A woman had to deliver a stillborn child because she was denied admission into a government hospital in Macherla, Andhra Pradesh. But this isn’t the first such incident in the East Indian state. The statistics of last three month are more appalling. A total of 2,466 infants have died between October to December 2017 in …
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Shakil Afridi has languished in jail for years — since 2011, when the Pakistani doctor used a vaccination scam in an attempt to identify Osama bin Laden’s home, aiding US Navy Seals who tracked and killed the al-Qaida leader. Americans might wonder how Pakistan could imprison a man who helped track down the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks. Pakistanis are …
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An unconventional coaching centre in Gaya town is making waves for all the good reasons. Students from remote villages of Maoist-hit districts of Bihar have made it to top engineering institutes over the past few years, all because of this coaching institute. Bright students from underprivileged families of Gaya and neighbouring districts of Magadh region prepare for tests like JEE …
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Peeved at their confrontational stance towards the BJP brass and the government at the Centre, RSS is planning to remove VHP international working president Pravin Togadia and Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh general secretary Virjesh Upadhyay. VHP international president Raghav Reddy, too, is on the Sangh’s ‘sack’ list. Sources said senior RSS functionaries were unhappy at the way the three had being …
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The federal government shut down at the stroke of midnight Friday, halting all but the essential operations and marring the one-year anniversary of President Donald Trump’s inauguration in a striking display of Washington dysfunction. Last-minute negotiations crumbled as Senate Democrats blocked a four-week stopgap extension in a late-night vote, causing the fourth government shutdown in a quarter century. The slide …
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Social media has taken over our lives more than we can imagine. Be it telling people what we eat to who we love and who we hate, the online domain rules our lives completely. While this is okay if everyone thought alike, but sometimes posting things someone does not like can lead to extreme circumstances – like divorce. Sometimes, even …
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India on Thursday morning test-fired its Agni-V intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in its final operational configuration from the Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast, taking another step forward toward its eventual induction into the Strategic Forces Command (SFC). There was no immediate word on whether the first “user-trial” of the nuclear-capable Agni-V missile, which can even reach the northern-most …
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The Swacch Bharat Abhiyan has led to a huge difference in many states of the country. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s initiative has asked people to observe cleanliness and make sure that the garbage never becomes a part of our lives in any manner. representational image / bccl Following this initiative, the Madhya Pradesh government has claimed to have become the …
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Among the many who lost their family members in the 26/11 terror attack in Mumbai, was Moshe Holtzberg, the Israeli child who lost his parents and was known across the world as ‘Baby Moshe’. He was just two years old when his nanny took him away to safety from the side of his dead parents at Chabad House. Moshe is now …
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That scene from F.R.I.E.N.D.S where Joey wears all of Chandler’s clothes to serve revenge on a platter is damn too witty. But from this day on, it will be relatable too. Not sure how many of you have actually pulled that stunt, but guys if you are making a list, count Ryan Carney Williams in. JoeyFans Ryan was just another poor …
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