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Delhi's alarming pollution level can reduce life expectancy by three years: study
Delhi is coughing hard and the air is to blame. Satellite pictures of Delhi's pollution should set off alarm bells - the city has PM2.5 or particulate matter 2.5 many times higher than the levels that World Health Organisation says is safe.
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As Singapore gets richer, more people left behind
About 12 per cent of the 2 million Singaporeans at work earn less than S$1,000 a month. Whereas, Hui Weng Tat, an associate professor in economics at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, reckons a typical worker needs a minimum S$1,400-S$1,500 a month to cope with living costs.
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Who is Mamata Banerjee?
There is a new word in town - "Didigiri." Inspired by Mamata Banerjee 2012. In this avatar, the fiery West Bengal Chief Minister is acquiring a reputation for what detractors call extreme intolerance. For many months now Ms Banerjee has been in the news more for controversial moves like the arrest of a protesting scientist or a college professor wh...
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Who is Mamata Banerjee?
Mamata Banerjee has given birth to a new term this year - "Didigiri." In this avatar, the fiery West Bengal Chief Minister is acquiring a reputation for what detractors call extreme intolerance. In the past few days, Ms Banerjee has been in the news more for controversial moves like the arrest of a protesting scientist or a college professor who sh...
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Delhi's alarming pollution level can reduce life expectancy by three years: study
Delhi is coughing hard and the air is to blame. Satellite pictures of Delhi's pollution should set off alarm bells - the city has PM2.5 or particulate matter 2.5 many times higher than the levels that World Health Organisation says is safe.
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As Singapore gets richer, more people left behind
About 12 per cent of the 2 million Singaporeans at work earn less than S$1,000 a month. Whereas, Hui Weng Tat, an associate professor in economics at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, reckons a typical worker needs a minimum S$1,400-S$1,500 a month to cope with living costs.
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Who is Mamata Banerjee?
There is a new word in town - "Didigiri." Inspired by Mamata Banerjee 2012. In this avatar, the fiery West Bengal Chief Minister is acquiring a reputation for what detractors call extreme intolerance. For many months now Ms Banerjee has been in the news more for controversial moves like the arrest of a protesting scientist or a college professor wh...
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Who is Mamata Banerjee?
Mamata Banerjee has given birth to a new term this year - "Didigiri." In this avatar, the fiery West Bengal Chief Minister is acquiring a reputation for what detractors call extreme intolerance. In the past few days, Ms Banerjee has been in the news more for controversial moves like the arrest of a protesting scientist or a college professor who sh...
