Air pollution has reached dangerous levels in most parts of Delhi-NCR in the last 15 days. We all know the ill-effects of air pollution on health, particularly due to constituents like suspended particles, PM10, PM2.5 and gases like sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, ozone, and more. PM2.5 are very…
Even as Nasa assembles its mega-rocket that will return humans to the Moon, this time with aspirations for a longer presence and to push forward to Mars, a new report states that the crewed mission is not likely to happen till 2026. The American space agency had last week extended its target date for crew launch to…
Aspace missile fired by Russia into one of its own satellites in a weapons test on Monday generated an orbital debris field that endangered the International Space Station and will pose an ongoing hazard “for years to come,” U.S. officials said. The seven-member space station crew – four U.S.…
The move to ban non-vegetarian food stalls from public roads in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad has put street vendors in a fix. Removed from the proximity of schools, colleges, and religious sites, street food stall owners are now in fear of losing their livelihood. Pushcart owners also questioned the logic behind the crackdown…
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday set aside the 60 days time limit set by a lower court on the anticipatory bail granted to former Kerala DGP Siby Mathews, who is facing a CBI probe for allegedly falsely implicating former ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan in a spying case in 1994. Justice K Haripal allowed Mathews’…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, November 16, said that the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has become crucial for the government’s systematic improvement. “For decades, the image of CAG remained as that of an agency that just runs after files. But today, CAG is now a key part of…
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday condemned the “racist rhetoric” used by the host of a dance reality show against an Assamese contestant. “It has come to my notice that a popular reality show host has used racist rhetoric against a young participant from Guwahati. This is shameful and…
Days after world leaders reached a deal in Glasgow aimed at least to keep alive hopes of capping global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that India came up with some impressive stuff to decarbonise its economy by 2030. Praising the climate ambitions of his Indian counterpart,…
Afire broke out in the electric meter room of a four-storey residential building in Maharashtra’s Thane district on Tuesday, following which 17 families residing there were evacuated, civic officials said. No one was injured in the blaze, which erupted around 4.45 am in the power meter room of Rakhma Society at…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate the Purvanchal Expressway in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday (November 16). PM Modi will land on the 340-km airstrip in the Indian Air Force’s C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft. Calling it a “a special day for Uttar Pradesh’s growth trajectory”, PM Modi said,…