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Traffic cops get tech help
Easier challans, faster data and traffic signals run by artificial intelligence – that’s how the police hope to bring order to the Capital’s chaotic roads Can traffic discipline be inculcated by changing drivers’ attitudes? Probably not, for the Capital has 1.05 crore registered vehicles and only 33,198 km of roads, meaning drivers are fighting each […]
End of MJ Akbar’s cross-examination
“I have never conducted a cross-examination that is so acrimonious,” said Senior Advocate Rebecca John Former Union Minister MJ Akbar’s cross-examination by Priya Ramani’s counsel Rebecca John came to an end on Saturday, July 6. It was marked with interruptions and interjections raised by Akbar’s counsel—something that has now become a norm in Rouse Avenue […]
The Battle of Teenagers
If teenagers in Stranger Things 3 are dealing with the Foreign Hand, in Spider-Man: Far From Home, the teenagers are dealing with Foreign Lands It’s my own desire It’s my own remorse Help me to decide Help me make the most Of freedom and of pleasure Nothing ever lasts forever Everybody wants to rule the […]
Petting time
A café where pets have their own enclosure and a vet available all day – that’s the latest in facilities for pampered pooches Pet owners or rather “pet parents”, as they like to be called these days, are increasingly investing more and more in the wellbeing of their pets, including strays adopted from the streets. […]
Low potassium in diet is linked to high BP
Recently, American Society of Nephrology has raised concern over low potassium intake in diet as an inciting factor for hypertension. In a large study, urine samples were evaluated for knowing potassium deficiency in body, and it was more strongly correlated than sodium to cause hypertension. Potassium is also an important constituent of body fluid. It […]
In monsoon 2019, Delhi stands on 1976 drains
The capital’s drainage system has retained the same archaic structure for 42 years, even as the population has increased four-fold In the scorching heat of the capital, while everyone is ardently praying and hoping for rainfall to get some relief, the city isn’t quite ready for the subsequent waterlogging that will follow soon. It takes […]
English VS Urdu
Residents have battled for an Urdu medium school here for decades, but the EDMC ‘whimsically’ changed it to English medium last month The gate of a new three-floored school in East Delhi’s Sri Ram Colony has a message scribbled on it with chalk— “Do not park your vehicles in front of this gate”—even though a […]
Tension in Old City
Discussions fill the air on how the Hindu community ‘can’t be silent anymore’ and how ‘the time has come’ On Monday night, the usual bustle of Chandni Chowk is absent. The markets are shut and there is heavy patrolling by police officials following a series of events that took place on the night of Sunday, […]