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New Delhi: A review of available evidence has linked exposure to air pollutants with an increased risk of death by suicide or suicidal thoughts, with particulate matter PM2.5 and PM10 and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) posing the greatest risks. The findings, published in the Journal of...

About 12.5 trillion tonnes (11.3 trillion metric tonnes) of ice from glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica have melted since 1979 — enough frozen water to cover the continental United States with ice 5 feet (1.5 metres) deep, according to a major scientific report. A warming...

Aries: Passion will rule today. You will feel like chatting with your beloved the whole day. However, you may incur expenses, and Ganesha advises you to stay balanced. But if you've already decided to go all in, make sure you are in the right headspace....

New Delhi: BCCI president Mithun Manhas and members of the Indian men’s cricket team, led by captain Shreyas Iyer, met Japan’s Ambassador to India, ONO Keiichi, Wednesday ahead of the historic T20I between India and Japan in Sano later this month. The meeting underlined the...

Cairo: A gold mine collapse killed at least 67 people in a remote area in Sudan, a medical group and survivors said Wednesday. The tragedy happened in the al-Zara gold mine in the town of Nuhud in West Kordofan province. The area is under the...

Raipur/Jagdalpur: An NIA special court in Chhattisgarh’s Jagdalpur Tuesday sentenced 10 convicts to death in the Jhiram Ghati massacre case, in which 29 people were killed in a Maoist attack on a Congress party convoy May 25, 2013. The ambush targeted the Congress ‘Parivartan Yatra’...

Bhubaneswar: The Subhadra Yojana will mark its second anniversary Thursday, with Odisha government planning programmes across the state and encouraging women beneficiaries to light lamps at their homes as part of the celebrations. Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida said celebrations will be organised at 338...

Bhubaneswar: X-rays were conducted, and blood samples were collected from the five rescued baby orangutans quarantined at Nandankanan Zoological Park in Bhubaneswar Wednesday to assess their individual health and facilitate DNA testing, officials said. The health check-up was conducted a second time within 24 hours...

New Delhi: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the Centre’s recent framework permitting Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on specified high-value Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions above Rs 2,000, alleging that the move is arbitrary, discriminatory and imposes a...

Thimphu: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar Wednesday held talks with Bhutan's Foreign Minister Lyonpo D N Dhungyel in Bumthang, reviewing the wide-ranging cooperation between both neighbouring countries. "Delighted to meet FM Bhutan Lyonpo D. N. Dhungyel and jointly review our wide-ranging cooperation. Thank him...