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Delhi air quality plummets to alarming levels despite curbs

Delhi's air quality plummeted to alarming levels on Tuesday after 24 days, with many areas witnessing a significant spike in pollution despite the strictest measures, including a ban on......

Delhi may see best Diwali day air quality in 8 years if...

A stringent enforcement of the ban on firecrackers holds the promise of delivering the best air quality on Diwali day in eight years for Delhi on Sunday. IMAGE: People walk at the Kartavya Path......

Relief for Delhiites as rain clears haze, improves air

Overnight rain led to a rapid improvement in Delhi's air quality on Friday morning and cleared the haze that had been lingering for over 10 days. Delhi's AQI stood at 376 at 9 am, rapidly......

Odd-even scheme returns in Delhi from Nov 13-20; in-person classes suspended

With Delhi recording air pollution levels seven to eight times above safe standards on Monday, the city government announced the return of its flagship odd-even scheme after four years anticipating......

Meiteis' blockade leaves Kuki-dominated Churachandpur paralysed

The scarcity of essential items and medicines due to the ongoing civil conflict in Manipur has created an environment of desperation and vulnerability among the residents of the northeastern state.......

Tapping the $ 6 billion Indian healthcare biz

"In India, the sector will grow to $10 billion by 2018," predicts Vishal Bali, co-founder, Medwell Ventures, in an interview with Apurva Venkat. IMAGE: Radiologists examine a cancer patient before......

An app to scan nutritional contents in packed food

Sydney-based The George Institute for Global Health has launched a nutrition application in India for this, called FoodSwitch. Understanding if a jar of low fat mayonnaise or processed cheese is......

India scraps import duties on AIDS drugs to battle shortage

Drugs under exemption make up roughly 95 per cent of the antiretrovirals used by India's AIDS patients India has scrapped customs import duties for drugs and test kits used to treat AIDS in an......

Pharma majors named in clinical trial death list

Drug majors such as Novartis, Pfizer, Bayer Healthcare, Bristol Mayer Squibb, Sun Pharmaceutical and Dr Reddy's Laboratories were allegedly involved in clinical trials in which 438 persons died in......

'India will become bigger than the US!'

"By mid century India could overtake the United States by absolute size," says Jeffrey D Sachs, Special Advisor to the UN Secretary General on Millennium Development Goals and one of the world's......

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Delhi air quality plummets to alarming levels despite curbs

Delhi may see best Diwali day air quality in 8 years if...

Relief for Delhiites as rain clears haze, improves air

Odd-even scheme returns in Delhi from Nov 13-20; in-person classes suspended

Meiteis' blockade leaves Kuki-dominated Churachandpur paralysed

Tapping the $ 6 billion Indian healthcare biz

An app to scan nutritional contents in packed food

India scraps import duties on AIDS drugs to battle shortage

Pharma majors named in clinical trial death list

'India will become bigger than the US!'

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