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US climate change bill is not good news for India
August 16, 2022
On Friday, sticking to the party line, the United States House of Representatives handed President Joe Biden a major victory by passing 220-207 a bill that would see unprecedented expense on climate change, while boosting healthcare and raising corporate taxes to finance p...
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Board is set as 44th International Chess Olympiad begins in Chennai
July 28, 2022
India is hosting the first-ever International Chess Olympiad, world’s biggest chess event, the 44th International Olympiad, organised by Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE). The largest global chess championship is set to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Mod...
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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...
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India’s Coal Crisis: Preventable, predictable replay of Oxygen crisis
October 16, 2021
The similarity is uncanny. In January 2021, scientists of Indian Council of Medical Research had warned of a severe second wave of Covid-19 hitting India within weeks due to flagrant violation of protocol and large public gatherings taking place all around the country. But, the w...
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Vande Bharat Mission brings respite, to Indian students overseas
May 16, 2020
Though belatedly, the Indian government has moved to help bring back some of the Indians who got stranded overseas. To be meaningful, much more needs to be done.
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No lockdown on domestic violence
April 16, 2020
#StayHomeStaySafe is the tagline being aggressively pushed by the government to keep people indoors during the lockdown. However, to an increasing number of women in the country, just the reverse has become true as domestic violence rises.
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‘Mumbai Police is at the forefront of the battle against Covid-19’
April 4, 2020
Facing an unprecedented situation, the women and men of Mumbai Police are trying to maintain a humane approach while dealing with lockdown from the front, says additional commissioner of police (South zone) Nishith Mishra.
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Top five palace hotels in India
March 16, 2020
For most people, luxury means royalty and vice versa and luxury tourism has come to gain equivalence with kings and palaces. Though the royalty has long been abolished in India, tourists can still get a kingly feel by opting to stay in one of the several palaces that have been co...
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Revolutionary caricatures
March 13, 2020
In the world of editorials, caricatures are a medium to tell hard-hitting news softly The Wire, an online news portal, recently featured a cartoon, captioned roti to a riot that depicted the recent riots in Delhi and the condition of the poor. The cartoon featured where a starvi...
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Viral Xenophobia
March 12, 2020
As the world grapples with the new virus, there’s a less talked about the side effect of coronavirus which is xenophobia The coronavirus has been dominating global headlines for the past few months, causing worldwide panic and mass hysteria. Stores around the globe have run out...
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Colonial heritage cities in India
March 6, 2020
Besides the British, India has seen several other colonial powers and each left its mark through buildings, and structure. Thus different cities in India bear the hallmark of each of these European nations
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Holi in India: Celebrating colours differently
March 2, 2020
Holi is the most vibrant festivals which signify the victory of good over evil and the arrival of spring. As the earth wakes up from its winter slumber, the people get ready to coat each other in the colours of spring
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