It has been over a month since 15 coal miners got trapped in a 320 feet deep gorge. Scuba divers were called, National Disaster and State disaster response forces were summoned to rescue the miners who were working inside a rat-hole mine (which has been declared illegal by NGT since 2014). 33 days after they …
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For the first time in history, less than 3 per cent of the children are not attending school and the dropout rates have also significantly reduced, a nationwide study has found. The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER), 2018 which was released last week found that the proportion of children age 6-14 who are not enrolled in school has fallen …
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In September 2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced hundred per cent electrification of all households scheme under the ‘Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Ghar Yojana’. Now as per a PTI report, the country is about to achieve universal electrification by January end with 2.44 crore families having received power connections out of the targeted 2.48 crore. An official said that 2.44 …
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Organ donation can help patients get a new lease of life. Kidneys, eyes, liver, corneas are the most common organs that are donated. However, there is also a big difference between organ donation pledges and people who actually end up donating organs. Organ donations by family of a deceased is called cadaveric donation. In an unfortunate incident, a 44-year-old civic …
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When someone dies in Madathattuvilai village in Kanyakumari district, the information is first conveyed to the church priest, following which the bell is rung to announce the death. This is also a signal for the members of the youth group to meet the family and prepare them for eye donation of the deceased. While the family is busy informing their …
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From the interiors of Latehar-Palamu belt of Jharkhand, stories of hunger, struggle with identity documents and denial of social entitlements are emerging thanks to a survey of households that are home to the Parhaiyas community, identified as one of the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs). Not only are they, the most vulnerable among tribals, facing discrimination in school admissions in …
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In order to make sure that this generation meets the UN Sustainable Development Goals and save the future generations from malnutrition and preventable disease, people need to consume healthy diets. EAT-lancet Commission on food, planet and health that brings together world leading scientists to define a healthy and sustainable diet has published a detailed study that prescribes the ‘ideal diet’ …
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Already behind bars for 20 years in the rape case of two of his followers, the Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a Sirsa journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati by the special court in Panchkula Today. He was convicted on January 11 by Special CBI Court Judge Jagdeep Singh, along …
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With an ambitious aim to control the alarming pollution levels across major cities in the country the government has unveiled its long-awaited National Clean Air Programme (NCAP). The NCAP aims to reduce the particulate matter (PM) concentration by 20-30 over the next five years, with an overall goal of mitigating air pollution and improving air quality in the country, which …
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Over 300 persons landed in different hospitals on Makar Sankranti due to kite-related injuries. While colourful kites dotted Jaipur’s sky on Makar Sankranti, doctors of city-based hospitals remained busy with treating patients pouring in with injuries due to kite strings and fall from the rooftop. In the city, over 300 persons including children suffered kite-related injuries. Sawai Man Singh (SMS) …
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