Gasp! PM 2.5 is 92 per cent higher this year
The 12-hour (from 8 pm to 8 am) reading of Particulate Matter 2.5 (PM2.5) concentration on Diwali night was 34 per cent higher than Diwali night in October 2022, going from 289 µg/m³ to 386 µg/m³. Moreover, PM2.5 levels this year were more than twice as high as the average...
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No longer a hoax, live cartridge found on Dubai-Delhi flight
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Four sanitary workers run over by Kerala Express
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Forces gun down three terrorists in Kashmir
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Patrolling begins at Depsang
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MEA summons Canadian diplomat
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Two migrant workers shot
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Indian Army begins patrolling at Demchok
02 November 2024 | Pioneer News Service
Toxic millet claims another wild elephant
The death of yet another wild elephant at the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve takes the toll of dead pachyderms to 10 since the discovery of four corpses at Salakhaniya on Tuesday, confirmed forest officials. Officials said that post-mortem examinations have been completed on nine of the 10 dead mammals, who are...
NOBODY STOOD BY DELHI
The National Capital was ranked the world’s most polluted city on Friday morning by Swiss air quality monitoring firm IQAir, a day after Diwali celebrations pushed air quality to hazardous levels. Residents in Delhi and its neighbouring areas woke up to a blanket of toxic smoke the morning after Diwali,...
Bomb Threat Assessment Committee set up
Amid the multiple hoax bomb threat messages to airlines, the Ministry of Civil Aviation, along with security agencies, has come up with new protocols and guidelines to evaluate bomb threats on Indian airlines, especially those emerging via pseudonymous social media accounts. The guidelines are structured to more effectively distinguish between...
SIT to probe tusker deaths
Three more elephants have died in the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve (BTR) in Madhya Pradesh’s Umaria district, taking the toll to seven, while the condition of three other tuskers was serious, a forest official said on Wednesday. Madhya Pradesh’s Forest Minister Ramniwas Rawat has ordered a probe by a Special Investigation Team...
Why did Punjab cops give ‘studio’ to Lawrence?
In a scathing remark, the Punjab and Haryana High Court said that police officers in Punjab provided a studio-like facility to gangster Lawrence Bishnoi to facilitate his interview with a news channel. A Bench of Justices Anupinder Singh Grewal and Lapita Banerji made the remark while hearing a suo motu...
Rash and drunk drivers may lose their licences soon
In a bid to tackle problems regarding road safety and discourage habitual offenders, the Delhi Traffic Police has written to the Secretary of the Delhi Transport Department to cancel the driving licences of owners of vehicles, which have had three violations relating to dangerous driving and drink and driving or...
Delhi’s ‘Anywhere Registration Policy’ will end touts’ careers!
The Delhi government has approved a policy titled ‘Anywhere Registration Policy’, with this the sale and purchase of properties in the National Capital can be registered at any sub-registrar’s office. The move will help the thousands who have to visit Sub-Registrar Offices, at different locations, and is also aimed at...
