Delhi-NCR Enforces GRAP-1 Measures as AQI Dips to Poor Category; Rubio Reaffirms US Commitment to India

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The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) on Wednesday informed the implementation of actions under Stage I measures of the Graded Response Action Plan (Grap 1) for Delhi-NCR to reduce measures for air pollution. Delhi's air quality index has moved into ‘poor' (AQI 2OI-3OO) has been the backdrop for the Grap 1 notification.The air quality index in the city has moved into the ‘poor' (AQI 2O1-3OO) category, which has underlined the Grap 1 notification.

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‘You’re not GenZ', Delhi HC tells Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka while hearing plea against custody extension

Saurav Das, leader of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) and Ashutosh Ranka were told by the Delhi High Court on Wednesday that they were not Gen Z and requested the leaders to provide their age to the court. The two CJP leaders were standing trial in the plea petition filed against extension of their judicial custody by a special executive magistrate (SEM) court.

US ties with Pakistan "will never come at the expense" of India ties, Marco Rubio says

US secretary of state Marco Rubio has said that United States' relationships with Pakistan or any other country “will never come at the expense” of its ties with India – a response he gave to a question related to concerns being reportedly raised about Washington's ties with Islamabad. Rubio was asked if the scene of the 1970s, where then-US President Richard Nixon and his national security advisor Henry Kissinger seemed to have a tilt towards Pakistan, was back.

Jeweller who made ‘Sengol' in Parliament passes away at 99. PM Modi condoles loss

Vummidi Ethiraj, India's top jeweller, died in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Wednesday at the age of 99. Both Vice President CP Radhakrishnan and Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed grief and condoled his death after his death.

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‘I am telling you he was part of the problem’: Paid negative PR in Bollywood was done by Salman Khan too, says Palash Sen

In one of the Bigg Boss 20 Weekend Ka Vaar episodes, Salman Khan lashed out at trolls for their extreme remarks on actors when their movies aren't doing well at the box office. He also discussed allegations of some actors hiring for negative publicity campaigns on other actors. Now, in an interview with Screen, singer, songwriter and actor Palash Sen has thrown his hat into the ring, accusing Salman himself of being a part of the problem.

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