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The New Indian Express Kottayam
'Kids with asthma should play sports, it improves lung muscles, capacity'
RISING pollution levels, rapid urban construction and a persistent tendency to manage chronic conditions like asthma at home, sometimes with the wrong tools, is putting lung health under pressure from multiple directions at once, says Dr PS Shajahan, professor and head of pulmonary medicine at Government Medical College, Kollam, in an interview with Unnikrishnan S. Edited excerpts:
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April 28, 2026
The New Indian Express Kottayam
FTA inked, India to get duty-free access to NZ
Wellington commits $20 billion investment in India over 15 years
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April 28, 2026
The New Indian Express Kottayam
Crucial is Chair’s decision on disqualification petition of AAP MPs, says expert
MAINTAINING that the merger of the seven AAP MPs with the BJP is a violation of the 10th Schedule of the Constitution, former Lok Sabha secretary general and constitutional expert P D T Achary said that the MPs are still technically not part of the BJP parliamentary group in the Upper House.
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April 28, 2026
The New Indian Express Kottayam
Hazlewood & Bhuvi create a storm as RCB coast to victory
ON most days of the week, the bowlers seem to be on borrowed time in the T20 format.
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April 28, 2026
The New Indian Express Kottayam
Rajnath in Bishkek for SCO defence meeting
DEFENCE Minister Rajnath Singh landed in Bishkek on Monday to lead India’s delegation at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers’ Meeting.
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April 28, 2026
The New Indian Express Kottayam
HIT TO HEAT WAVE AS IPL LANDS IN HOT SPOT
Ongoing heat wave, thanks to Super El Nino, has brought the attention on player recovery & nutrition in the 2026 edition of the tournament
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April 28, 2026
The New Indian Express Kottayam
After uproar, Maha U-turn on Marathi must for taxis likely
MAHARASHTRA transport minister Pratap Sarnaik held a meeting with various auto and taxi driver unions on Monday on the issue of making Marathi speaking mandatory for drivers.
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April 28, 2026
The New Indian Express Kottayam
RS Chairman accepts AAP MPs’ merger with BJP
RAJYA Sabha chairman C P Radhakrishnan on Monday approved the merger of seven Rajya Sabha MPs of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) with the BJP.
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April 28, 2026
The New Indian Express Kottayam
Seminary in J&K declared 'unlawful entity'
INafirst, Jammuand Kashmir government has declared Darul Uloom Jamia Siraj-ul-Uloom, a prominent seminary in south Kashmir’s Shopian district, an “unlawful entity” under the UAPA over alleged links with the banned Jamaat-e-Islami and other irregularities.
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April 28, 2026
The New Indian Express Kottayam
TMB net profit increases 28% on core income growth
THE Tamilnad Mercantile Bank (TMB) on Monday reported a 28% increase in net profit to $373.65 crore in the fourth quarter of FY26, helped by an expansion in the net interest margin.
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April 28, 2026
The New Indian Express Kottayam
Power demand dips to 238.15 GW after year’s high of 256 GW
PEAK power demand fell to 238.15 GW on Sunday, a day after touching this year’s high of 256 GW.
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April 28, 2026
The New Indian Express Kottayam
Ultratech profit rises 20% to ₹2,983 cr; offers ₹240 dividend
ADITYA Birla Group flagship Ultratech Cement, which last week became the world’s largest cement company, outside China, with 200 million tonne annual capacity, on Monday reported a 20% year-on-year jump in net income at %2,983 crore for the March quarter.
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April 28, 2026
The New Indian Express Kottayam
FEAR FACTOR IN POLITICS OF HEDGING
WITH the high-voltage poll campaign coming to an end in West Bengal, both incumbent Trinamool Congress and prime challenger BJP are competing to win the war of perception by claiming to be on course to win over 200 seats in the 294-member Assembly.
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April 28, 2026
The New Indian Express Kottayam
Iran offers to open Strait of Hormuz if US lifts blockade, defers N-talks
IRAN has offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz if the US lifts its blockade on Iranian ports and ends the war, two regional officials said on Monday.
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April 28, 2026
The New Indian Express Kottayam
RBI issues final guidelines on asset classification, provisioning by lenders
THE Reserve Bank on Monday issued the final guidelines on asset classification and provisioning by lenders.
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April 28, 2026
The New Indian Express Kottayam
INHALER IS YOUR BFF, DON’T LEAVE IT AT HOME
NVI Jose was 19, midway through her first year of engineering at a college in Kottayam, when a particularly humid monsoon morning triggered the worst asthma attack she had experienced in years.
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April 28, 2026
The New Indian Express Kottayam
Thomas Cup: Lakshya & Co blank Australia 5-0, book quarters berth
THE India men’s badminton team secured a spot in the quarterfinals of the ongoing Thomas Cup at Horsens, Denmark on Monday.
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April 28, 2026
The New Indian Express Kottayam
C'garh leads in MGNREGA e-KYC completion
CHHATTISGARH has secured the first position in India for the e-KYC (Electronic Know Your Customer) verification of workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), boosting digital governance and rural transparency.
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April 28, 2026
The New Indian Express Kottayam
REMOVE BLOT OF TOURIST ASSAULTS TO WELCOME MORE
INDIAS image as a hospitable destination for foreign tourists is in peril because of regular reports of sexual attacks on women.
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April 28, 2026
The New Indian Express Kottayam
AI-led efficiencies compress deal values across IT sector
COUNTRY’S top IT services companies are beginning to face aclear shift as artificial intelligence starts to push down the value of their traditional business.
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April 28, 2026
The New Indian Express Kottayam
Fertiliser subsidy may jump 20% amid Iran war
COUNTRY’S fertiliser subsidy bill is expected to jump by about 20% in the current financial year due to West Asia disruptions that have blocked the movement of cargoes in the Strait of Hormuz.
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April 28, 2026
The New Indian Express Kottayam
Groundwater depletion across India, high-level expert committee formed
THE principal bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has taken a significant step to address the worsening groundwater depletion crisis in India by forming a high-level expert committee.
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April 28, 2026
The New Indian Express Kottayam
Indian exporters see trade volume doubling with NZ
TRADE PACT
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April 28, 2026
The New Indian Express Kottayam
Day before counting of local body poll, farmer face exits AAP in Gujarat
THE Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) suffered a major setback on the eve of local body election counting in Gujarat after state vice-president Sagar Rabari resigned from all party posts.
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April 28, 2026
The New Indian Express Kottayam
J’khand HC raps state government over poor coal mine safety standards
HEARING a PIL on its own motion over the worsening safety and health conditions in coal mines, the Jharkhand High Court on Monday pulled up the state government and directed the Chief Inspector of Factories to appear in person at the next hearing.
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April 28, 2026
The New Indian Express Kottayam
Forces to stay after Bengal poll: Shah
IN what appeared to be an assurance to West Bengal voters who had normalised post-poll violence, Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday announced that the Central Armed Paramilitary Force (CAPF) will remain deployed in the state for 60 days after the second and final phase of polling.
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April 28, 2026
The New Indian Express Kottayam
PM lauds energy, nuclear milestones, urges people to endorse Census 2027
PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday lauded the nation for hitting milestones in the nuclear programme and the renewable energy sectors during his monthly radio address Mann ki Baat.
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April 27, 2026
The New Indian Express Kottayam
HPCL says leak in inlet line caused Raj refinery fire, but timeline intact
HINDUSTAN Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) has confirmed in a statement that the fire at Pachpadra Refinery in Rajasthan's Balotra district on April 20, operated by the company, was caused by a leak at the pressure gauge tapping point on the inlet line of the Vacuum Residue Exchanger.
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April 27, 2026
The New Indian Express Kottayam
HOW DOES INDIA'S ECONOMY FIGHT CRISIS
T is an era of 'polycrisis'.
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April 27, 2026
The New Indian Express Kottayam
'Bulldozer raj' in Bihar begins with CM home
BIHAR chief minister Samrat Choudhary on Sunday said that illegal constructions on government land would be demolished.
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