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Delhi is witnessing an "unusual" condition and no quick recovery is predicted from the "severe" air pollution, a central government forecasting agency said on Tuesday.

Seventy-nine per cent of the 45,903 new COVID-19 cases are from ten states and Union Territories, with Delhi overtaking Maharashtra and Kerala by reporting 7,745 infections in a span of 24 hours to become the largest contributor to the single-day infections, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday.

Intensive care units at hospitals in Delhi are fast filling up as coronavirus cases continue to rise rapidly amid worsening air quality in winter, according to an analysis of data in the Delhi government's coronavirus tracking app.

A Delhi court has dismissed an interim bail plea of Shahrukh Pathan, whose picture showing him pointing a gun at an unarmed Delhi Police head constable during the communal riots, went viral on social media.

Delhi woke up to a grey morning as an apocalyptic smog blotted out the sun from the sky and smudged landmarks from view with air quality inching closer to "emergency" levels on Tuesday.

Delhi recorded more than 70 fatalities due to COVID-19 for the third consecutive day on Monday, taking the deathsto 7,060, while 5,023 fresh cases pushed the infection tally in the national capital to over 4.4 lakh, according to a health department bulletin.

A 22-year-old man was arrested for allegedly stealing cartons of surgical gloves from the office of his sister in southeast Delhi to take revenge after she fired him from the job, police said on Monday.

The Delhi government will adopt the cost-effective model of rainwater harvesting currently being implemented in the tribal-dominated Dungarpur district of Rajasthan, city Water Minister Satyendar Jain has said.

Residents of New Delhi are enduring one of the worst spells of air pollution in years, data released on Monday showed, raising the risks to city residents posed by the novel coronavirus, doctors said.

The driver of an auto-rickshaw was killed and two people were injured when a speeding car hit the three-wheeler in south Delhi's Greater Kailash area, police said on Monday.

The national capital's air quality remained "severe" for the fifth consecutive day on Monday, with calm wind speed exacerbating the effect of stubble burning.

Nearly a month after leading Bollywood filmmakers filed a lawsuit in the Delhi High Court against "irresponsible reporting by certain media houses", the court today said "no defamatory content" should be uploaded on social media or displayed on their channels.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will inaugurate a model of the anti-satellite missile system, which is seen as a symbol of national technological advancement, at the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) headquarters in the national capital today.

The National Green Tribunal has imposed a total ban on sale and use of firecrackers in Delhi and adjoining areas starting midnight of November 9 to November 30. The ban has been imposed in view of rising air pollution amid a surge of coronavirus cases in the national capital, which recorded 7,745 cases in the last 24 hours.

A fire broke out in the basement of a building in south Delhi's Greater Kailash area, officials said on Sunday.

A 28-year-old man died and several others were injured in a fight that broke out after one of them urinated in front of a grocery shop in southeast Delhi, the police said on Saturday.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday congratulated the people of the national capital for their active participation in the anti-dengue campaign resulting in zero dengue-related deaths.

The national capital reported 7,745 coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours - the highest number of cases since the pandemic reached the city earlier this year. This was the second time the number of per day COVID-19 cases in Delhi breached the 7,000-mark; the first was on November 6 with 7,178 cases.

Delhi has reported over 6,000 new Covid cases every day since November 3 and 13 per cent of this may be linked to increased air pollution, the IMA said Saturday

The twin factors of rising air pollution and a surge in COVID-19 cases have increased the burden on Delhi's hospitals - with the number of vacant beds shrinking fast and out patient departments (OPDs) witnessing a spike in footfall, doctors said on Saturday.

"Take your freedom from the cage you are in; Till the trial is over, the state is reigned in," a judge said in New Delhi on Friday in his lyrical order, summarising in verses the reasons for granting bail to a man in a case related to communal violence in northeast Delhi in February.

A police case has been filed against a Delhi-based YouTube blogger for allegedly withdrawing money donated by people for the owner of "Baba Ka Dhaba", whose ordeal amid the coronavirus lockdown was shared widely on social media, leading to donations from well-wishers.

The national capital reported 7,178 coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours - the highest number of cases since the pandemic reached the city earlier this year. Until now the number of per day COVID-19 cases in Delhi had never breached the 7,000-mark.