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IKEA plans to open its first shopping centre in India after the furniture giant’s shopping centres business - one of the world’s largest - said it had bought a 48,000-square-metre plot in the city of Noida on the outskirts of Delhi.

India blocked mobile internet services in several areas around New Delhi on Saturday as protesting farmers began a one-day hunger strike after a week of clashes with authorities that left one dead and hundreds injured.

Hundreds of millions of Indians in north India woke up on Sunday to toxic air following Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, after many revellers defied bans on using firecrackers to celebrate.

Delhi’s air quality turned “severe” on Diwali with stubble burning accounting for 32 per cent of the city’s PM2.5 pollution and calm winds worsening the situation as they allowed accumulation of pollutants, weather officials said

Delhi’s COVID-19 deaths rose by a record high on Thursday and it also reported the most number of infections in India, an increase attributed to the city’s toxic air and a lack of physical distancing in public places around a major festival.

India's capital, Delhi, is battling a winter surge in Covid-19 cases as temperatures plummet and air pollution rises to dangerous levels. The city confirmed more than 8,500 cases on Wednesday alone, its highest daily record yet.

Dubai, November 6 (Reuters) - Defending champions Mumbai Indians moved closer to a fifth Indian Premier League (IPL) title on Thursday, steamrolling Delhi Capitals by 57 runs to sail into the Nov. 10 final in Dubai. Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan struck breezy fifties and Hardik Pandya provided the late surge to power Mumbai to a daunting 200-5. Quicks Trent ...

New Delhi/ Bengaluru, June 21 (Reuters) - India reported a record jump in coronavirus infections on Saturday, a day after the government in the capital New Delhi ordered hospitals to cancel any leave and have workers return to duty immediately. India saw an increase of 14,516 COVID-19 cases, the health ministry said, taking the total to 395,047 with 12,948 deaths. ...

June 16 (India Today) - Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain has been admitted to a hospital in the national capital after he developed Covid-like symptoms and complained of difficulty in breathing. Delhi minister Satyendar Jain was admitted to the Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital on Monday night after he showed novel coronavirus symptoms. Taking to Twitter, Satyendar Jain wrote, “Due ...

May 10 (TheIndianExpress) - Expressing anguish over the sight of migrant workers walking hundreds of kilometres to reach their homes, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Sunday urged them to not leave the city on foot. Despite arrangements being made slowly by Delhi and other state governments, several workers have been walking home, tired of waiting for buses and trains arranged by ...