Day after Diwali a surprise shower, cool surface wind and relatively less stubble burning activity in the vicinity of the national capital brought down Delhi's air quality index from 525 to 273 within 24 hours. ....

Apart from providing 750 ICU beds in the DRDO Centre out of which 500 will be made available in the next two days itself and doubling of RT-PCR tests in the national capital to nearly 1.25 lakh tests daily, the Modi government on Sunday decided to provide additional doctors and paramedical staff from the CAPFs, in view of the shortage of doctors in the city. ....

After participating in a meeting convened by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Delhi's grim Covid situation, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said he had sought the Centre's cooperation in jointly tackling the pandemic spread and in increasing the number of daily tests. ....

Delhi Police arrested over 850 people and registered more than 1,200 cases for selling and bursting crackers on Diwali night in violation of a ban on firecrackers in the national capital. ....

Delhi witnessed significantly low numbers of coronavirus tests in the last 24 hours on Sunday, with latest government figures recording 3,235 new cases and pushing the national capital's total tally to 4,85,405. ....

The Delhi Fire Service received as many as 205 fire calls as Diwali celebrations were going on, with one casualty reported in Outer Delhi in one such incident, a senior officer said on Sunday. ....

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal performed Diwali puja at Akshardham Temple on Saturday. Along with the Chief Minister, his family and cabinet colleagues were also present on the occasion. ....

As the wrath of Covid-19 continues to grapple the national capital amid Diwali festivities, it confirmed the second-highest single-day fatalities on Saturday. The city recorded as many as 96 deaths and 7,340 new infections out of the 49,645 tests conducted in the last 24 hours. ....

As the wrath of coronavirus continues to grapple the national capital, it reported the highest single-day fatalities on Thursday since the pandemic struck. The city recorded as many as 104 deaths and 7,053 new infections out of the 60,229 samples tested in the last 24 hours. ....

The Ministry of Earth Sciences on Thursday claimed that the level of PM2.5, a deadly pollutant, is likely to be lowest in the past four years under zero-firecracker scenarios during Diwali. ....