Microplastics found deep in lungs of living people for first time: Scientists have said microplastic pollution was now ubiquitous across the planet, making human exposure unavoidable and meaning “there is an increasing concern regarding the hazards” to health

Unable to spend on Russia, India’s defence forces buy Indian weapons: India has placed a number of orders to procure indigenous equipment and weapon systems in the last three weeks to exhaust its defence capital funds after it was unable to clear sanctions-hit Russia’s scheduled payments running into Rs 11,500 crore

Modi government goes after Amnesty India: The chair of Amnesty International in India Aakar Patel was prevented from travelling to the US by immigration authorities at the Bengaluru International Airport based on a look-out circular issued by the CBI in connection with a case against Amnesty India in 2019