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New Delhi, India, reports its 15th consecutive day with a "very poor" recorded air quality index due to significant air pollution causing zero meter visibility smog.
2024-11-13

Vice Admiral Kay-Achim Schönbach resigns as Inspector of the German Navy following comments at a think tank in New Delhi, in which he called Russia's intention to attack Ukraine "nonsense", saying that Russian president Vladimir Putin "deserves respect" and dismissing the prospects of Ukraine ever regaining Crimea and joining NATO.
2022-01-22

Authorities in Delhi request help from the Indian Armed Forces amidst shortages of medical oxygen and a lack of beds in intensive care units in the city's overwhelmed hospitals. The local government wants the army to formally take over the administration of COVID-19 care facilities and intensive care units.
2021-05-3

Thousands of farmers protest in New Delhi against legislation they say will devastate crop prices.
2020-11-28

Following high-level talks in Delhi, India and the United States sign a military agreement on sharing sensitive satellite data. The "Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement on Geospatial Cooperation" (BECA) gives the Indian Armed Forces access to a range of sensitive geospatial and aeronautical data for military use. Agreements on nuclear energy, earth sciences and alternative medicine are also signed.
2020-10-27

A man is charged with raping a five-year-old girl inside of the United States embassy in New Delhi. The high-security mansion in the Indian capital is one of the most secure in Delhi, with multiple layers of manned and electronic security.
2020-02-6

The capitals of the world’s two most populous nations, China and India, are blanketed in hazardous, choking smog. Beijing, on the second-highest pollution alert, is closing highways, halting or suspending construction while warning residents to stay indoors. The U.S. New Delhi embassy’s monitoring station recorded an air quality index of 372, putting air pollution levels into “hazardous” territory. No action by the New Delhi government.
2015-11-30

Two people are arrested in Delhi after a Danish woman was gang-raped.
2014-01-16

A court in Delhi, India, charges five men with the murder of a 23-year-old woman who was gang-raped on a bus in Delhi on December 16, 2012.
2013-01-7