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Delhi records best January-November air quality in 8 years, excluding 2020

The air quality scenario in Delhi-NCR has shown a consistent improvement this year, with the region recording its lowest average AQI for the January-November period in the last eight years, excluding 2020 -- the COVID-19 lockdown year, according to data shared on Sunday. As per official figures, Delhi's average AQI between January and November 202

01 December,2025 09:06 AM IST | New Delhi | ANI
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Donald Trump pardons turkeys Gobble, Waddle in annual Thanksgiving tradition

US President Donald Trump continued the long-standing White House tradition of pardoning two turkeys ahead of Thanksgiving, granting clemency to birds named Waddle and Gobble during a ceremony marked by humour and political barbs. "Gobble, I just want to tell you, this is very important: you are hereby unconditionally pardoned," Trump told one of

26 November,2025 08:54 AM IST | Washington | ANI
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Man acquitted can take job not needing police clearance: Govt tell HC

Faheem Ansari, who was acquitted in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks case, is free to take up any form of employment that does not require a police clearance or character verification certificate, the Maharashtra government informed the Bombay High Court on Tuesday, reported the PTI. The submission came a day before the 17th anniversary of the atta

25 November,2025 05:14 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
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Mumbai: Sion society residents bogged down by unauthorised parking

About 10 residential buildings located in Jain Society at Sion have been facing an uphill battle against unauthorised street parking of aggregate cabs in their quiet internal lanes. These vehicles are parked in their lanes named ‘24A’, ‘24B’, ‘25’, and ‘18’, throughout the day and overnight as well. S

22 November,2025 07:33 AM IST | Mumbai | Eshanpriya MS
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Ariana Grande tests Covid-19 positive amid Wicked: For Good promotions

Amid the ongoing full-fledged promotions of Wicked: For Good, Ariana Grande has revealed that she has tested positive for COVID-19. This comes just when the press tour for Wicked: For Good reaches its final stretch. As a result, Grande is likely to miss a few upcoming events. Ariana Grande diagnosed with Covid-19 The 32-year-old singer and actor

21 November,2025 10:05 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
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Chinese airlines resume flights to India after five-year gap

China Eastern Airlines started its Shanghai-Delhi service on Sunday with a 95 per cent occupancy, becoming the first mainland Chinese carrier this year to resume direct flights to India after a gap of five years. Flight MU563, carrying 248 passengers, departed from Shanghai Pudong International Airport for Delhi, the state-run Global Times reporte

10 November,2025 08:37 AM IST | Beijing | Agencies
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Covid during pregnancy may raise autism, motor disorder risk in kids by three

Children born to mothers who had Covid-19 while pregnant may be at a high risk of suffering from developmental disorders, including speech delays, autism, and motor disorders, by the time they turn three years old, according to new research.  Researchers from the Mass General Brigham in the US explained that these may be due to immune activat

01 November,2025 12:35 PM IST | New Delhi | IANS
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Society won't forgive us if we don't take care of our doctors: SC

The society will not forgive the judiciary if it doesn't take care of doctors and stand for them, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday while reserving its judgement on a plea against non-inclusion of doctors and health workers who lost their lives battling Covid-19 at private clinics, dispensaries and non-recognised hospitals in insurance policies. A

28 October,2025 02:56 PM IST | New Delhi | PTI
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Covid virus can cause changes in sperm, raise anxiety risk in future generations

While Covid-19 infection is known to have lasting effects on the brain, an alarming animal study showed that SARS-CoV-2 infection in fathers before conception can cause changes in sperm, altering children’s brain development and behaviour, and increasing the risk of anxiety later.   The findings, published in the journal Nature Communic

14 October,2025 01:20 PM IST | New Delhi | IANS
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Is Richa Chadha and Sumeet Vyas’ pandemic drama shelved? Here’s what we know

If things had gone as planned, the audience would have seen the yet-untitled Richa Chadha and Sumeet Vyas-starrer by now. But the film, shot in 2023, has been waiting in the wings for almost two years with no release date in sight. A source shares, “With the shoot and post-production done, the film was ready for a theatrical release. But with

04 October,2025 10:12 AM IST | Mumbai | Priyanka Sharma
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SARS-CoV-2 reinfection can spike long Covid risk in kids: The Lancet

A reinfection with the SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind Covid-19 disease, doubled the risk of developing long Covid among children, according to a large study published in the journal The Lancet Infectious Diseases.  The findings involving over 460,000 children and adolescents across 40 paediatric hospitals in the US found that after the first Co

01 October,2025 06:43 PM IST | New Delhi | IANS
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