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Delhi weather news: Heavy rain lashed parts of Delhi and the surrounding areas. After a day of sultry weather, today's showers brought much relief to the city. The weather office has forecast moderate to heavy rain for tomorrow as well.

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal responded Tuesday after the Delhi High Court pulled up his government for making Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) the primary test to detect the novel coronavirus despite its high rate of false negative results

On Monday, the Delhi High Court asked the government why it is resorting to using antigen tests rather than the "gold standard" PCR Tests. Antigen Tests are globally known to be unreliable as they very often falsely report Covid-infected people to be Covid-free.

A 40-year-old man, who was part of a gang that duped people by hacking their email Ids and sending distress messages to their contacts asking for money, was arrested today police said.

A 23-year-old woman was allegedly raped by a man in a park near Red Fort in north Delhi, police said on Tuesday. The incident took place on Saturday and the accused has been arrested, they said.

A 27-year-old man and his two associates were arrested for robbing Rs 5 lakh from a sweet shop owner in Delhi, police said on Tuesday.

The Arvind Kejriwal government was pulled up by the Delhi High Court today for making Rapid Antigen Test the primary test for coronavirus despite its high rate of false negative results. The court's tough questions brought Delhi's suddenly reducing number of positives under scrutiny. From several thousands daily a few weeks ago, the number of positives in Delhi has dropped below 1,000 -- a situation the Delhi government has flagged as a turnaround.

A new report by the Energy Policy Institute of the University of Chicago (EPIC.) says that air pollution is a bigger killer than coronavirus, much worse than conflict and terrorism.

Congress leaders, including its Delhi unit chief Anil Kumar, were detained while trying to march to the Lieutenant Governor's office in Civil Lines in Delhi, in a protest against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) amid the Rajasthan political crisis.

The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the AAP government why it was going with Rapid Antigen Testing (RAT), which has a high rate of false negative results, as the primary test of COVID-19 infection.

Levels of nitrogen dioxide fell by more than 70 per cent during the lockdown in New Delhi, a UN policy brief said today, warning that the environmental gains could be temporary if the cities re-open without policies to prevent air pollution and promote de-carbonisation.

The health ministry on Monday said the results of the government's effective intervention in managing the coronavirus situation in Delhi are visible with the number of COVID-19 beds available in three central government hospitals and the AIIMS in the national capital.

The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the police to file a copy of an order passed by a senior officer of the probe agency to its team, which has been challenged by the families of two victims who were allegedly killed during the Delhi riots this year.

The Delhi High Court Monday asked the suspended secretary of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Ashok Arora to highlight the alleged defamatory statements made by various bar members against him, causing him mental torture and harassment.

The India Meteorological Department on Monday issued an alert for heavy rainfall in the national capital on July 29 and 30.

The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the AAP government why it was going with Rapid Antigen Testing (RAT), which has a high rate of false negative results, as the primary test of COVID-19 infection.

The national capital reeled under sultry weather on Monday, as large parts of the city remained dry without rains.

There were 613 more novel coronavirus cases in Delhi, taking the tally to over 1.31 lakh on Monday, while the count rose to 3,853 with 26 deaths, authorities said.

Kerala reported 702 new COVID-19 cases in the previous 24 hours, nearly 100 more than Delhi reported in the same period, comparative data from the two showed Tuesday

Delhi reported 613 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, its lowest daily increase in the last two months, as the tally surged to 1,31,219 cases, the state health department said this afternoon.

BJP leaders, including its Delhi unit chief Adesh Gupta and Leader of Opposition in the city Assembly Ramvir Bidhuri, were detained during a protest against the AAP government over the issue of electricity bills in the Civil Lines area in New Delhi on Monday.

In a first-of-its-kind case which presented multiple challenges, including widespread blood infection, a team of surgeons at AIIMS-New Delhi removed a 20-cm-long kitchen knife from a man's liver. The patient's condition is now stable, doctors have said.

A 16-year-old boy was killed after being hit by a speeding car in Rohini's Sector-23 area, police said on Saturday.

A spike in the ammonia levels in the raw water discharged from Haryana hit water supply in parts of Delhi today, Delhi Jal Board (DJB) Vice Chairman Raghav Chadha said.

A 27-year-old doctor in Delhi, who was on the frontline in the fight against the novel coronavirus, died on Saturday night after a month-long battle against the highly infectious disease. Dr Joginder Chaudhary worked at Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital, dedicated for the treatment for coronavirus patients. He had tested positive for COVID-19 on June 27.