Private monitors put Chennai’s air above 1,200 on the AQI scale on Deepavali night
The official index stops at 500; readings fell to about 200 by the next morning, and a change in the wind should help clear the smoke.
The official index stops at 500; readings fell to about 200 by the next morning, and a change in the wind should help clear the smoke.
The Centre expects patients to save about ₹3,540 crore a year after it capped what traders can earn on 137 cancer medicines.
Official figures for the 24 hours to 7 a.m. on 8 November show 1,387 injury admissions across the State; 1,283 ambulances were on duty.
Burns wards and emergency teams are ready for the festival night, when fire and cracker injuries peak.
The test reads genetic material that tumour cells shed into urine; for now, doctors diagnose the disease with cystoscopy, a camera test.
Inspectors checked 56,431 food businesses across India between 1 September and 5 November. Paneer, ghee, milk and sweets were among the seized items.
The single-dose vaccine is in the last stage of trials. A new study finds all four types of the dengue virus circulating at once in eight States and Union Territories.