The demand for air purifiers and masks has shot up in Delhi-NCR amid increasing levels of pollution in the region, merchants and pharmacists said. The air quality index in the national capital on Friday breached the 450 mark, raising an alarm for emergency measures to be enforced under the Centre s third stage of Graded Response Action Plan, GRAP-III.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday alleged that the policies of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Central government have broken the backbone of small businesses while benefitting selected businessmen.