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Why Joshimath is sinking, and its larger environmental repercussions
Jan 8, 2023

"Everything depends on this: a fathomless sinking into a fathomless nothingness": Joshimath sinking - 10 crore people visit Uttarakhand a year, how much can it take say experts, Nainital, Mussoorie, Dharchula and several towns could face similar disaster

DEHRADUN: In 2022, close to five crore tourists, 3.8 crore Kanwar yatris and 45 lakh Char Dham pilgrims, visited Uttarakhand. While 2022 emerged as the most successful year for tourism in the context of footfall, it has simultaneously raised several questions about the infrastructure availability, carrying capacity of hill towns, scientific study, assessment and several other key factors related to the well-being of the mountains and residents.
Indian woman fighter pilot set to script history during exercises in Japan next week
Jan 8, 2023

“Smell the sea & feel the sky, Let your soul and spirit fly”: Creating history, an Indian Air Force woman fighter pilot, squadron leader Avani Chaturvedi, will be part of the Indian contingent for the aerial war games exercise Veer Guardian 2023 in Japan

Squadron Leader Avani Chaturvedi, one of the first three women fighter pilots of the Indian Air Force (IAF), will script history once again next week as the inaugural joint Air Exercise between India and Japan kicks off at the Hyakuri Air Base on January 12.  
What is cow cuddling: People paying $200/hour
Jan 8, 2023

"There is more power in a good strong hug than in a thousand meaningful words": In Hinduism, we have been communicating with the cow since beginning and ridiculed for that, Guess what? West is now using Cow Hug therapy to cure their stress and anxiety

From goat yoga to sound baths, the world is full of wellness trends designed to soothe and calm both body and spirit. Now, a self-care practice hailing from the Netherlands is promising practitioners serenity, and perhaps a smile or two.
Meet Kuku Ram: Once bonded labourer, now ‘Mr World’ at 53
Jan 8, 2023

“If you want something you never had, you have to do something you’ve never done”: Kuku Ram - Once a bonded laborer, drove rickshaw, and at present a raw sweeper in Municipal Corporation won a gold medal for India in World Body Building at the age of 53

PATIALA: At 53, former bonded labourer and second-generation contractual safai karamchari (sanitation worker) Kuku Ram, has returned with a gold medal for the country in body-building at Mr World championship in Thailand, while his disciple and colleague Mukesh Kumar of Rajpura took the silver.
Nelson Mandela's First TV Interview, May 1961
Jan 7, 2023

“As long as poverty, injustice, & gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest”: Nelson Mandela’s First TV Interview of 1961, where Mandela explores the complex relationship between peace and violence as protest and negotiation tactics

The year was 1961. Nelson Mandela was already a wanted man.
AS Dulat: A spymaster who presided over one disaster after another — yet was never left out in the cold
Jan 7, 2023

“When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend”: AS Dulat, who coauthored a book with former ISI chief and described death penalty to Afzal Guru was "unfortunate" joined Rahul Gandhi in Bharat Jodo Yatra

For those unversed with his exploits, it needs to be reiterated that despite his popularity across board, this spymaster has delivered pretty little on the ground.
Great Banyan Tree
Jan 7, 2023

“Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago”: Great banyan tree in Kolkata's Botanical Garden is world's widest tree with 3600 aerial roots spread in 156000 sqfeet area gives an impression of thick patch of forest

Nature has countless ways to express itself, and it is every expression is wondrous. The cycle of a seed transforming into a sapling and then growing into a massive canopy, eventually producing flowers, seeds and fruits is nothing short of a miracle.
Skeletons of Roopkund Lake
Jan 7, 2023

“Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore”: Skeletons of Roopkund Lake of Chamoli, India - legend of Nanda Devi so enraged at outsiders who defiled her mountain sanctuary that she rained death upon them by flinging hailstones “hard as iron”

IN 1942 A BRITISH FOREST guard in Roopkund, India made an alarming discovery. Some 16,000 feet above sea level, at the bottom of a small valley, was a frozen lake absolutely full of skeletons. That summer, the ice melting revealed even more skeletal remains, floating in the water and lying haphazardly around the lake’s edges. Something horrible had happened here.
Delhi High Court refuses to entertain Sameer Wankhede's plea seeking protection in the disproportionate assets case
Jan 6, 2023

"To no one we shall sell, to no one we shall deny or defer right or justice": Delhi High Court refuses to entertain Sameer Wankhede plea seeking protection in the disproportionate assets case, came to limelight as NCB questioned celebrities in drugs case

The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea by former Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Mumbai Zonal director Sameer Wankhede seeking protection from search, seizure or arrest in a disproportionate assets case against him.