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Petrol price on Saturday crossed Rs 82-mark in Delhi and diesel surpassed Rs 72 a litre after eighth increase in rates in past nine days.

The key roads affected by the stir included Delhi-Dehradun National Highway, whose whole stretch from Hardwar to Delhi had to shut down, besides the Jhansi-Mirzapur and Meerut-Karnal road.

New Delhi: Delhi police have allowed the protesting farmers to enter daily after hours of lathi-charge and tear gas at the Haryana-Delhi border. The police will escort the farmers.

Farmers use a tractor to remove a truck placed as a barricade to stop them from entering Delhi, at Tikri border near Delhi-Bahadurgarh highway

The Delhi Metro today announced that exit and entry gates would be closed at six metro stations on the Green Line in view of the protest threat. According to a DMRC statement, "Entry & exit gates of Brigadier Hoshiar Singh, Bahadurgarh City, Pandit Shree Ram Sharma, Tikri Border, Tikri Kalan and Ghevra stations on Green Line are now closed."

Some respite for Delhiites as air quality improved on November 27. A slight improvement in the Air Quality Index as it stands in ‘moderate’ category as per Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data.

A night curfew in Delhi is under "active consideration" depending on the situation, the Delhi government told the High Court today amid a massive coronavirus surge.

The officer asserted that the equipment and infrastructure for vaccines that need ultra-cold conditions (minus 70 degrees Celsius) are not there, but "we don't think there will be any problem logistically because the immunization programme will be carried out in a phased manner".

The high court was informed by advocate Amit Mahajan, representing the Delhi Police, that the vigilance inquiry with regard to the confessional statement being leaked from the case diaries has been concluded. He sought time to file the status report in this regard.

Speaking to ANI about the rising cases of coronavirus in the national capital on November 26, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said, “The positivity rate in Delhi has come down to 8.5% in the last 3 weeks. A vaccine will hopefully soon be out.”

The government of Haryana has ordered the police to put up barricades at its border to stop farmers from proceeding on the Delhi Chalo march in protest against the three farm laws promulgated by the Centre. The state has closed its border with Congress-ruled Punjab on Thursday and Friday.

According to the Central Pollution Control Board(CPCB) mobile app, SAMEER, the city's air quality index (AQI) was recorded at 401. It was 388 on Tuesday. The AQI in the city was 302 on Monday, 274 on Sunday, 251 on Saturday, 296 on Friday and 283 on Thursday.

According to Delhi government data, the total number of coronavirus deaths in the city was 8,512 as on November 23, while the civic bodies claimed they carried out 10,318 funerals following COVID-19 protocols.

Hundreds of farmers from Punjab started gathering on Wednesday morning on the interstate borders along with Haryana that has restricted their movement towards the national capital Delhi for their 'Delhi Chalo' protest against the three central farm laws. As a preventive step, neighboring BJP-ruled Haryana has imposed Section 144 of the CrPC to prevent the assembly of protesters.

Delhi has currently 38,501 active cases.

Union health minister Harsh Vardhan blamed Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi government for not following set protocols to keep Covid cases in check in the capital.

"People travelling from Delhi, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Goa to carry RT-PCR negative test report," the Maharashtra government said.

The Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) testing mobile laboratory, a joint initiative of the SpiceHealth and the government, came up after Shah stepped in to fight the recent spurt in the number of COVID-19 cases in Delhi with a close coordination of various wings of the Centre and the Delhi government.

The startup's vocal critic Pradeep Poonia has been restrained from accessing the companys curriculum and internal communication channels.

The court said the situation is "going out of control" in Gujarat. "Things have worsened in Delhi especially in November. You file a status report on what steps have been taken," a bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan told Additional Solicitor General Sanjay Jain, who was appearing for Delhi government.

Indias quick rise to the 63rd spot in World Banks Ease of Doing Business index mainly deals with resolving the regulatory issues in Delhi and Mumbai, said joint secretary, DPIIT.

The Centre of Excellence for Research on clean Air (CERCA), IIT Delhi, on November 16, launched its maiden initiative on electric mobility with the retrofitting of an old vintage 1948 Beetle car into an electric vehicle. ?Electric Beetle

"The commission can file FIR and imprison anyone for up to 5 years for causing pollution in Delhi-NCR (National Capital Region) so we have asked it to hold the CMs of Haryana and Punjab liable and accountable and take strict action against them," she added.

Gauri Khan has redesigned the couple's Delhi home, and partnered with Airbnb.

Acting tough on the directions of the government to ensure social distancing in public places and markets, authorities on Sunday sealed a market in Nangloi area of the national capital after it was found that the traders there were not following proper Covid protocols laid down by the government.