The National Investigation Agency recently filed a voluminous chargesheet in connection with the Elgar Parishad case. The NIA has charged Anand Teltumbde, Gautam Navlakha, Hany Babu, Sagar Gorkhe, Ramesh Gaichor, Jyoti Jagtap, Stan Swamy and Milind Teltumbde.
Delhi Uuniversity's admission process on the basis of 2nd cut off list would end today. Till now 8422 admissions has been confirmed by the varsity. The cut off list was released on October 19.
Air quality remains unhealthy as smog lingers sky of Delhi - Air quality of national capital, Delhi remained unhealthy on October 21. Air Quality Index (AQI) near ITO recorded PM 2.5 at 150 and PM 10 at 186. Delhiites raised concern over the bad air quality amid COVID-19 pandemic. However, people are trying their best to stay healthy and fit. Several people were seen doing exercise at Lodhi Garden.
Buses running on hydrogen-enriched compressed natural gas (HCNG) hit the Delhi roads. A cleaner fuel compared with CNG, HCNG is being used to run 50 buses as part of a pilot project for six months from the Rajghat-1 bus depot. A four-tonne per day compact reformer-based HCNG production plant has come up at the Rajghat-1 bus depot of Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) and while it was expected to start operations from March, the Covid-19 outbreak put a spanner in the works. The facility is now inaugurated on Tuesday by Union minister for petroleum and natural gas Dharmendra Pradhan and state transport minister Kailash Gahlot. The Supreme Court had last year suggested looking at hydrogen-run vehicles as a solution for Delhi NCR’s poor air quality and while the technology will take some time to appear in the capital, HCNG could be a step in that direction. The blending of hydrogen with CNG provides a blended gas termed as HCNG. HCNG stands for hydrogen-enriched compressed natural gas and it combines the advantages of both hydrogen and methane. The rapid increase in the emission of greenhouse gases and very strict environmental legislation are major motivating factors for the usage of hydrogen in fuel cells and internal combustion engines.
The Delhi Disaster Management Authority's (DDMA) order said that all event organisers will have to obtain requisite permission from District Magistrate concerned for organising festival events.
A Delhi court has dismissed the application of student activist Gulfisha Khatoon, arrested under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), seeking statutory bail in a case related to the communal violence in northeast Delhi in February.
For India, the announcement of Australia’s participation in the annual Malabar naval exercises of 2020 is a deliberate horizontal escalation of the continental border crisis whose present centre of gravity is Ladakh. The Malabar exercises began as an Indo-US bilateral exercise in 1992. In 2015, Japan joined in and India has now overcome its reticence about annoying China and
Hydrogen enriched-compressed natural gas has been deemed the gateway to a hydrogen economy, especially considering it can be used in place of petrol, diesel, and LPG.
At over 100 traffic signals across Delhi, environment marshals and traffic police officials will urge drivers to turn off their ignition as they wait for the light to turn green.Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced the 'Red Light On, Gaadi off' campaign last week
The QUAD’s desire to create a “democratic security diamond” against China merits vigilance. The four countries have already formed an initial military alliance. They might be able to achieve further unity on certain issues based on common interests. For example, India is likely to ink the Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement for Geo-Spatial Cooperation with the US during the 2+2 foreign and defense ministerial meeting next week.
