Mallica Joshi

In the absence of an emergency plan, experts say there is no respite in sight, and that Delhi is at the mercy of weather conditions to get rid of pollution.

A Central Pollution Control Board report said the average wind speed around Diwali last year was 3.4 metres per second, while it was 1.3 per second this year.

Amity School has planned to ask all students to wear masks till the pollution levels come down.

"They (insects) thrive in weather conditions where the average temperature is 25°C and the humidity is around the 60 per cent mark," said R K Seth, a professor at Delhi University

They are cheap and bright, but are very often dangerous. Many Chinese-made firecrackers use the highly unstable chemical potassium chlorate — which is the main reason they are banned in India.

Six months later, the machines have been returned and vacuum cleaning is on hold. A tender for new machines is still being finalised.

The capital continues to suffer the effects of pollution because of large-scale burning of agricultural remains in neighbouring states, especially Punjab and Haryana.

We need to look at a cleaner fuel, move from BS III to BS IV. We need checks on industrial pollution, thermal power plants and brick kilns... reduce the number of vehicles that enter Delhi from other states: Bhure Lal.

This year, the government introduced a centralised admission system to check corruption.

The government is planning to test children for dyslexia, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and other learning disabilities for diagnosis, and to create special education plans for them, the sources added.

There are eight zonal water testing laboratories and nine water treatment plants in Delhi.

Delhi Education Minister Manish Sisodia could not be reached for comment despite repeated attempts.

According to police, Karnatak hurled casteist abuses at Ram before slitting his throat with a sickle.

In the past week when fires broke out at Bhalswa, there wasn’t a single fire tender at the site and the fire brigade had to be called.

On October 5, Dalit labourer Ram was killed, allegedly by a government school teacher from the upper-caste Thakur community, for entering and “defiling” a flour mill in Kadaria village.

The National Air Quality Index showed that the air quality was poor at R K Puram and Mandir Marg, very poor at Punjabi Bagh, and severe at Anand Vihar for most of the day.

Central University of Haryana approved staging of Mahasweta Devi short story, then set up panel to probe complaint.

Officials at the education department said they are mulling action against teachers who did not let question papers leave the distribution centres.

Language barrier main reason, but trying to figure out if low attendance also a factor, say IIT authorities.

The government has set itself a deadline for November 14, Children’s Day, to turn all students between class VI and VII into readers.

With the universities facing a hostel crunch, life becomes a struggle for many students from modest backgrounds who do not get a hostel seat.

In DU, the challenge to house outstation students has grown in the last 20 years. Students who do not get hostel seats are forced to hunt for affordable housing, which is easier said than done.

A few other stations in Delhi have seen a similar change but the colour change is a new feature.

Earlier this month, the HC had ordered the govt to work out a plan to move children from the overcrowded government girls and boys senior secondary schools in Sonia Vihar.