June has ended with a huge countrywide rainfall deficit of 33% of normal, making it the fifth driest month of June in the past 100 years, as indicated by TOI two days ago. While monsoon’s performance has so far been way below expectations, Met officials say there are indications of good rains in the first …
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Maharashtra, which since 2018 has imposed one of the toughest restriction on the use of plastic in the country has taken yet another step that can other states can follow. Ever since the ban which came into effect last year, production, sale and use of almost all single-use plastic items like carry-bags and PET bottles has taken a hit. One …
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Union food minister Ram Vilas Paswan said the government is working towards a ‘one nation one ration card’, to strengthen the Public Distribution System (PDS) in the country. Paswan, while addressing the meeting of state food secretaries and government officials on Food Security issue in the national capital, said that integrated management of PDS is creating a central repository of …
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In a tragic incident, a 14-year-old girl in Assam committed suicide allegedly after the names of members of her family were missing from the National Register of Citizens (NRC) draft which was released. The girl, Noor Nahar Begum, a resident of Roumari chapori village in Nagaon hung herself on a dupatta after learning that the names of her family members …
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The state proposed a jail term ranging from six months to three years for those who engage in violence against anyone charged under the anti-cow slaughter act. Read more Here’s more top news of the day: 1) 14-Year-Old Assam Girl Commits Suicide After Her Name Was Missing From NRC For The Second Time In a tragic incident, a 14-year-old girl …
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It is the midst of Monsoon in Kerala and tourists from all across the world are flocking the picturesque hill station Munnar to enjoy the showers that inspire poetry. One of the biggest attractions of Munnar is its greenery, hills covered with tea plantations, like a green carpet as far as the eye can see. Now just imagine taking a …
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In a shocking case, the police in Andhra Pradesh’s Ongole has arrested six people, including three juveniles for allegedly gang-raping and confining a minor girl for days. The crime came to light on Saturday after the 16-year-old girl managed to escape her captures and was spotted by a cop in a bus station. According to the girl who hails from …
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Until a few years ago Mount Everest was that one those places where only the toughest of the toughest went and conquering the world’s tallest peak were celebrated. But over the years, any number of climbers have summited Everest and the numbers only keep growing. Nepal, which is one of the poorest countries in the world encouraged climbers from around …
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It’s monsoon time and Mumbai’s Juhu beach is full of trash, mainly the plastic products that are washed ashore from the ocean. The cleaning process conducted by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) caught the attention of former Miss India and actress Diya Mirza, who shared the image of a truck collecting the garbage from the beach. In the past few …
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A team of climbers from the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has recovered seven bodies believed to be of the mountaineers who went missing from an unnamed peak near Nanda Devi East in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand. The bodies, including that of a woman, were dug out from under the snow, on Sunday, while the search for the eighth missing mountaineer …
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