MUMBAI: Air pollutants, mainly particulate matter PM 2.5 and PM10 that are associated with premature heart attacks and deaths, are now suspected of increasing the risk of breast cancer for women.Two international studies - a 20-year study from six states in the US and France - published in the last one month have shown a correlation between indoor and outdoor exposure to particulate matter and breast...
NEW DELHI: The share of waste burning in Delhi's air is likely to be around 2% for the next four days, according to the Decision Support System, which is the forecasting model under the Union ministry of earth sciences.However, experts have said the contribution of open burning in Delhi's air will rise significantly after winter sets in. Poor and homeless people tend to burn whatever they get to beat...
MUMBAI: When morphed pictures circulated to his family members, friends, and relatives did not yield results, the loan app fraudsters started making threatening calls to a 36-year-old Malad resident and his phonebook contacts, threatening to kill him and demanding that he clear the Rs60,000 loan that he had already cleared in 2021.Dindoshi police registered a first information report on October 17 after...
Scientists are facing a puzzling discovery regarding Earth's core, challenging existing beliefs about its sealed-off nature. A recent study examining 62-million-year-old lava flows on Baffin Island in the Arctic Archipelago has revealed unusually high levels of helium-3 (³He), a rare isotope associated with the inner workings of our planet.This finding has led to the intriguing possibility that Earth's...
KOLKATA: A fire broke out at a mixed residential building comprising of a few homes and a cluster of shops at Canal east road in Kolkata's Ultadanga on Ashtami evening.The fire broke out around 6.45pm and was brought under control around 8.40pm by 13 fire tenders.No person was injured in the incident. But the series of gas cylinder blasts and leaping flames sent panic in the area as many left their...
CHENNAI: In a span of two months, the Tambaram Corporation's public health department captured 398 stray dogs and performed animal birth control (ABC) surgery on 383 dogs. Covering an area of 87.64 sq km, the Tambaram Corporation has around 80,000 dogs within its jurisdiction. Due to the absence of effective sterilisation programs, the stray dog population has seen an increase.A senior official said,...
Puja pandals across NCR are celebrating the festival with full gusto and dhoom with extravagant and thought-out themed-settingsMatri Mandir in Safdarjung Enclave has turned into Disneyland for Durga Puja. “To celebrate 100 years of Disney, we have tried to create a replica of Disneyland,” says Amita Chakraborty, additional general secretary of the committeeDisneyland-themed Maitri Mandir pandal in...
MUMBAI: Animal welfare activists from Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and other areas in Maharashtra have urged various bodies such as Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI), and local and civic authorities of the temple town of Shirdi, Ahmednagar district, to ensure that the local stray dogs are not harmed or illegally relocated ahead of prime minister Narendra Modi's visit to Shirdi on October 26.Activists said...
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NEW DELHI: Rohit Sharma continues to showcase his batting prowess in the World Cup with the Indian skipper becoming the first batter from the country to hit 50 sixes in a calendar year in ODIs.Rohit achieved the milestone during the World Cup match against New Zealand in Dharamsala when he clobbered Matt Henry over cow corner for a huge six.India star pacer Mohammed Shami breaks Anil Kumble's record,...
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