Students resume classes as schools reopen after enforced pollution break

November 20, 2023

Due to the extreme air pollution in the nation's capital, schools were forced to close from November 9 to November 18. However, they reopened on Monday. Students from a school in the Geeta Colony area arrived early this morning to attend classes, accompanied by their parents. This follows the announcement...

Public feedback sought on proposed National Pharmacy Commission Bill

November 20, 2023

The public is being asked to provide feedback on the proposed National Pharmacy Commission Bill 2023 by the Union Health Ministry. On November 14, a draft bill was created and posted to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare's news and highlights section of their website. The ministry's bill would...

Indian stocks have a steady start to the new week

November 20, 2023

Due to mixed signals from US global benchmark markets and uncertainty surrounding US monetary policy rates, Indian stock indices began the new week mostly unchanged. Less than 0.1% separated India's Sensex and Nifty indexes from their Friday closing at the opening bell. Coal India, Divis Labs, Apollo Hospitals, HCL Technologies,...

Police constable dies by suicide in Mumbai

November 20, 2023

Following an altercation with his "girlfriend" in Mumbai's Worli neighborhood of Maharashtra, a police constable is said to have committed suicide, according to police on Monday. The purported suicide incident happened at ten o'clock on Sunday night. Mumbai police claimed that just before he died, the constable allegedly sent his...

Penny Wong ,the Australian Foreign Minister arrives in India for 2+2 dialogue

November 20, 2023

Monday morning saw the arrival of Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong in the nation's capital for the second India-Australia 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue. At New Delhi's Air Force Station, Palam, she received a hearty welcome. "We extend a hearty welcome to Australian Senator @SenatorWong, who is in New Delhi to co-chair...

Hunger hormones influence decision-making brain area to drive behaviour: Study

November 20, 2023

An area of the brain involved in decision-making may be directly impacted by a hunger hormone generated in the stomach, according to a recent study conducted by researchers at University College London (UCL). The mouse study, which was published in Neuron, is the first to demonstrate how an animal's hippocampal...

Israeli forces find 55-meter-long “terrorist tunnel”, 10 metres beneath Shifa Hospital

November 20, 2023

The Israeli Securities Authority (ISA) and the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) have disclosed in an operational update that they have discovered a 55-meter "terrorist tunnel" ten meters beneath the Shifa Hospital complex in Gaza. "OPERATIONAL UPDATE: IDF and ISA forces revealed a significant 55-meter-long terrorist tunnel, 10 meters underneath the...

Andhra Pradesh: Nearly 40 boats destroyed by fire at Visakhapatnam fishing harbour

November 20, 2023

According to authorities, a large fire started at the fishing harbor in Visakhapatnam on the evenings of Sunday and Monday. According to police, about 40 fiber-mechanized boats were reduced to ashes; no casualties or injuries were reported. Locals alerted the firefighters, who arrived on the scene quickly to put out...

Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: PM Modi speaks to CM Dhami, examines the situation; vertical drilling to begin

November 20, 2023

The 41 workers who have been stuck in the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi since last week were the subject of a phone conversation between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday. PM Modi stated in a statement released by the Uttarakhand Chief Minister's Office...

Delhi’s air quality is still classified as “very poor,” with an AQI of 310

November 20, 2023

With an AQI of 310, the national capital's air quality remained "very poor" on Monday morning. At 8:30 am on Monday, the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR-India) reported Delhi's air quality index at 310, which is classified as "very poor." The Central Pollution Control Board...