Shipments from China and Thailand are set to take a hit as India bans the import of air-conditioners with refrigerants to promote domestic manufacturing. Data showed that India imported split air-con...

Now that we know the novel coronavirus can float and linger in poorly-ventilated indoor areas for hours, enclosed public spaces are deemed high risk for spreading the infection. To make such spaces &m...

At least 12 worshippers, including a child, were killed and 25 others injured when a suspected gas leak caused six air conditioners to explode almost simultaneously in a mosque on the outskirts of Ban...

All government officials have been told not to use their car air conditioners while travelling to work in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, the instruction included in a fresh set of SOPs issued by t...

Sir — Women have traditionally been considered better at multitasking than men. But a study published in PLOS One shows that they are no better at it than men, rather they are simply forced to do se...

It’s the small things that can turn into gigantic dilemmas after four weeks in lockdown. Ask Ranjana Singh, a Calcutta-based financial planner: “Our toilet flush jammed. We managed to get a plumbe...

If you thought travelling in Rajdhani Express is synonymous with comfort and luxury, think again. For those who boarded the New Delhi-Ranchi Rajdhani Express on Friday afternoon, it turned out to be a...

The air-conditioned burns ward of MGM Medical Hospital and College has literally become a hot chamber after angry kin of a patient broke the main glass door of the sprawling room earlier this week fol...

The Visva-Bharati authorities have been forced to shift a July 1 event commemorating Bangladesh national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam from the newly inaugurated Bangladesh Bhavana on the campus because air-...

Residents seem to be melting away this week, one bead of sweat at a time. The sun is scorching from above, the roads are reflecting heat from below, the air is hot and humid and together they are drai...