temperature Dips To 7.8 Degrees Celsius; Mercury Likely To Drop Further: Weather Office

Days ahead of the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination roll-out, the city's first coronavirus patient urged people on Monday to get immunised without hesitation and listen to the scientific community, and not get swayed in by naysayers or those "spreading misconception" about it.

Latest News LIVE Updates: The states of Delhi and Maharashtra have confirmed bird flu amid nationwide efforts to contain the spread.

Amid a deadlock in the government's negotiations with the protesting farmer unions, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a clutch of pleas challenging the new farm laws and agitation at Delhi borders.