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NEW DELHI: Delhi recorded its lowest average Air Quality Index (AQI) for the January-May 2026 in eight years, excluding 2020 when Covid-19 restrictions led to a sharp drop in pollution levels, according to the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM).Data released by the commission showed that the city’s average AQI between January and May 2026 stood at 211.In comparison, the average AQI was 214 in 2025, 231 in 2024, 213 in 2023, 238 in 2022, 235 in 2021, 181 in 2020, 237 in 2019 and 243 in 2018.In a post on X, the CAQM said, “Delhi recorded 75 ‘Good to…

Bengaluru: The country’s first Tele-MANAS centre at a prison was inaugurated at Bengaluru Central Prison in Parappana Agrahara Sunday, giving inmates access to counselling, psychological support, and mental health services.The Nimhans initiative was inaugurated by Justice Vikram Nath, a judge of the Supreme Court and executive chairman of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA), during a visit to the prison. Tele-MANAS (Tele Mental Health Assistance and Networking Across States) is a tele-mental health service that will enable inmates to access counselling and psychological support.Accompanying him were Justice Vibhu Bakhru, Chief Justice of Karnataka and patron-in-chief of the Karnataka State Legal…

File photo of Indiramma house, Telangana Hyderabad: Chief minister A Revanth Reddy will launch the second phase of Indiramma Indlu housing scheme, participate in house warming ceremony of 28 houses constructed as part of phase-I of the scheme, and lay foundation stones and inaugurate various development works worth Rs 112 crore, and address a public meeting in Komaram Bheem Asifabad district on Monday.Excise and tourism minister Jupally Krishna Rao on Sunday inspected the arrangements being made for the chief minister’s programmes. Ahead of the CM’s visit, the district administration has made elaborate arrangements. To oversee the preparations, Adilabad district in-charge…

Chennai: Stating that city corporation constructed a bus stand completely blocking the entrance to his land parcel, a Kolathur resident has petitioned the civic authorities. He said the bus stand made it impossible for him to construct a house on his land.N V Charry Babu, who owns the plot in Poompuhar Nagar, said the authorities claimed that the shelter was constructed in 2019 when the land was registered in another person’s name. “The property was transferred to my name in 2023. Initially, we assumed it was a temporary structure and had no immediate plans to build a house on the…

Rourkela: Two youths were arrested in Sundargarh district on Sunday for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl.According to police, the survivor visited her relative’s home in the district on May 28. “The survivor and another girl were outside the house late at night when two local men assaulted them. While one girl escaped, the other was taken to a secluded spot and sexually abused by both,” a police officer said.The accused allegedly threatened her not to disclose the incident. She later reached the house and informed her cousin and subsequently, her sister and brother-in-law.Her mother lodged an FIR on Saturday. Police…

Guwahati: AIIMS-Guwahati has launched epilepsy surgery services under its comprehensive epilepsy care programme, making it the first govt facility in the the northeast to have such a centre.AIIMS-Guwahati performed its first successful epilepsy surgery for drug-refractory temporal lobe epilepsy, which marked a historic milestone for the region, officials said on Sunday.AIIMS officials said the addition strengthens neurological healthcare in the region by offering new options for patients with difficult-to-control epilepsy.Epilepsy is among the most common neurological disorders worldwide. In India, a wide treatment gap persists, especially in the northeast, where specialised epilepsy care is scarce. Doctors said many patients continue…

Patna: Delivering the ‘Dr Gopal Sharan Oration’ on the concluding day of Bihar Pedicon 2026, Dr Ruchira Maheshwari Gupta, national secretary general of Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP), outlined the historical shift in parenting, emphasising that while the language of parenting has changed across generations, familial love remains constant.She said grandparents raising children before the 1960s relied on authoritarian parenting focused on discipline. This model transitioned between the 1960s and 1980s to competitive, achievement-oriented parenting within emerging nuclear families. Today, parents navigate an uncertain world with emotional parenting, she added.She highlighted that despite digital connectivity, modern children face loneliness, urging…

Citylights – Ranchi (compiled by Dhrubajyoti malakar & Divy Khare)Dissatisfaction among ministersThe ongoing row over including Angika, Magahi and Bhojpuri in the upcoming JTET exam has exposed more than just a policy divide. At the May 22 meeting, the ministerial panel couldn’t reach a consensus, but did manage to spark fresh friction after one member suggested expanding the panel based on caste identity. That didn’t go down well. Other ministers were quick to remind that the CM had picked them for their competence, not their caste , raising the obvious question: when merit was the criteria, why bring identity politics…

A pre-vacation morning assembly at a city school Kolkata: State-run schools are preparing to introduce ‘Vande Mataram’ in morning assemblies as schools reopen on Monday after the summer vacation. Several schools have decided to play the original version on loudspeakers to guide students during the prayer session.Ahead of the reopening, officials of the school education dept held a meeting with school heads to brief them on several new measures expected to be introduced across schools. A key decision is the introduction of ‘Vande Mataram’ in morning assemblies. The decision was announced by chief minister Suvendu Adhikari after the summer recess…

New Delhi [India], May 31 : Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital has achieved a significant medical milestone by successfully treating a head and neck cancer patient using a unique combination of Surface Guided Radiotherapy (SGRT) and adaptive radiotherapy for the first time in India. This breakthrough technique allowed doctors to deliver precision radiation therapy without a tight immobilisation mask or a simulation CT scan. According to doctors, the patient, a male in his mid-50s with a history of mouth cancer, reported to the hospital’s emergency department with excessive, continuous bleeding from a massively enlarged tumour, following previous surgery and radiotherapy…