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A pedestrian wears a face mask amid a thick blanket of smog in New Delhi, November 18, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP A: Air pollution is increasingly being recognised as an important threat to brain health. Research has demonstrated that exposure to airborne pollutants like fine particulate matter (PM2.5), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), and ozone can affect brain structure, functioning, and even increase the risk of neurological and mental health disorders.On July 24, for example, scientists reported in The Lancet Planetary Health that after analysing data in 51 studies representing more than 26 million adults across four continents and follow‑ups of up to…

Intel had roughly $100 billion of chipmaking equipment as of June 28 [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS Intel warned investors on Thursday that it may have to get out of the chip manufacturing business if it does not land external customers to make chips in its factories. New CEO Lip-Bu Tan said on Thursday the company’s engineers were busy working with customers to jump-start its next-generation contract manufacturing process, or foundry, as the company announced big layoffs alongside a wider-than-expected third-quarter loss outlook.Those customers for the company’s so-called 14A manufacturing process are crucial to the success of the technology and…

Cambodia wants an “immediate ceasefire” with Thailand, the country’s envoy to the United Nations said Friday (July 25, 2025), after the neighbors traded deadly strikes for a second day, with Bangkok also signaling an openness to talks.A long-running border dispute erupted into intense fighting with jets, artillery, tanks and ground troops on Thursday (July 24, 2025), prompting the U.N. Security Council to hold an emergency meeting on the crisis Friday (July 25, 2025).“Cambodia asked for an immediate ceasefire — unconditionally — and we also call for the peaceful solution of the dispute,” said Phnom Penh’s U.N. ambassador Chhea Keo following…

A general view of the exterior of the U.S. Steel Edgar Thompson Works, on March 20, 2024 in Braddock, Pennsylvania. Jeff Swensen/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jeff Swensen/Getty Images A general view of the exterior of the U.S. Steel Edgar Thompson Works, on March 20, 2024 in Braddock, Pennsylvania. Jeff Swensen/Getty Images When news broke that a Japanese company, Nippon Steel, was buying the storied American steel company U.S. Steel, it was still 2023, just before an election. And right away, politicians from both sides of the aisle came out forcefully against the deal, saying the company should remain…

Here are the key events on day 1,248 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.Here is how things stand on Saturday, July 26: Fighting Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukrainian forces were facing fierce fighting around the city of Pokrovsk in the country’s east, a logistics hub near where Russia’s military has been announcing the near-daily capture of Ukrainian villages. Ukraine’s top commander, Oleksandr Syrskii, described Pokrovsk and five other sectors as among the most difficult theatres of war along the 1,000km (620-mile) front with Russia. Earlier on Friday, Russia’s Ministry of Defence announced the capture of two villages on either side…

People holding umbrellas cross the road amid light showers of rain, in Kolkata on Thursday (July 24, 2025). | Photo Credit: ANI The India Meteorological Department (IMD) in a bulletin on July 25, 2025, forecasted heavy to extremely heavy rainfall till July 31 in several regions in West Bengal owing to a depression over coastal West Bengal and adjoining areas of Northwest Bay of Bengal and Bangladesh.“Under influence of the above systems, widespread light to moderate rainfall with isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall and isolated extremely heavy rainfall [is] very likely over districts of South Bengal during next 24…

Indian shuttlers Tanvi Sharma and Vennala Kalagotla assured the country of two medals after storming into the singles semifinals at the Badminton Asia Junior Individual Championships here on Friday (July 25, 2025). With both shuttlers assured of at least a bronze, India has secured an unprecedented two women’s singles medals in a single edition of the tournament. Second seed Tanvi maintained her dominant form by defeating fifth seed Thalita Ramadhani Wiryawan of Indonesia 21-19, 21-14 in a swift 35-minute quarterfinal. Tanvi has been in sublime touch throughout the tournament, securing all her wins in straight games so far. Joining her…

Rahul Mehta is the founder of the Mehta Family Foundation (MFF), which partners with IITs to establish new academic centres offering bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degree programmes, along with support for research.Established in 1996 and headquartered in Texas, USA, the Bhupat and Jyoti Mehta Family Foundation was established by Rahul and his siblings in memory of their parents. The foundation has set up centres or schools at various IITs. Among them are the School of Biosciences at IIT Madras, Centre for Engineering in Medicine at IIT Kanpur, the School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence at IIT Guwahati, the School…

The entertainment company Paramount Global is expected to close its $8bn merger agreement with Skydance Media on August 7, a date that marks two weeks after the administration of President Donald Trump gave its approval. On Friday, the two companies announced the final stage of the yearlong deal, which was first unveiled in July 2024. The merger is considered a massive shake-up in the media landscape of the United States, drawing to a close the reign of the powerful Redstone family over the Paramount entertainment empire. But the merger has garnered even more attention in recent weeks for its political…

After watching Thalaivan Thalaivii, you might ponder over a lot of things — from how tiffs in families can arise out of petty reasons and how gender dynamics play out in Indian families, to whether the film’s radical stance on divorce is a bit skewed. But before you get into all that, you will be tempted to do this — hit a south Indian non-veg joint for some hot steaming parottas and chicken salna (you win if you order the alluring Paal Parotta that Vijay Sethupathi and Nithya Menen devour in the film).Somehow, spice is the term that comes to…