Startled farmers in Bihar were in for a huge shock after a suspected meteorite the size of a football plunged into a rice field. Onlookers said the light brown-coloured object sent them fleeing from the field when it fell at their rural village, sending up smoke. “The farmers were working in the paddy field when …
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Plastic waste has been accumulating and slowly eating up our planet. Plastic is not biodegradable and we are aware of this fact but somehow we still want to carry things in plastic bags. Eighteen states have imposed complete ban on plastic carry-bags, while five other states have imposed partial prohibition at religious and historical places, the Central Pollution Control Board …
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We are in 2019 but some people are already centuries ahead with their weird acts. Every now and then, bizarre incidents come to the fore reading which we spill into laughter. Recently, a man, apparently inspired by comic character and superhero Spiderman, tried to climb a four-storey building to meet his girlfriend but ended up being thrashed. He was assaulted …
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In an alleged case of gangrape, police booked four people for allegedly raping a class 12 Dalit girl and making video of the crime in Basti district of Uttar Pradesh, the police said. The police citing complaint lodged victim’s relatives said that the victim had gone to relieve herself when a villager harassed her. PTI reported. BCCL When the victim …
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In yet another bid to tackle the problem of depleting groundwater, the Uttar Pradesh government has made it compulsory for new residential and commercial buildings to have provisions of rainwater harvesting. “All the buildings will be permitted in future after provisions of rainwater harvesting arrangements,” Rural Development Minister Mahendra Singh said in the assembly. He was replying to a question …
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In a tragic incident, relatives had to carry the body of a man who died during treatment at an NGO in Gunupur village in Kalahandi district of Odisha. The family members alleged that they were not given a hearse van and they had to eventually carry his body on a sling made of clothes. “We asked for a van but …
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The International Court of Justice, based in The Hague, has issued its judgment in the case brought by India against Pakistan. India alleged that in sentencing Kulbhushan Jadhav to death, Pakistan violated international law relating to the detention of foreigners. The Court found, in favor of India, that Pakistan had violated Article 36 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations. …
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In order to bring new generation back to a village, a Taiwanese artist Wu Tsun-hsien is turning local homes with the help of colour and canvas. Ruan Chiao village is located in Taiwan’s central mountain range and hardly have any young people left in the village. But with the help of his brush, colour and canvas, artist Wu Tsun-hsien gives …
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More than 1.5 lakh people in around 427 relief camps across Assam woke up to another day of uncertainty as torrential rains continue to pour down across the state, inundating more and more land. Read more Here’s more top news of the day: 1) Father Of Two Dead Children Flags Govt Hospital’s Apathy In Kashmir; Mother Slapped & Harassed A …
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By the time you read this, the world, and its pup would have FaceApped themselves, added and removed glasses, beards, given themselves bangs and experimented with straight hair and more hair colours than should be permissible. So, we FaceApped some pictures from the refugee crisis – to get your attention to something that needs it more than anything else. Deep …
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