The air quality in Delhi and the national capital region has slipped to ‘very poor’ category. Weather conditions, festivities and stubble burning will further deteriorate air quality in the next two days. Delhi and neighbouring regions also saw a shoot-up in particle pollutants, ranging from very-poor to severe levels in some regions, which was over …
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Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has instructed the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) to make Railway Reserved Accommodation (saloon coach) available for commercial purposes. “Saloons are the trappings of a colonial mindset with no place in modern India,” said Goyal. Earlier, saloon coaches were reserved only for railway officials. A coach usually comprises two bedrooms, a lounge, pantry, toilet, …
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On the third day since the Sabarimala Temple in Kerala opened for monthly prayers, the Supreme Court order allowing women of all ages entering the shrine is yet to become a reality. On the third day, two women, a journalist from Telangana and a woman activist from Kerala had expressed their intention to trek to the hill shrine from Nilakkal. …
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A court in Hisar, Haryana has sentenced self-styled godman Sant Rampal to life imprisonment in one of the two murder cases he is facing. On Thursday, he was convicted under Sections 302 (murder), 343 (wrongful confinement) and 120 B (conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). PTI/FILE The conviction came in the murder of a woman in Satlok Ashram in …
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The #MeToo movement has created a wave on social media as countless women have come forward to narrate ordeals faced at workplace. As the movement is gaining momentum, people have identified with the campaign as being gender-neutral. Both men and women can and do suffer harassment at the hands of employers. However, one aspect that still needs to be highlighted is …
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Even after objection from the Congress, including former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the Narendra Modi government has gone ahead with its proposal to build the Museum on Prime Ministers of India at the Teen Murti lawns. On Monday, Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma led the ‘bhoomi poojan’ and groundbreaking ceremony for the new museum which used to be the Nehru …
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Since picking up a wrench as one of the first female car mechanics in conservative Pakistan, Uzma Nawaz has faced two common reactions: shock and surprise. And then a bit of respect. The 24-year-old spent years overcoming entrenched gender stereotypes and financial hurdles en route to earning a mechanical engineering degree and netting a job with an auto repairs garage …
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Staring at his ex-wife at a garba in Vadaj got a man into trouble on Saturday late in the night, as the woman’s current husband took it as an affront and thrashed him. At least four persons suffered injuries in the brawl that ensued. Haresh Lalwani, 29, an autorickshaw driver and resident of Sohrabji compound in Vadaj, filed a complaint …
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Fancy some Teslaquila? Well, this isn’t a joke anymore as billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has confirmed that a Tesla-branded tequila, called “Teslaquila,” is “coming soon”. Teslaquila first featured in an April Fool’s joke in which Musk, the CEO of Tesla, said on Twitter that he had been found “passed out against a Tesla Model 3, surrounded by ‘Teslaquila’ bottles” as …
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A group of farmers in Beed, called Shetkari Sangharsh Samiti, has threatened to lock the Met office in the city on Monday in a letter to the India Meteorological Department for getting the monsoon forecast wrong this year. The letter alleged that the India Meteorological Department (IMD) conspired with seed and pesticide manufacturing companies and wrongfully inflated the monsoon rainfall …
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