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Hiding in plain sight: Global tobacco industry has not disappeared - it has simply rebranded

New Delhi, May 29 -- Marked on May 31, the upcoming World No Tobacco Day 2025 challenges us to unmask the appeal of nicotine products as India confronts a sophisticated and evolving threat from the to... Read More


A May like no other: Rainfall replaces heatwaves across India

New Delhi, May 29 -- May is typically synonymous with rising mercury levels and heatwaves across India. But May 2025 has surprisingly defied expectations of scorching temperatures. While it might be a... Read More


Shielding sweetness from weather vagaries

New Delhi, May 29 -- Apple farmers in Himachal Pradesh are increasingly turning to anti-hail nets to protect their orchards, saying the measure has significantly reduced crop damage caused by unpredic... Read More


Sugary drinks, processed foods, alcohol and tobacco are big killers: Why the G20 should add its weight to health taxes

New Delhi, May 28 -- By 2030, non-communicable diseases will account for 75 per cent of all deaths annually. Eight per cent of these will be in the global south. Most of these diseases are what we cal... Read More


How India moves: More personal vehicles, shortage of buses add to Chennai's traffic woes, air pollution

New Delhi, May 27 -- Vijay Naidu, a 49-year-old store manager, commutes 17 kilometres on motorcycle from his Madhavaram residence to Mylapore. "This is a 50-minute journey in the morning," he told Dow... Read More


Why is land in South Africa rising? Droughts may have a role to play

New Delhi, May 27 -- Land in South Africa has been rising at the rate of 2 millimetres per year, according to a recent report. Between 2012 and 2020, the land rose by about 6mm, showed data published ... Read More


MSC ELSA 3 capsizing sparks concerns over oil spills in Kerala, revealing state's vulnerability in addressing them

New Delhi, May 27 -- A significant environmental threat has arisen off the Kerala coast due to the sinking of the Liberian-flagged container ship MSC ELSA 3 in the early hours of May 25, approximately... Read More


How India moves: Hyderabad's urban design has left buses, bicycles and pedestrians behind

New Delhi, May 27 -- For many Hyderabadis, the daily commute is a lesson in endurance. Metro rides are patchy, buses overcrowded, and walking or cycling remains risky in a city built more for cars tha... Read More


Daily weather tracker: Monsoon advances over Mumbai, Bengaluru and Northeast India

New Delhi, May 27 -- Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is emerging as a significant health threat in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), accounting for 4.3 million of the five million global AMR-re... Read More


Broken lifeline: How COVID-19 halted India's improving life expectancy in its tracks

New Delhi, May 27 -- On March 13, 2020, Government of India's Press Information Bureau (PIB) released the latest life expectancy data of the country. Quoting estimates of the Office of the Registrar G... Read More