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NEW DELHI: The puzzling deaths of 350 African elephants in Botswana’s Okavango Panhandle in 2020 have finally been explained. A recent study published in the journal Science of ‘The Total Environment’ has linked these tragic deaths to toxic cyanobacteria blooms in nearby waterholes. This mass die-off was one of the largest wildlife mortality events in southern Africa which […]

Rohan Jaitley defeats former cricket player Kirti Azad for a second consecutive term as The DDCA president.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court took strong exception to the Delhi government’s failure to provide figures concerning the daily generation of solid waste across the city on Monday. A bench comprising Justices Abhay S Oka and Manmohan described the situation as a “shocking state of affairs” and reprimanded the government for not complying with the […]

NEW DELHI: Delhi’s air quality deteriorated significantly on Thursday, breaching the 400 mark and dipping into the ‘Severe+’ category. This drastic decline forced the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM), the Centre’s anti-pollution panel, to impose GRAP 4 restrictions in the national capital and its surrounding areas starting tonight.   Earlier in the day, the […]

NEW DELHI: Singer and actor Diljit Dosanjh has come under fire after spelling Punjab as “Panjab” in a post announcing his Chandigarh concert. Social media users quickly pointed out that this spelling is typically associated with the Pakistani side of the region. Additionally, fans noticed the absence of the Indian tricolour emoji in this post, […]