The Supreme Court docket stated on Tuesday that its ban on firecrackers containing barium and different harmful chemical compounds was relevant to the entire nation. It additionally clarified that there’s ‘no total ban’ and inexperienced crackers had been allowed. File photograph/PTI
It’s time for celebrations and cheer. Diwali is right here and within the run-up to to competition, there was numerous noise on the Supreme Court docket’s “ban” on firecrackers – a much-needed reminder that the festivities are about diyas and never dhamakas.
Critically, do we’d like any extra dangerous air days? Delhi, Mumbai, and several other different Indian cities are gasping for breath and desperately attempting to deliver down the air pollution ranges. There’s discuss of artificial rain and whatnot. We delved into this topic all through the week.
Like air pollution, what’s persistently grabbed headlines for the previous few days is the Mahua Moitra case. Bother continues to brew for the firebrand MP.
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In politics, Nitish Kumar was the newsmaker of the week. (Not for the correct causes.) His feedback on population control garnered numerous consideration and hate. The Bihar chief minister has since apologised.
Even because the storm over the feedback raged on, the Bihar authorities handed a invoice to extend caste-based quota from 50 per cent to 65 per cent, taking the total reservation to 75 per cent.
All this and extra in our weekly round-up of the massive tales from India.
1. As you gear up for the Diwali festivities, bear in mind what the Supreme Court docket has stated about firecrackers. Sure, there are restrictions however not a whole ban. In our most-read story of the week, we defined which firecrackers are banned in the country and which aren’t. The highest court docket has allowed the usage of green crackers. What are these and are they actually “green”? Learn up, as extra air pollution will not be what we’d like.
2. If India’s massive cities are your property, you might be already battling filthy air. Delhi is experiencing the worst of it with the AQI in Anand Vihar touching 999 (once more)! That’s the utmost; monitoring stations can’t report past this restrict. Sure, it’s hazardous and here’s what it can do to your body.
Nevertheless it’s not the Capital alone. Mumbai can also be going the Delhi approach, waking as much as smog-filled mornings for the previous few weeks. The air high quality is so dangerous that it’s sending people to a respiratory ICU.
3. The world (even the digital one) is frightening. Synthetic Intelligence (AI) can play some soiled methods. Earlier this week, deepfakes created numerous buzz after a clip that includes actor Rashmika Mandanna and an image of her counterpart Katrina Kaif surfaced. What are these AI-created images and videos? And what menace do they pose? We take a deep dive into deepfakes and their dangers.
4. Within the massive (dangerous) world of politics, Mahua Moitra’s troubles are solely compounding. The Trinamool chief faces expulsion within the cash-for-query case. That’s what the Lok Sabha Ethics panel has really useful. What occurs subsequent? Might this be the top of her stint as an MP? We take a look.
5. This week’s dose of weird information comes from Noida and it entails well-known YouTuber Elvish Yadav. The 26-year-old Massive Boss OTT winner (he was a wild card entrant) has hit headlines for a wild purpose (actually). He’s underneath the police scanner for organising rave events, the place endangered snakes and snake venom had been provided.
Snake venom, it seems, is a well-liked leisure drug, usually used as an alternative to opioids. Curious to know extra. We let you know all about it in our explainer.
Comfortable studying and Comfortable Diwali!
PS: Right here’s a bit Diwali trivia as you mild up your properties with diyas and tealights. Do you know that tealights had been initially used to maintain tea heat in Japan?
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