Delhi

Our target is to raise Delhi’s per capita income to Singapore’s level by 2047: Manish Sisodia

He said the Delhi government also intends to make the city country’s e-vehicle capital. Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said the AAP government’s target is to raise Delhi’s per capita income to Singapore’s level by 2047. In a statement released on Tuesday, Sisodia said the national capital’s growth rate has reached 11-12 per cent …

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Delhi Shuts Schools As Government Considers ‘Pollution Lockdown’

New Delhi authorities announced Saturday a one-week closure of schools and said they would consider a “pollution lockdown” to protect citizens from toxic smog. “Schools will be shut so that children don’t have to breathe polluted air,” Delhi’s chief minister Arvind Kejriwal told reporters. Delhi is ranked one of the world’s most polluted cities, with …

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Delhi Shuts Schools As Government Considers ‘Pollution Lockdown’

New Delhi authorities announced Saturday a one-week closure of schools and said they would consider a “pollution lockdown” to protect citizens from toxic smog. “Schools will be shut so that children don’t have to breathe polluted air,” Delhi’s chief minister Arvind Kejriwal told reporters. Delhi is ranked one of the world’s most polluted cities, with …

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Indian police to let protesting farmers into New Delhi on Republic Day, official says

FILE PHOTO: Farmers participate in a tractor rally to protest against the newly passed farm bills, on a highway on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, January 7, 2021. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo January 25, 2021 NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Police in India’s capital New Delhi will allow thousands of protesting farmers to drive through the …

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Thousands of protesting Indian farmers and police face-off at New Delhi border

Farmers attend a protest against the newly passed farm bills at Singhu border near Delhi, India, November 28, 2020. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui November 28, 2020 By Danish Siddiqui NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India deployed hundreds of police and paramilitary forces at a New Delhi border on Saturday as thousands of farmers from neighbouring states blocked major …

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