Image used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters A POCSO court in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara district on Monday awarded death sentence to two men for raping and burning alive a minor girl in a coal furnace last year. “Kalu and Kanha were awarded death penalty by the court,” Special Public Prosecutor Mahaveer Singh Kishnawat … Read more
A farmer burns paddy straw stubble in a field on the outskirts of Jalandhar on Saturday. | Photo Credit: ANI As the Air Quality Index (AQI) in several parts of Delhi-NCR is reeling under the ‘severe’ category, nearly 560 cases of stubble burning have been reported in Ludhiana so far. A fine of about ₹2 lakh 32 thousand has … Read more
Flames and smoke billow out from the bus after it caught fire in Buldhana on July 1, 2023. | Photo Credit: ANI Some of the survivors of the ill-fated bus that caught fire and led to the death of 26 passengers in Maharashtra’s Buldhana district on July 1 said they managed to come out of … Read more
Paddy straw burning in Punjab and Haryana is a major reason behind the alarming spike in air pollution levels in the national capital in October and November Paddy straw burning in Punjab and Haryana is a major reason behind the alarming spike in air pollution levels in the national capital in October and November Crop … Read more
Emily Bristoe describes her pain as “horrible” and takes six tablets a day to cope with her symptoms. Source link
Former Leeds Rhinos player Stevie Ward says the impact of concussion has changed his life “Lots of anxiety, lots of depression. My eyes and my brain started burning when I looked at the phone screen.” BBC Radio 5 Live has been speaking to former sportsmen and women and their families about how concussion has changed … Read more
Ashley Hall has been living with severe eczema for more than 3 decades. She was only 2 years old when the first patch of dry, scaly skin emerged on the side of her body. “My mom noticed I was scratching it constantly. And it wasn’t like a typical little rash that kids normally get … … Read more
Infection rates are declining overall, but some regions are seeing a rise in cases. Source link
The stubble burning cases are rising in Punjab every day as the paddy harvesting season nears the peak. The continued burning of paddy straw in Haryana and Punjab contributed to 10 per cent of the total PM 2.5 pollution load in Delhi-NCR on October 19, 2020. Officials from Punjab and Haryana said stubble burning has … Read more
