New Delhi [India], October 21 (ANI): Chief Scientist at World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr Soumya Swaminathan has said that it's very important for India to have a strong regulatory system to remain a leader in the generic medicine and vaccines space.

New Delhi Apr 23 PTI The national capital on Saturday morning recorded a minimum temperature of 206 degrees Celsius three notches below the seasons average the India Meteorological Department saidThe humidity was 44 per cent at 830 amThe department has predicted strong surface winds during day time and the maximum temperature may settle around 40 degrees CelsiusThe citys air quality was recorded in the poor category with the AQI being 240 at 10 am Central Pollution Control Board CPCB data showedAn Air Quality Index AQI between zero and 50 is considered good 51 and 100 satisfactory 101 and 200 moderate 201 and 300 poor 301 and 400 very poor and 401 and 500 severe PTI NIT ANB ANB

New Delhi Jan 30 PTI Delhi on Sunday recorded a maximum temperature of 222 degrees Celsius while the minimum temperature settled at 75 degrees Celsius a notch below the seasons normal the India Meteorological Department saidThe relative humidity was 52 per cent at 530 pmAccording to the weather department the national capital is likely to witness mainly clear skies on Monday with mist in the morning and strong surface winds speed 25-35 kmph during the dayThe maximum and minimum temperatures are expected to settle around 8 degrees Celsius and 23 degrees Celsius respectivelyDelhis air quality was recorded in the poor category on SundayThe air quality index AQI read 282 at 505 pm according to Central Pollution Control Board dataThe air quality in neighbouring cities of Faridabad 282 Ghaziabad 264 Greater Noida 220 Gurgaon 234 and Noida 237 was also poorAn AQI between zero and 50 is considered good 51 and 100 satisfactory 101 and 200 moderate 201 and 300 poor 301 and 400 very poor and 401 and 500 severeOn Saturday the minimum temperature in the national capital stood at 54 degrees Celsius three notches below the seasons average while the maximum temperature was 224 degrees CelsiusDelhi saw its coldest January day in nine years on Tuesday with the maximum temperature plunging 10 notches below normal and settling at 121 degrees CelsiusBefore this the city had recorded a maximum temperature of 98 degrees Celsius on January 3 2013 according to IMD dataThe capital also recorded 822 mm of rainfall this January the highest in the month in 122 years PTI AMP DIV DIV

New Delhi Dec 27 PTI Delhis air quality was recorded in the very poor category on Monday morning and the minimum temperature settled at 104 degrees Celsius three notches above normalThe air quality index AQI was recorded in the severe category on Sunday evening at 459 Central Pollution Control Board CPCB data showed The AQI on Monday morning was 373An AQI between zero and 50 is considered good 51 and 100 satisfactory 101 and 200 moderate 201 and 300 poor 301 and 400 very poor and 401 and 500 severeThe relative humidity recorded at 830 am was 90 per cent the weather office saidIt predicted generally cloudy skies with the possibility of very light rain and drizzle on Monday with the maximum temperature likely to hover around 22 degrees CelsiusOn Sunday the minimum temperature settled at 98 degrees Celsius two notches above normal while the maximum temperature was 214 degrees Celsius a notch above the seasons averageSeveral parts of the national capital witnessed light rains on Sunday evening PTI SLB IJT

New Delhi Dec 20 PTI A cold wave swept parts of Delhi on Monday with the minimum temperature at the Safdarjung Observatory considered the official marker for the capital dropping to 32 degrees Celsius five notches below normal and the lowest this season so far Two back-to-back western disturbances and the resultant slowing down of cold northwesterly winds from Tuesday night will push the minimum temperature up said RK Jenmani a senior scientist at the India Meteorological Department IMD The automatic weather station at Jaffarpur village in west Delhi recorded a low of 29 degrees Celsius six notches below normal The Lodhi Road weather station logged a minimum temperature of 31 degrees Celsius against the average of seven degrees Celsius Most of the other places recorded the minimum temperature between three degrees Celsius and six degrees Celsius and at least three notches below normal according to the IMD data Jenamani said the minimum temperature is likely to rise to six to seven degrees Celsius under the influence of two back-to-back western disturbances between December 22 and December 25 The IMD had predicted severe cold wave conditions in parts of northwest India till December 21 A bone-chilling severe cold wave swept parts of Haryana Punjab Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh on Sunday with Churu in Rajasthan reporting the lowest minimum temperature of minus 26 degrees Celsius in northwest India followed by Sikar minus 25 degrees Celsius and Amritsar minus 05 degreeCelsius In the plains the IMD declares a cold wave if the minimum temperature dips to 4 degrees Celsius A cold wave is also declared when the minimum temperature is 10 degrees Celsius or below and is 45 notches less than normal A severe cold wave is when the minimum temperature dips to two degrees Celsius or the departure from normal is more than 64 degrees Celsius When the minimum temperature is less than or equal to 10 degrees Celsius and the maximum temperature is at least 45 degrees Celsius below the normal it is said to be a cold day PTI GVS AAR AAR

New Delhi Dec 18 PTI Delhi on Saturday recorded a minimum temperature of six degrees Celsius the lowest this season so far according to the India Meteorological DepartmentThe maximum temperature is likely to settle around 20 degrees Celsius and shallow fog has been predicted during the day it saidThe minimum temperature was two notches below the seasons average the IMD saidThe air quality index AQI of the national capital was recorded at 280 at 8 am which falls under poor categoryAn AQI between zero and 50 is considered good 51 and 100 satisfactory 101 and 200 moderate 201 and 300 poor 301 and 400 very poor and 401 and 500 severeHumidity was recorded at 94 per cent PTI NIT ANB ANB

Paris [France], October 13 (ANI/Sputnik): An almost USD 4 trillion investment into clean energy is required to meet the Paris Agreement pledge to limit the global temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its World Energy Outlook 2021 report.

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], September 29 (ANI/PNN): After a long ordeal of 65 days in the nursery, 40-year-old Anita was finally taking her little baby home. She had delivered a 34-week baby weighing just 850 gm at delivery.

New Delhi Aug 30 PTI The national capital on Monday recorded a maximum temperature of 346 degrees Celsius the India Meteorological Department IMD saidThe minimum temperature settled at 253 degrees CelsiusDelhi witnessed a cloudy day The relative humidity was recorded at 67 per cent at 530 pmThe weather department said the national capital is likely to receive moderate rain on Tuesday and the skies are expected to remain cloudyThe minimum and maximum temperatures are likely to settle around 25 degrees Celsius and 33 degrees Celsius respectively the IMD said PTI MAH DIV DIV