A UN-backed fund has approved USD 1 billion approved by the Green Climate Fund for a total of 19 new projects to help combat the climate change in developing countries. And out of this USD 1 billion, a total of USD 43.4 million have allotted to India to better the resilience to the climate change, …
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Brutality knows no limits, this has been proved correct by a Delhi man, who crushed a sleeping stray puppy by running over his car. According to police, the incident – that happened in Pritampura area – came to light when the culprit was found killing the innocent dog in the CCTV footage. According to the police, the accused has been …
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The use of liquor to woo voters during elections isn’t a new phenomenon, but now liquor bottles are appealing people to come out and vote and large numbers in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh on the polling day which is November 28. The licensed liquor vends in tribal-dominated Jhabua district which shares the border with dry state Gujarat now sell bottles bearing labels …
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The air quality in Delhi and the national capital region has slipped to ‘very poor’ category. Weather conditions, festivities and stubble burning will further deteriorate air quality in the next two days. Delhi and neighbouring regions also saw a shoot-up in particle pollutants, ranging from very-poor to severe levels in some regions, which was over three to seven times the …
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Minal Patel Davis, an Indian-American woman has been honoured with a Presidential award by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for her extraordinary contribution towards combating human trafficking in Houston. Davis who is the Special Advisor on Human Trafficking to Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, received the ‘Presidential Medal for Combating Human Trafficking’ in the White House last week at a …
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A court in Hisar, Haryana has sentenced self-styled godman Sant Rampal to life imprisonment in one of the two murder cases he is facing. On Thursday, he was convicted under Sections 302 (murder), 343 (wrongful confinement) and 120 B (conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). PTI/FILE The conviction came in the murder of a woman in Satlok Ashram in …
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Even after objection from the Congress, including former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the Narendra Modi government has gone ahead with its proposal to build the Museum on Prime Ministers of India at the Teen Murti lawns. On Monday, Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma led the ‘bhoomi poojan’ and groundbreaking ceremony for the new museum which used to be the Nehru …
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Fancy some Teslaquila? Well, this isn’t a joke anymore as billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has confirmed that a Tesla-branded tequila, called “Teslaquila,” is “coming soon”. Teslaquila first featured in an April Fool’s joke in which Musk, the CEO of Tesla, said on Twitter that he had been found “passed out against a Tesla Model 3, surrounded by ‘Teslaquila’ bottles” as …
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It is not unusual for people to name their children after memorable dates or events, but not many would want to name their children after a disaster. But apparently, it is happening in Odisha, the state which was hit by Cyclone Titli recently. BCCL According to PTI, several families in Ganjam, Jagatsinghpur and Nayagarh have named their newborn daughters as …
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With the onset of stubble burning season in the neighbouring states of Haryana and Punjab, the air quality in Delhi has dipped to ‘poor’ level. It is that time of the year again when Delhi will be blanketed in fog and the blame will be put on the neighbouring states. According to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting …
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