New Delhi, Dec 21 (UNI): The Delhi Government on Sunday said it is intensifying efforts to curb air pollution by ramping up public transport infrastructure, with the expansion of the Delhi Metro emerging as a key priority. Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said effective control of pollution in the national capital and the NCR hinges on…
New Delhi, Dec 21 (UNI) Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Sunday said that the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has conducted a comprehensive survey of factories across its 12 zones, during which a total of 5,236 industrial units were inspected. Out of these, 430 units were found to causing water and air pollution,…
New Delhi, Dec 21 (UNI): Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva on Sunday strongly criticised Aam Aadmi Party leader Saurabh Bhardwaj for making sarcastic remarks on the serious issue of air pollution, accusing him of trivialising a grave public health concern by invoking references to fictional characters such as Superman, Spiderman, Batman and Santa Claus. Sachdeva…
New Delhi, Dec 21 (UNI) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday released a satirical song, slamming the BJP-led Delhi government over air pollution. The video begins with a caption stating that pollution and the personal interests of the BJP government prompted the song’s creation. In the video, an AI-generated depiction of Delhi Chief Minister…
New Delhi/ Guwahati, Dec 21 (UNI) Laying the foundation stone for a large ammonia-urea fertilizer plant at Namrup in Dibrugarh district of Assam, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the northeast region of India which has been in the periphery of the India growth story for a very long time has transformed into its…
New Delhi, Dec 21 (UNI) Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday highlighted the significance of the MGNREGA Sameeksha, a compilation of 145 field studies on the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) conducted between 2008 and 2012. The anthology, released by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in July 2012, provides valuable insights into…
New Delhi, Dec 21 (UNI): The Modi government’s decision to scrap the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) has sparked widespread outrage, with Congress leaders accusing the government of dismantling a landmark legislation that provided a legal right to work for rural families. Congress General Secretary K C Venugopal on Sunday said, “The…
New Delhi, Dec 21 (UNI): Senior Congress leader Pawan Khera has launched a blistering attack on the Modi government, accusing it of “surreptitiously” hiking railway fares just weeks before the annual budget. Khera’s remarks come after an internal Railway document—circulated unofficially to reporters on Sunday—revealed a new “rationalised” fare structure set to take effect on…
Ajit Jha New Delhi, Dec 21 (UNI): The year 2025 proved to be extremely challenging for the Indian aviation sector. While the Air India plane crash in the first half of the year shook the entire nation, the IndiGo crisis in the final months saw thousands of passengers stranded for hours at airports, and much…
New Delhi, Dec 21 (UNI): The air quality in national capital Delhi and nearby areas continued to hover in the ‘severe’ category on Sunday morning. A number of key areas in the city recorded AQI well over 400 mark in early morning time. As per the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) figures, the AQI stood…
