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Delhi police filed two FIRs in connection with the protests After the events of yesterday’s protest march by students of Jawaharlal Nehru University — when nearly 100 students were detained and several injured during a lathi-charge by the Delhi police — the Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers’ Association held a solidarity protest in support of the […]
[...]Clouds of dust, ongoing construction work in some sites, open dumping of garbage — this isn’t what the supreme court had in mind On November 4, a Supreme Court bench cited 16 “hotspot regions” in the NCR as the source for “major polluting activities” that need to be curtailed. Visits to some of these sites, […]
[...]Praveen Mediratta and his family members Sudesh, Priyanka and Saurabh Kataria were found murdered on November 9 Residents of Sector 7, Faridabad, National Capital Region, are in a state of shock. On the afternoon of November 9, four members of a family were found dead in their home. The bodies of Dr Praveen Mediratta, his […]
[...]On November 11, Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami hosted a prime time segment on the “chaos and mayhem” created by students of Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi “for a mere Rs 290 fee hike”. As the channel flashed the hashtag #JNUFreebies, he asked if “those who want to freeload forever” should be allowed to “hold […]
[...]The protest entered its 15th day as over 3,000 students disrupted a convocation programme to demand the withdrawal of a new hostel rules manual On November 13, Education Secretary in the Ministry of Human Resource Development R Subrahmanyam announced a “major” rollback in hostel fee and “economic assistance to EWS students”. However, the students of […]
[...]From installing air purifiers and special devices to issuing masks, diplomatic missions are taking a series of steps to help their employees handle the pollution It’s that time of the year again when Delhi is shrouded in a thick haze of poisonous air. While most citizens seem resigned to living and working in such hazardous […]
[...]Since people these days don’t trust the mainstream media much, they end up trusting a lot of nonsense that appears on social media On September 24, 2019, the Reserve Bank of India put operational restrictions on the Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative Bank. This urban cooperative bank operates primarily in Maharashtra but, despite the name, doesn’t […]
[...]Tales of temples What: Odisha, the eastern coastal state is most known for its three temples of Jagannatha (Puri), Konark and Lingaraj. Of these, the two most known living temples are that Jagannatha Puri and Lingaraj. With this as backdrop, Siddhartha Das Studio is showcasing models of the Lingaraj and Jagannatha Temples, the making of […]
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