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Mandore Ganesh Temple: Celebrating Ganesh Chaturthi with a Rajasthani flair
August 31, 2022
For those looking to experience Ganesh Chaturthi with a different flair, Mandore in Rajasthan is an ideal destination. Situated about 350 km west of Rajasthan capital Jaipur, Mandore is best known for its connection with the demon King Ravana who is said to have married a celesti...
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Handcrafting the idols of Lord Ganesha during Ganesh Chaturthi
August 29, 2022
India is a country where every other day is a celebration and people love to dwell in the joy of festivities. With Ganesh Chaturthi, also called Vinayak Chaturthi fast approaching, the attention has turned to western India where the festival is widely celebrated, especiall...
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Developing countries ignoring cryptocurrency at their own risk: UN
August 17, 2022
Despite the warnings by the Reserve Bank of India about cryptocurrencies and the ambivalent response of the Indian government towards cryptocurrencies, a large number of Indians have already acquired these digital assets, says a report by the United Nations. The United Nations Co...
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Calls to boycott Chinese product hurt India more than China
August 11, 2022
A news report says that a chartered flight China Southern Airlines with 107 Indian traders on board left from New Delhi and landed in Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province on Tuesday. The report goes on to say that this particular group was the largest group of Indians to ha...
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India turns to King Coal again as heatwaves lead to power demand surge
May 16, 2022
Last week, Indian government said it was reviving mining from 100 coal mines that had been shut down earlier as they were not financially viable. However, with a severe coal shortage looming large over the country, leading to a massive mismatch between power demand and supply jus...
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TAAI & WITT to hold conclave to celebrate women empowerment
May 3, 2022
In order to address and acknowledge the contribution of women, last year, the Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI), the largest and oldest travel trade organisation in India, had initiated the formation of Women in TAAI and Tourism, a body to highlight the important role be...
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Need to go slow on antibiotics to save lives
April 3, 2022
An alarming report published earlier this year in The Lancet, a medical journal, said that antimicrobial resistance was directly responsible for 1.27 million death and linked to about 4.95 million other deaths across the world in 2019. Antimicrobial resistance is when bacteria ca...
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France brings Indo-Pacific to centre stage in European Union
February 23, 2022
Even while the global attention has been fixated on the volatile security situation in Ukraine and the mounting tensions between an increasingly assertive Russia and the Western powers, France hosted a unique gathering of almost 60 ministers and senior representatives from around...
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Documentaries overlooked again for Oscars, says expert
February 14, 2022
For the Academy Awards 2022, India had nominated four films. Of these, Writing with Fire has been selected by the organisers of the Oscar Awards for the short list in the ‘Best Documentary Film’ category. India’s Film Federation of India (FFI) appoints a committee every yea...
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Severe cold & poor facilities responsible for homeless deaths: CHD
February 8, 2022
Delhi’s winters are famous for two things – neither of them very pleasant for the residents. One is the massive smog that envelopes the city’s already toxic atmosphere, pushing the particulate matter levels beyond scale. The other is the sharp dip in thermometres that is se...
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Budget 2022: Blind to today’s challenges, Modi government promises Amrit Kaal in distant future
February 4, 2022
Despite the din of gushing praises showered by the numerous pro-government media as well as practically every single industrialist and business lobby that jumped as if on a cue as soon as Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the union budget for 2022-23, a few soun...
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Most death sentences in India in 2021: National Law University
February 2, 2022
In the year 2021, a total of 488 death sentences were handed out by various courts across India, the highest in 17 years, says a report by Project 39A. It was only in 2004, that more death sentences were awarded when a total of 563 capital punishments the outcome of trials, as pe...
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