I was going through ている, and a question popped up in my that, whether ている be
used to denote those acts that are being expressed that haven't been performed
habitually?

ている, as we know, can express habitual things e.g. 私は毎日新聞を読んでいる (meaning I read
newspaper daily)

Can ている be expressed to show that I don't perform an act habitually (lets say
I don't do something daily, weekly etc.) E.g. 私は毎日新聞を読んでいない?

Thank You
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Can ている be used for stating activities that are not being performed habitually
So I hope I understand your question here, and this answer makes sense.

First off your eg. sentence works. It implies that you do read the paper, but
not everyday.

Lets say you want to use a different time delimiter than everyday; we could
use たまに. We have two options for this, Positive and Negative, and both
effectively mean the same thing while using opposite logic.

私はたまに新聞を読んでいる

私はたまにしか新聞を読んでいない (Note the use of しか～ vない）

You could also say something like, 毎日読んでいないけど、週4回読んでいます。

Hope that Helps.
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