Health experts stated that the government's failure to enforce environmental standards and control emissions has pushed the city's air pollution to alarming levels, endangering millions of residents, as reported by Dawn.
A day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah's speech, RJD MP Manoj Jha expressed disappointment, saying he had "never imagined" parliamentary debate would fall to such levels. Speaking to ANI, Jha recalled how the opposition first approached the Election Commission regarding concerns over e
Mumbai woke up to a layer of haze on Monday morning, with several parts of the city, including Bandra Reclamation, witnessing reduced visibility as air quality dipped once again. Early morning visuals showed a thick blanket of haze over the coastline and arterial roads, prompting concern
A new report by the Baloch Advocacy and Studies Center (BASC) analysing human rights violations in Iran's Balochistan region has exposed alarming levels of state-sanctioned violence against the Baloch minority, pointing to Pakistan's indirect complicity through its cross-border economic and
New Delhi [India], December 5: A new study by the Centre for Chronic Disease Control (CCDC) for the first time concurrently estimated the daily salt and iodine consumption levels of the adult population in India and examined the effect of the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended salt
A biting cold wave continues to grip the Kashmir Valley, with temperatures dropping to sub-zero levels, intensifying winter conditions across the region. In Srinagar, residents stepped out on Thursday morning wrapped in heavy woollens to protect themselves from the harsh winter chills. De
Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday said the Indian economy remains on a solid footing, saying the country has seen the lowest-ever inflation in the last few months and foreign exchange reserves continue to be strong.
Speaking at a CII summit, Saurabh Garg, Secretary of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, said that the government is leveraging over 300 data sources for GDP calculations and is working to expand their use for data-driven policymaking across various government levels.
Analysts attribute the tightening to a combination of seasonal currency leakage, muted government spending, tax outflows, and most notably, heavy unsterilized foreign exchange intervention by the RBI.
The domestic manufacturing sector saw a slowdown in November as the Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) eased to 56.6, down from 59.2 in October, according to the manufacturing PMI data released by HSBC.