Farmers' protest: Much of the opposition is to just one of the three new laws. It is the FPTC Act and its provisions that are seen as weakening the APMC mandis.
New Delhi, As the farmers' agitation against the new agricultural laws passed by the Narendra Modi government entered its fifth day on Monday, the sounds of
In Delhi, a total of four thousand 906 new confirmed cases of Corona virus infection were reported during the last 24 hours taking the total number of cases to over five lakh 66 thousand.
New Delhi, November 30
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 Meteorolog
Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad appeals to the protesting farmers; assures that the new laws don't abolish APMC mandis. 'Laws provide options to sell produce, APMC mandis to operate as usual', claims Ravi Shankar Prasad.
Organisational restructuring in the Delhi Congress is expected to begin next week at the block level and priority will be given to partymen who worked hard during COVID-19 relief work, Delhi Congress president Anil Chaudhary said on Sunday.
The mean minimum temperature for November was 9.6 degrees Celsius in 1938; nine degrees Celsius in 1931 and 8.9 degrees Celsius in 1930, according to IMD data. Normally, the mean minimum temperature for the month of November is 12.9 degrees Celsius.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has directed a price cut for the more reliable RT-PCR tests for COVID-19. Though these tests are being conducted free of cost in government hospitals, they can cost up to Rs 2,400 in private laboratories.
Low wind speed and falling temperatures have been cited by the Met Department as reasons for such AQI readings. Calm winds and low temperatures trap pollutants close to the ground, while favourable wind speed helps in their dispersion.
Maharashtra, the country's worst-hit state, is on its way towards recording two million cases and its tally currently stands at more than 1.8 million. Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala, respectively, are the next worst-affected states after Maharashtra.