" He report by the Health Effects Institute said in 2021 that almost 8 million people in the world died because of air pollution. This is more than the number of people who have died due to COVID-19. We are concerned about COVID, but we are not concerned about air pollution."
One person died and several others were feared trapped after an under-construction building collapsed in the Horamavu Agara area in the eastern part of Bengaluru amid heavy rain.
Amidst the rise in Air Quality Index (AQI) levels in the national capital, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai wrote a letter to the transport ministers of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan and requested to halt the entry of diesel buses from these states into the national capital.
Health officials have confirmed that 40 children have died due to diphtheria outbreaks in Karachi's West, Keamari, and East districts, as well as in Larkana and Dadu districts.
According to the Thane police, a speeding car hit a 21-year-old bike rider in Thane. After the incident, the accused car driver fled from the spot. Naupada police have started a search operation to nab the driver, the accident took place at Nitin Junction in Thane.
Former One Direction member Liam Payne died in Buenos Aires on Wednesday after falling from the balcony of his hotel room. Now an autopsy has confirmed that the British singer died of trauma and internal and external bleeding, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Taiwan urged Beijing to reconsider its actions after China's Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) announced it had received numerous reports on individuals labelled as "diehard Taiwan independence separatists."