Over the counter or online?

Some consider e-pharmacies a boon, as long as licensing and prescription prerequisites are observed. But the Delhi High Court has banned online sale of medicine Login, upload your prescription or simply add medicines to your cart that do not need an Rx (doctor’s prescription), make the payment and your medicines will be delivered at your […]

Life without filters

Thousands of homeless people sleep on the streets of Delhi in this biting cold. Night shelters are grossly inadequate and unsafe for women and children It’s the part of Delhi we often ignore. The part that stays outside the gated colonies, doesn’t go to malls. The part of Delhi that is hidden. Ugly, yet still […]

A wonder inventor

Meet the teenage prodigy whose most recent invention is a device that will enable hearing impaired individuals to communicate with others without sign language A 17-year-old boy with a nearly non-existent social media presence. Find that hard to believe? Well, Madhav Lavakare, a teenaged inventor with a keen interest in music, will smash all the […]

Fatal falls

Falls from a height are the second leading cause of accidental or intentional injury deaths worldwide. In most cases, the circumstances that lead to the fall remain a mystery There are so many instances where young and promising people met their sudden and untimely end by falling. The most recent case that stunned the capital […]

Mother of all jams

With parents flouting traffic rules and showing no civic sense, Sri Aurobindo Marg remains gridlocked for half an hour every working day due to the rush of cars and buses at Mother’s International School The time is 1:44 pm and the lane in front of Mother’s International School is filling up with cars of all […]

Lost in censorship

The initial illustration for a billboard which aimed to wipe out the stigma around the LGBT community, was not accepted by the authorities. The new one is not very effective It’s business as usual in the bustling lane of Block B in Connaught Place. But up above something is different — a hoarding that projects […]

Glitches galore

The Delhi Metro was subject to two major technical snags in the past 15 days, resulting in hassles for lakhs of passengers who avail of its services Twenty-eight lakh – this is the number of people that ride the Delhi Metro on a daily basis. Imagine the chaos that will ensue if even a part […]

Stink of state apathy

The government’s decision to introduce sewer cleaning machines is a step in the right direction. But with no further development in sight, the promise is far from being honoured In February this year, the Delhi Jal Board released a statement that read: “The board approved the deployment of specially-fabricated or tailor-made 200 sewer cleaning machines […]