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Common workplace fumes, dusts may heighten rheumatoid arthritis risk
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Breathing in common workplace dust and fumes from agents such as vapours, gases, and solvents, may heighten the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis, suggests research published online in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.
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Russia-Ukraine conflict to blame for fewer migratory birds in Haridwar thi
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
"Their mating season started a few months ago. Due to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, the heat, smoke and toxic dust in the air must have affected them in a big way. I fear that many of them might even have died," globally renowned ornithologist Dinesh Bhatt said.
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Scientists achieve milestone of directly observing dusty ring around black
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
An international team of scientists has achieved the milestone of directly observing the long-sought, innermost dusty ring around a supermassive black hole, at a right angle to its emerging jet. Such a structure was thought to exist in the nucleus of galaxies but had been difficult to observ
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Elusive dusty inner region of distant galaxy: Research
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
An international team of scientists has achieved the milestone of directly observing the long-sought, innermost dusty ring around a supermassive black hole, at a right angle to its emerging jet. Such a structure was thought to exist in the nucleus of galaxies but had been difficult to obs
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Baby Yoda brings two major forces in world cinema together!
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Lucasfilm and Studio Ghibli come together to create an adorable animated short film based on Baby Yoda.
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Anti-dust campaign: 253 notices issued, fines of Rs 32.4 lakh imposed for
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
For taking stock of anti-dust campaign, Delhi environment minister Gopal Rai chaired a review meeting with DPCC, and environment department officers.
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What are the "dirty bombs" that Russia claims Ukraine will use?
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A dirty bomb works completely differently and cannot create an atomic blast. Instead, a dirty bomb uses dynamite or other explosives to scatter radioactive dust, smoke, or other material in order to cause radioactive contamination.
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Delhi Govt floats plan to reduce stubble burning-triggered pollution
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 21 (ANI): Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Saturday said that the Delhi Government has started a 15-point Winter Action Plan in order to reduce the dust pollution owing to stubble burning in the National Capital.
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NASA's Webb takes star-filled portrait of pillars of creation
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 21 (ANI): NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a lush, highly detailed landscape the iconic Pillars of Creation where new stars are forming within dense clouds of gas and dust. The three-dimensional pillars look like majestic rock formations but are far mor
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J-K: BJP chief Ravinder Raina condemns killing of Kashmiri Pandit in Shopi
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 16 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Jammu and Kashmir chief Ravinder Raina on Saturday condemned the killing of the Kashmiri Pandit by terrorists and said that the conspiring culprits would be turned to dust.
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Researchers reveal how thirdhand smoke can cause inflammatory skin disease
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Riverside (California)[US], October 15 (ANI): The residual pollutants from tobacco smoke that remain on surfaces and in dust after the tobacco has been smoked are referred to as thirdhand smoke (THS). It can linger for an indefinite period of time on indoor surfaces, exposing both smokers an
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Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif caught in another 'audio leak' controversy
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 15 (ANI): While the dust on the US cypher is still to settle down, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has been caught in yet another 'audio leak' controversy.
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