Now, you will be charged a fine of Rs 200 if caught flouting the COVID-19 norms in Mumbai. In a release on Sunday, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said the residents of Mumbai will now be fined Rs 200 and will also be provided a free mask, if found without a face cover. The decision has been taken to encourage COVID-19-appropriate behaviour among the people. 
Farmers' protest against the Centre's three agriculture laws on Monday entered the fifth day. The farmers are demanding from the government to withdraw the three laws which according to them is not in the interest of the farming community. However, noted agriculture sector expert and economist, Vijay Sardana, said that the agitation is not about the laws, but it is about the traders who will be at loss.
West Bengal does not plan to resume physical classes in universities and colleges soon, state Education Minister Partha Chatterjee said. Education institutions have been closed across the country since March after the coronavirus outbreak. However, in October, the Union Ministry of Education had issued guidelines for reopening of schools.
AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday raked up the issue of farmers protest in Delhi as he chided Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah for not listening to their demands.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday alleged that the Khalistanis and the Maoists have stepped in to propagate under the garb of the farmers’ protests and accused Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of seeing this as an "opportunity to burn down delhi." Taking to Twitter, BJP IT cell in-charge Amit Malviya said, "Arvind Kejriwal led Delhi government has already notified the new Farm Laws on 23Nov20 and had started implementing them. But now that the Khalistanis and Maoists have stepped in to oppose, he sees an opportunity to burn down Delhi." "It was never about farmers. Just politics," he added.
With the mean minimum temperature dropping to 10.2 degrees Celsius, Delhi this year witnessed the coldest November in 71 years, the India Meteorological Department has said. Earlier in 1949, Delhi had recorded a mean minimum temperature of 10.2 degrees Celsius in the month of November. The mean minimum temperature for November was 9.6 degrees Celsius in 1938; nine degrees Celsius in 1931 and 8.9 degrees Celsius in 1930, according to IMD data.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said he has issued directives to reduce the price of the RT-PCR test in the national capital, saying it will help those going to private labs for COVID-19 tests. Currently, people have to spend Rs 2,400 for the RT-PCR test at private labs. "I have directed that the rates of RT PCR tests be reduced in Delhi. Whereas tests are being conducted free of cost in govt establishments, however this will help those who get their tests done in pvt labs," Kejriwal tweeted.Republic Day 2024 : As India's 75th Republic Day Parade kicked off in the national capital, a 30-member band contingent and a marching c...
