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Chennai, Aug 11 (IANS) An international team of researchers led by those from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras studied how atmospheric conversion of gaseous emissions from power plants into particulate matter (PM) results in particles that are rich in sulphate and consequently have high cloud forming potential compared to natural counterparts.The findings, published in the peer-reviewed npj Climate And Atmospheric Science, provides important scientific insights for framing the policies related to controlling the PM2.5.The group of 27 researchers from 17 distinct institutions across eight countries delved into the impact of emissions from the Neyveli coal-fired power plant located…

“The opposition parties had brought no confidence motion on Manipur issues and we were waiting for the Prime Minister’s speech so that he may point out some good things. I am afraid that his speech has disappointed us. Apart from targeting the opposition leaders, he has talked about nothing,” the Deputy Chief Minister said.He said that the prime minister has not put any perspective about the initiative taken by his government for Manipur. Instead, he is labeled the opposition as “Ghamandiya” which reflects that he is scared of the opposition unity.“When opposition parties formed an alliance, we united. We have…

Earlier on August 3, the Collegium had proposed the transfer of Justices Bibek Chaudhuri, Lapita Banerji and Shekhar B. Saraf to the High Courts of Patna, Punjab & Haryana and Allahabad, respectively. The SC Collegium considered requests made for reconsideration of transfer proposals and said that it does not find “any merit” in the requests made by them. –IANSpds/dpb

Taking to his X account (formerly known as Twitter), the actor on August 11 morning wrote: “Usually I don’t respond to any fake news or rumors about me coz I feel it’s useless. But now since the rumour about my marriage with Laksmi Menon is doing the rounds, I point blankly deny this and it’s absolutely not true and baseless.”Explaining the reason behind his delayed response to these rumours, the actor said: “The reason behind my response is only because it involves a Girl firstly more than her being an actress. You are invading and spoiling a girl’s private life…

In a compelling move to uncover the truth, the families’ attorney filed a PIL, appealing to the bench led by the Chief Justice.The court was urged to expedite the proceedings, given the potential life-threatening situation faced by the missing persons.The High Court has since sought a response from the government.According to the FIR lodged by Bharat Rabari’s wife at the Prantij police station, the unfolding drama began when Rabari was lured by agents, Divyesh Patel and Mahendra Patel, with the promise of a US Work Permit Visa. Falling prey to their scheme, Rabari agreed to pay them a staggering Rs…

Among private sector banks, Indusind Bank is top loser in Sensex, down 1.5 per cent. ICICI Bank, Axis Bank and HDFC Bank are also trading down.On the other hand, PSU banks are flying. Indian Overseas Bank is up more than 11 per cent, Central Bank of India is up more than 7 per cent, UCO Bank is up more than 5 per cent, Punjab and Sind Bank is up 4.8 per cent, Bank of Maharashtra is up more than 3 per cent, Bank of India is up more than 3 per cent.Nifty PSU Bank is the top gainer among sectoral…

TM Roh, President and Head of MX Business, Samsung Electronics, told IANS that for Samsung Mobile, the basic philosophy for the health category is to help its consumers, maintain and guide their health by continuously monitoring their health and also receiving relevant advice.“For mobile devices, including wearables, the biggest characteristic is that they are either held with you or worn by you anytime, anywhere,” said Roh.Thus, utilising this characteristic or strength of being on a person all the time, “we can also collect health-related data through such devices and such data can be sent to the smartphones or other mobile…

The Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said that his government will pass the litmus test.“We will take allegations against us as a challenge. We will win this litmus test and prove before the people that ours is not only a good government but transparent, pro-people and excellent government,” the Chief Minister wrote on X.Siddaramaiah explained that before elections the party had assured to get the investigation done on the corruption and scandals of the previous BJP government in the state.The people of the state have reposed faith on the promise and voted against the corruption, commission menace and looting of…

“Nick Kyrgios, a 2022 quarterfinalist, is out of this year’s US Open. Hope to see you back on the court soon, Nick!” the US Open posted on X, formerly Twitter.Kyrgios has only competed in one event this year, in Stuttgart, due to injuries. The Australian missed the entire start of the season after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his left knee in January.A foot problem stopped him from competing at the French Open in May while missing the Wimbledon due to a torn ligament in his wrist.”Heartbroken about the US Open will be back…my wrist is not ready yet to compete.…

Karan and Kartik are currently in Melbourne for the 14th edition of Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) which commenced on Friday. The event was inaugurated by personalities Karan, Kartik, Mrunal Thakur and Vijay Varma.On being asked by an Indo-Australian media outlet present at the press conference about them working together, Karan said: “We did attempt to work together once in the past but that didn’t materialise. But we are working together on something. Hopefully this will materialise.Kartik and Karan Johar were supposed to work on the sequel of 2008 film ‘Dostana’ starring John Abraham, Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Abhishek…