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RML started a pollution clinic last year. However, this year the number of patients is already up, highlighting the severity of air pollution across North India, especially the capital city, New Delhi. «We are seeing patients with breathlessness, blocked nose, itching in eyes and sore throat post Diwali,» said Dr Amit Jindal, consultant in respiratory medicine, RML hospital. «In the last few weeks, we are seeing a significant increase in respiratory complaints like asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and bronchitis. „The number of patients are going up, already its more than last year,“ added Dr Ajay Shukla, Medical Superintendent, RML hospital.

Many schools have shifted classes online while offices have implemented work-from-home arrangements due to pollution. Consequently, consumers are increasingly opting for online orders to reduce the need to step outside. «Earlier, I used to deliver 30-35 orders a day, but now it's gone up to 45-50,» said a delivery partner working at Zepto. At night, deliveries take 5 to 10 minutes longer than usual because of the smog, he added.

Donald Trump's audacious win over Kamala Harris and the sweep of both Houses of the US Congress by the Republican Party, two significant developments have set the stage for an emboldened Trump 2.0 administration: Trump's cabinet appointments have set off shock waves across Washington, underscoring his trademark unpredictability. These choices signal his intent to shake up the established order and reinforce his disruptive approach to governance — something cut short by his loss to Joe Biden in 2020. With far-reaching implications, Elon Musk has officially joined the Trump administration. Musk's inclusion comes as little surprise, considering his public support for Trump during the campaign, including a reported $100 mn-plus in campaign contributions.

Canada Post employees are on strike and calls emerge to exclude Mexico from upcoming trade talks.While question period has continued, other house business is on hold due to a Conservative privilege motion calling on the government to turn over unredacted documents on a green technology fund.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and some members of his cabinet are not in Ottawa for the first half of the week, as they attend the G20 meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.At the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in Lima, Peru this weekend, Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly said many nations have been approaching Canada on how to work with the incoming Donald Trump administration in the United States.The Canada-U.S.-Mexico free trade agreement signed during the first Trump presidency is up for review in 2026, and the premiers of Ontario and Alberta say Canada should oust Mexico from the deal over not matching Canadian and American tariffs on imports like electric vehicles.

At my most recent massage I reached no such moment. For one thing, the therapist never got to my hands. For another, it was a robot. Getting a massage from a robot, it turns out, is more fun than relaxing—at least at first—and it’s a little more practical than pampering. But if the whole thing sounds like science fiction, it’s not: The 30-minute service is now bookable for $75 at the Lotte New York Palace hotel, the first hospitality partner for automated wellness brand Aescape. Aescape is the brainchild of serial entrepreneur Eric Litman, whose foray into robotics has been roughly seven years in the making. He tells Bloomberg that he’ll ship 200 massage robots to hotels and gyms by the end of the year—including at least 10 Equinox locations—with a plan to further ramp up production in 2025. His vision: To disrupt a slice of the global wellness industry, valued at $5.6 trillion in November 2023, with on-demand services and automation. “We are the first commercial example that we know of where robots are directly coming in contact with human bodies, in a fully autonomous way,” Litman says. He likens the experience to riding in a self-driving car. “You get in one for the first time, and you might be a little bit trepidatious watching the steering wheel move by itself,” he says. “But then you realize it’s just like a steady, safe driver. After your second or third time you just sort of forget it’s a self-driving vehicle.”

Make in India and production linked incentive schemes for different sectors are helping attract foreign investors to set up bases in India, according to industry chamber CII. In a letter to Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, CII Director General Chandrajit Banerjee said that the government's increased investments in infrastructure such as roads, railways and ports are making the domestic industry more competitive. The policy shift within India has also occurred at the same time as geopolitical conditions have become favourable for India, with many global companies looking to diversify their geographical base, the letter, dated November 5, said. "FDI inflows have increased from USD 45.14 billion in 2014-15 to USD 70.95 billion in 2023-24, indicating the growing interest of foreign investors for setting up base in India," it said, adding that the PLI schemes have attracted huge investments.

«China stands ready to work with India to deliver on the important common understandings between the leaders of the two countries, step up communication and cooperation and enhance strategic mutual trust,» he said, adding that he has no information on the specifics of the meeting of the leaders and officials. At their Kazan meeting, the two leaders endorsed the India-China agreement on patrolling and disengagement along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh and issued directions to revive various bilateral dialogue mechanisms, signalling attempts to normalise ties that were hit by a deadly military clash in 2020.

Adani Group will invest about USD 35 billion over the next five years to set up large-scale solar, wind and hybrid plants across different parts of the country, Adani Green Energy Executive Director Sagar Adani said on Monday. Adani Group is making one of the largest greenfield investments in energy sustainability and transition in the world, he added. «We have embarked upon what I would say (is the largest greenfield development in the field of renewables by any company anywhere in the world. So, we're investing about USD 35 billion over the next five years to set up large-scale solar, wind and hybrid plants across different parts of the country,» Adani said at a CEO panel discussion on 'Role of young leaders for Viksit Bharat@2047' at an SBI-hosted economic conclave here. The company is setting up a 30,000-megawatt single-location renewable energy plant in Khavda in Gujarat.

“The devil appeared to a monk disguised as an angel of light, and said to him, ‘I am the angel Gabriel, and I have been sent to you.’ But the monk said, ‘Are you sure you weren’t sent to someone else? I am not worthy to have an angel sent to me.’ At that the devil vanished.” — Nun and theologian Benedicta Ward

Canadians have shown “remarkable housing resilience” during the rapid rise in interest rates, but significant risks lie ahead, warns the nation’s housing agency.

As Donald Trump threatens to impose tariffs on the entire world, Xi Jinping is once again wasting no time in positioning himself as the premier defender of the international trading system.

Business has been tough for a while now if your business is selling Canadian natural gas in North America.

initial public offering (IPO) of Zinka Logistics, the parent company of Flipkart-backed trucking aggregator BlackBuck, sailed through on the last day of its public issue, with bids exceeding more than 1.86 times the shares the company has put up for sale. According to data from the BSE, the public issue received bids for 4.19 crore shares against the 2.25 crore shares on offer. Qualified institutional buyers (QIBs) bid 2.76 times the shares reserved for them, while retail investors subscribed to their portion 1.66x. Employee bids reached 9.88 times, whereas non-institutional investors (NIIs) subscribed 0.24 times.

Investing in stocks is often described as simple but not easy. Yet, for much of the past twelve months, making money in the market seemed to be just that—simple and easy. It felt almost effortless. Any approach, from thoughtful strategies to pure intuition, seemed to yield handsome returns. The more you invested, the more you made. The less you understood the risks involved, even if it was part of your family’s future, the richer you got.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Semiconductor chip manufacturer Polymatech Electronics will spend close to $300 million in closing two acquisitions within the next few months in the US and France as it expands its presence globally. Polymatech Electronics founder Eswara Rao Nandam told Mint that the acquisitions will be funded through a mix of internal accruals and external investments from potential equity investors.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. After enduring New Delhi’s extreme temperatures and lung-killing pollution for two years, the 27-year-old IT engineer took a transfer to his employer’s office in Bengaluru. It was meant to be a new beginning amid pleasant weather, easygoing people and pubs aplenty.

NTPC on Monday said it has paid Rs 2,424 crore as an interim dividend to its shareholders. The company paid its first interim dividend of Rs 2,424 crore for the financial year 2024-25 on November 18, representing 25 per cent of the company's paid-up equity share capital, NTPC said in a statement. NTPC CMD Gurdeep Singh, along with the Board of Directors of the company, presented the «payment advice of Rs 1,238.84 crore, representing the government's share to the Minister of Power Manohar Lal, Power Secretary Pankaj Agarwal», it added.

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah told the media in Bengaluru that the government was examining registering a case against the ruling coalition in Maharashtra for running an ad campaign calling the state’s guarantee schemes as fake. Siddaramaiah listed out the programmes the state’s Congress regime came up with and said people cutting across communities and religions had benefited from them. The government, he added, was spending Rs 56,000 crore a year on them, while wondering why the BJP was not implementing the same in states it was in power.

Spirit Airlines has filed for bankruptcy protection and will attempt to reboot as it struggles to recover from the pandemic-caused swoon in travel and a failed attempt to sell the airline to JetBlue