From May 18 to June 5, the AQI remained in the 'moderate' category. From July to September, monsoon rains kept pollution levels in check.  By October end, the air turned 'severe' again

Evidence shows Punjab farmers have brought food security and grown richer in the process while Bihar farmers have grown poorer and Madhya Pradesh farmers are striving to move ahead using MSP

Farmers protests news: The farmers have been protesting against the three contentious farm laws passed in the Monsoon Session of Parliament since November 26

Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi has said in a reply to Congress' leader of Opposition, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury that the Parliament will now convene in January 2021 for the Budget session

Addressing a webinar on 'Weather and Climate Services over Mountains Region', IMD Director General Mrutunjay Mohapatra said India has the eastern ghats, western ghats along the east and the west coast and the Myanmar hills in the northeast

Farmers' agitation: Kejriwal said he will observe the fast in response to a call given by the agitating farmers and urged his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) volunteers, supporters, as well as the people of the country to join in

In a countrywide advisory, the Union Home Ministry also said the state governments and UT administrations must ensure that the COVID-19 guidelines are strictly followed

Justin Trudeau's comment has not gone well with both the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and Aam Aadmi Party. External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava called Trudeau's remarks as 'ill-informed' and 'unwarranted'

Farmers' protest in Delhi: It has been five days since thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana, and other states started a protest march against three controversial farm laws which received the President's nod in the Monsoon session of Parliament

Multiple factors led to it: First they were asked to grow paddy to overcome food scarcity; mechanised harvesting left massive residue that takes longer to decompose and then paddy sowing was delayed to conserve water, overshooting residue burning into Delhi's bad winter air days

Many studies, including those by top government bodies, identify top polluters of Delhi air as industries, vehicles and dust; the annual, ritualistic bashing of Punjab farmers in winter months only helps in shifting the blame and allows government agencies to evade accountability

Harsimrat Kaur Badal who recently resigned from the government tweeted, 'Indeed a DARK DAY for democracy as President Kovind too refused to heed the request of 18 political parties pleading him not to sign the undemocratically passed anti-farmer bills'

Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy also said in the Rajya Sabha that Delhi Police arrested 233 Tablighi Jamaat members and 2,361 people have been evacuated from the organisation's headquarters since March 29

These bills seek to provide barrier-free trade for farmers' produce outside notified farm mandis, and empower farmers to enter into farming agreements with private players prior to production for sale of agri-produce

FDI inflow from China has declined on an annual basis from $350.22 million in 2017-18 to $229 million in 2018-19 and further to $163.77 million in 2019-20

India Stock Market Highlights Today: IndusInd Bank, followed by HDFC twins, SBI, M&M, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, ITC and Asian Paints were among the top gainers in the Sensex pack. On the other hand, Bajaj Auto, Bajaj Finance, HUL and NTPC were among the laggards

Moratorium on repayment of loans and their restructuring may have a negative impact on the financial health of the banks going ahead, unless they are closely monitored and judiciously used, the RBI said in its 2019-20 annual report

Weather report Delhi: The Indian Meteorological Department has predicted 'generally cloudy sky with heavy rain' for the national capital today while warning of heavy rains has been issued in some areas

The pandemic is set to push the auto industry back by over a decade. Partial recovery in June and July has raised hopes, but will it sustain?

Weather forecast Delhi: Safdarjung Observatory, which provides representative figures for Delhi, recorded mere 31.1 mm rainfall in August so far versus the normal 109.6 mm, a deficit of 72 per cent