Chennai residents celebrate the festival of lights, Deepavali, with fireworks and bursting of crackers across the city, filling the streets with thick smoke. Vehicles are seen navigating through the smoke-covered roads as reduced visibility and deteriorating air quality add to the festive atmosphere in Chennai on Sunday. Chennai’s air quality this Diwali was its worst…
Hyderabad: Taking action against reports of rice shortages and unjustified price hikes, the state govt is cracking down on market manipulation. The civil supplies department is strictly enforcing price limits and conducting regular field inspections to protect consumers from artificial scarcity and profiteering.Addressing recent claims by shopkeepers about a shortage of stocks, the department cautioned…
Readings of 1,000, 2,000 and even 3,000 are often shared during severe pollution episodes, alongside CPCB’s official AQI. They are usually far higher than the official data Gurgaon: On Diwali night, social media posts showing app readings of 3,000 AQI (air quality index) spread so widely that, on Monday morning, a Delhi resident got a…
Kolkata: An AI-powered attendance system is set to be introduced in state schools to ensure accurate and efficient tracking. A mobile app is currently being developed and is likely to be rolled out after the puja vacation.The age-old morning ritual of calling out students’ roll numbers to register their attendance in state school classrooms may…
Buildings shrouded in thick smog as the AQI in the area around the DND Flyway is recorded at 338, categorised as ‘very poor’ by the CPCB, on Monday Motorists drive with their headlights on amid dense smog on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway on Monday Buildings shrouded in thick smog as the AQI in the area around…
In an alarming comparison, AQI.in estimated that breathing Panaji’s air was equivalent to smoking three cigarettes a day, or around 90 cigarettes a month Panaji: Panaji saw its most polluted Diwali day in six years, with an AQI of 133 on Nov 8, the worst since 2020, placing the city in the ‘poor’ category, according…
Sonipat: A 37-year-old man was allegedly beaten to death following a dispute over filling water during Diwali celebrations in Kharkhoda, Sonipat. His blood-soaked body was found at Ambedkar Park on Rohtak Road around 6am on Monday. Two other youths were injured, suffering fractures in their leg and hand.The deceased, Deepak, worked at a hardware shop…
Pune: Diwali this year was not only noisier but also more polluted than last year in the city, according to the IITM air quality monitoring system.The peak pollution level in the city was recorded around 2am on Monday. Pune’s peak PM2.5 concentration touched around 1,000 µg/m³ this Diwali, compared with approximately 600 µg/m³ during the…
Tapir Gao takes part in a padyatra at Tezu on Monday Guwahati: Arunachal East MP Tapir Gao on Monday backed the proposed 11,200 MW Siang Upper Multipurpose Project (SUMP), saying the dam would be built ‘come what may’. His comment came amid opposition from indigenous groups and residents of the Siang belt.Addressing a meeting in…
Kai Cenat’s ongoing legal battle with former friend Reggie has taken another turn after an uncomfortable encounter during a livestream. The Twitch star was caught off guard when a McDonald’s employee questioned him about allegations involving 17-year-old streamer RaKai. The unexpected confrontation brought the controversy back into the spotlight and prompted Kai to share an…
