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“Forever chemicals” may be far more deadly than previously understood, with new evidence suggesting they could be contributing to serious harm in specific communities exposed to contaminated drinking water. A newly published peer-reviewed study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) examined PFAS contamination in New Hampshire’s well-water system and found a…
PANAJI: Grief curdled into rage outside the morgue of Goa Medical College and Hospital on Sunday as relatives and friends of the 25 victims in the Arpora nightclub blaze, most of them migrant staffers, squatted in the harsh afternoon sun and demanded to know: Where are the owners?Nobody from the management of Birch By Romeo…
Union minister Nitin Gadkari speaks in Lok Sabha (ANI) NEW DELHI: On an average, 485 people died in road crashes every day in 2024, with total fatalities reaching 1.77 lakh, according to road transport ministry told Lok Sabha on Thursday. National Highways (NHs), which account for barely 2% of India’s road network, recorded 54,443 fatalities…
Bill Gates warns President Trump that slashing US global health funding could cause the first rise in childhood deaths this century. New projections indicate millions more children may die if cuts persist. While the Gates Foundation is increasing its own spending, it cannot replace government support, leaving vulnerable nations struggling to achieve self-sufficiency. Bill Gates…
ROHTAK: The families are incensed. Aman’s father, Suresh Kumar, rejected the govt’s compensation of Rs 5 lakh. “We want an FIR against those responsible for my son’s death. It may not be ‘under the sports department’ on paper, but why did the department never intervene on safety? We do not want compensation or clean chits…
Cyclone Ditwah claims three lives, drenches TN CHENNAI: Cyclone Ditwah left three dead in Tamil Nadu and inflicted far deeper tragedy in Sri Lanka, where the toll soared beyond 330 and thousands were pushed from their homes, while Chennai was spared the forecast pounding after the storm’s core collapsed and veered away from the shoreline.TN…
Public anger over Hong Kong’s deadliest residential fire in decades has spilled into the streets, even as a student activist who demanded accountability was reportedly detained under the city’s national security regime.Miles Kwan, 24, had been distributing flyers outside a city train station on Friday, urging commuters to support an independent investigation into the blaze…
Representative image (AI-generated) More than 300 migrants without legal status have died while in Malaysian custody since 2020, sparking renewed concern among rights advocates over detention conditions and treatment of vulnerable groups fleeing violence and persecution.One of the latest cases is that of Ben Za Min, a 32-year-old from Myanmar’s Chin state, who died in…
SIR battle in Bengal: EC warns TMC against threatening BLOs; rebuts claims about deaths Source link
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has deactivated more than 2 crore Aadhaar numbers belonging to deceased individuals as part of a nationwide database clean-up, according to a government release.UIDAI has sourced verified death data from multiple government channels, including the Registrar General of India (RGI), state and UT administrations, the Public Distribution System,…
