The national capital continues to choke under a thick layer of smog, with air quality plunging to ‘severe’ levels. On Thursday morning, Air Quality Early Warning System (EWS) pegged the the Air Quality Index (AQI) at 409, while private monitor AQI.in showed the national capital’s AQI at 644. Visuals showed thick smog blanketing the skyline, leaving buildings and roads barely visible from a distance.

Ousted Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina has said that she would love to return home, but for her to do this, Bangladesh must first hold free, fair and participatory elections. In an email interview to The Indian Express, from an undisclosed location in Delhi, she said that, “In Delhi, I am free to go about my day and do what I wish, within reason.”

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AMID pressure on goods exports to the US due to high 50 per cent tariffs, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday extended additional credit facilities up to Rs 20,000 crore to exporters, and also approved a six-year Export Promotion Mission with an outlay of Rs 25,060 crore announced in the Budget this year.

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