India’s first tempered glass manufacturing facility inaugurated

IANS | August 30, 2025 1:35 PM

Noida, Aug 30 (IANS) Union Electronics and IT Minister, Ashwini Vaishnaw, on Saturday inaugurated the nation's first tempered glass manufacturing plant here which is a joint venture of Optiemus Infracom, an Indian electronic products manufacturer, and Corning, the world’s leading innovator in materials science.

Metals, sulphate in air pollution mixture may worsen asthma

IANS | August 30, 2025 10:50 AM

New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Metals, particularly nickel and vanadium, and sulphate particles -- components of fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) -- can worsen asthma and lead to hospitalisation, according to a new study.