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Doctors say better awareness and limited hours reduced injuries

These junctions are set to get ‘adaptive signals’ in a month; an official says work has been taken up at junctions on Valluvar Kottam Road, among others, to install them. Traffic police have tested their functionality and found them satisfactory

The state alone cannot undertake the task of protecting India’s first UNESCO-declared biosphere; communities need to get involved

Officials say the check-dam is the second such facility across the Palar, covering Vellore, Ranipet and Tirupattur districts. The first one was built at Udayandevan village near Vaniyambadi town in Tirupattur in 2002; the facility will be ready by 2025

Particulate Matter 2.5 was the prominent pollutant in nine stations followed by PM10 in three stations

Merugu Nagarjuna denies allegations and says he is ready for inquiry

Ambala in Haryana recorded the highest AQI of 367 followed by Amritsar in Punjab at 350, while Delhi’s average AQI was 339; PM2.5 levels in Delhi reached values seen only in mid-winter months.

Chief Minister Mohan Yadav also held an emergency meeting with the top officials and directed a high-level team to visit the Tiger Reserve to get insights into the case