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NEW DELHI: Videos on Sunday morning showed India Gate, Akshardham, Anand Vihar, and Delhi airport barely visible through a dense grey haze, as the city’s air quality plunged into the ‘severe’ category, with the Air Quality Index (AQI) soaring to 497.The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) invoked all measures under GRAP Stage IV across…
We are back again with the next edition of She travels. This is for all those who love the hills, and feel like their heart lies in the mountains. Indeed, there’s something magical about packing a small backpack, switching the phone to ‘Do Not Disturb,’ and letting a hill station breeze help untangle the chaos…
December is back, and one of the best months to go for vacations. There are multiple reasons for this, like multiple holidays coming up, or just wanting to go on the Christmas and New Year getaway. Whatever your reasons are, there is no denying the fact that it’s one of the best times to escape…
Rajahmundry Railway station (File photo) New Delhi: Passengers may soon find popular food chains such as KFC, McDonald’s, Baskin Robbins, Pizza Hut, Haldiram’s and Bikanerwala at railway stations. The railway board has revised its catering policy to allow premium brand catering outlets to operate at stations across the country.The proposal to issue guidelines for premium…
Image Credit: Piyal Bhattacharjee/TNN NEW DELHI: The Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squads have foiled a planned chemical terror attack, arresting three suspects, including a Hyderabad-based doctor, who allegedly intended to poison prasad with ricin. The plot reportedly included Ayodhya as a target, with Nov 25—when the saffron flag is due to be hoisted atop…
Supreme Court (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday expressed concern over the failure of several air quality monitoring stations in Delhi during Diwali, observing that authorities cannot wait for pollution levels to hit the “severe” mark before acting.During the hearing of the MC Mehta case, a bench comprising Chief Justice BR Gavai…
NEW DELHI: Had most ambient air quality stations in Delhi not gone on the blink during peak pollution hours on Diwali night and the subsequent morning, the capital’s average AQI the next day is likely to have been much closer to ‘severe’ levels than official data suggests, a TOI analysis of hourly air quality readings…
Elon Musk’s Starlink reportedly plans to set up gateway earth stations across India. According to a report in Economic Times, these gateway stations will be set up at nine places across India, including Mumbai, Noida, Chandigarh, Kolkata and Lucknow. Quotng sources the report says that the Elon Musk-owned company is readying infrastructure ahead of the…
Elon Musk-owned Starlink is preparing to establish 9 gateway earth stations across India as it gears up to launch its satellite communication (satcom) services in the country.The proposed stations will be located in Mumbai, Noida, Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Lucknow.“The company has applied for 600 gigabit per second capacity over India through its Gen 1…
Delhi’s Diwali festivities ringing in this year brought an unexpected surge of noise, with several monitoring stations recording decibel levels well beyond what is legally acceptable. Even with a green cracker initiative and allotted hours for bursting, the decibel meter was pushed to its limits, particularly from 9 pm until 11 pm, spilling over into…
