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After 40 yrs, Bhopal gas waste to be shifted for disposal

The work to remove 377 metric tonnes of hazardous waste from the now-defunct Union Carbide factory in Bhopal has got underway ahead of its planned disposal near Indore. IMAGE: People hold placards......

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......

11 dead as LPG tanker crash triggers inferno on Jaipur highway

An LPG tanker collided with a truck on Friday, sparking a massive fireball that turned a stretch of the Jaipur-Ajmer highway into an inferno in which 11 people were killed and 37 vehicles engulfed......

Experts explain why Delhi cracker ban went up in smoke

Gaps in enforcement, limited monitoring, and easy access to firecrackers from the NCR region where restrictions were slack were largely responsible for the widespread flouting of the cracker ban in......

Delhi's air quality worsens as people defy Diwali firecracker ban

Relentless bursting of firecrackers blanketed Delhi in dense smoke on Thursday, causing severe noise pollution and reducing visibility, as people defied a ban on firecrackers to celebrate Diwali.......

Budget 2022: Time To Raise Revenue

There are two ways: Deliver a rapidly growing economic pie or reform GST and close corporate tax loopholes, suggests T N Ninan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Come January and it's time......

Health risks take toll on corporate Bangalore

Around 35 per cent of Bangalore's corporate citizens fall in the medium health risk category and are likely to be affected by at least one among the ailments like hypertension, diabetes and cardiac......

Here's Chantix, a drug that helps you quit smoking

Scientists have developed a new and more effective drug to help smokers quit the habit, which is known to reduce the life span of those addicted by about 10 years and is the single most important......

How Malvinder and Shivinder Singh destroyed the legacy they inherited

Over-expansion, bad management, and multiple allegations irreparably taint Malvinder and Shivinder Singh What do you get when two brothers, third-generation scions of a business house with a solid......

Scary climate change report rings alarm bells for India

The fifth report of the United Nations-backed Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), released on Sunday, presents a picture that is far more scary than that outlined in any of its......

When Varun Made Samantha Cry

IMAGE: Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Varun Dhawan at the launch of Citadel: Honey Bunny. Photograph: Rajesh Karkera/Rediff.com "Kasa kai Mumbai?!" Varun Dhawan's energetic greeting prompted hooting and......

Bachchhan Paandey Review

Just what is Akshay Kumar up to in Bachchhan Paandey, wonders Prasanna Zore. Akshay Kumar, who stars in and as Bachchhan Paandey is utter balderdash in the film, all two hours and 26 minutes of......

Ajay Devgn fined Rs 100 for smoking in public

Ajay Devgn will have to shell out Rs 100 as fine for smoking at a public place during the shooting of his upcoming film Golmaal 3 in Goa in May this year. "A fine notice will be issued to the......

Bollywood's COOL Daddy moments

Sukanya Verma looks at the baap-beti equations depicted on the screen. He is her hero. She is his baby. The bond between dads and daughters is strong and special. We can see glimpses of its warmth......

Akshay: I've actually gotten bored of comedy and action

Despite a number of flops, Akshay Kumar is still very much in demand. The actor, who is in London to shoot for his latest movie, a romantic comedy called Housefull starring Deepika Padukone......

'Situation not ideal': Rohit on alarming pollution level

IMAGE: Rohit Sharma with daughter Samaira. Photograph: Rohit Sharma/Instagram The unease in his voice was palpable as India captain Rohit Sharma on Wednesday expressed deep concerns about the......

F1 forced to try to kick tobacco habit

Formula One, already cutting costs to fend off a financial crisis among smaller teams, will this year be forced to face the reality that the era of dependence on tobacco sponsorship is drawing to a......

F1 to try to kick tobacco habit

Terry mulls legal action over Indian anti-smoking picture

England captain John Terry's representatives plan to take legal action after a blurred picture resembling the player was used in India's anti-smoking campaign, a local newspaper reported on......

Djokovic the man to beat, again, at Melbourne Park

Melbourne Park has become something of a temple for Djokovbic who has spoken of feeling touched by the 'divine' when in full flight on the blue hardcourts IMAGE: For Novak Djokovic, Melbourne......

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