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Patriot Bureau -October 3, 2019

How India’s most widely read newspaper, Dainik Jagran, published a highly misleading and inflammatory article On September 19, readers of Dainik Jagran, the most widely read newspaper in the country, woke up to a disconcerting headline: “Having lost one daughter to love jihad, second one now in danger”. This appeared in the city section of […]

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Patriot Bureau -October 3, 2019

Here are some personal finance lessons you can draw from the PMC bank crisis Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) Bank, a bank with more than Rs 11,500 crore of deposits, is in trouble. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has limited deposit withdrawals to Rs 10,000 per account. This obviously has  depositors up in arms. […]

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Mihir Srivastava -October 1, 2019

Tina Antoniades makes accessible and affordable a wide array of western outfits and accessories to young Indian women of all classes and is having fun doing it Of Greek origin, Tina Antoniades grew up in London and spent a good part of her working life in the US. She is the creative director of Lulu […]

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Sashikala VP -September 27, 2019

Climate change is becoming the most talked about issue, thanks to the effort of a 16-year-old. But what is the Capital city doing to combat climate change? The ‘Fridays For Future’ protest has in some ways only now awakened people to the reality that is climate change. Initiated by a 16-year-old activist, Greta Thunberg, it […]

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Shaunak Ghosh -September 27, 2019

With climate change being a big issue across the world now, what changes has the climate in Delhi suffered over the past few years? Patriot speaks to experts to find out In a new climate report published by the United Nations, which comprises 7000 studies by 100 international climate experts, it has been discussed how […]

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Patriot Bureau -September 27, 2019

The ban on single-use plastic is already showing an impact among Delhi’s vegetable and fruit vendors. If supply dries up, the ban will be effective The nation-wide ban on single-use plastic ban, a pilot project taken up by the BJP-led NDA government, will be implemented on October 2, when India will commemorate the 150th birth […]

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Shubham Bhatia -September 27, 2019

Trees in New Friends Colony and Sarojini Nagar have survived only because of the activism of concerned citizens As the whole world talks about Greta Thunberg for shedding light on the risks posed by climate change, we take a closer look at two colonies in south Delhi, where two individuals with the help of various […]

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Shubham Bhatia -September 27, 2019

The Safarnama app helps tourists discover lesser-known monuments along with a peep into history It’s an uneventful evening at Jama Masjid area in New Delhi. Shoulder-to-shoulder is an understatement, as pedestrians walk purposefully towards their destinations. This is where the phone’s Safarnama app gives an alert that there is a heritage point within a 100-metre […]

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