After repeatedly taking requests to the officials for a decent road, villagers of Lambloo, Ghumarin and Gumar have taken things into their own hands. From donating their lands to bringing in a JCB machine, the villagers tackled govt apathy by themselves.
Claiming it to be the first-of-its-kind initiative in the world, Union minister Nitin Gadkari tweeted about the bamboo crash barriers installed on Maharashtra highway. The barriers provide an eco-friendly alternative to the steel instalments.
In India, about 11 per cent of its population is predicted to be obese by 2035, according to the World Obesity Atlas 2023. Out of this, childhood obesity will predominant see an annual rise of 9.1 per cent.
The education system in India has been criticised for following a pattern of “fetch marks, land a job.” But for lakhs of engineering students in the country, securing a job is not as easy and experts point the flaws in the educational system for such a huge “employability gap.”
The court announced its verdict on the Hathras gangrape-murder case of 2020, and acquitted three out of the four accused. Only one accused has been held guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
Two women lawmakers – Hekhani Jakhalu and Salhoutuonuo Kruse of the ruling Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP), have made history by becoming the first ever women MLAs Nagaland has seen in 60 years of its statehood.
February 2023 witnessed unusually high temperatures in many parts of the country, with the monthly average maximum temperatures setting the highest recorded for February since 1901. With the heat wave expected to continue until May, the Centre’s advisory is necessary to safeguard oneself from the scorching heat.
The watchdog’s report states that out of the total 187 internet shutdowns worldwide, 84 took place in India. More than 50% of the country’s internet shutdowns were observed in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370.
Helmets are necessary for road safety, but for over 40 employees at a state power department office, the helmets provide protection against the plaster that’s falling off the dilapidated office building.
Bandicoot, “the world’s first ever robotic scavenger,” was designed by the Kerala-based startup in an effort to eliminate manual scavenging and provide respite for the workers engaged in the hazardous profession.
