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‘No respite in sight’, Delhi govt prepones school winter vacations to November as air quality plummets

Winter vacation dates changed to 9-18 November. Supreme Court Tuesday came down heavily on national capital’s neighbouring states, ordering an immediate stop to crop burning.

After SC order, Delhi govt sends team to inspect shut Connaught Place smog tower

Delhi's Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 421,in the severe category, as smoke from stubble burning accounts for one-third of the pollution.

Study finds hospital mortality from respiratory disorders is linked to ambient temperature

California , November 7 (ANI): Climate change-induced global warming may increase the burden of inpatient mortality from respiratory disorders throughout the warm season.This is...

Contraceptive pills may affect fear-regulating brain areas in women

California , November 7 (ANI): Oral contraceptives are used by more than 150 million women globally. The most prevalent variety is combined OCs (COCs),...

‘We don’t care how you do it, it’s your job’: SC directs Punjab to stop stubble burning as NCR chokes

Bench was hearing a petition on the toxic air in Delhi. Pollution in the National Capital Region spikes every winter due to vehicular emission, paddy straw burning, and firecrackers.

‘Akin to 25-30 cigarettes a day’ — top surgeon on why air pollution is ‘grave public emergency’

N-95 masks & air purifiers may have limited role in protecting from ill-effects of air pollution, says Dr Arvind Kumar. Measures, he adds, are needed at individual & policy levels.

Women stroke survivors believe they are less likely to get proper emergency care: Research

California , November 6 (ANI): Women who have survived a stroke believe they are less likely to obtain proper emergency care, according to a...

Frailty may cause serious morbidity after surgery, says study

Winston-Salem (North Carolina) , November 6 (ANI): According to a new study from Wake Forest University School of Medicine, frailty is related to greater...

Researchers develop new hydrogels for wound management

California , November 6 (ANI): Open wounds, whether from an accident or a medical procedure such as surgery, require proper management to expedite healing...

Study finds bacterium’s protective role in chronic rhinosinusitis

Tokyo , November 6 (ANI): Over the last decade, Japan, like the rest of the world, has seen an alarming rise in the prevalence...

On Camera

New labour codes make India’s workforce competitive with China—and build Viksit Bharat

By consolidating 29 laws into four codes, compliance is streamlined and regulations are simplified, improving “ease of doing business”. This is bound to improve investor confidence.

Vehicles, TVs, mobile phones—PM EAC report shows rural India is catching up with urban consumers

Rural ownership of motor vehicles jumped from 19 percent in 2011-2012 to 59 percent in 2023-2024, while urban rose from 40 percent to 68 percent during the same time period, study by two members of PM-EAC says.

General secrets from frozen peaks: A Kargil veteran reveals what politically correct writers left out

At the Jindal Literature Festival, Maj Gen (Retd) Lakhwinder Singh reveals secrets from 25 years ago, speaking about the decision that outwitted Musharraf and changed the course of the war. 

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.