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Elephants or any other protected species are supposed to be at their safest at national parks and other protected areas which are areas specially designated for them. But, increasing incidents of poachings, reduction of area, and other human activities have proven that the wild animals are no longer safe in even their designated homes. BCCL …

In desperation to avoid being arrested, a robber put feces on cops and on his face to scare them of COVID. But he was eventually caught by the Delhi Police team close to Kashmiri Gate, as reported by IANS.  A team on patrol near Nitya Nand Marg, Metro Gate No-3, Kashmere Gate, spotted two young men suspiciously roaming on a …

Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan donated plasma on September 3 at SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack for treatment of critical COVID-19 patients. Pradhan, who had contracted the virus in July, also urged people who have recovered from COVID-19 to come forward and donate their plasma to save lives. “Donated plasma at SCB Medical College and Hospital at Cuttack today. …

A training glider belonging to the Southern Naval Command crashed while performing a routine training exercise resulting in the deaths of the two personnel on board.  It reportedly crashed on the walkway next to Thoppumpady BOT Bridge in Kerala on the way back to INS Garuda, as per a TOI report.   TOI Lt Rajeev Jha and Petty officer Sunil Kumar …

After the alleged gangrape of a Dalit woman in Hathras, UP, resulted in massive outrage and brought back memories of the Nirbhaya incident from 2012, a BJP MLA in the Ballia district has made a bizarre statement.  “I am a teacher along with being an MLA. Such incidents (like rape) can be stopped only with sanskar (culture), not with shasan …

The nation has been left shell-shocked for the past couple of days after a series of brutal sexual assaults were reported. Even before the anger and protest over the gang-rape and the subsequent death of a 19-year-old Dalit girl in Hathras subsided, three more heinous crimes against women have surfaced, two in Uttar Pradesh and one in Madhya Pradesh. reuters …

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has been arrested by Uttar Pradesh police when he with a few other Congress leaders was on his way to meet the family of the Hathras gangrape victim. Modi’s police beat up Rahul Gandhi, push him to ground before arresting him. By being brutal with the most important opposition leader of the country, the Hindutva Gang …

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 …

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 …

Amidst all the oratorical drama of promising justice to a rape survivor and hanging heads in shame, the ground reality remains the same. Women continue to be raped and murdered in broad daylight and sometimes their bodies burnt in the dead of the night by authorities that are supposed to protect them, robbing them of dignity yet again. With all …