Data | Deepavali day: Record pollution levels in Chennai and Bengaluru, but Delhi and Kolkata fare better

Data | Deepavali day: Record pollution levels in Chennai and Bengaluru, but Delhi and Kolkata fare better

Along with PM2.5 pollution, there were increases in CO, NH3, NO, NO2 and SO2 levels Along with PM2.5 pollution, there were increases in CO, NH3, NO, NO2 and SO2 levels State governments across India announced various degrees of restrictions on bursting crackers this Deepavali. While the measures seem to have worked to an extent in […]

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Actor Deepti Naval on her memoir, A Country Called Childhood, published by Aleph Book Company

Actor Deepti Naval on her memoir, A Country Called Childhood, published by Aleph Book Company

Deepti Naval’s A Country Called Childhood is both a memoir and a commentary on life in the late 20th century Deepti Naval’s A Country Called Childhood is both a memoir and a commentary on life in the late 20th century Deepti Naval’s new book, A Country Called Childhood, has a unique quality of specificity and […]

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Morning digest: June 6, 2022

Morning digest: June 6, 2022

Gulf countries protest statement by BJP leaders, demand public apology from government Meanwhile the 57-nation Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) also issued a “strong condemnation” of what it called “abuses by an official of the ruling party of India (BJP)”, linking the comments to previous decisions to ban the hijab at educational institutions in certain […]

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