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Four longest railway journeys in India
July 29, 2022
The Vivek Express The Vivek Express is the longest rail route in India which travels 4,273 km over 82 hours with 55 planned stops. It runs from Dibrugarh, in northeastern Assam, to Kanyakumari, the southernmost point of the Indian mainland. Dibrugarh to Kanyakumari was one of the four routes that were carved out on the […]
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Tribal woman’s murder in Guna puts spotlight on tribal rights
July 8, 2022
On July 2, Rampyari Bai, a tribal lady was fighting for her life after allegedly being set on fire by a group of individuals in the Dhanoria village of Madhya Pradesh, for rebuffing their attempt to invade her family land. The victim was battling for her life with severe burn injuries when her husband, Arjun […]
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Deficient, erratic Monsoon 2022 hits sowing operations
July 2, 2022
As it completed its first full month across the country on June 30, the Monsoon 2022 have been rather awry, with almost all regions receiving a mix of excess or deficient rains. India as a whole received 171.5 mm rainfall this June, 5 pc lower than the normal 180.8 mm. The variations within the regions […]
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3rd attempt by Devendra Fadnavis to grab power in Mumbai
June 21, 2022
The ruling Mahavikas Aghadhi (MVA) alliance government of Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress in Maharashtra received a serious jolt late Monday night as the results of the Maharashtra Legislative Council elections were declared. While the three alliance partners bagged five seats in all, with Shiv Sena and NCP getting two each and the Congress one, […]
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Army recruitment scheme: Government fails to douse Agnipath fires
June 19, 2022
Caught totally by surprise over the widespread violent protests that have been taking place across India against the revised recruitment scheme for the Indian defence forces, the government has been trying various measures to ease the anger of the youth and restore peace as violence continued for the fourth day on Saturday. Defence minister Rajnath […]
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World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought: Rising desertification across India
June 17, 2022
According to a report by the Indian Space Research Organisation and Desertification and Land Degradation, 97,850,000 hectares of India’s total geographical area of 328,720,000 hectares underwent land degradation during 2018-19. Report says, 29.7 pc of the country’s land become degraded, besides land degradation, desertification had also increased as 83,690,000 hectares of land underwent desertification in […]
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Demolition of protestors’ homes: Bulldozing freedom & laws
June 15, 2022
The demolition of the homes of activist Javed Mohammad and some persons who protested in Allahabad against the insult of Prophet Muhammad by two spokespersons of the Bharatiya Janata Party is not only in violation of all rules but is also entirely illegal, say legal experts. They blame the judiciary for failing to stand up […]
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Karnataka students forced to miss exam as SC defers hearing in Hijab row
March 26, 2022
With the Supreme Court rejecting petition by Karnataka students to take up their challenge of the Karnataka High Court order on Hijab ban, uncertainty clouds the future of several Muslim girl students in government-run schools in the southern state since they are bound to miss the annual examinations that are about to commence from next […]
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Different shades of Holi in India
March 18, 2022
Like many other festivals across the world, Holi, too, marks the triumph of good over evil. People play with colours, water, flowers and more. Everyone, be it a child or an adult, smears colour on each other. Youngsters seek blessings from their elders by applying colour on their feet. People also visit their friends and […]
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Glimmer of hope in dreary lives of prisoners
March 14, 2022
Govind Singh, a 39-year-old ex-prisoner finds himself acting as a role model for his fellow inmates with whom he was incarcerated. After serving his sentence for 10 years in a prison in Gurgaon, near Delhi, Govind is now a project manager in India Vision Foundation and is leading the projects inside the jail premises inspiring […]
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