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1 week ago | 
htsyndication.com | Jasjeev Gandhiok |Debashish Karmakar
India, April 12 -- A sudden and violent storm swept across Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) on Friday evening, leaving behind a trail of destruction that claimed two lives, injured at least five people, and crippled infrastructure across the region. Dust storms, intense winds reaching up to 84 km/hr, and short but fierce rain showers knocked down dozens of trees, power poles, and even buildings and walls, bringing life to a standstill across NCR.
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1 week ago | 
hindustantimes.com | Jasjeev Gandhiok |Debashish Karmakar
A sudden and violent storm swept across Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) on Friday evening, leaving behind a trail of destruction that claimed two lives, injured at least five people, and crippled infrastructure across the region. Dust storms, intense winds reaching up to 84 km/hr, and short but fierce rain showers knocked down dozens of trees, power poles, and even buildings and walls, bringing life to a standstill across NCR.
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2 weeks ago | 
htsyndication.com | Jasjeev Gandhiok |Jayashree Nandi
New Delhi, April 10 -- The maximum temperature continued to run high on Wednesday with the city recording its third consecutive "heatwave" day of the season. However, it was the first time that the city saw a "warm night" as the minimum temperature rose sharply to 25.6degC - the highest April minimum in three years.
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1 month ago | 
htsyndication.com | Jasjeev Gandhiok |Snehil Sinha
India, March 25 -- Back in power after nearly three decades, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, led by chief minister Rekha Gupta, will present its first Delhi budget on Tuesday. Expectations are high for the new administration, particularly as both arms of governance in the Capital - the elected government and the lieutenant governor - are now aligned under one party.
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1 month ago | 
hindustantimes.com | Jasjeev Gandhiok |Snehil Sinha
New Delhi : Back in power after nearly three decades, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, led by chief minister Rekha Gupta, will present its first Delhi budget on Tuesday. Expectations are high for the new administration, particularly as both arms of governance in the Capital — the elected government and the lieutenant governor — are now aligned under one party.
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1 month ago | 
hindustantimes.com | Jasjeev Gandhiok |Leena Dhankhar
India’s annual PM 2.5 concentration was over 10 times the safe limit at 50.6 micrograms per cubic metre (µg/m3) in 2024 compared to 54.4µg/m3 in 2023, according to Swiss air quality technology firm IQAir’s “World Air Quality Report 2024” released on Tuesday. PM 2.5 are fine inhalable particles with diameters generally 2.5 micrometers and smaller. The IQAir report is based on PM 2.5 alone.
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1 month ago | 
hindustantimes.com | Snehil Sinha |Jasjeev Gandhiok
For the best part of a decade, Delhi’s agencies have focussed on weeding out the vilayati kikar (prosopis juliflora) — an invasive tree species from Mexico — from the Capital’s landscape. The reason — the species propagates quickly, has deep roots, and does not allow Delhi’s native species to grow around it.
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1 month ago | 
htsyndication.com | Jasjeev Gandhiok |Jayashree Nandi
New Delhi, Feb. 28 -- The Capital on Thursday recorded its warmest February night on record, with minimum temperatures soaring to 19.5degC - seven degrees above normal - amid a nationwide warming trend that has seen India register its highest February minimum on average nationwide temperature since 1901.
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1 month ago | 
hindustantimes.com | Jasjeev Gandhiok |Jayashree Nandi
Next Story Jayashree Nandi, New Delhi Delhi recorded its warmest February night at 19.5°C, surpassing the 2015 record. Nationwide temperatures are also unusually high amid a warming trend. The Capital on Thursday recorded its warmest February night on record, with minimum temperatures soaring to 19.5°C — seven degrees above normal — amid a nationwide warming trend that has seen India register its highest February minimum on average nationwide temperature since 1901.
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2 months ago | 
htsyndication.com | Sanjeev Jha |Snehil Sinha |Jasjeev Gandhiok
India, Feb. 15 -- The Comptroller and Auditor General's (CAG) report on Delhi's air pollution exposed severe lapses in the city's efforts to mitigate vehicular pollution, highlighting a lack of data on the number of vehicles and their emissions, delays in public transport expansion plans and improper placement of air quality monitors, according to officials familiar with the findings of the agency.
