In Yogi’s UP, 12 year-old Brahmin boy works as daily-wage labourer, lives in roofless house

February 10, 2021

Poverty is a bane on everyone, and comes into people’s lives uninvited. This is why the Indian State funds so many welfare schemes to alleviate poverty in the country, thus helping several families to escape from the clutches of this soul-crushing social malady. However, almost all these welfare schemes are aimed at either SCs, STs, OBCs or minorities.

But surely, poverty and hunger don’t see caste. There are several poor people who are ineligible to be the recipients of any government welfare scheme by virtue of them belonging to the upper castes; folks who are barely eking out a living and are somehow just managing to survive. This is the story of one such boy whom no government scheme has been able to help.

12 year-old Dani Sharma lives alone in Shergarh near Mathura in Uttar Pradesh. Dani does not go to school. He says that due to him being a Brahmin, the school does not waive his fees or give him a scholarship. As he has no money to buy food, so paying the school fees is out of the question. Instead of going to school, Dani works as a daily wage labourer whenever he can. Whatever money he earns, he buys food and provisions for himself. He does not, and can not, work everyday as he is not able to do much work. Often, he goes hungry for days on end. According to Dani, he is not the beneficiary of any government scheme.

Whenever he is able to buy provisions, he cooks rotis on a steel plate ― as he does not have a tawa ― on a chulha, an open stove that uses firewood as fuel.

Dani cooking his meal on a steel plate | Credits: Falana Dikhana

Dani's meal — Dani’s meal | Credits: Falana Dikhana

Dani sleeps beneath the skies out in the cold every night outside his house, as the house is in such disrepair that the walls might fall down any moment. The rooms of the house have no roof either.

Dani Sharma standing amidst the rubble of his house | Credits: Falana Dikhana

Crumbling walls and wild bushes keep Dani Sharma company. His father Deendayal Sharma passed away when Dani was 2 years old. Relatives and family friends came together to get his two elder sisters married. His mother married again, after which he has been living on his own.

Despite not having enough money for food, Dani’s love and affection for his father makes him light a diya in front of his father’s photograph.

A photograph of Dani's father — A photograph of Dani’s father | Credits: Falana Dikhana

Despite crores of rupees being spent by the government on several welfare schemes, no government scheme has been able to ensure that Dani Sharma gets three square meals everyday, that he is able to sleep on a full stomach or that he even goes to school — which, it may be pointed out, the Indian state is obligated to ensure for the child for free, as part of the RTE Act. The Hindi news portal Falana Dikhana had published a report on the conditions the 12 year old lives in.

A Twitter user even sent out a video of Dani in a tweet, tagging the handles of the Uttar Pradesh government, UP CM Yogi Adityanath and BJP leader Kapil Mishra ― all to no avail. Why is the administration of a country that proudly calls itself “Vishwaguru” is so apathetic to this 12 year Brahmin boy?

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The question that arises is this: when a country that proudly calls itself “Vishwaguru” is administered by a state that computes electoral utility of a citizen before deciding whether they deserve the state’s beneficence, where do we as a nation see ourselves heading?

(This article is based on the story carried by Falana Dikhana)

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Highlights from PM Modi’s reply to Motion of Thanks on President’s address in Lok Sabha

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February 10, 2021

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (February 10), delivered his motion of thanks to the President’s address and spoke at length about the farmer empowerment laws and the issues surrounding it.

Here are some of the highlights from his speech:

“When the last British commander left India, he said that India is a land of many countries and it would break. We are on the cusp of celebrating our 75 years of independence. It’s a matter of pride for every Indian & an occasion to move forward.”

“We may be in any corner of the world or belong to any strata of society but we must make a new resolve on where we want to take India at 100 years of freedom”

“Every nation has a message to deliver, a mission to fulfil, a destiny to reach. The mission of India has been to guide humanity. -Swami Vivekanand”

“A new world order took shape after the end of the Second World War and structure to guide the world towards peace. However, everyone can speak peace but not everyone practiced and many countries only increased their military strength.”

“Post corona will also shape a new world order but only time will tell who will lead it but one thing is certain, India cannot be on the sidelines and India must be strong to be part of the new world order and Athamnibhar is the way.”

“Corona was an invisible enemy and no one thought we would succeed but 130 crore people of India and their. discipline and I give credit to the people. We will develop our infrastructure.”

“God blessed India because our doctors, nurses and safai karamcharirs became gods because they did their job and no matter how much we celebrate them it is less.”

“75 crore Indians were provided with rations and using jandhan, aadhar was able to give 2 lakh crore rupees to the people. But we must also ask who tried to stop Aadhar and went to the Supreme Court which would have prevented the poor from getting the facilities.”

“Even in this difficult times we kept our promise of reforms and we have taken some important steps and because of that record sales in cars and tractors and GST and experts all over the world say India will achieve double-digit economic growth.”

“We also brought 3 farm laws to counter years of struggle in our agriculture sector. I wish Congress had discussed the content and intent on the farm laws.”

“Right now many brothers and sisters are sitting outside Delhi because on false notions but the govt will always respect them and that is why ministers were in constant touch with them.”

“This disruption of debate is a pre-planned strategy to divide people and that is why the opposition will never win the trust of the people.”

“I want to ask.. after the farm laws were passed has there been any change on how to sell produce and who the farmers can sell because they have options. In fact we have given more money to improve the old Mandies. These Andolancharies create fear-mongering and confusion”

“I find it strange that when the opposition says we did not ask for these laws but why was it introduced, however, as a progressive nation we brought triple talaq laws, women inheritance laws, dowry laws. No one asked for it but we did.”

“Congress is a confused party that is incapable of helping itself or the country.”

“There have been great Indians who swam against the current to bring changes which were later accepted by the people like Ishwar Chandra Vidya Sagar, Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Jothybhai Phulay and BR Ambedkar. Also should we not be sensitive to the people and bring reforms before people ask because that is the best form of democracy.”

“Reform is necessary because even after independence until the 1970 there was a “Churchill Cigar Assistant (CCA)” almost 25 years after Independence to supply him the famed Trichinopoly cigar. However, the fact is Churchill died in 1965″

“No one held protests to have bank accounts or asked for toilets but my government did that anyway because the days of feudalism are over where the people have to ask and we must enable people to exercise their rights.”

“We need investment in our agriculture sector and empower our farmers and not just make wheat and rice and we must not import from other countries. The time has come to reform our agriculture and we must ensure our farmers not be depended on the government.”

“As long as farmers are not helped there can be no progress that is why my government has created policies to help them and have earmarked 1 lakh crore for the agriculture sector.”

“The country needs to differentiate between farmers and andolanjeevs who destroyed mobile towers and spread disinformation.”

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Petition filed in Court to remove false information in school textbooks about ‘Periyar’ getting title from ‘UNESCO’

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February 10, 2021

A petition has been filed in the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court to remove the portion in Tamil Nadu school textbooks which had mentioned that E.V. Ramasamy Naicker (known as ‘Periyar’ by his followers) had got a title from UNESCO as ‘Socrates of Southeast Asia’, something that never happened.

The Court has now ordered directed the committees in charge of preparing textbooks for schools and colleges to review and take action within 12 weeks.

The petition filed by an advocate Muhammad Razvi, stated that in the Class 9 textbooks published by Tamil Nadu government and a few college textbooks, it is mentioned that Periyar was awarded the title of Socrates of Southeast Asia by UNESCO which is completely false, adding that everyone knows that India does not come in the list of Southeast Asian countries.

It stated that this award was given to Periyar by former Chief Minister Karunanidhi in 1970 and went on to state that misinformation was deliberately spread among school and college students for political gain in the name of history during the DMK regime under Karunanidhi.

“The Government of Tamil Nadu should intervene and remove the historical error in the textbook to ensure that students are not misled. Therefore, it should be ordered to remove the misinformation about Periyar in the ninth standard textbook and the higher education textbook.”, the petition stated.

The petition also added that in Tamil Nadu, the Dravidar Kazhagam and its affiliates in continue to spread anti-Hindu sentiments and speak indecently of Hindu deities.

“They are working to create separatism, caste and religious conflicts in the country and to harm the national interest. Failure to take action against them will have a major impact on the country and the unity that exists in the country.”, the petition said.

The petition came up for hearing before the bench of Justices MM Sundaresh and S Anandi. Advocate K. Neelamekam argued on behalf of the petitioner. The judges then considered the petitioner’s petition and directed the committees in-charge of preparing the textbooks to take appropriate action within 12 weeks.

The controversy

The issue was first brought to light by a person named Jagannath Srinivasan who back in May 2019 wrote in his Facebook post that ‘Periyar’ being awarded the title of ‘Socrates of Southeast Asia’ by the UNESCO was a sham. He had reported the false information mentioned in E.V. Ramasamy Naicker’s Wikipedia page following which the information was removed from the free online encyclopedia. This had irked the Dravida Kazhagam and its president K. Veeramani who in an issue of Viduthalai spewed venom against Jagannath Srinivasan by making casteist and bigoted remarks.

Later, Mr. Prabhakaran, the son of Dalit activist and BJP leader TADA Periyasami filed an RTI with the Tamil Nadu Information Commission asking if the fact about ‘Periyar’ getting the title from ‘UNESCO’ mentioned in the Tamil Nadu textbook was true. The Commission had replied that a private organization with a similar name had given the title. The fact is that the award was sponsored by Tamil Nadu UNESCO Mandram (no way related to the United Nations), and awarded by late former DMK leader M. Karunanidhi in the presence of Dravida Kazhagam President K. Veeramani.

The issue gained the deserved traction after Maridhas, an independent YouTuber exposed in a video about the sham. He had stated that he received an email from the UNESCO office in Delhi that confirmed that no such award/title was given to E.V. Ramasamy Naicker.

For more than 40 years, this lie has been peddled with several articles and research papers on EVR written based on this lie. None in the media or those belonging to the ‘intellectual’ circle who speak of facts has ever opened their mouths about this blatant lie peddled.

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Pastor accidentally drowns infant during baptism in Romania

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February 10, 2021

As other ‘secular’ religions continue to criticize Hindu rituals as being superstitious and outdated, an incident in which a pastor accidentally killed an infant during a baptism has caused quite a stir. Missionaries usually take those who wish to convert to Christianity to pools, rivers, lakes, and oceans where they can be baptized and declare them to having accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour.

However, opposition against this custom is already growing in the West. The demand for abandoning this practice has been strengthened by the fact that three children have been killed during a baptismal event in Romania, having drowned in water.

Recently, a baby was rushed to the hospital after suffering a heart attack following its baptism. However, doctors pronounced the baby to be dead. Physical examination revealed that the baby’s lungs were completely waterlogged and that it died of suffocation. The Conservative Church, where the incident took place, has come under fire for this incident. A petition has been launched online requesting that the baptism ceremony be abandoned. It has over 57,000 signatures.

Investigative agencies have launched an investigation into the priest who conducted the baptismal service at the church. While some priests claim that a few drops of water on the head is enough, the archbishop insists that the baptismal rite be performed in the old-fashioned way. Meanwhile, back in India, there has been a controversy as missionaries have been involved in such activities, conducting baptisms in the lakes and ponds on the temple premises.

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Man feels lump in throat, scan shows that he swallowed Airpod while sleeping

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February 10, 2021

In a bizarre event that happened in Massachusetts in the United States of America, a man woke up to a lump in his throat only for the doctors to tell him that he had accidentally swallowed his Airpod while sleeping.

Bradford Gauthier woke up one morning with an uneasy feeling in his throat that just refused to go away. He went on to shovel the snow in front of his house and had several gulps of water, or rather, tried to.

“It wouldn’t go down, I had to lean over to let it spill out into the sink. Gross,” he wrote on his Facebook profile talking about the unusual event.

He added that he searched his bedroom looking for his two Airpods, but managed to find only one. Trying to put two and two together, he then went to get a scan following his son’s suggestion and realised that what had been a running joke had indeed become true. He had immediately booked a doctor’s appointment and gotten an endoscopy done. This incident is a serious warning to those who wear their earbuds while sleeping.

This is not the first time that some such an incident has happened. A Taiwanese man discovered that his Airpods still worked normally after he had swallowed them and they were surgically removed from his stomach.

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Researchers in IIT-BHU develop eco-friendly adsorbent from rice husk for water treatment

The Commune

February 10, 2021

IIT BHU researchers develop eco-friendly adsorbent

A research team from IIT-BHU has developed an eco-friendly and inexpensive adsorbent made entirely from rice husk which, they claim, can be used to remove heavy metal toxic ions from wastewater. The team, from the School of Biochemical Engineering from the University, claims that the adsorbent can be used to separate ions like hexavalent chromium from wastewater. They claim that this can be used to help and clean the Ganga river.

This work has been published in the “Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering”.

The team, headed by Dr Vishal Mishra, synthesised the adsorbent and showed it to be effective in the adsorption and reduction of hexavalent chromium from wastewater. Doctoral fellows Veer Singh and Jyoti Singh were also part of the team.

Dr Mishra said in an interview that hexavalent chromium is responsible for several types of health problems in the human body like various types of cancers, kidney and liver failure. This adsorbent is effective in the removal of toxic metal ions from wastewater as compared to other conventional methods and, that too, in less time.

“In developing countries, water-borne diseases are a major problem. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), each year, 3.4 million people, mostly children, die from water-related diseases. Improving water quality can reduce global water-borne diseases. Cancer due to heavy metals is also a severe problem worldwide,” he added.

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Twitter issues statement prior meeting with MeitY, Govt ‘Koos’ response to Twitter

The Commune

February 10, 2021

After Twitter failed to comply with the Ministry of Information and Technology’s request for action on accounts spreading inflammatory propaganda on the social media platform, the government seems to have adopted a stern stance.

Twitter on Wednesday said in a statement that it had withheld some of the accounts identified in the blocking orders under our Country Withheld Content policy within India but did not take any action on accounts of alleged media outlets, journalists, activists and politicians. Earlier, Twitter had temporarily blocked these accounts over comments made by them on the platform using the hashtag #ModiPlanningFarmerGenocide. However, in just a few hours the accounts were reactivated citing “free speech” and because it found the content “newsworthy”.

After Twitter reactivated these accounts, MeitY sent a notice to the micro-blogging site under section 69A of the IT act following which Twitter released a statement stating the reason for not blocking certain accounts.

In response to this, MeitY, hinting that it would be not be taking things for granted posted its response to Twitter on Koo, the Indian version of Twitter.

The government’s response on Koo is seen as a subtle and loaded message to Twitter to pull up its sock and obey the law of land.

In the earlier notice issued by MeitY to Twitter, it said “Twitter is an intermediary and they are obliged to obey the directions of the government. Refusal to do so will invite penal action”

It added that the “motivated campaigns” on the platform and the controversial hashtag around Prime Minister Narendra Modi were being run to “abuse, inflame and create tension in society on unsubstantiated grounds”.

The government gave a very strong warning to Twitter that failure to comply with its order would invite action against the company under Section 69A [3] of the IT Act, under which senior officials of the micro-blogging site could face a jail term of up to seven years, and a financial penalty.

Only after this Twitter began to understand the gravity of the situation and assured the government that it is looking into all the concerns raised by the government and it will take stock of the content on the handles flagged by it.

As of now, Twitter has deactivated 126 of the 257 handles that had originally tweeted using the hashtag, sources were quoted in the report as saying. Also, it has deactivated 583 of the 1,178 handles that the government suspected to have links with Khalistani and Pakistani elements to spread misinformation and provocative content.

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Alcohol, considered ‘haram’ in Islam gets ‘halal’ certificate in Kerala, Hindu Aikyavedi President K P Sasikala points out hypocrisy

The Commune

February 10, 2021

Following the incident where a Hindu Aikyavedi worker was arrested for a post on Halal, the organization’s President K.P. Sasikala has lashed out calling out the hypocrisy in a Facebook post which is now going viral.

Sasikala in her post pointed out how alcohol products are getting a “halal certificate” and questioned how such a certificate can be given to a product that has ingredients considered ‘haram’ (forbidden) in Islam.

K P Sasikala said that a prominent company got halal certification for producing Ethyl Acetate which is composed of 90% alcohol and 10% distilled water. Incidentally, alcohol falls under the category of Haram i.e. forbidden for the Muslims.

India has been exporting this product to various nations, including the Middle-East, and as per available data, five years ago these products only needed a certificate from the food standards authorities. However, due to pressure exerted by authorities in the Middle East, halal certification had to be issued in order for the products to be exported.

Halal certification is based on Islamic religious principles, but more importantly, it is also based on a monetary principle where the halal certificate issuing authority ― the authority being Muslim organisations or private bodies ― charges ₹50,000 per certification. What is even more disturbing is that the amount has to be given in “cash and not via cheque”.

Sasikala only pointed out at the blatant hypocrisy in her Facebook post and said that with money, anything haram can be converted to halal.

The other significant aspect pointed out by her are the threats emanating from halal certification ― the certification is seen by many as an act of waging an economic jihad and maintaining a monopoly on industries, and ultimately, the economy.

(With inputs from Organiser)

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Secret nuclear powered surveillance equipment left in Nanda Devi in 1965 may have caused flash flood

The Commune

February 10, 2021

The catastrophic glacier burst which caused massive flash floods in the Tapovan area of Chamoli has expressed concerns this cataclysmic event may have been produced by a radioactive device, reports Times of India.

Raini village bore the brunt of the destruction caused by the flash floods and locals are relating this to a top-secret mission which was carried out in 1965 conducted by the American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Indian Intelligence Bureau (IB) to plant nuclear-powered surveillance equipment on the summit of the mountain, India’s second-highest (after Kanchenjunga) for spying on China.

This mission was carried out after the aftermath of the ignoble defeat India suffered at the hands of China in 1962. Fearing India might fall, American President John F Kennedy gave military aid to India and came to its rescue and this mission was to monitor the communication from China which as a country was closed to the rest of the world.

However, the number one reason was in 1963 China had conducted its first nuclear test and so this clandestine mission was carried out to install a nuclear-powered spying device on the summit of Nanda Devi peak. But due to bad weather, the expedition team left the nuclear-fuelled generator and plutonium capsules with the intention of renewing its attempt at a later date.

However, the mountaineering team carrying out this hazardous expedition got caught in a blizzard and had to return, leaving the device at the base of the mountain. When they returned a year later, they could not find the device and even after numerous expeditions the device could not be traced.

Since the power source for this device was nuclear, the life span for the radio surveillance is over 100 years and now many believe that the lost nuclear device could have caused the flood.

According to the people who live in the Raini village in Chamoli district, which is situated in the Nanda Devi Biosphere, they noticed an extremely pungent smell in the air as muck and rubble from the mountain came rolling down and fell into the Rishiganga river.

“The smell was so intense that we were not able to breathe for some time. Had it been only debris and snow, it would not have carried such a smell. This has triggered concerns in our village that the long-lost radioactive device – about which our elders used to tell us – may be behind the incident,” said Deveshwari Devi, a resident of Jugju village, from where several men had served as porters during the 1965 expedition.

Now the villagers are concerned about the possible radioactive pollution caused by this device.

“During the 1965 expedition, we are told that the mountaineering team faced bad weather while they were above the base camp and they had to leave the device at a safe place there. If the device is buried under the snow somewhere in the area and is radiating heat, then of course there would be more melting of snow and further avalanches. We urge the government to immediately start a search operation for the device before there are more disasters,” said Sangram Singh Rawat, a local.

The leader of the expedition, Capt Manmohan Singh Kohli, was quoted saying in TOI report, “After the Chinese carried out their first nuclear test in 1964, the US decided to spy on China’s nuclear capabilities via India. The CIA asked the Indian government if it could plant a sensor. The government, which at the time blindly followed the CIA, agreed. On June 23, 1965, we did a trial run on Mount McKinley in Alaska, and then went to Nanda Devi, but had to turn back because of bad weather conditions. Unable to carry it back, we left the device there. We went back in May 1966 to search for it, and again in 1967 but had no luck. In 1968, we finally abandoned the search. Because it was a top-secret mission, we were not allowed to disclose what we were doing even to our families. The American agents used aliases. The whole thing was quite exhausting, but we were in the service of the nation,”.

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DMK leader RS Bharathi calls late leader Jayalalithaa a ‘moodhevi’ and TN CM a ‘dog’, takes jibe at Jaya not having heir and questions ‘potency’ of TN CM

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February 10, 2021

Yet again, RS Bharathi, the Organizational Secretary of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), who had earlier spoken derogatorily of Dalits, has now made derogatory comments about Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami, late AIADMK supremo J. Jayalalithaa and Sasikala.

With the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections just around the corner, political parties in Tamil Nadu have gone into campaign mode. Speaking at an event held in Ambattur in Chennai, DMK leader R.S. Bharthi said that the current regime of Edappadi K. Palaniswami would end in two new moons.

“He has forgotten with whose help, this dog, this man sat on the CM’s chair. Those who kick the ladder that they used for climbing up has never met a good end. I would say even MGR is also like that. MGR was nurtured and made into a leader by this movement. But you know what happened when he betrayed. He passed away without being able to speak.”, RS Bharathi said.

He also said that it was he who sent Jayalalithaa to jail in TANSI case. “Go wake her up from the samadhi [memorial] and ask”, he added.

He went on to say in his speech “Recently, Jayalalithaa’s memorial hall was opened on January 27. They gave ₹40,000 per bus from all over Tamil Nadu. They gave ₹2000 to those who boarded the bus. They picked them up and dropped them off at Marina Beach. Edappadi and OPS thought that the whole crowd would come to the Jayalalithaa memorial. But the crowd thought, instead of visiting that ‘moodhevi’ (a derogatory slang in Tamil), they visited Kalaignar’s [Karunanidhi’s] memorial”, said R.S Bharathi.

He continued, “After MGR, did you (pointing out to ADMK) make RM Veerappan the Chief Minister? No. You made his wife Janaki the Chief Minister. After that, you made Jayalalithaa, who played MGR’s wife on screen for 25 years, the Chief Minister. First wife, then someone who acted as his wife on screen. Were you able to bring in Nedunchezhiyan? Were you able to bring Panruti Ramachandran? Were you able to bring in RM Veerappan? You are talking about dynasty politics looking at us. If you have no heir, how can we arrange for that?”

Speaking further about CM Palaniswami, RS Bharathi said “”When Udhayanidhi Stalin spoke, he said that you fell at the feet of Sasikala and became CM. But Udhayanidhi is facing a case for that. EPS went between the 2 legs of the table and then went below her 2 legs and fell down”.

Udhayanidhi Stalin speaking during a campaign spoke slanderous of CM Edappadi K. Palaniswami and Sasikala for which advocate Rajalakshmi lodged a complaint with the Chennai Police Commissioner’s Office. The Central Criminal Division police, which accepted the complaint, filed a case against Udayanithi Stalin in 4 sections.

However, this is not the first time DMK cadres have made obscene remarks in public speeches. Earlier, RS Bharathi found himself in a controversy when he made derogatory remarks on Dalit judges. Speaking at an event in the DMK youth wing headquarters, in February last year, the DMK MP had said it was due to the alms (picchai) given by the Dravidian Movement that persons from SC community became judges.

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In Yogi’s UP, 12 year-old Brahmin boy works as daily-wage labourer, lives in roofless house

Highlights from PM Modi’s reply to Motion of Thanks on President’s address in Lok Sabha

Petition filed in Court to remove false information in school textbooks about ‘Periyar’ getting title from ‘UNESCO’

Pastor accidentally drowns infant during baptism in Romania

Man feels lump in throat, scan shows that he swallowed Airpod while sleeping

Researchers in IIT-BHU develop eco-friendly adsorbent from rice husk for water treatment

Twitter issues statement prior meeting with MeitY, Govt ‘Koos’ response to Twitter

Alcohol, considered ‘haram’ in Islam gets ‘halal’ certificate in Kerala, Hindu Aikyavedi President K P Sasikala points out hypocrisy

Secret nuclear powered surveillance equipment left in Nanda Devi in 1965 may have caused flash flood

DMK leader RS Bharathi calls late leader Jayalalithaa a ‘moodhevi’ and TN CM a ‘dog’, takes jibe at Jaya not having heir and questions ‘potency’ of TN CM

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