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Doctors and environment experts believe that extreme levels of air pollution in the national capital during the winter is likely to aggravate the COVID-19 situation in the city and pose a serious challenge to the government.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall likely over Konkan, Goa, and Gujarat on Wednesday.

Iltija Mufti, the daughter of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, has approached the Supreme Court seeking to modify her petition challenging the detention of her mother under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA).

The water quality of five major rivers in the country, including the Ganga, deteriorated during the coronavirus-induced lockdown due to factors like release of sewage and no fresh water discharge from the upstream, the Central Pollution Control Board said on Wednesday.

BSP supremo Mayawati today hit out at the government as well as the Opposition for the chaos during the ongoing Monsoon Session, saying their conduct has harmed the dignity of Parliament and the Constitution.

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav today said that the government should "honestly" turn the PM Cares Fund into a "public cares fund" and make arrangements for online education of students.

A 14-year boy was beaten to death for allegedly stealing Rs 500 in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, police said on Wednesday.

Living in a neighbourhood with no friends is dangerous, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said today and alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had destroyed the "web of relationships" that the Congress had built with countries over decades.

An indigenously developed laser-guided anti-tank missile has been successfully test fired by the Defence Research and Development Organisation or DRDO at a firing range in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar, officials said today.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today emphasized the need to increase focus on "effective testing, tracing, treatment, surveillance" for the coronavirus pandemic. In his virtual meet with Chief Ministers of seven states with the highest number of coronavirus cases in the country, he also spoke of the need for clear messaging to dispel rumours about testing.

In a first, Kolkata is all set to get a tram library. The specially designed tram library will have books and magazines, including those on competitive examinations in order to attract students from various educational institutions along its route.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to clarify by Friday the modalities of refund of air tickets to be made to the passengers and travel agents in view of cancellation of flights during the COVID-19 induced lockdown period.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is meeting via video conference the Chief Ministers of seven states with the highest number of coronavirus cases in the country.

Haryana Police on Wednesday used water cannons in Panipat to stop a Haryana Youth Congress-led rally from proceeding to Delhi to protest against the Centre's farm reform bills.

Fifteen bills made it past the Rajya Sabha over the last two days as the opposition boycotted the proceedings in both houses over the suspension of its eight members for Sunday's ruckus. Seven of the bills were passed yesterday, eight today. Three of the Bills passed were the hugely contentious labour laws that have been opposed by the most labour unions, including one affiliated to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the ideological mentor of the BJP.