New Delhi: As Delhi continues to choke, the negligible contribution of stubble burning to its toxic air this week makes one thing clear: the city must urgently tackle its open fires.According to scientific studies, such fires — from burning of garbage and biomass to cooking and heating — are the single-largest source of particulate pollution…
Thane: The Ghodbunder Highway widening project has encountered yet another setback after planners failed to account for shifting a vast network of overhead and underground electricity lines along the stretch. Officials said the oversight will add Rs 90 crore to the project cost and further delay the work, which was recently scheduled for Jan 2026…
Pune: Maharashtra is likely to experience warmer nights with isolated rainfall in some pockets, after days of unusually low minimum temperatures and dry northerly winds.The minimum temperatures may increase by 2-4°C, according to India Meteorological Department (IMD). Besides, isolated light rainfall is likely in south Madhya Maharashtra and south Konkan during Nov 22-24.IMD scientist SD…
New Delhi: The Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP), a set of emergency measures implemented to prevent an unchecked spike in air pollution, is set for its fourth modification since 2022. On Wednesday, Supreme Court asked the Commission for Air Quality Management to bring stricter measures in the earlier stages. Some Stage IV actions — triggered…
Mumbai: The Bombay high court has quashed and set aside a reservation by the joint registrar of cooperative societies that permitted a developer to form a separate cooperative society for 14 shops within a residential complex in Ulwe in Navi Mumbai. “The registrar cannot create rights that are not in the statute or the approved…
Pune: Eleven students from zilla parishad schools will represent India at Robotex International 2025, the world’s largest robotics and technology festival. The international event will be held on Dec 5-6 in Tallinn, Estonia.The championship will bring together young innovators from 78 countries, showcasing the finest in global STEM, robotics, and AI talent. Students will compete…
New Delhi: A man who had sex with his wife when she was a minor, resulting in a child, will continue to be prosecuted under Pocso Act.Rejecting the plea of the wife to end the case lodged in 2023 since the relationship was consensual, Delhi High Court recently said it couldn’t carve out an exception…
Mumbai: The Sainis from Malad know about premature births. Their first-born, now four, was born prematurely at 25 weeks of pregnancy and weighed 550 gm. Yet, their second daughter, who was also born at 25 weeks of gestation on June 30, stunned them as she weighed only 350 gm.“She weighed less than an apple and…
Pune: Senior representatives of the local Petrol Dealers Association met police commissioner Amitesh Kumar on Thursday and demanded stronger protection, days after two back-to-back assaults on attendants at IOC fuel stations in Yerawada and Bhairoba Nullah triggered concern across the fuel retail network, .The CP assured that strict action would be taken against the offenders….
Soaring AQI makes people run to the forests, take up hiking As AQI in NCR oscillate between severe and hazardous levels, hiking groups and outdoor communities are noticing an increase in participation. Silky Sinha, who runs a hiking group Delhi Strolls, says, “Since pollution levels have risen, we only go deeper into the forests, avoiding…
