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Toxic Dust Or Snow? How A Dumping Yard Became 'Switzerland Of Rajasthan'
Kishangarh Dumping Yard near Ajmer, known as Asia's largest marble dumping yard, has become popular for Bollywood shoots and tourism but poses health risks.
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Budget 2026: Funding Slump For Pollution Control Amid Climate Crisis
India's fight against toxic air just took a hit. The 2026-27 Budget allocated only Rs 1,091 crore to pollution control - down from Rs 1,300 crore last year.
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"Love Should Not Be Toxic, Even For Languages": Kamal Haasan On Hindi Row
Kamal Haasan underlined that language is just a communication device and when it comes to him, "it's my feeling, it's my expression and it's me".
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Immune Cells In Gut Help Spread Parkinsons Disease To Brain: Study
A groundbreaking Nature study from University College London reveals how gut immune cells (macrophages) help toxic proteins spread Parkinsons disease from the gut to the brain.
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Spacesuit To Lab Coat, Shubhanshu Shukla's Mars Experiment Takes Off
Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla's new avatar is ready. Apart from being an astronaut and the first Indian to fly to the International Space Station (ISS), he is also a scientist now.
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UK 'Science Nerd' Jailed For Turning Mother's Shed Into Explosives Factory
A 33-year-old science enthusiast, Harry Whittaker, was sentenced to 45 months in prison for possessing and making explosive substances, and storing toxic chemicals and extremist material at his Bedfordshire home.
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Health Impacts Due To Plastics Worldwide May Double By 2040: Report
Adverse effects on health due to emissions from the world's plastics system, including greenhouse gases, air-polluting particles and toxic chemicals released from production, could more than double by 2040, compared to levels in 2016.
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Adverse Health Impacts Due To Plastic Use Set To Double By 2024: Lancet Study
A Lancet study warns plastics emissions could more than double health risks by 2040, driving global warming, air pollution, and toxic exposure unless urgent action is taken.
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After 25 Deaths In Indore, 24 Fall Ill in Mhow After Drinking Toxic Water
Over two dozen people, including children, have been diagnosed with jaundice after drinking contaminated water in the Mhow area of Madhya Pradesh's Indore district.
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Borax Is Not Medicine, Doctors Warn Against Social Media Health Claims After 19-Year-Old Girl's Death In Tamil Nadu
After a Tamil Nadu college student's death linked to borax consumption, doctors warn that social media is promoting dangerous, unverified uses of borax for other ailments too.
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Tourist Helicopter Carrying 3 People Goes Missing Near Japan's Mount Aso Volcano
Mount Aso is one of Japan's most active volcanoes, located in Kumamoto prefecture on the island of Kyushu.
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Tamil Nadu Student Dies After Taking Borax Following YouTube Weight-Loss Tip
A first-year college student has died after taking a substance called 'venkaaram' (borax) bought from a local shop, as suggested by a social media video, police said.
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Tamil Nadu Bans Almond Kit Cough Syrup Due To Toxin Contamination
The Tamil Nadu government has banned the manufacture, sale, distribution and consumption of the cough syrup 'Almond Kit' after laboratory tests confirmed the presence of the highly toxic chemical ethylene glycol, the state's drug control body said in
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Dense Fog Blankets Delhi-NCR, Low Visibility At Airport Amid Cold Wave
Residents of Delhi woke up to alarming air quality levels on Sunday morning as a thick blanket of toxic smog and dense fog engulfed the national capital, pushing pollution levels into the 'severe' category.
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Toxic Gas May Have Sparked Life on Earth Through Icy ‘Cobweb’ Crystals
Researchers at Sweden’s Chalmers University of Technology suggest that frozen hydrogen cyanide may have helped trigger the chemistry that led to life on Earth. Their simulations show HCN forming cobweb-like ice crystals whose reactive surfaces enable unusual chemical reactions even in extreme cold. These processes could generate amino acids, nucl...
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Toxic Dust Or Snow? How A Dumping Yard Became 'Switzerland Of Rajasthan'
Kishangarh Dumping Yard near Ajmer, known as Asia's largest marble dumping yard, has become popular for Bollywood shoots and tourism but poses health risks.
-
Budget 2026: Funding Slump For Pollution Control Amid Climate Crisis
India's fight against toxic air just took a hit. The 2026-27 Budget allocated only Rs 1,091 crore to pollution control - down from Rs 1,300 crore last year.
-
"Love Should Not Be Toxic, Even For Languages": Kamal Haasan On Hindi Row
Kamal Haasan underlined that language is just a communication device and when it comes to him, "it's my feeling, it's my expression and it's me".
-
Immune Cells In Gut Help Spread Parkinsons Disease To Brain: Study
A groundbreaking Nature study from University College London reveals how gut immune cells (macrophages) help toxic proteins spread Parkinsons disease from the gut to the brain.
-
Spacesuit To Lab Coat, Shubhanshu Shukla's Mars Experiment Takes Off
Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla's new avatar is ready. Apart from being an astronaut and the first Indian to fly to the International Space Station (ISS), he is also a scientist now.
-
UK 'Science Nerd' Jailed For Turning Mother's Shed Into Explosives Factory
A 33-year-old science enthusiast, Harry Whittaker, was sentenced to 45 months in prison for possessing and making explosive substances, and storing toxic chemicals and extremist material at his Bedfordshire home.
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Health Impacts Due To Plastics Worldwide May Double By 2040: Report
Adverse effects on health due to emissions from the world's plastics system, including greenhouse gases, air-polluting particles and toxic chemicals released from production, could more than double by 2040, compared to levels in 2016.
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Adverse Health Impacts Due To Plastic Use Set To Double By 2024: Lancet Study
A Lancet study warns plastics emissions could more than double health risks by 2040, driving global warming, air pollution, and toxic exposure unless urgent action is taken.
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After 25 Deaths In Indore, 24 Fall Ill in Mhow After Drinking Toxic Water
Over two dozen people, including children, have been diagnosed with jaundice after drinking contaminated water in the Mhow area of Madhya Pradesh's Indore district.
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Borax Is Not Medicine, Doctors Warn Against Social Media Health Claims After 19-Year-Old Girl's Death In Tamil Nadu
After a Tamil Nadu college student's death linked to borax consumption, doctors warn that social media is promoting dangerous, unverified uses of borax for other ailments too.
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Tourist Helicopter Carrying 3 People Goes Missing Near Japan's Mount Aso Volcano
Mount Aso is one of Japan's most active volcanoes, located in Kumamoto prefecture on the island of Kyushu.
-
Tamil Nadu Student Dies After Taking Borax Following YouTube Weight-Loss Tip
A first-year college student has died after taking a substance called 'venkaaram' (borax) bought from a local shop, as suggested by a social media video, police said.
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Tamil Nadu Bans Almond Kit Cough Syrup Due To Toxin Contamination
The Tamil Nadu government has banned the manufacture, sale, distribution and consumption of the cough syrup 'Almond Kit' after laboratory tests confirmed the presence of the highly toxic chemical ethylene glycol, the state's drug control body said in
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Dense Fog Blankets Delhi-NCR, Low Visibility At Airport Amid Cold Wave
Residents of Delhi woke up to alarming air quality levels on Sunday morning as a thick blanket of toxic smog and dense fog engulfed the national capital, pushing pollution levels into the 'severe' category.
-
Toxic Gas May Have Sparked Life on Earth Through Icy ‘Cobweb’ Crystals
Researchers at Sweden’s Chalmers University of Technology suggest that frozen hydrogen cyanide may have helped trigger the chemistry that led to life on Earth. Their simulations show HCN forming cobweb-like ice crystals whose reactive surfaces enable unusual chemical reactions even in extreme cold. These processes could generate amino acids, nucl...
