With the seizure of 28 illegal fire-arms and 57 cartridges, registration of 4,712 liquor cases, and a sharp rise to 862 NDPS cases , the Nagpur Rural Police delivered one of their toughest crackdowns on crime in 2025. Along with this, preventive action was taken against 2,178 accused involved in illegal activities. Large-scale operations against crime and unlawful businesses led to seizures worth Rs 7.7 crore by the police during the year. Preventive action against 1,496 According to official records, preventive action under Section 126 of the BNSS increased sharply from 569 cases in 2024 to 1,496 cases in 2025 which marked a 163 per cent rise. Preventive actions under Section 129 BNSS also increased from 1,644 cases to 1,965 cases. Violations of preventive bonds rose from 85 cases in 2024 to 201 cases in 2025, and fines recovered through courts jumped from Rs 11,600 to Rs 23,66,200. The number of externed accused increased from 42 to 106, while detentions under the...
Indian National Captial -- New Delhi’s -- air pollution hit dangerous levels as the country celebrated Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights and firecrackers, stated report of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). Diwali is festival of fireworks and firecrackers. It was celebrated on Sunday. The World Health Organization recommends that PM2.5 is kept below 10 as an annual average. It says exposure to average annual concentrations of PM2.5 of 35 or above is associated with a 15% higher long-term mortality risk. During Diwali, various parts of Delhi, PM2.5 levels increased to 1,238 on Sunday, compared with 435 the same day of the festival a year earlier.
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"Firecrackers and fireworks set off during the Diwali celebrations “may have added” to the city’s pollution levels, said Dr Pankaj Chandra, an environment expert. “We need to make people aware that their activities should not release more emission when our air is already so polluted,” he said.
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The United Nations Children’s Fund in a report entitled “Clean the Air for Children,” released Sunday, said that nearly 20% of the world’s children who live in India risked developing life-long health complications due to air pollution and in some cases even death.
“Children are uniquely vulnerable to air pollution – due both to their physiology as well as to the type and degree of their exposure,” said the report. That is because they breathe twice as fast as adults, taking in more air and pollutants which can adversely affect their growth and immune system. The report said that outdoor air pollution in India exceeds nearly six times that of limits considered safe internationally, while more than half of the country’s population still burns solid fuels for cooking and heating, often the causes of ill health and early death in children.


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