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Month May 2018

#RIP Delhi Dastangoi storyteller Ankit Chadha drowns in Uksan lake near Pune

One of the brightest stars of the Dastangoi universe, Ankit Chadha passes away in an accident on 9th May. His last rites will be performed today, 11th May at the Lodhi road crematorium from 9 am onwards. Ankit Chadha, known… Continue Reading →

Submission to the Draft National Clean Air Programme policy (NCAP)

by-Rohit Parakh NCAP (National Clean Air Programme) has been published here below. Given clean air/air pollution touches many aspects (forests, waste management, agriculture, transport, fossil fuel/energy/renewable energy, subsidy accountability, healthcare, construction, architecture for indoor pollution) there are a huge variety… Continue Reading →

Supreme Court Slams ASI for Blaming Taj Mahal Decay on ‘Flying Algae’, ‘Non-VIP Socks’

The Archeological Survey of India was rebuked by the court for failing to protect the Taj Mahal from discolouration All India | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Updated: May 09, 2018 15:39 IST On discoloration of Taj Mahal, Supreme Court reprimanded… Continue Reading →

India – Haryana govt gyms to be used as RSS branches #WTFnews

  Satender Chauhan Chandigarh Images HIGHLIGHTS Another attempt by Khattar govt to promote RSS ideology in Haryana. Dhankar confirmed state-funded gyms would be used as RSS branches. Out of the target of 1,000 gyms, 300 have already been opened. Haryana… Continue Reading →

Puducherry Has Among The Best Health Indicators In India, And Here’s Why

Swagata Yadavar, April 6, 2018   Puducherry: Between 8.00 and 9.00 a.m. every day, 150 diabetes patients gather at the out-patient department (OPD) of Puducherry’s Kosapalayam Primary Health Centre (PHC) to get their daily insulin shots. This is a rarity in… Continue Reading →

50  ‘encounter’ deaths since Yogi took over, victims’ kin approach NHRC

‘These are not encounters or mutbhaed, but pre-meditated killings’ is the chorus as the families call for an independent probe. By Cherry Agarwal | “People are being murdered in an organised manner and on a large scale on the orders of the Uttar Pradesh… Continue Reading →

Bhim Army leader’s brother murdered on 1st Anniversary of Saharanpur Riots

 by Sabranindia | Tension is rife in Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh in wake of the murder of the brother of a local Dalit rights leader. Sachin, brother of Bhim Army’s Regional President Kamal Walia, was shot dead on May 9, just days before the… Continue Reading →

Justice Chelameswar writes to CJI on elevation of Justice K M Joseph

Photo by K Asif/India Today Group/Getty Images File photo of Supreme Court judge Justice Jasti Chelameswar Justice J Chelameswar has written a letter to CJI asking him to convene a meeting of the collegium to urgently forward to the Centre… Continue Reading →

India – Clinical trials by Pharmaceutical companies breaching norms

TRIALS AND ERRORS For a business that has seen a whole lot of action of late, clinical trials by pharmaceutical companies are still gasping for transparency and posing as-yet-unanswered questions Vikas Dandekar On April 29, S Eswara Reddy, Drug Controller… Continue Reading →

Madhya Pradesh- 4 Dalit kids allegedly beaten up by upper caste men in Ujjain

Four children from the Dalit community were allegedly beaten up by for asking for water. Sandeep Vatsa Hindustan Times, Ujjain Four children from the Dalit community were allegedly beaten up in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain.(HT File Photo) Four children from the… Continue Reading →

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