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A major study published in the journal Lancet Planetary Health Pollution in 2020 showed that pollution has emerged as the “largest existential threat” to humans, killing over nine million each year globally. But more than the rest of the world, air pollution kills more people in India, showed the study.In 2019, it resulted in 1.67 million deaths in India. The 2019 death toll attributed to air pollution in India accounted for 17.8 per cent of all deaths in the country in 2019.In 2019, India’s average particulate matter concentration was 70.3 microgram/cubic metre — the highest in the world.Cut to 2023,…

As the country grapples with this escalating crisis, experts and officials are urgently seeking solutions to mitigate the hazardous impact of polluted air on the population.Rising pollution levels have become a growing concern, particularly during the past few years.A combination of factors, including industrial emissions, vehicular pollution, construction activities, agricultural practices, and meteorological conditions, has contributed to the deteriorating air quality in several major cities and regions.A combination of lower temperatures and still wind is one the cause for the rise in pollution level across the country,” said India Meteorological Department (IMD) official, adding that once wind speed increases, the…

According to Chandra Bhushan, one of India’s foremost environment and climate change experts, technologies like electric vehicles (EVs), batteries, photovoltaic cells and hydrogen fuel, while reducing the dependence on fossil fuel energy, can help the country achieve decarbonisation and fight the menace of air pollution.In an article written on the website of the Heinrich Boell Foundation, a German foundation and part of the green political movement, he emphasised that the barrier is neither technical nor cost, but policy priorities.“But these policy challenges are a cause for action, not panic. No one expects us to reach Net Zero tomorrow. But the…

Engulfed in thick toxic smog, the air quality index (AQI) on Friday plummeted to the “severe plus” category in several parts of the national capital. The air turned a dense grey as the AQI hovered around 500 in several parts of Delhi-NCR, which is a staggering 100 times higher than the limit considered healthy by the World Health Organization (WHO).“Of late in the OPD we are seeing almost a 50 per cent increase in the number of patients who are coming with watery eyes. Some also experience burning, itching and irritation in their eyes,” Dr Anita Sethi, Director & HOD…

According to experts, the chill of early winter signal is leading to a thermal inversion which holds back pollutants closer to the ground-levelThe pollution levels, both air and sound, are expected to be at the worst during the span of four to five days starting from November 11, with the advent of the firecracker season on the occasion of Kali Puja and Diwali, which generally prolongs for few days in Kolkata even after the culmination of the festivities.Environmental experts and green technologists like S.M. Ghosh feels that still there is a way to keep the air pollution levels in Kolkata…

“We are still devastated after the exit from the German Cup. And, yes, I call it a shock-like state as this is not our expectation,” 34-year-old Thomas Muller said.The Bavarian icon noted, “lick our wounds for a day or so, but then get back to what we face this weekend and show some fighting spirit.”The high fly of table leaders Bayer Leverkusen, VfB Stuttgart and RB Leipzig “gives us proof of having to be straight and clear, and you can’t just sneak in this time, you need to kick the can down the road properly.”Frankly naming the various reasons for…

In November 2022, the new Twitter owner had revealed the idea to kick off such a programme into effect in the coming months.The billionaire had mentioned that a vast number of handles had been taken by “bots and trolls” and he will start “freeing them up next month”.A follower had then suggested a “Handle Marketplace” where people could sell accounts to each other.Now, emails seen by Forbes reveal that an X team called@Handle Team has started work on a “handle marketplace for the purchase of account names left unused by the people who originally registered them”.“X has emailed solicitations to…

The fire, the cause of which is not clear yet, quickly spread and led to several explosions in the factory premises of Blue Jet Healthcare Ltd., spread over more than eight acres of land in the Mahad MIDC complex.A portion of the pharmaceutical factory where around 20 workers were on duty at the time on Friday morning, was engulfed in the blaze with thick dark smoke emanating from there.Soon after the blaze at around 11 am, deafening blasts were heard in the vicinity and Raigad Police and local fire brigade teams, and later last night the NDRF, rushed to the…

Pandya hurt his left ankle while bowling during India’s World Cup match against Bangladesh in Pune last month.The Event Technical Committee of the tournament has approved Prasidh Krishna as a replacement for in the India squad, the ICC said on Saturday. Krishna has just 19 white-ball appearances to his name for India and was last seen at international level when he picked up the prized wicket of David Warner in taking 1/45 from nine overs against Australia just prior to the World Cup.The replacement of a player requires the approval of the Event Technical Committee before the player can be…

This is reported by Variety and quoted People. Peoplereports that Jennifer Aniston, Matt LeBlanc, David Schwimmer, Courteney Cox and Lisa Kudrow all convened for the event, held at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles.It is also the final resting place of notable names such as Paul Walker, Carrie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds and Nipsey Hussle. The funeral began around 3 p.m. before ending at 5 p.m.Perry died on October 28 at the age of 54. Two days later, his ‘Friends’ co-stars released a joint statement mourning their fellow cast member.”We are all so utterly devastated by the loss of Matthew,”…