Representative Image (AI-generated) Asthma is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases worldwide, affecting around 260 million people. Researchers have long know that environmental factors, such as air pollution and lack of green spaces, are linked to respiratory diseases such as asthma. But the joint impact of these various environmental factors on a person’s risk…
Urban Company files draft papers for IPO NEW DELHI: Urban Company has filed draft papers with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) for an initial public offering (IPO) to raise Rs 1,900 crore. According to its Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP), the IPO will comprise a fresh issue of shares worth Rs 429…
AI-generated image (Credit: Lexica) As global markets grapple with uncertainty and turmoil, India has emerged as a positive outlier for multinational consumer goods firms, even amid a slowdown in urban demand. Senior executives from leading companies — including Unilever, Procter & Gamble (P&G), Pernod Ricard, Reckitt, PepsiCo, Heineken, and L’Oréal — have highlighted India’s significant…
Herbert J. Gans, an eminent sociologist who studied the communities and cultural bastions of America up close and shattered popular myths about urban and suburban life, poverty, ethnic groups and the news media, died on Monday at his home in Manhattan. He was 97. His death was confirmed by his son, David Gans. A refugee…
NEW DELHI: Decisive government actions have cleared Naxalism from jungles but the threat of urban Naxals is growing and they have “rapidly infiltrated” political parties, PM Narendra Modi said on Thursday. The voices and language of urban Naxals are now heard within these parties, indicating their deep-rooted presence, he said.Naxalism is in its final phase,…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on Rahul Gandhi accusing the Congress leader of speaking the language of urban Naxals. The Prime Minister also took pot shots at Rahul over his allegations of “EAM lobbying for Trump inauguration invite” and his “boring” remark for President Droupadi Murmu’s Budget speech.‘Some…
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis retained the home ministry along with law and judiciary in the newly sworn-in Maharashtra government, while deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde was entrusted with urban development, housing, and public works. Meanwhile, deputy chief minister and NCP ally Ajit Pawar has been allocated the finance, planning and excise department.CM…
Bleak urban demand to weigh on FMCG in ’25 MUMBAI: The coming year is looking tough for India’s consumer goods companies. The urban middle class – key to driving sales volumes for mass brands – is not spending enough and rising commodity inflation means that firms may find it difficult to curb further price hikes,…