Pollution is a rising concern in India. And the central government looks serious in tackling this menace. Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Sunday, October 18 reiterated that pollution has become a huge problem for the country. He appealed to the people to download the SAMEER app on their mobile phones in order to get correct updates on air pollution in various cities.

Interacting with people during a Facebook Live event, Javadekar said that the pollution in the country has reached a dangerous level.

As many as 3,000 cellars were inundated with rainwater after the second wave of rain and floods on Saturday.

The GHMC after last week’s devastation had identified 3,000 cellars as having been submerged. The civic body, along with public and private participation, cleared 2,877 of them, leaving 123 to be cleared.

Shares of Jet Airways (India) hit the upper circuit of 5 per cent at Rs 42.15 on the BSE on Monday, after the committee of creditors (CoC) of the company approved the resolution plan of consortium of Kalrock Capital–Murari Lal Jalan.

The stock was trading higher for the eight straight day and has rallied 47 per cent as compared to 2 per cent decline in the S&P BSE Sensex during this period.

The Opposition-ruled states are in a huddle over the Centre’s revised proposal to meet goods and services tax (GST) compensation shortfall.

While Jharkhand has rejected the Centre’s proposal of borrowing partial GST shortfall of Rs 1.1 trillion and lending to states, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has written to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman urging that the Centre should instead borrow Rs 1.83 trillion. More states are expected to write to Sitharaman on Monday.

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is not good for India as he could be soft on China, US President Donald Trump's son said at an event to celebrate the 'success' of his book that talks about graft allegations against the Bidens.

Forty-two-year-old Donald Trump Jr is leading the re-election campaign of his 74-year-old father. The presidential elections in the US are slated to be held on November 3.

Indian Americans held a Get out the Vote (GOTV) rally in the US state of California in support of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris for the November 3 elections.

For the future of this and next the generation of Indian Americans and fulfill our American dream, it is very important to vote for Biden and Harris this election, eminent hotelier Ashok Bhatt said at the GOTV rally organised on Sunday by entrepreneur couple Ajay and Vinita Bhutoria.

With a spike of 55,722 new COVID-19 cases and 579 deaths in the last 24 hours, India's COVID-19 count crossed 75-lakh mark and reached 75,50,273 on Monday, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW).

As per the MoHFW, the COVID-19 count includes 7,72,055 active cases (dip by 11,256 since yesterday) and 66,63,608 cured/discharged/migrated cases (rise by 66,399 since yesterday). With 579 deaths in the last 24 hours, the total death count due to the disease has reached 1,14,610.

There's no respite for residents of Delhi and adjoining NCR as the air quality in the region continues to deteriorate. On Sunday, the Air Quality Index in parts of Gurugram remained 'very poor' while it was 'poor' in Noida, Ghaziabad and Faridabad.

As per data from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), there was a heavy concentration of PM 2.5 and PM 10 pollutants in the air in the four districts surrounding the national capital.

As part of Unlock 5.0, schools for classes 9th to 12th are opening in Uttar Pradesh from Monday (October 19). Strict guidelines have been issued by the state authorities in this regard and everyone has been asked to follow it. The schools will open in a phased manner after remaining closed since March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the schools in UP, classes will be held in two shifts. In the first shift, students of class 9 and 10 will be taught, while in the second shift students of class 11 and 12 will be classed. In the first shift, classes will be held from 8:50 am to 3:50 pm, while the second shift will be taught from 12:20 pm to 3:20 pm.

As the coronavirus trend in India sees a downward graph in terms of fresh as well as active cases, a government-appointed panel has recommended that no fresh lockdowns should be imposed at district or state levels.

No fresh lockdowns should be imposed on district or state level to contain the spread of COVID-19 unless there is an imminent danger of healthcare facilities being overwhelmed, said a government-appointed committee chaired by IIT Hyderabad professor M Vidyasagar.

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