Festivities behind surge in Covid cases in Delhi: Govt

The government on Monday attributed the sudden surge in COVID-19 cases in Delhi to the festive season, greater movement of people along with laxity in adhering to safe COVID behaviour, and said......

Year's worst air quality leaves Delhi gasping

Delhi’s air quality was at the season’s worst on Tuesday as a combined effect of smoke from stubble burning and moisture turned the city into a “gas chamber” leaving people......

'Many times we miss the cancer symptoms'

'Live a healthy lifestyle. Like what our parents taught us. Like our parents' parents taught them.''We become obese. In obesity the chance of cancer increases.''Any new symptom? Please talk to your......

'30 years next to a nuclear plant did not affect us'

Dr Suresh Moses Lee is the Raja Ramanna Fellow, Department of Atomic Energy, Safety Research Centre, Kalpakkam. He was the former director of safety research, health physics, information services,......

It's high time to revamp India's inefficient power plants

Companies need to voluntarily share data. It was India's largest power generator, NTPC, that refused public scrutiny, notes Sunita Narain. Coal is an environmentalist's bugbear. The use of coal to......

Now, robots to perform surgery, play football

Researchers are developing a new generation of humanoid robots to live among people, perform surgery and even beat humans at football.Developed in Bristol and Essex, the robots are being designed......

Entire text of finance minister's Budget Speech

Budget 2010-11 provided considerable relief to income tax payers by raising the slabs at two levels but hiked the central excise duty on non-petroleum products across the board from 8 to 10 per......

Pesticide cocktail in Coke, Pepsi

The Centre for Science and Environment on Wednesday came out with a fresh study claiming the presence of 'pesticide cocktail' in 11 brands of soft drink giants Coca Cola and PepsiCo, three years......