Hundreds of police personnel gathered outside the police headquarters in Delhi on Tuesday to protest the assault on policemen following a clash with lawyers. Television visuals showed several policemen holding placards that read “We are human in police uniforms” and “Protectors Need Protection” were outside the police headquarters at ITO and urged their seniors to stand with them to save …
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Severe cyclonic storm ‘Maha’ which is currently in the central Arabian Sea — around 640 km from Porbandar is expected to weaken as a cyclonic storm before it is expected to make landfall on the Gujarat coast on November 7, between Devbhumi-Dwarka district and Union Territory of Diu. Cyclone Maha came just a few days after Cyclone Kyarr which turned out …
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A new government report stated that there is only one allopathic government doctor for every 10,926 people in India against the WHO’s recommended doctor-population ratio of 1:1000. Compiled by the Central Bureau of Health Intelligence (CBHI), the National Health Profile, 2019, stated that the number of registered allopathic doctors possessing recognised medical qualifications (under the MCI Act) and registered with …
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Delhi’s air pollution levels has sky-rocketed for the past fortnight and since Diwali, to put it mildly, it has gotten worse. The Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi government claims they are doing their bit to curb the air pollution and has pinned the blame on the stubble burning from the adjoining states that has deteriorated Delhi’s air. In order to prevent …
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Today there is a lot of conversation around the topic of plastic waste and recycling. While everyone has heard about the fact that plastic waste is collected and recycled, not many people know how it is done or what it takes to turn a discarded product that would otherwise end up in a landfill for the next several centuries into …
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India jumped 14 places from the previous year’s ranking riding high on the government’s flagship ”Make in India” scheme and other reforms attracting foreign investment.That is not all, the country also figured among the top 10 performers on the list for the third time in a row. The rankings come at a time when the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), …
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Surgeons from Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University were involved in a five-hour long operation to clear 52 kilograms of plastic from the stomach of an ailing cow. In what could be labelled as a chilling example of undiscerning use of plastic and its disposal, the cow was found to have ingested huge quantities of plastic from the waste …
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Three people have been arrested and two others have been detained for questioning in connection with the ongoing investigation into the murder of Kamlesh Tiwari, the leader of a little known political outfit Hindu Samaj Party. The three men arrested by the Gujarat Police from Surat identified as Maulana Sheikh Salim, Faizan, and Rashad Pathan, all in their early 20s …
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In recent times, be it, Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish environmental activist or Aman Sharma, a teenage climate activist from Delhi, the youth generation has been taking the lead when it comes to environmental issues. It is us, the young generation that has an entire lifetime in front of us that are going to face the consequence of the policies …
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The 2nd runner up at the Miss Kohima 2019 pageant has an imperative message for prime minister Narendra Modi. Vikuonuo Sachu, an 18-year-old participant at the pageant, was armed with an answer when she was asked by one of the judges what she would tell PM Modi if he asked her to chat with him. “If I were invited by …
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