India international Axar Patel is the last IPL 2025 captain to be named as Delhi Capitals make belated announcement. India’s spin-bowling all-rounder Axar Patel has been named Delhi Capitals captain in the run-up to the new Indian Premier League season, the team said. The 31-year-old is the team’s longest-serving player, having joined in 2019. He … Read more
Image source, Getty Images Image caption, The Indian capital is reeling under a prolonged heatwave Article information Author, Cherylann Mollan Role, BBC News, Mumbai 8 hours ago India’s capital Delhi is reeling under a prolonged heatwave that has sent power demand soaring to a record 8,647 megawatts (MW) this week. Temperatures have hovered around 44-45C … Read more
Indian authorities have deployed heavy security to stop thousands of protesting farmers who were marching towards New Delhi to renew their demands for assured crop prices in a repeat of 2021 protests when they camped on the capital’s outskirts for more than a year. Police sealed multiple entry points into New Delhi on Tuesday by … Read more
Crying in a hospital bed with a nebuliser mask on his tiny face, one-month-old Ayansh Tiwari has a thick, hacking cough. His doctors blame the acrid air that blights New Delhi every year. The spartan emergency room of the government-run Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya hospital in the Indian capital is crowded with children struggling to … Read more