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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......

'It's a viral pandemic with a diabetes pandemic'

''COVID-19 and diabetes have a very intricate relationship.''People with diabetes tend to get the most severe forms of COVID-19.' IMAGE: An NDRF team evacuates a COVID-19 patient during a rescue......

What are locusts? And why are they such a big menace?

Swarms of immature pink locusts and adult yellow locusts are currrently active. Not only are fresh locusts swarms expected to arrive in the coming weeks, but even those already present in India......

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......

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's poor: From raw deal to new deal

If poverty reduction in India were judged by the performance of the many targeted poverty reduction programmes, the result would be deemed an abysmal failure. As the Prime Minister put it......

'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

'It's a viral pandemic with a diabetes pandemic'

What are locusts? And why are they such a big menace?

Tapping the $ 6 billion Indian healthcare biz

Pharma majors named in clinical trial death list

India's poor: From raw deal to new deal

'India will become bigger than the US!'

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