In late January 2026, ammonia levels in the Yamuna spiked to roughly three times what Delhi’s treatment plants could handle, one of the sharpest drops in river water quality the city has recorded. Six of the city’s nine major water plants cut output or shut down entirely. Millions of people went days without a reliable […]
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Key Facts Festival Kanwar Yatra (Kawad Yatra / कांवड़ यात्रा) 2026 Start Date July 30, Thursday 2026 Peak Day August 11 (Sawan Shivratri — Jalabhishek day) 2026 End Date August 28 (Shravana Purnima / Raksha Bandhan) Devotees (2025 record) 4.5 crore at Haridwar alone States Affected UP, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Bihar, Jharkhand, MP, Punjab
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Air Pollution and Brain Damage What New Research Is Finally Telling Us Air pollution and brain damage have more in common than most people ever imagined. For years, we focused on lungs and hearts. We measured coughs and chest pain. But a growing body of research now points somewhere far more alarming the human brain.
Yes. Air pollution can cause a heart attack. Not someday, not theoretically right now, on high-smog days, millions of people face a measurably higher chance of a cardiac event. Most people think of air pollution as a lung problem. Coughing, wheezing, asthma. But your heart takes the hit just as hard. In fact, the World
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Why Air Pollution Is a Slow, Hidden Killer Most people think of air pollution as an outdoor problem smog you see, smoke you smell. But the real damage happens quietly, deep inside your lungs, long before you notice any symptoms. The World Health Organization estimates that 7 million people die every year from diseases linked
