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Parties split over Election Commission ban on physical campaigning
January 14, 2022
On January 8, 2022, the Election Commission of India announced the schedule for holding elections to assemblies in five states, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur. Alongside the schedule, the Commission also laid down guidelines for holding the polls as well as f...
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Tourists flock to Kashi Vishwanath Corridor
January 13, 2022
Varanasi or Banaras is one of the oldest living cities in the world and is amongst the most important pilgrimages for devout Hindus. The city also figures prominently in various Hindu spiritual texts and of course in the mythology. Thus, it has for long attracted a lot of visitor...
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Managing Mali mayhem key to countering terrorism
January 12, 2022
On Monday, leaders of the 15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) decided to close borders with Mali and impose tough economic sanctions as the military junta in power since last year’s coup, second in under nine months, failed to hold the promised election...
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Cardiovascular diseases now common in young Indians: Doctors
January 10, 2022
A 29-year-old one day was feeling uneasiness in his chest and the pain extended from chest to his hands. Dismissing it as indigestion he took some medicines and slept. However, the chest pain rose due to blockage in the arteries delivering blood to the heart. Sadly, due to unawar...
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Pongal: Bull training in full swing for Jallikattu
January 9, 2022
With less than a week to go for Pongal, bull owners and tamers are now almost at the peak of their training, with regular practice sessions to ensure that they are well prepared for Jallikattu this season. Jallikattu is one of the most traditional and controversial sports played ...
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Bikaner camel festival: A captivating affair
January 8, 2022
The Bikaner camel festival is an annual cultural event to celebrate the importance of camels in the local people’s life. The ‘camel country’, as Bikaner is popularly known, is located amid the Great Indian Desert in Thar in Rajasthan, painting the barren land colourful with...
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BJP continues slugfest with AAP over new liquor stores in Delhi
January 8, 2022
On November 17, when Delhi saw the opening of 850 brand new and swanky liquor stores, as part of the new excise policy of the government, they represented different things for different people, especially the political parties. For the ruling Aam Aadmi Party, the new stores were ...
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Harpreet Chandi: First woman of colour to reach South Pole solo
January 6, 2022
Slowly sledging in the snow withstanding the extreme temperature of -50° C with wind speeds up to 420 kmph, Captain Harpreet Chandi completed her journey to one of the ends of the Earth. In just 40 days she completed her 4200 km journey inspiring women across the globe. During h...
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Cynically combatting Covid-19 in India
January 5, 2022
On Tuesday, hours after chief minister Arvind Kejriwal tested positive for Covid-19, the Delhi government announced further restrictions on movement in the national capital, imposing a weekend curfew, to add to the night curfew already in place, in addition to having closed gyms,...
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Omicron fails to scare tourists and increase cancellations
January 4, 2022
While there has been a significant disruption in international travel as a number of countries around the world have announced or increased travel restrictions following the detection and the rapid spread of the Omicron variant of Covid-19, domestic tourism in India has remained ...
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Migrant deaths reach new highs in 2021
January 3, 2022
About a fortnight ago, the International Organisation for Migration, the United Nations body in charge of migrants and their interests, said that over 160 migrants had died off the coast of Libya as they were trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea and reach Italian coasts. Last we...
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Omicron: Modi sleepwalks taking India towards 3rd wave
December 30, 2021
If one scans the headlines from the past two weeks, there have been two different kinds of stories that have dominated the national news. One is a political rally, or an inauguration of a multi-billion rupee project by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, preferably somewhere in Uttar P...
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