Delhi schools reponed on Monday only to be closed until further orders on Friday. The Supreme court asked the Delhi government why 3 year and 4-year-old kids were going to school, when adults were working from home. The Delhi government went ahead and suspended physical classes, but later the Supreme Court clarified that it did not ask the government to shut schools, it only asked the reasons behind the change in the stance of the government. Amid the government flip-flop where do the stakeholders stand?
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Thursday marked the hottest day of the season so far, with the maximum temperature rising to 34.3 degrees Celsius.
Holi was the hottest day recorded so far in March, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
Rising air pollution in Mumbai is now being linked to 57% of lung cancer cases, the Maharashtra government told the state assembly.
The Mamata Banerjee-led government plans to set up an 800-km long greeen corridor, which will work as a "bioshield" - a forested area that would act as a "Green Wall" - along the Jharkhand border to intercept pollutants entering Bengal.
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