Delhi News Live Updates: Drone monitoring, anti-dust campaign feature in Capital’s Winter Action Plan to combat air pollution

Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai says, "...The rise in pollution levels in NCR states also impacts Delhi. We also need Central Government to bring down this level. When all agencies & governments work together, only then can pollution can be combated effectively. So, this year's Winter Action Plan's main theme is 'Milkar chalein aur pradushan se ladein'. Our government will go ahead towards implementing its winter action plan with this theme. As a result of our collective efforts, the pollution level is going down in Delhi continuously. In 2016, a total of 243 days were polluted. In 2023, this number dropped to 159 days - around a 34.6% drop. This drop in pollution level is due to the efforts of the governments as well as the contribution of people as well as their awareness..." (ANI)

A shopkeeper was assaulted by a group of people allegedly after he mixed colours in the juice he was selling in Central Delhi’s Rajendra Nagar on Tuesday morning.

Harsh Vardhan, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central), said they received a PCR call at 10.30 am at Rajender Nagar Police Station regarding selling of juice by “mixing colour” in it by a shop on Shankar Road.

“Prima facie, some substance was found at the shop. The police team called a food safety inspector and he took samples. Further legal action is being taken per the complaint,” said Vardhan. Read Here

The BJP’s Delhi unit will undertake a mega membership exercise on Wednesday on the occasion of the birth anniversary of party ideologue Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya, the party said in a statement.

A review meeting of the BJP’s ongoing membership drive was held at the Talkatora stadium here on Sunday where the party’s national general secretary Vinod Tawde emphasised the importance of expanding party membership ahead of the Delhi Assembly elections, slated to be held early next year.

A 16-year-old boy was stabbed to death in East Delhi’s Shakarpur area allegedly by his three friends after he refused to give them a treat for his new smartphone on Monday evening.

“Around 7.15 pm on September 23, police patrolling staff in the area noticed blood on the street near Ramji Samosa shop. Locals informed them that a group of boys had stabbed a boy, who was taken to hospital,” said Apoorva Gupta, DCP East.

An hour later, the Shakarpur police station received information from LNJP Hospital about the incident. Read Here

In her address after offering prayers at the Pracheen Hanuman Mandir in Connaught Place, Delhi Chief Minister Atishi said, "I offered prayers at the Hanuman Mandir, where Hanuman ji has been our 'Sankat Mochan.' Over the past two years, AAP and Arvind Kejriwal have faced numerous attacks. There have been attempts to undermine, silence, and divide us, but Hanuman ji has always been there to protect AAP, Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi, and its people," said newly elected CM.

AAP Minister Sanjay Singh, in a press conference, accused the BJP of engaging in widespread corruption across the country, stating that the party is "openly looting the people in the name of electricity." On one side, we have Arvind Kejriwal and the AAP, who provide free electricity, and on the other side, we have the BJP, which is openly looting in the name of electricity,” says AAP MP Sanjay Singh.

The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea by an In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) specialist seeking a more “nuanced, balanced and reasonable approach” in regulating unused gametes and embryos under the provisions of the Assisted Reproductive Technologies (Regulation) Rules, 2022.

The petitioner, Dr Aniruddha Malpani, who challenged section 24 of the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, 2021, read with Rule 13(1)(a) of the Assisted Reproductive Technologies (Regulation) Rules, 2022, hence withdrew his plea.

Dr Malpani, seeking that the rule be set aside, had submitted that “the enforced preservation of unused gametes or embryos solely for the original recipient can lead to the unnecessary destruction of viable biological material, which could otherwise benefit other couples or individuals facing infertility issues. In the context of India, where infertility affects approximately 10 to 14% of the population (with higher rates in urban areas due to lifestyle factors), the availability of viable gametes and embryos is crucial in providing reproductive assistance to childless couples.” Read here