Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Monday had invited leaders of farmer unions for talks on Tuesday, instead of December 3, citing the COVID-19 pandemic and cold.
The Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Ordinance, 2020 was notified on November 23, said a senior Delhi government official. "The remaining two laws are under examination by the development department of the Delhi government," he said.
The Executive Committee of the SCBA had passed a resolution on May 8, suspending Arora from the post of secretary. The suspension had come a day after Arora had called an emergent general meeting (EGM) of the lawyers' body on May 11 to deliberate on the agenda for removing senior advocate Dushyant Dave from the post of SCBA President.
Parts of the city reported AQIs between 'very poor' and 'severe' range. On Tuesday morning, The air quality was recorded 336 at Delhi University and 324 at Indira Gandhi International Airport. In Noida, the AQI was recorded at 345 while in Gurugram, it was 280.
Delhi also recorded nine severe air quality days this past month — highest since November 2016, when there were 10. Last November, there were seven such days.
The 30-day average AQI in November stood at 328, in the very poor category, while it was 312 in the month last year, according to Central Pollution Control Board data. An AQI between zero and 50 is considered 'good', 51 and 100 'satisfactory', 101 and 200 'moderate', 201 and 300 'poor', 301 and 400 'very poor', and 401
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the counsel for the Delhi government to take instructions on a plea seeking directions to follow stringent measures for the safe disposal of swabs used for Rapid Antigen Testing of COVID-19.
A division bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan, after going through the petition and submissions, asked the counsel of the Delhi government to take the instructions and apprise the court about the same and listed the matter for December 3.
The farmers remained at the Chilla border where police have been deployed on both the Delhi as well as Noida side in huge numbers, prohibiting the protestors from proceeding towards the national capital.
Commuters can take alternative Kalindi Kunj or DND routes to go to their destination," it stated. The farmers at Delhi-Noida border belong to various districts of western Uttar Pradesh and want to reach the national capital to join the bigger stir launched by farmers of Punjab and Haryana to protest the new farm laws.
New Delhi, December 1
Special prayers were held at all gurdwaras in the national capital on Tuesday morning for success of the ongoing farmers' protest against the new farm laws, Delhi Sikh Gurdwara
No fewer than 20 members of police personnel were involved in escorting Bilkis, the face of the Shaheen Bagh anti-CAA protests, away from the site. Police have said she was only 'requested' to go back over security concerns.
Eyewitnesses told the police a speeding Honda City car hit the woman when she was crossing the road and fled the spot. Locals rushed the woman to AIIMS, but the doctors declared her dead on arrival.
The Delhi High Court Tuesday asked the AAP government as to what guidelines or protocols were in place for disposal of used COVID-19 testing kits and whether they were being followed by the hospitals, clinics and doctors under its jurisdiction.
The month of November was the coldest in the national capital in 71 years, with the mean minimum temperature dropping to 10.2 degrees Celsius, according to the India Meteorological Department.
