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After heavy rainfall in Delhi, India, the Yamuna reaches record-high water levels, resulting in flood warnings and evacuations.
2023-07-13

Tata Sons is announced as the winning bidder for Air India, ending years of attempts by the government to privatise the loss-making airline. Tata Sons was the initial owner of the airline before it was nationalised. [https:--www.ndtv.com-business-tata-wins-control-of-air-india-once-again-with-rs-18-000-crore-bid-2568657 (NDTV)] [https:--timesofindia.indiatimes.com-business-india-business-return-of-the-prodigal-son-air-india-back-in-founder-tata-fold-after-68-years-articleshow-86865871.cms "(Times of India)"]
2021-10-8

Delhi reports its first two cases of the 501.V2 variant, which was originally detected in South Africa. The patient is a 33-year old man from Kerala.
2021-03-16

Samyukt Kisan Morcha protestors storm the Red Fort in Delhi, clashing with police. One protestor is killed and more than 80 police officers are injured. Protest leaders blame the violence on "rogue elements", and say they will continue to dispute the government's agriculture acts.
2021-01-26

The United Kingdom returns three antique bronze sculptures to India more than 40 years after they were stolen from a Hindu temple in Tamil Nadu. They were found in London after one was offered for sale in 2019. A total of four bronzes from the Vijayanagara period, which lasted from the 14th to the 17th century, were stolen in 1978 from a temple dedicated to the god Vishnu in Nagapattinam.
2020-09-16

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology of the Government of India bans 47 Chinese-origin apps on the grounds that these apps were clones of banned apps made by Chinese companies to circumvent bans. The ban comes less than a month after 59 apps were banned in June, including TikTok and Helo, as the government deemed them a "threat to national security". India also begins investigating over 250 Chinese apps over user privacy violations including popular Tencent-backed gaming app "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds". The bans comes in the wake of a movement to boycott Chinese products in India following the 2020 China-India skirmishes.
2020-07-27

Tablighi Jamaat leader Muhammad Saad Kandhlawi is charged with manslaughter after a gathering the organization held in Delhi on March 3 was linked to 1,023 coronavirus cases across 17 Indian states. Police say he ignored two notices to end the religious event at a mosque in Delhi, though he denies any wrongdoing.
2020-04-16

The International Olympic Committee suspends India's national Olympic committee because of government interference in its election process. India's athletes will be barred from competing in Olympic events under their national flag, although the IOC could allow them to do so under the Olympic flag.
2012-12-4

Tens of thousands of India's poorest farmers march more than 300 kilometers to Delhi in a "Jan Satyagraha" to demand land reform under the banner of Ekta Parishad.
2012-10-3

Anil Khanna, treasurer of the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, resigns the position due to corrupt allegations.
2010-08-5