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Releasing today #BillionsUnderLockdown The Inside Story of India’s Fight Against #COVID19 gives a ringside view of the trials, tribulations and triumphs ⁦

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I first left home in 2003 - when I took a 20 day break to look for a job in Delhi Leaving home one last time for Delhi So long... আমার শহর

Tanay Sukumar

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Jun 13

How does India fare against other major Asian economies? Our per capita GDP has risen 65% since 2013, but it is still the lowest in a set of nine major countries analysed by

@howindialives

in today's India vs Asia report card: livemint.com/economy/progre #MintCharts

The ChatGPT Lawyer Explains Himself

Jun 10

Why artificial intelligence is not due diligence

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In a cringe-inducing court hearing, a lawyer who relied on A.I. to craft a motion full of made-up case law said he “did not comprehend” that the chat bot could lead him astray.

coverage of wrestlers story has been 💪🏽 International referee speaks: ‘I saw Brij Bhushan standing next to her, she freed herself; something wrong happened to her’ By

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International referee speaks: ‘I saw Brij Bhushan standing next to her, she freed herself… someth...

Jagbir Singh on incident mentioned in FIR when WFI chief ‘touched’ wrestler’s buttocks

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Jun 8

“The pantry served a very popular fried rice-chilli chicken combo. During the bird flu scare around 2000, they replaced the chilli chicken with chilli fish” 😃

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Library on board, a fully functioning pantry car (with an actual menu) - #CoromandelExpress was once the Rajdhani of the coast Read this fascinating ⁦@avishekgd⁩ story indianexpress.com/article/india/

Jun 8

Library on board, a fully functioning pantry car (with an actual menu) - #CoromandelExpress was once the Rajdhani of the coast Read this fascinating ⁦

@avishekgd

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Coromandel Express: All but the ‘Rajdhani’ of coastal route, minus the name

Old-timers and train enthusiasts say the train, which started operations on March 6, 1977, from Madras, offered unmatched facilities to its passengers. It was faster than all other trains of its...

Jun 7

#WrestlersProtest The importance of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh Read this story

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Manasi Phadke

@manasi87

Jun 7

How a six-year-old story of the way the BJP came to power in Goa despite having lost the election gives a peep into controversial MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh’s political utility to the BJP even outside his home turf of Uttar Pradesh. bit.ly/3Ne6XfM

Deeptiman Tiwary

@DeeptimanTY

Jun 7

A Meitei woman, married to a Kuki man, is burnt alive along with her 5 year old son in an ambulance while taking him to a hospital after a gunshot injury to the boy in #Manipur.

@BaruahSukrita

reports this heartbreaking story.

Manipur violence: Mother, son among three feared killed in mob attack on ambulance

The ambulance was taking the child to the hospital, and was being escorted by police personnel.

#WrestlerProtest One star anchor, in the middle of discussing the issue of #sexualharrassment of wrestlers asks whether weather will permit cricket in London! That's the level of seriousness

Women are at the forefront of battling the repercussions of our plastic addiction. Our colleagues,

@JijaDutt

& Megha Biswas write for

@TheWeekLive

on the need for integrative & gender-responsive policy action to recognize & address this issue. #plasticpollution

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Recognising the gendered impact of plastic pollution: A call for policy action #WorldEnvironmentDay2023 theweek.in/news/india/202

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On his death anniversary, remembering the most interesting man I’ve met: Bhindranwale

'No, Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale was no saint. But he was the most interesting human being I have ever met as a journalist.' On his death anniversary, read #ThePrintOpinion by

@ShekharGupta

from June, 2018

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No man in our post-Independence history has written this country’s present and future like Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale.

Less than half the target population registered in five years

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Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna: Sanjeevni for the Common Man!

World's largest health insurance scheme

Health insurance coverage of ₹5 lakh/family annually for medical expenses

Ensuring reduced healthcare expenses for beneficiaries #9YearsofSeva #9YearsOfGaribKalyan

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Aiswarya

@aiswaryaa_raj

Jun 5

An under-15 Asia champion says, "I want to pay a visit to the protest site. They (wrestlers) are not doing this for themselves, they are protesting for us, for our careers and safety." As controversy plays out in Delhi, girls from Haryana akhadas speak.

As wrestlers grapple in Capital, quiet grit in Haryana academies: ‘Chal, chal, get up…’

Inspired by India's medal haul at international events, a generation of budding wrestlers fight on, hoping they too can some day make the journey out of their villages. Now, as the case against WFI...

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Gargi Rawat

@GargiRawat

Jun 5

My God, what a story! A father's firm refusal to believe his son, on board Coromandel Express, had died in the accident made him travel more than 230km in an ambulance to Balasore, then trace him to a makeshift morgue, resuscitate him in hospital!

Orissa train accident news: He refused to believe his son was dead. Hours later, he found him -...

A father's firm refusal to believe his son, on board Coromandel Express, had died in the accident made him travel more than 230km in an ambulance to B

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1956 :: Resignation Letter of Railway Minister Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri After Ariyalur Train Accident ( Photo - PM Museum )

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First day in a week that this little boy hasn’t been to the vet twice, getting 10 injections a day and drips It all started when a callous vet gave him an intravenous shot of a drug that’s normally used IM Recovery is still a long process

May 31

Welcoming our distinguished speakers for the inaugural session of the seminar on ' ICT Accessibility for an Inclusive Digital India ' in partnership with

Link to register: lnkd.in/dUBHbYba

#MenstrualHygieneDay #MHDay2023

write about need for India’s menstrual hygiene efforts to focus on women from unorganised sector & importance of collaborative policy action between govt departments theprint.in/opinion/indias

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India’s menstrual hygiene efforts sideline women from unorganised sector. Govt must prioritise

Programmes such as the Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram have primarily targeted school-going children, disregarding the needs of women in the informal workforce.

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⁩ report that was to have come out last December rated Kerala, TN, Telangana as #HealthIndex toppers It was never released ⁦

@harikishan1

⁩ has the details

Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana top states in Covid year, Delhi worst UT: Health index

The annual health index, which measures the performance of states and UTs on a “weighted composite score incorporating 24 health performance indicators”, was launched by the NITI Aayog in 2017.

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It's a rainy evening And I got company

The SARS-CoV-2 furin cleavage site: natural selection or smoking gun?

May 24

The most famous cleavage of the #COVID19 pandemic is back. But it isn't a "smoking gun"

thelancet.com

SARS-CoV-2 has continued to evolve as it moves through the population, and we have learned more about its pathogenicity and transmission determinants. As previously commented in The Lancet Microbe,...

Karishma Koshal

@KarishmaKoshal

May 24

Ziggy the feisty kitten is looking for a home. Please contact me if you’re interested. Location: Delhi/Gurgaon #CatAdoption #FureverHome

The First Social-Media Babies Are Growing Up—And They’re Horrified

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@kathrynfiona

May 23

The first Facebook parents used it as a modern scrapbook for their children. Over 15 years later, though, the children have grown up, and many have come to resent the digital footprint that was created for them without their consent—for

@TheAtlantic

theatlantic.com

How would you feel if millions of people watched your childhood tantrums?

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It is apparently raining in #Delhi

May 21

How to spend a Sunday afternoon

May 20

Growing up, it was normal for “petos” being recovered from drains In the 70s a cousin lost an eye while making a bomb This ⁦

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⁩ investigation captures the rvery day nature and the lethality of Bengal’s cottage industry of bombs

An Express Investigation- Part II: Off the radar, easy to get and assemble: why it’s easy for bombs...

Bomb-making is a thriving cottage industry, its raw materials easy to access and procure. Priced at an average of just over Rs 150 per bomb in rural areas, it’s “cost-effective” too.

Ayush Tiwari

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May 19

The Times group split was finalised last night at the Lutyens bungalow of the Jain brothers, rounding off with a family prayer. Samir Jain gets print and its online titles with half of the real estate assets. Vineet Jain gets broadcast and radio businesses + cashout from print.

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Monika Halan

@monikahalan

May 19

Please prevent the WhatsApp group panic! Rs 2,000 notes are not going the #demo way. They will continue to be legal tender, first reports coming in say, but RBI will stop printing the notes. I see a closed loop circle of Rs2,000 note users emerging who deal with each other!

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This is Aria. She doesn't understand why you taught her to trade if you didn't want her to become a businesswoman. 12/10

Dark mode screengrab of a Facebook post from user Kayla Lezu that reads in part: “Here’s a training failure post to give you a laugh. I taught Aria ‘trade me’ for times when she steals things she isn’t supposed to… Well, now she’s started stealing things on purpose and going to stand by the fridge with them. I guess I taught her how to barter.”

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so complicit w/Adani that it lied to me & said it is investigating, FinMin lied in Lok Sabha said the same. Now SEBI in SC affidavit says not investigating. Lying to SC is perjury. Lying to LS is perjury Adani cover up will be death of SEBI & BJP. Mark my words.

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How Premier Legal Institutions in India Can Do More for Students With Disabilities

May 16

In this article, our colleague

@singhharushi

talks about how premier legal institutions in India are not inclusive of students with disabilities, the lack of guidelines for such institutions & the compliance gaps in the ones that exist

@thewire_in

@avianWE

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The minimal nature of the modifications made in NLIU to accommodate me became very clear to me years later when I got admitted to the National University of Singapore.

How Premier Legal Institutions in India Can Do More for Students With Disabilities

May 16

“They loaned me a wheelchair…shared details of its design in advance, helped me secure a barrier-free accommodation at the varsity hostel” Read this ⁦

@singhharushi

⁩ piece to understand how “disability-friendly” differs from one country to another

thewire.in

The minimal nature of the modifications made in NLIU to accommodate me became very clear to me years later when I got admitted to the National University of Singapore.