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"Earthquake of Magnitude: 2.8, Occurred on 28-01-2021, 09:17:54 IST, Lat: 28.66 & Long: 77.13, Depth: 15 Km, Location: West Delhi," NCS tweeted.

An innocuous tweet by BJP's Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis taking a swipe at the Maharashtra government on the Mumbai Metro, ignited another war of words in the state on Thursday.

No of beneficiaries vaccinated against COVID-19 in India reaches 25,07,556 till Jan 28 at 2 pm: Health Ministry

A cold wave had swept the city on Tuesday, too, with the minimum temperature dropping to 2.1 degrees Celsius, seven notches below normal.

The directive was issued after thousands of farmers protesting against the new farm laws diverted their tractor processions from agreed routes, leading to clashes with the police, said officials.

Tower installation rates, recently revised by two of the Delhi municipalities, have effectively jumped almost 150% to ?5 lakh per tower for a five-year span.

The fifth seroprevalence survey in the national capital has found that 50 to 60 percent of the sampled population in one of 11 districts has developed antibodies against COVID-19, an indication that Delhi's population could be heading towards herd immunity, official sources said on Monday. Herd immunity

Addressing a press conference, Delhi police commissioner S N Srivastava said farmer unions did not follow conditions set for the tractor rally that was supposed to be held from 12 noon to 5 PM and accused them of betrayal.

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Many studies in the past have identified PM2.5 (particulate matter or aerosol particles with diameter less than 2.5 micrometre) as a major pollutant, responsible for haze and fog formation over Indo-Gangetic plain including Delhi.

Mobile tower installation rates, recently revised by two Delhi municipalities, have risen sharply from around Rs 2 lakh per tower for a 5-year span to Rs 5 lakh per tower for a 5-year period, a senior industry executive aware of the matter told ET.

She reiterated her appeal to the Centre to withdraw the three new farm laws immediately and end the long-running agitation of the farmers so that no such untoward incident can happen again.

"The situation has now been reviewed and to contain the increased transmissibility of new variant, it has been decided that aforesaid DDMA Order No 347 dated 8.01.2021 may be further extended till 31.01.2021," said the latest DDMA order.

The refund is applicable for all ticket holders who were unable to reach the Railway station in Delhi and could not take train due to farmers tractor rally.

“While countries like India have launched vaccination drives and assisting others during the pandemic, there are countries which continue to foment terror and indulge in hate speech and widespread disinformation campaigns,” Indias Deputy Permanent Representative Nagaraj Naidu said at a UNSC Briefing.

A large number of farmers, along with their tractors, head towards Delhi, as part of their tractor rally on Republic Day today.

On Republic Day eve, monuments such as Rashtrapati Bhavan and India Gate lightened up. The monuments were lightened up with colourful lights and looked enthralling. Republic Day is celebrated on January 26 every year.

Joint Commissioner of Police for Traffic operations, Meenu Choudhary urged the general public to avoid NH10, Rohtak road, Tikri border, Nangloi, Najafgarh road and Najafgarh-Jharoda border in view of the Republic Day tractor rally by farmers. Informing about the diversions and traffic route for January 26, Meenu Choudhary said, “From our side we have done preparations and tomorrow the entire day it will be in place. In view of this rally, there will be some diversions in the route and some routes will be affected from traffic’s point of view. There will be some diversions of route due to the tractor rally. Traffic of NH 44 will divert at Singhu Shani Mandir, Ashok farm, Sundarpur, Mukarba Chowk.”

According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, an environmental flow (E-flow) is the water provided within a river, wetland or coastal zone to maintain ecosystems and their benefits where there are competing water uses and where the flow is regulated.

Under the nationwide mega vaccination drive launched on January 16, a total of 4,319 (53 per cent) health workers against a target of 8,117 were administered the shots at 81 centres across the city on day one.

For the survey, which ended a few days ago, samples of over 25,000 people from various districts across the city were collected, the officials said.

The Delhi Police has issued an alert to power companies days after Sikhs For Justice (SFJ), an outlawed organisation, urged agitating farmers to disrupt electricity supply in the national capital on Republic Day. SFJ, a pro-Khalistan group, has last week called upon the farmers protesting against the three farm laws to “plunge Delhi into darkness on R-day” by targeting the offices of discoms and disrupting the power supply in the national capital.

A thick blanket of fog continued to engulf isolated areas of the national capital leading to low visibility in several areas in the morning of January 25. Intense cold weather conditions are disrupting the normal lives.

The police said more than 13,000 tractors with nearly 50,000 farmers have assembled at Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur borders over the past one week. The numbers of tractors are expected to rise, it said, but only those granted permission will be allowed to participate in the rally.

The march will see participation of 100,000-200,000 tractors, cover about 170 km and may last 24-48 hours. It will begin after the Republic Day event is over around noon, unions leaders said after the meeting with the police.