It is said there is not a bigger joy than feeding others. Whether the times are good or bad, there is someone out there trying to help those in need. And, even during such testing times, stories emerged where people with limited means offered food to the distressed. 1. Vikas Khanna  Award-winning chef Vikas Khanna who …

Ten years after a 19-year-old engineering student was thrown off the terrace of a three-storied building in Bengaluru‘s KR Puram, his two friends  — now software engineers — have been sentenced to seven years in jail. The two have been accused of attempt to murder and were implicated by the victim himself, as reported by TOI. Bengaluru Police The story …

On 5 October, two boys were killed in Buthidaung Township, Rakhine State, in crossfire between Myanmar’s military Tatmadaw and the separatist Arakan Army.  Jump To Children used as human shields What are grave violations as per CTFMR? Backgrounder Children used as “human shields” This occurred after the children, as part of a group of 15 local farmers, were alleged to …

Evidence of tiny particles from air pollution has been discovered in the brainstems of children and young adults. The Guardian has reported that these nanoparticles can cause damage that may lead to conditions such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.  The research is published in the journal Environmental Research.     AFP The Guardian was reported as saying, “If the groundbreaking discovery is confirmed …

A Japanese man has pleaded guilty to murdering nine people after contacting them on Twitter.  Dubbed the “Twitter killer”, Takahiro Shiraishi was arrested in 2017 after body parts were found in his flat. Getty Shiraishi, who is accused of dismembering his victims and storing body parts in coolboxes after murdering them told a court in Tokyo that the allegations against him …

While some of us were scrambling to get through our day-to-day lives during the lockdown, some were trying to achieve a remarkable feat. Arathi Reghunath, a native of Elamakkara in Kerala’s Kochi is one of those who made best of their time at home.  Facebook The second-year MSc Biochemistry student of MES College finished 350 courses in last three months …

Doctors of the north municipal corporation-run Hindu Rao Hospital have launched an online campaign protesting against unpaid salaries.  Hindu Rao, which is the biggest hospital of North MCD and currently a COVID-19 designated facility, has failed to pay pending dues to its staff for 106 days now.  Twitter As a part of the campaign, the protesting doctors posted a picture …

Pictures of an elderly woman from Kerala using laptop to read the news have delighted netizens. The 90-year-old lady identified as Mary Mathews has gone viral after her grandson Arun Thomas shared her photographs on social media platform Reddit. Reddit Mathews was born in the 1930s, when laptops did not exist and news was consumed through newspapers and magazines. At …

A few weeks ago, crimson skies and bloody orange-coloured sun made headlines as a result of record-setting widlfires burning across Colorado, California, Oregon, and Washington in the United States.  Air pollution, the most dangerous element of huge fires  The fires not only ejected smoke, but soot and ash into the air amid searing heat. This is because smoke from wood …