As many as 47 peacocks were found dead near a lake at Madurantakam in Madurai district, Tamil Nadu on Saturday. The peacocks were suspected to be poisoned, the police said. The carcasses which were seen and reported to police by villagers were sent for post-mortem. S Arumugam, range officer of Madurai Wildlife Range, said the birds were …
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It is hard to recognise the place which was once known as Mughalsarai Railway Station in Uttar Pradesh. With new signboards bearing the new name, the all decked-up saffron colour building stands in stark contrast from what it was earlier. Read more Here’s more top news of the day: 1) Blue Bottle Jellyfish Spotted At Mumbai Beaches, Several People Suffer …
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Tribal girls in the Naxal-infested Kondagaon village of Chhattisgarh have picked up hockey sticks over guns to fight Naxals here. The young girls are being trained with the help of Indo-Tibetan Border Police or ITBP instructors. “When sir asked us would you play hockey, we said we will play. Now, they have been giving training to us. We are preparing …
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A walk through the dingy bylanes of slums, which cover a vast expanse of area in Mumbai and its suburbs, now gives positive vibes when one sees those dark and dull hutments looking all colourful and vibrant. The dash of pink and yellow hues on these hutments in around 13 slum areas, like Dhobi Ghat, Ambedkar Nagar and Kamathipura in …
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India is looking forward to the two plus two dialogue between foreign and defence ministers of the two countries to be held in September, where the proposed changes in the U.S immigration policy will be discussed, people familiar with the Indian agenda for the talks told HT. Reportedly, 3,06,601 applications filed by Indian nationals for a green card under the …
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The Centre on Friday told the Supreme Court (SC) it is withdrawing a proposal to create a social media hub, which petitioners had alleged would become a tool to monitor citizens’ social media activities. Attorney general K K Venugopal told the SC that the Centre is withdrawing the notification proposing the creation of such a hub so it can conduct …
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Social media feed these days are only filled with people’s videos dancing to the tunes of singer-rapper, Drake’s latest hit ‘In My Feelings’ to perform the #Kikichallenge. The challenge requires a person to get down from a moving car and dance to the song in synchronisation with the car’s movement and then get back inside the vehicle. From teenagers to …
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In what could come as welcome relief to thousands of home buyers across the country, who have been cheated by real estate developers, the Lok Sabha has passed the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Second Amendment) Bill, 2018. The bill aims to replace an ordinance which was introduced in June for the same purpose. BCCL Interim Finance Minister, Piyush Goyal, said …
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Live streaming suicides have happened in the past and it has been noticed that there is no mechanism to stop them. In yet another case that happened in Gurugram, a man live-streamed his suicide, which was watched by as many as 2300 people, but none of them alerted the police in a bid to stop the deceased from ending his …
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In order to save the environment from plastic, a mahant of Dalmau’s Khandeshwari Ashram has started making pens using paper. Speaking to ANI, mahant Krishna Bihari said, “Plastic pollutes the environment. So I started this. People help me. We are distributing pens free of cost but some people give me money and ask me to take this initiative forward.” Moved …
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