New Delhi: There is no conclusive data available in the country to establish a direct correlation of death/disease exclusively due to air pollution, Minister of State for Health, Prataprao Jadhav, told the Rajya Sabha Tuesday. Air pollution is one of the triggering factors for respiratory...
Mumbai: IndiGo cancelled 422 flights from six metro airports Tuesday, as the disruption in the crisis-hit airline prolonged for the eighth consecutive day, according to sources. Of the 422 flights cancelled, Delhi Airport witnessed 152 flight cancellations and 121 at Bengaluru Airport, they said. The...
Jakarta: A fire ripped through an office building in Indonesia's capital, Jakarta, Tuesday, killing at least 22 people, including a pregnant woman, police said. Flames engulfed the seven-story building, sending thick black smoke billowing into the sky and causing panic among nearby residents and workers...
New Delhi: Giving a major jolt to Maoists, the security forces have neutralised 29 top Naxal leaders since 2019, with 14 Central Committee Members (CCM) and Politburo members (PBM) killed this year alone, Lok Sabha was informed Tuesday. Responding to a supplementary during the Question...
Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has ordered authorities to demolish the illegal 'Romeo Lane' beach shack at Vagator, owned by the fugitive owners of the fire-ravaged nightclub, after completing all formalities Tuesday. This shack is the third property owned by Saurabh Luthra and Gaurav...
New Delhi: No airline, however large, will be permitted to cause hardship to passengers through planning failures and non-compliance with regulations, Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu said Tuesday on the mass disruptions in IndiGo flight schedules. Making a statement in the Lok Sabha, Naidu...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday took serious note of BLOs and other officials engaged in SIR 2.0 being "threatened" in West Bengal and other states, and asked the Election Commission to bring such instances to its notice or "it will cause anarchy". A bench...
New York/Washington: US President Donald Trump has said that India should not be "dumping" rice into the United States market and he will "take care" of it, while stressing that tariffs will solve the "problem" easily. Trump held a roundtable in the White House Monday...
Srinagar: A team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Tuesday carried out searches in the forest area in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir as part of its probe into the November 10 blast near the Red Fort in Delhi, officials said. They said the...
Washington: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved nearly $1.2 billion in new financing for Pakistan, giving the country a critical infusion of support as it struggles to maintain macroeconomic stability amid severe flooding, rising inflation, and persistent fiscal pressures. According to an official release, the...
Air pollution is increasingly being recognised as India’s gravest public health crisis in the post-COVID period, with medical experts warning...
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By Aakar Patel Intent has an ally in apathy. Intent seeks to take ground; apathy will kindly adjust. Intent is...
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The Centre’s recent directive to states regarding the transfer of IAS, IPS, and IFS officers pertains not only to administrative...
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European leaders did what they are known to be good at – a brand of diplomacy aimed at antagonizing neither...
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