Smog Blanket Over North India, Air Quality In "Severe" Level

There has been an early onset of toxic cover across Delhi and north India this year owing to stubble burning across the north Indian states. What is also shocking is the scale of the smog cover, as well as the level of pollutants present in it. Satellite images show the white blanked stretching across the whole of north India -- all the way down to Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. In the east, it stretches well beyond Central Uttar Pradesh. The smog...

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Display Names, Phone Numbers: Vendors At Delhi Vegetable Market Told

Street vendors at a vegetable market in Delhi's Najafgarh will have to display their names on carts in a move the local councillor and the market association claimed was aimed at preventing "illegal" Bangladeshi and Rohingya migrants from selling produce there. The market association has also directed the vendors to display their phone numbers on nameplates on the carts, which will have a unique "thela number" issued by it. The decision to implement this plan was made in a meeting of the market association with the local councillor earlier this...

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अब घूस भी मासिक किश्तों में दे सकते हैं, यक़ीन नहीं तो ये पढ़ लीजिए

Bareilly Bribe In EMI: उत्तर प्रदेश के बरेली में घूसखोरी का अजब ग़ज़ब मामला सामने आया है. दरअसल अल्पसंख्यक कल्याण विभाग के बाबू ने मदरसे को स्थानांतरित करने की फाइल को आगे बढ़ाने के लिए पीड़ित से ₹1लाख की रिश्वत मांगी. जब उसने ₹1 लाख की रिश्वत देने में असमर्थता जताई तो बाबू ने उसे आसान किस्तों (EMI) में बना दिया और ₹100000 रिश्वत की पहली किस्त जैसे ही बाबू ने पकड़ी तो विजिलेंस की टीम ने उसे रंगे हाथ गिरफ्तार कर लिया और उसे जेल भेज दिया है. बताया जा रहा है बाबू ने ₹1 लाख की रिश्वत के बदले कई किश्तें बना दी और पहली किश्त 18000 रुपये की बनाई.  बरेली...

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Imported Seeds, Full-Spectrum Lights: High-Tech Marijuana Op Busted In Noida

A high-tech marijuana operation, using imported seeds and full-spectrum grow lights, has been busted in Greater Noida and an English graduate from Meerut has been arrested. Police said the man cultivated at least 100 marijuana plants, including premium (OG) and other varieties, at his flat in Beta-2's Parsvnath Panorama society, selling the produce from each of them on the dark web for between Rs 50,000 and Rs 60,000. He was inspired to get into the drug trade after watching web series and used to gather information on growing marijuana on the...

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2 Climb Mobile Tower In Jaipur, Demand CBI Probe Into 10-Year-Old's Murder

Two persons climbed atop a mobile tower on Monday demanding a CBI probe into the murder of a 10-year-old deaf and mute girl earlier this year, police said. The two, the girl's uncle Tikaram and social activist Kamal Meena, also posted a video online in which they claimed that despite running from pillar to post for the last six months, justice has not been done, according to police. In the video, they demanded that the case should be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The two men climbed atop the mobile tower in the MI Road...

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पूर्व क्रिकेटर संजय बांगर के बेटे आर्यन से बने 'अनाया', जानें क्या है ऐसा करने की वजह

ये कहानी सिर्फ क्रिकेट या किसी खिलाड़ी की नहीं है, बल्कि ये कहानी है पहचान, संघर्ष, और समाज से टकराव की! हम बात कर रहे हैं पूर्व भारतीय क्रिकेटर संजय बांगर (Sanjay Bangar) की बेटे आर्यन बांगर की, या यूं कहें संजय बांगर की बेटी अनाया बांगर (Aryan to Anaya) की, जिन्होंने हाल ही में अपनी जेंडर ट्रांजिशन की कहानी दुनिया के सामने रखी. एक ऐसा सफर, जिसने उनकी ज़िन्दगी बदल दी, लेकिन इसके साथ ही उनके बचपन के क्रिकेट के सपने को भी कठिन बना दिया. अनाया की कहानी ने सोशल मीडिया पर खूब सुर्खियाँ बटोरी हैं. आइये, जानते हैं कैसे आर्यन बांगर से अनाया बांगर बनने का...

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India Not Among Nations Nervous About US After Trump's Return: S Jaishankar

There is a trend towards a more diverse, multipolar world but older, industrialised economies have not gone away and remain prime investment targets, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Sunday. Speaking at the silver jubilee celebrations of the Aditya Birla Group's Scholarships programme in Mumbai, S Jaishankar said while a lot of countries are nervous about the US -- following the return of Donald Trump as President -- India is not one among them. "Yes, there is a shift. We are ourselves an example of the shift... if you look at our...

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