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In This District, Housewives Have Replaced Police Officers To Fight Local Criminals

In the villages of Balod district in Chattisgarh, you’ll come across groups of women wearing maroon berets; they’re neither from the Army, nor are they part of a paramilitary force. They are housewives-turned-‘commandos’, and the beret is the only ‘uniform’ they sport. Jump To When was it started and by whom? What are they fighting? …

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Bihar Man Travelled 190 Kms Sitting Under A Train Engine, Ran Away After He Was Rescued

In a bizarre incident, RPF officials in Bihar found a man travelling sitting inside the central motor space underneath the engine of a train. The incident was reported on Tuesday at the Gaya station on the Sarnath Budh Purnima Express Train. It all began on Monday when the train reached Gaya railway station at 4:10 am. BCCL/ Representational Image Jump …

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Para Swimmer Unimpressed By Air India's Apology Over Not Providing Wheelchair For 90 Mins

“No one has reached out to me or apologised to me. It is a sham,” says Indian para swimmer Mohammad Shams Aalam Shaikh speaking to IndiaTimes. Air India issued a clarification after the para swimmer Mohammad Shams Aalam Shaikh tweeted about being made to wait 90 minutes for his wheelchair at the Delhi airport. Jump To Air Indias sham apology What …

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'Self Marriage Will Reduce Hindu Population': BJP Leader Slams Vadodara Woman's Sologamy

A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader has expressed her displeasure at Gujarat’s woman’s decision to marry herself. Sunita Shukla, former deputy mayor of Vadodara, has expressed objection to the announcement of 24-year-old Kshama Bindu that she will marry herself at Harihareshwar temple in Vadodara in an act of sologamy. Sunita said that such marriages are against Hinduism and will reduce …

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In The 100 Days Of Russia's Ukraine Invasion, There Are No Winners, But A Lot Of Losers

More than 4,100 lives were lost, and close to 5,000 civilians were injured, and more than seven million displaced – these are the ‘official figures from the past 100 days since Russia launched its ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine. We may never know the real toll, especially in cities like Mariupol, which Ukraine says was the scene of a Russian …

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Construction Works At Puri Jagannath Temple To Continue: What SC Said Rejecting 'Frivolous' PIL

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a set of petitions against the construction and excavation works at Shree Jagannath temple in Puri, Odisha. The SC which observed that the construction activities carried out by the Odisha government to provide essential amenities like toilets and cloak rooms are necessary in larger public interest also imposed cost of Rs 1 lakh each …

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Who were the best performers of the IPL 2022 season?

There was so much joy and excitement that the IPL 2022 brought that looking back it’s quite hard to put a finger to the most interesting development or better yet, the finest cricketing moment of the world-famous T20 league. Just who’d have thought that Lucknow and Gujarat would go on to perform as well as they did, a first timer …

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Monkeypox Infection Spread No Reason To Shun LGBTQIA+ Pride Parade, WHO Says 'Support Is Key'

Coming out in support of the LGBTQIA+ community as the homosexual stigma clouds its spread, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said that the unusual spread of monkeypox does not mean people should shun LGBTQ pride parades this summer. It added that a show of support is important. The usually mild illness that can cause flu-like symptoms and skin lesions has …

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Delhi Start-Up's Solar-Powered Silk Reeling Machines Are Helping Rural Women Improve Their Lives

India is the world’s second largest silk manufacturer and during 2020-21 the total production in the country was 33,739 MT. India is also the only country producing all the five known commercial silks, namely, mulberry, tropical tasar, oak tasar, eri and muga. According to industry data, India exported silk products worth around Rs. 1418.97 crores in 2020-21. BCCL Jump To …

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Plane Crash In Nepal Claims 22 Lives

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