For many families, their children getting a chance to study was a big thing, because as parents they could not afford to do it. So, when a Buddhist monk offered to provide them free education and accommodation, it was too good for the poor families in Assam’s Karbi Anglong to resist. That is how 15 …
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A 91-year-old man has been arrested on charges of murdering his 87-yeard-old wife at Vellikkulangara in Thrissur district . The SI of Vellikkulangara police station K L Sudheesh gave the name of the victim as Mukkattuveetil Kochuthresia. The SI said the husband Cheriyakutty was remanded to 14 days of judicial custody by the Judicial First Class Magistrate of Irinjalakuda. The …
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On 2nd September in the palace grounds of Bengaluru, a spellbound audience will witness a 17 year old Jain Monk reciting answers to 200 questions in the same order in which they were asked. Muni Padma Prabhchandra Sagar, a 17 year old Jain Monk will take 200 questions from the people randomly but will answer them in the proper sequence …
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The Salem division of the Southern Railway on Friday reintroduced chartered services in the Nilgiri Mountain Railway (NMR), and a honeymooning couple from the UK — Graham William Lynn and Sylvia Plasic – were the first travellers. The Nilgiri Mountain Railway in Tamil Nadu is a UNESCO heritage site. The couple exclusively hired the train through Indian Railway Catering and …
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Kerala is recovering from what has been the worst flood in the last century. As the state tries to recover from the torrential downpour that ravaged lakhs of homes, the airport has slowly become operational, and even the educational institutes are re-opening for students. According to Education Minister, Prof C Raveedranath, at least 650 odd schools were affected by floods …
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Soon, the compost made from household waste may be available online for sale. The state’s horticulture department is all set to become the first and major customer by purchasing tonnes of compost made out of waste. The department would in turn save Rs 16 lakh every year by purchasing compost from the local bodies instead of other private sources. It …
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In its 2017-18 annual report, the Reserve Bank of India said that the processing of demonetised Rs 500 and 1,000 banknotes is finally complete. It took almost 20 months for the RBI officials to finish counting of the demonetised notes. The central bank added that 99.3 per cent of the notes, worth Rs 15.3 lakh crore have been returned to …
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India’s first manned space mission-Gaganyaan- is expected to take three Indians into space for seven days and the spacecraft will be placed in low earth orbit of 300-400 km. The Minister Of State for Atomic Energy and Space, Jitendra Singh, gave the details yesterday saying two unmanned Gaganyaan missions will be undertaken prior to sending humans. “The total programme is expected …
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Representational Image The health ministry on Tuesday called for stopping the sales and imports of electronic cigarettes citing grave health hazards. It has also warned against the launch of heat-not-burn tobacco devices that companies like Philip Morris International Inc. Read more Here’s more top news of the day: 1) Amid Government Crackdown On Human Rights Lawyers, Activists, Netizens Say #MeTooUrbanNaxal …
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Ladakh, often called the roof of the world because of its high altitude and windswept plateaus, is getting a ‘BlackHOLE’ to swallow the mountains of trash rising in step with a surge in tourist arrivals. The innovative waste disposal technology from the Tesla stable will form the backbone of a waste disposal system being rolled out as the tourism boom …
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