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Do chimpanzees actively prefer fruits with higher alcohol content or are they simply attracted to the sweetness of ripe fruits? Robert Dudley, who first proposed the drunken monkey hypothesis in 2014, has theorised that alcohol in fruits could serve as a cue for ripeness — a signal of extra calories Source link

Several missing data points in official data on air pollution for the intervening night between Monday and Tuesday; Actual air pollution will be more than recorded due to missing data, say expert; Activists question authenticity of data Source link

As AAP highlights BJP govt.’s firecracker ‘mismanagement’, ruling party accuses Oppn. of ‘forcing’ farmers in Punjab to burn stubble to worsen Delhi air on Deepavali; pollution levels shoot up above 100 times WHO limits in several parts Source link

The 108 emergency management service handled 7,463 cases, compared with an average of 5,051 cases on a normal day. Assaults went up to 808, vehicular trauma emergencies tripled Source link

With monitoring networks themselves releasing misleading raw data, policy efficacy, public trust and international credibility become weak Source link

16 cities record ‘very poor’ air quality; pollution readings point to violation of SC norms on use of green firecrackers; Dharuhera in Haryana records worst air quality nationally Source link

Three arrested for assault on trainee doctor at Tiruppur Government Medical College Hospital Source link

Besant Nagar, with an air quality index of 190, was the cleanest and Valasarawakkam came in last with an AQI of 332, according to data released by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board Source link

Being set up as part of the Pradhan Mantri National Dialysis Programme, these centres will obviate the need for people to travel long distances to reach a hospital for treatment, says Health Minister Satya Kumar Yadav Source link

One of the arrested is allegedly a police home guard who had threatened the doctor of consequences if she left the hospital premises Source link