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Top officials of the Union environment and health ministries and the governments of Delhi, Haryana and Punjab deposed before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Urban Development to find a "permanent solution" to air pollution in the national capital...

Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla said the government has not taken any call in this regard and discussions are still on but the government is aware of misgivings about Chinese companies.

To bring transparency and improve efficiency in PDS, the government has digitised beneficiaries database and made it mandatory the seeding of Aadhaar number that has helped detect ineligible and bogus rations cards.

The 28-year-old driver of the car, Kuldeep Bidhuri, who is a law student and the owner of a gym in Madanpur Khadar area, has been arrested, police said.

The Health Ministry said 76% of the new cases of COVID-19 were from 10 states and UTs, with Kerala and Delhi having contributed the maximum of more than 6,000 cases each.

Responding to questions over a 'fake' encounter in Shopian, Sinha said the Army had earned a lot of goodwill through its drives for education and development in the valley.

A magistrate court had on August 24 discharged them of all charges under which they were chargesheeted in the absence of any record or credible material against them.

Subhash Chandra Garg said he "did not share a good and productive working relationship" with Sitharaman, who came to the finance ministry "with some pre-conceived notions about me".

Top officials of the Union Health Ministry and the Delhi government will attend the meeting.

The report, which also gives details of the financial background of candidates, said a total of 20 or 25 per cent of them have declared financial assets worth crores of rupees.

The second phase of the mega exercise is scheduled to be held from November 17 to 20 in the Arabian sea, they said.

CHILDLINE '1098' is a round-the-clock helpline number that covers 595 districts and 135 Railway child help desks to help children in distress.

The COVID-19 death toll in India climbed to 1,21,090 with 563 new fatalities. The United States reported all time high of 91,500 new cases.

All those working in state governments, PSUs, banks and in the private sector have been offered income tax exemption for payment of cash equivalent of LTC fare.

Reddy raised concern over online gaming and online betting fast catching up as a severe social evil leading to youth getting involved in vices like gambling and betting from the comfort of their homes through their mobile phones and computers.