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The court allowed the plea by the railway ministry, represented by senior panel counsel Deepak Jain, and stated that the decision of the arbitral tribunal to award the difference between the price quoted by the tenderers and the price quoted by JRIL is unsustainable.

This is the second big win for India at the Cannes Film Festival.

As many as 374 COVID patients recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours taking the total number of recoveries since the onset of the pandemic in the city to 18,78,479.

SARS-CoV-2 has a uracil-rich (uracil is one of the four building blocks of RNA) genome. The researchers have identified how uracils adjacent to CpGs contribute to the accelerated loss of CpGs from SARS-CoV-2 genomes.

The new system that works on machine learning and artificial intelligence will also play a vital role in facilitating a quick passage to emergency vehicles such as ambulances and fire tenders, they said.

Delhi witnessed a spurt in infections last month after a steady decline since February. The positivity rate saw a nearly three-fold rise between April 11 and 18. During the week starting May 2 to the week ending May 7, cases were in the range of 1,300-1,650. But they seem to be stabilising from the week starting May 9.

Officials of the Delhi Tourism and Transportation Corporation (DTTDC) said these roads will be spruced up with decorative plants and equipped with new street furniture such as benches or chairs and trendy dustbins.

The department is also in the process of floating tenders for automated fitness tests for auto-rickshaws and other small vehicles, they said. "Automated fitness test for buses and trucks...pollution, health of engine and other parameters. #Delhi," tweeted Delhi Transport Commissioner Ashish Kundra.

With the new cases, Delhi's COVID-19 tally increased to 19,05,512 while the death toll stands at 26,208, the department said in its latest bulletin.

The Delhi government had announced free travel for everyone in the e-buses from May 24 to 26 to promote clean mobility.

Delhi-NCR and almost all areas of northwest India had experienced at least five spells of heat waves after the last significant rainfall on February 25. The latest round was from May 11 onwards till the thunderstorm with moderate rainfall cooled down the national capital. Now, the question is why, even when the mercury rose several notches higher across many stations in Delhi for multiple days, is Delhi having only 13 days of heat waves officially?

Delhi Covid News Live: Delhi on Friday logged 445 fresh COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 2.04 per cent, while no new death was reported due the viral disease, according to data shared by the city health department here. With the new cases, Delhi's COVID-19 tally increased to 19,05,512 while the death toll stands at 26,208, the department said in its latest bulletin. A total of 21,816 COVID-19 tests were conducted in the capital the previous day, it said.

Thapar has preferred an application for interim bail on the grounds of medical issues in order to enable him to seek treatment. The bench of Justice Jasmeet Singh on Friday after hearing arguments advanced by both sides granted the interim bail for eight weeks to Thapar on furnishing two surety bonds of Rs 50,000 each with other conditions.

Shahrukh Pathan, whose photograph of pointing a gun at an unarmed policeman during the communal riots in Northeast Delhi went viral, received a grand welcome during a visit to his home on parole, according to a video. The footage, which has gone viral on social media, purportedly shows Pathan being cheered by a huge crowd as he walks through a lane in the presence of security personnel to meet his ailing father on Monday.

In an order issued on Monday, the excise department of the Delhi government extended the Excise Policy 2021-22 for two months till July 31. The Excise Policy 2022-23 was approved by the Delhi Cabinet on May 5. It is yet to be approved by the lieutenant governor (L-G). For the extension, the licence-holders will have to pay a pro-rate licence fee for two months by May 31.

Hours after reports about misuse of facilities at Delhi's Thyagraj Stadium by senior IAS officer Sanjeev Khirwar and his wife and fellow IAS officer Rinku Dugga, both were on Thursday transferred out of the national capital to different locations from Delhi on Thursday. The Ministry of Home Affairs has transferred Khirwar to Ladakh and Dugga to Arunachal Pradesh.

Real estate projects that are being developed on land areas of more than 500 sq m for the purpose of sale, either by way of construction of flats, commercial space, or office space, and projects in which more than eight apartments are being constructed in all phases for the purpose of sale, regardless of plot size, must be registered.

Travelling in autos and taxis could become more expensive in Delhi if the government accepts the recommendations of a fare revision committee that has proposed an increase in tariffs. The Delhi government committee tasked with fare revision for auto-rickshaws and taxis has recommended a Re 1 hike per kilometre for three-wheelers and a hike of up to 60 per cent in fare of taxis, sources said on Wednesday.

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has directed all state-run sports facilities in the national capital to stay open for sportspersons till 10 PM.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal flagged off 150 new electric buses from Indraprastha Depot on Tuesday. However, one of them broke down after the temperature of the vehicle rose beyond the specified limit. The DTC, however, said the bus stopped because of an in-built security feature and was put back on the road within two hours after a team attended to it.

Malik, head of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), had pleaded guilty to the charges but on Wednesday told the special court where his trial was held that he had been practising non-violent politics in Kashmir after giving up arms in the 1990s.

Amid rising fuel prices, the Delhi government had last month set up a committee to revise the fare of autos and taxis. The committee has submitted its report to Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot.

The first phase will see the beautification and development of 20 lakes -- Sanjay Lake, Hauz Khas Lake, Bhalswa Lake, Smriti Van (Kondali), Smriti Van (Vasant Kunj), Tikri Khurd Lake, Najafgarh Lake, Welcome Lake, Daryapur Lake, Poth Kalan (Sardar Sarovar Lake), Mungeshpur; Dheerpur, MP Green Area at Sanjay Van, West Vinod Nagar (Mandawali, Fazalpur), Mandawali Village, Park Lake and Woodland area in Rajouri Garden (Near Tihar Village), Barwala and Jhatikara Lakes.

Over 200 chargers have been installed at 126 locations across Delhi since the launch of the single-window service for installing private charging points. The Delhi government has intensified its efforts toward strengthening EV chargers in public, semi-public and private spaces as demand for electric vehicles gathers pace.