In winter, cities along Himalayas face a dangerous cocktail of meteorological factors that trap pollutants and increased emissions, with the nature of soot exacerbating the problem.
Protests by Hindu Sangharsh Samity Monday, demanding release of ex-ISKCON monk Chinmoy Das, turned violent with protesters breaching the premises & bringing down flag of Bangladesh.
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The banned Islamist outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir is allegedly behind Dhaka’s student-led ISIS flag marches. Its true aim is to use the Bangladesh Army to seize power; it even planned a coup in 2011.
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While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Taylor ‘Fema’ Hiester, commander of USAF F-16 Viper Demo Team, hit out at air show organisers for continuing with the show after Wing Commander Namansh Syal lost his life in the incident.
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.
The more these countries try to emulate the West by having consumption=led economic growth, the more more pollution they are going to get. China followed a conscious conservation-led economic growth and is having less pollution, better living standards, and a globally competitive economy.
While the factors highlighted in the article contribute to pollution, the most significant impact stems from the 11 major coal-based thermal power plants operating in and around the NCR. Given the influence of the coal industry, it is unsurprising that this and other similar “studies” tend to downplay, if not entirely overlook, coal’s role in the region’s pollution crisis.
The more these countries try to emulate the West by having consumption=led economic growth, the more more pollution they are going to get. China followed a conscious conservation-led economic growth and is having less pollution, better living standards, and a globally competitive economy.
While the factors highlighted in the article contribute to pollution, the most significant impact stems from the 11 major coal-based thermal power plants operating in and around the NCR. Given the influence of the coal industry, it is unsurprising that this and other similar “studies” tend to downplay, if not entirely overlook, coal’s role in the region’s pollution crisis.