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8. Mid-day meal NGO fined Rs 54,879 for violating health norms: SDMC
9. A NGO engaged by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation for the mid-day meal scheme has been slapped with a fine of Rs 54,879 for allegedly violating health and sanitation norms, the civic body today said.
10. Man arrested for 'killing' live-in partner: Cops
11. A 35-year-old man was arrested today for allegedly killing his live-in partner for insisting upon him to marry her after divorcing his wife, the police said.
12. Bootlegger arrested, 453 cartons of illicit liquor seized
13. A suspected bootlegger was arrested and 453 cartons of illicit liquor was seized from a vehicle here, police said today.
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40. The Chief Justice of Patna High Court, Justice Rajendra Menon, has been transferred to the Delhi High Court in same capacity, whereas the Delhi High Court's Acting Chief Justice Geeta Mittal has been appointed the Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, becoming the first woman judge to head that court, said Law Ministry notifications on Saturday.
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50. Mehul Choksi got 'clear report' as no criminal antecedents were found in 2017: Mumbai Police
51. Jayant Sinha for identifying foreigners infiltration in India
52. Story behind menstrual products movement
53. Find out how govt’s infra projects are doing
54. Mumbai Police reveals why Choksi got 'clear report
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56. Hyderabad’s legacy deserves World Heritage tag
57. IMS-BHU upgraded to AIIMS like institution
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66. NRC: Governments must show wisdom and statesmanship
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69. Central and state governments must show a high degree of wisdom and statesmanship to mitigate NRC challenge.
70. Several firms are lining up sustainable products for menstruation. It's largely a women movement for women.
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73. India poised for quantum GDP growth by 2030: NALCO CMD
74. We have saved banks Rs 3 lakh crore of NPAs: Nitin Gadkari
75. Hardik can’t win from any seat in 2019: Rupani
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77. Can government mitigate the NRC challenge?Central and state governments must show a high degree of wisdom and statesmanship to mitigate NRC challenge.
78. Story behind menstrual products movementSeveral firms are lining up sustainable products for menstruation. It's largely a women movement for women.
79. Find out how govt’s infra projects are doingNot all of the government’s key infrastructure projects has gone according to plan â€" the high-speed rail link or the bullet train, between Mumbai and Ahmedabad, being an example.
80. There's more to UIDAI mystery number storyTRAI had recommended only in April 2015 that the number 112 be adopted as the single emergency number.
81. Mumbai Police reveals why Choksi got 'clear report'Police also said they have ordered an inquiry "into the matter of issuance of police verification report (PVR)" to Choksi when he obtained the passport here in 2015.
82. Police also said they have ordered an inquiry "into the matter of issuance of police verification report (PVR)" to Choksi when he obtained the passport here in 2015.
83. Central and state governments must show a high degree of wisdom and statesmanship to mitigate NRC challenge.
84. By Sanjoy HazarikaThere has been illegal or informal migration from Bangladesh into India â€" or, for that matter, to other countries of the region and elsewhere in the world. That’s not disputed, at least in this country. During research for an earlier book, Rites of Passage, I travelled in Kurigram district in Bangladesh and met Assamese-speaking village youth who had crossed over into Assam for temporary jobs but had gone back.So, once the furor dies down and logic prevails, there is one key question to ask: what is the actual number? The scale of inmigration, its quantification and analysis arre at the heart of the issue. On this, the estimates have long varied â€" depending on the political perception of the observer, commentator, speaker or analyst.The National Register of Citizens (NRC) was viewed by many when it started years back as a chance to resolve this conundrum. It could end, it was felt, an unhappy chapter in Assam’s history, which had taken many lives and damaged its economic and social fabric. However, as information came dribbling out, first with the first list and now with the second, the process has instead aggravated confusion, suspicion and anger.The figure of four million who have been left out of the list does not reflect the number of illegal Bangladeshis in Assam. The excluded include relatives of a former president of the country, prominent cultural figures, freedom fighters, retired and serving police officers and of the armed forces. There are relatives of mine as well as friends who haven’t made the cut. The list goes on. For the NRC, to paraphrase Shakespeare in Macbeth, “If it were to be done, were it to be done correctly”.The margin of error should have been minimal but appears unacceptably high, creating a climate of confusion. A surely well-intentioned process has been thrown into question although the effort was under the supervision of two Supreme Court judges, including Justice Ranjan Gogoi from Assam. Many say that it goes beyond incompetence or the submission of incorrect documents.There are, for example, simple spelling mismatches in the original names of progenitors in the family tree (the anchor of the NRC process) and the way these have been spelt now. Spokesmen for the Assam government have been insisting on the NRC’s efficacy and lack of prejudice. Quite so â€" for the mess cuts across political, religious and ethnic divides.Both the Government of India and the Assam Government have been quick to say that this is still a provisional list and those with complaints will have legal redress. Yet to insist that corrections be done in the next two months is to burden a creaky system with an impossible task. It will take years to be done properly. That shows up in the fact that foreigners tribunals have been able to find a bare 5,000 foreigners in 35 years, instead of the lakhs and crores estimated.The vexed problem of migration did not start in 1979, with the anti-alien movement in Assam by the All Assam Students Union, but predated it to the pre-independence era. Out-migration from Bangladesh to India was extensive in the 1970s and 1980s pushed by environment disasters such as the 1974 famine. This outflow has fallen with improved economic and development indices in our eastern neighbor. In addition, there actually is a 10-foot high barbed wire fence barrier along about 75% of the 4,096 km-long border.As the process of revising the NRC continues, we need to look at future scenarios. First of all, deportation can’t happen because there is no such agreement with Bangladesh. Secondly, the option of the “detention camps” should be closed. Our limited experience of detention camps has been terrible: whether it was for Indian civilians of Chinese origin in 1962 or for the Mizos during the insurgency of 1966.There are few options, each controversial: one is to deny voting rights to those listed as foreigners (once the latter process has been exhausted) but allow them to stay on where they are with work permits and other rights intact. But how stable or sustainable is such a proposal? The second is to negotiate with Bangladesh for their return, a near-impossible task, providing details of village and residence of origin. A third is to take the Ronald Reagan approach where the then US president declared an amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants.The governments at the Centre and the state are faced with unenviable, critical choices and need to show a high degree of wisdom and statesmanship. All of this is happening a few months before the 2019 general elections. Indeed, the eyes of the world are on us and governments must uphold their constitutional mandates.We are faced with a difficult situation, fraught with foreboding. (The author is International director, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative. Views are personal)
85. It matters. Period.” When 26-year-old firstgen entrepreneur Tanvi Johri came up with this tagline for her premium, 100% natural and biodegradable sanitary napkins, Carmesi, the inspiration came from within. For years, Johri had struggled with painful periods. Skin rashes were a recurring problem, caused by the plastic sanitary napkins that she used and what were commonly available. By the time she was 22, and nearly a decade or so into her menstruating life, she decided to take stock. “I had tried various products, soft and plastic, to manage my periods. But the discomfort was universal. Then, four years ago, while interning at a startup, I decided to research on organic pads.” In May 2017, Johri designed a sanitary pad made up of cornstarch and bamboo. In November 2017, she and friend Rikshav Bohra launched the product. “We first used our savings. Then we got seed funding from a group of angel investors, including Sunil Kalra and Arun Venkatachalam from the Murugappa Group.” It has been a thrill ride for Johri. “Women write to us with their user experiences. So many of them have shared stories of discomfort, rashes and allergies they have suffered due to conventional pads.”
86. With its rich legacy of architectural and cultural landmarks, Hyderabad should have been a shoo-in for a Unesco World Heritage Site tag. Yet it’s been eight years since a proposal was submitted for Hyderabad’s Charminar, Golconda Fort and the Qutb Shahi tomb complex to be added to the prestigious list for India. It is still hanging fire.In the meantime, the historic city of Ahmedabad and Raniki-Vav in Gujarat, the hill forts of Rajasthan, Bihar’s Nalanda Mahavihara, Chandigarh’s Le Corbusier buildings, Jantar Mantar of Jaipur and, this year, the Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai have made the cut. So, why has magnificent Hyderabad been effectively sidelined?It’s not hard to guess what could have possibly spooked any visiting Unesco panels. Photographs of the Qutb Shahi tombs taken in preceding decades show an alarming encroachment of hotchpotch illegal constructions in what was once open scrubland dotted with boulders and water bodies. Successive Andhra governments have clearly not bothered with the complex’s upkeep.The experience of Humayun’s Tomb in Delhi proves that a properly restored and wellmaintained monument can do more to boost tourism than gimmicky theme parks and the like.The current dispensation in the newly-minted Telangana state appears to have realised that fact, if the long-term project to restore the Qutb Shahi necropolis is any indicator.The Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC), which did the restoration of the Humayun’s Tomb complex in Delhi, is working its magic on the Qutb Shahi tombs too, for the Telangana Government, using age-old techniques. Crucially, it is meticulously documenting every stage of research and restoration. That is bound to strike the right chord with Unesco’s officials.However, the looming ruins of Golconda Fort, once the capital of the imperial Kakatiyas and later the Qutb Shahi sultans, also cry out for preservation if not restoration. And the historic 16th century Charminarâ€"built five decades before Red Fort and Taj Mahalâ€"seems hemmed in and choked, although the Archaeological Survey of India is repairing it.Too many of India’s monuments, including some already on Unesco’s list, are neglected or, worse still, improperly restored. Moreover, little thought is given to the entire visitor experience; indeed, any moves to improve facilities are regarded with suspicion by civil society, though the alternative is crumbling heritage structures and stinky premises.While Cyberabad’s concrete, steel and glass structures may dwarf even the giant ancient boulders and dazzle the eyes in the strong Deccan sun, it may be moot to remember that modern concrete structures cannot last for more than a century. We will ultimately be remembered by posterity primarily for the structures that came up in the pre-concrete era.Hyderabad and its panoply of architectural gems certainly deserve a place in the Unesco list. Indeed, I would include its string of manmade lakes and innovative water channels as part of its unique heritage. Those in charge of the other cities and monuments in India that want the tag should realise that heritage preservation is a necessity, not an option.
87. It matters. Period.” When 26-year-old firstgen entrepreneur Tanvi Johri came up with this tagline for her premium, 100% natural and biodegradable sanitary napkins, Carmesi, the inspiration came from within. For years, Johri had struggled with painful periods. Skin rashes were a recurring problem, caused by the plastic sanitary napkins that she used and what were commonly available. By the time she was 22, and nearly a decade or so into her menstruating life, she decided to take stock. “I had tried various products, soft and plastic, to manage my periods. But the discomfort was universal. Then, four years ago, while interning at a startup, I decided to research on organic pads.” In May 2017, Johri designed a sanitary pad made up of cornstarch and bamboo. In November 2017, she and friend Rikshav Bohra launched the product. “We first used our savings. Then we got seed funding from a group of angel investors, including Sunil Kalra and Arun Venkatachalam from the Murugappa Group.” It has been a thrill ride for Johri. “Women write to us with their user experiences. So many of them have shared stories of discomfort, rashes and allergies they have suffered due to conventional pads.”
88. TRAI had recommended only in April 2015 that the number 112 be adopted as the single emergency number.
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