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...
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RAIPUR: A tribal BJP worker was shot by three bike-borne men in Chhattisgarh’s Maoist-infested Bastar region on Friday. Birju Taram, 53, was the sixth BJP member to be killed this year in the Congress-governed state. Hours before he was shot, Taram had attended a rally of former CM Raman Singh. Amid suspicions of a Maoist hand in the murder, locals and relatives blamed a strongman who had clashed with...