NEW DELHI: The Commission for Air Quality Management has issued directives to Delhi and NCR state governments on December 14 to immediately halt all outdoor physical sports activities. The move comes after concerns about schools continuing outdoor activities despite poor air quality, with the commission warning about serious health risks to children and implementing Stage IV restrictions under its...
As per experts, the new COVID variant XBB.1.16 is a cause of concern for the sudden surge in the number of cases.Vipin M Vashishtha, former convenor of Indian Academy of Pediatrics and consultant pediatrician at the Mangla Hospital and Research Centre, Bijnor, tweeted, “XBB.1.16 has a 140% growth advantage over XBB.1.5,” adding, “It is far more aggressive than XBB.1.5. And probably faster than...
Nirmal Singh Ranswal, a class XII passout from Champawat, Uttarakhand, steps out on the field with a measuring tape. On this particular morning, he needs to sow cabbage; between every two saplings, he must leave a precise gap of 30cm. For, that is the sowing pattern followed in large swathes of Ichihara located in Chiba prefecture in Japan, where he is employed. With over 20% of the country's population...
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