Biofuel plants will soon include used cooking oil as a part of their mix, helping restaurants dispose of their stock in ethical ways — and preventing harm to health and environment Many households reuse cooking oil, that oil left in the pan after deep frying processed foods or puris and pappadoms. Only now is word […]

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Killer pollution, eternal corruption, social despair and economic frailty are some of the reasons why indians do not mind spending thousands on an english profiency test In October, Priyanka Mathur*, who works in a multinational company, made a third attempt at the International English Language Testing System (IELTS), a global test of language proficiency. She […]

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‘Unique’ identities are forged to prove that the children labouring in sweat shops are not minors The dusty lanes not too far from New Delhi railway station – the lifeline connecting all of India to the national capital – leads to the wholesale and manufacturing units of Nabi Karim. When you walk into its heart, […]

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Can the Aam Aadmi Party use the work it has done at the local level to wrest some of the seven Lok Sabha seats from the BJP? It is certainly trying Mukim Ahmed runs a biryani business. He voted for the BJP in the Lok Sabha elections and the Congress in the Vidhan Sabha. But […]

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As production of natural diamonds falls, and the bloodshed around their extraction causes revulsion, go for glitter made in the lab Diamonds have for long been viewed as the symbol of grandeur and for some reason, love. But times have changed, and many reject this stone and everything it stands for – the significant effect […]

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There are no less than 5,000 of them — and more opening up — illegal industrial units that are supposed to be relocated from the heart of the Capital. The apex court has given them 15 days to move For years, Delhi has had industrial units bang in the middle of residential areas. They look […]

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From the 37 lakh that are more than 15 years old, only 90 have been nabbed by the Transport Department. they will be sent off to the scrapping yard run by MSTC Helpless to prevent farmers of neighbouring states from burning stubble, the government has exerted its muscle power on motorists: it is removing old […]

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Delhi has signed agreements separately with Moscow and Seoul, hoping to match those cities in forging ahead as global conglomerations. Comparisons may be odious but here they are necessary When you think of Moscow, you envision the Red Square with its famous St Basil’s Cathedral or Lenin’s Mausoleum amidst the crisp wintry air. Think Seoul, […]

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