The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) and central trade unions have announced a nationwide Gramin Bharat Bandh to press their demands with the Centre. Here's what will be open and what not on February 16.


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The Commission for Air Quality Management on Saturday invoked stricter GRAP Stage-III restrictions, including shifting schools to hybrid mode up to Class 5 and restrictions on construction and demolition work, in Delhi-NCR after pollution levels rose sharply amid unfavourable meteorological conditions.
The national capital's 24-hour average air quality index (AQI) stood at 349 but jumped to 401 by 10 am on Saturday, "owing to slow wind speed, stable atmosphere, unfavourable weather parameters and meteorological conditions and lack of dispersal of pollutants", the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) said in a statement.
It said that due to the prevailing trend of air quality, and to further prevent deterioration in the region, the CAQM GRAP Sub-Committee on Saturday took the call to invoke all actions under Stage-III of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) 'Severe' Air Quality with immediate effect in the NCR.
This is in addition to the actions under Stages I and II of GRA

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Vice President C P Radhakrishnan on Saturday led Parliamentarians in paying floral tributes to those who died fending off terrorists who attacked the Parliament House in 2001.
On the 24th anniversary of the attack, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Radhakrishnan, who is also the Rajya Sabha Chair, were among the first to offer tributes.
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Bharat bandh on Feb 16: What will remain open and what shut amid farmers' protest

The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) and central trade unions have announced a nationwide Gramin Bharat Bandh to press their demands with the Centre. Here's what will be open and what not on February 16.

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