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Reservation in promotions: SCs/STs faced social exclusion, Centre tells SC
Protests, arson as two seers found murdered in Uttar Pradesh
Yatra resumes, 548 pilgrims leave for Amarnath
Mamata Banerjee: Depreciating rupee will kill small businesses
Four soldiers wounded in Kashmir border gunfight
Rahul Gandhi to visit Germany, London next week
Congress President Rahul Gandhi will be visiting Germany and London next week to meet businessmen, politicians, academics and Non-Resident Indians (NRIs), it was announced on Thursday.
"Because of the high demand from NRIs, and political, business, academia, intellectuals and media in EU and UK, President of the Indian National Congress Mr. Rahul Gandhi will be visiting Germany on August 22 and 23 and London on August 24 and 25," US-based engineer and innovator, Sam Pitroda, said in a tweet.
"Rahul Gandhi will give a series of talks at large public events, meet political and business leaders and also interact with intellectuals, academics, students and media.
"Congress president Rahul Gandhi started similar tours about a year ago to interact with global communities, NRIs and Indian Overseas Congress to understand, explore and promote India's interests and aspirations. He first visited US, then Middle East, Singapore and Malaysia," he said.
Pitroda was advisor to former Prime Minist..
Delhi HC reserves order on Sonia, Rahul Gandhi's plea
Atal Bihari Vajpayee a bellwether policy reformer
37-year-old father commits suicide after being depressed over daughter's death
A man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling fan of his rented room here today, following the demise of his two-year-old daughter, police said. Dhirendra Singh, 37, was disturbed after the death of his daughter due to illness three days ago, they said.
Singh's family members said he was very much attached to the daughter who was born after nearly seven years of his marriage, investigating officer Rajendra Prasad Meena said. "The last rites of the girl were performed in Sanganer town, where his parental house is located.
The other family members and relatives were present there, but Dhirendra went to his rented room in the Mansarover area in the morning and committed suicide," police said. The body has been taken to the Jaipuria government hospital for post-mortem, they said.
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Mumbai: 16 students fall ill after having food at school in Bhandup
Mumbai zoo's resident penguin gives birth to country's 'First' chick
Two years after seven Humboldt penguins made the Byculla Zoo here their home, the family now has a new member, a chick, the first to be born in the country, an official said today. The chick hatched out of the egg at the civic-run zoo around 8 pm yesterday, he said. "The chick appeared to be active and its mother 'Flipper' was trying to feed it," the zoo's director, Dr Sanjay Tripathi, said.
It is the first penguin to be born in the country, an official of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said. Flipper had laid a single egg on July 5. The incubation period is generally 40 days, Tripathi said. 'Molt', the youngest of the seven penguins in the zoo, and Flipper, who is the oldest of the lot, have been a couple for a while, he said.
Zoo officials had also kept an artificial incubator on standby, in case Molt and Flipper were unable to hatch the egg. "We were already prepared to have a new member in the penguin family here," the BMC official said, adding that authori..
AAP's leader Ashutosh resigns from party, Arvind Kejriwal rejects resignation
Violence in UP's Auraiya after 2 'sadhus' killed in temple, third injured: polic
Girl found dead in bathroom at rail station; 3 cops injured in brick-batting
Three policemen were injured in brick-batting allegedly by enraged villagers after body of a minor girl was recovered from a bathroom in Barapalasi Railway Station premises in Dumka district this evening, police sources said. The villagers also thrashed a mentally deranged man, who was reportedly living in the station for quite sometime, accusing him of killing the girl aged around six years, they said.
On being informed about the incident, a police team from Jama police station rushed to the spot and rescued the mentally deranged man, who was critically injured after being beaten up badly. The enraged villagers started brick-batting on the police team, causing injuries to three policemen, Superintendent of Police Kaushal Kishore said.
He said all the injured policemen were shifted to Sadar Hospital, where they were provided medical treatment, while the accused was referred to a hospital in Dhanbad. The body has been sent for postmortem, the officer said. Adequate police team has bee..
United Nations: Increase in infrastructure impacting existence of elephants
The increase in the infrastructure and expanse of the railway network through elephant corridors have severely impacted the existence of elephants, a senior United Nations official said today. Erik Solheim, the executive director of UN Environment, underlined that human and animal conflict had become a serious issue and needed to be addressed.
The increase in the infrastructure and expanse of railway network through elephant corridors have severely impacted the existence of elephants and the plastic waste dumped into the forests is finding its way into their stomach, causing serious harm, Solheim said in a video message, while addressing a gathering at the Gaj Mahotsav -- a festival organised to spread awareness on the need to preserve elephants -- here.
"Just like humans have the right to passage, so do elephants. India has 101 elephant corridors and we must do whatever it takes to protect and preserve these," the UN official added.
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Flights affected due to temporary suspension of operations at Kochi airport
Narendra Modi quotes Subramania Bharati in I-Day speech, ends on poetic note
Narendra Modi: Women to be permanently commissioned in armed forces
11 dead, over 30 stranded, rescue operations underway in Madhya Pradesh floods
ATS grills terror accused Vaibhav Raut behind the closed doors of his home
An eight-member team of the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) took terror accused Vaibhav Raut to his residence in Nalasopara last afternoon and interrogated him for about half an hour. Till the time the interrogation was going on, no family member was allowed inside the house or even to talk to Raut.
Sources said that as the ATS team brought Raut into the area, his family members, supporters of Sanatan Sanstha, and some residents gathered outside his home in a show of solidarity. Not a single person left from there till the police took Raut back. Sources added that investigators also took the Innova car belonging to Raut with them.
Other items seized from his home yesterday were a laptop, two CPUs, four airguns, 20 boxes of airgun bullets, two notebooks, a diary, a mobile phone, three SIM cards and some documents, as per senior ATS officers.
Raut, 40, Sharad Kalaskar, 25, and Sudhanva Gondhalkar, 39, were arrested last week over the suspicion that they were plotting terror attacks in the ..
Rs 7.5 crore for 102 dialysis machines, but where are they?
The Shree Siddhivinayak Ganpati Temple Trust, in 2015, had deposited Rs 7.5 crore with the state for 102 dialysis machines across hospitals in Maharashtra. That year, the government had mooted the idea of roping in religious bodies to provide financial assistance, and the trust had promptly responded. Three years later, not a single one of those machines has been procured.
The state public health department's lackadaisical attitude has irked activists and health experts, who have been raising concerns about chronic red-tapism.
Aadesh Bandekar, Chairman, Shree Siddhivinayak Ganpati Temple Trust
Why the delaySenior health department officials told mid-day that the entire process of approvals had got delayed right from the start. An initial tender floated was recalled as there were a few discrepancies, which the government later corrected. Also, instead of the department directly procuring the machines, the job was to be handed over to the state-approved committee at Haffkine Bio-Pharm..
Yogi Adityanath says Aayushman Bharat to benefit six crore people in state
Rajnath Singh speaks to Kerala CM; takes stock of flood situation
Union minister Smriti Irani visits AIIMS to enquire about Vajpayee's health
Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani visited AIIMS this evening to enquire about the health condition of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who has been undergoing treatment at the premier institute.
There was no official update on Vajpayee's health condition. Vajpayee was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on June 11 with kidney tract infection, chest congestion, urinary tract infection and low urine output. The 93-year-old BJP leader, a diabetic, has one functional kidney. He had suffered a stroke in 2009 that weakened his cognitive abilities. Subsequently, he developed dementia.
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Jharkhand CM Raghubar Das says lakhs of jobs created in state
Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Wednesday said his government's development plans in the last three-and-a-half years have led to the creation of more than 31 lakh jobs, and that more than one lakh people have been given government jobs.
Speaking at a function to mark the 72nd Independence Day of the country, he said the image of the state has now changed. "Now people of the state feel proud in calling themselves Jharkhandvasi," he said. He said more than 95 per cent of the candidates who got jobs are Jharkhandis as the government has implemented the domicile policy.
"Soon, more than 50,000 government jobs will be filled in the state. Jharkhand is getting Central support in development works," he said. "In 2013-14, the Centre provided Rs 4,064 crore while the Modi Government in 2014-15 increased the funds by 82 per cent to Rs 7,392 crore, and in 2017-18, the Central aid went up to Rs 13,414 crore," he said. He cited examples of the Central assistance in the form of setting up..
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Cosmos Bank in Pune breached as hackers swipe off Rs 94 crore
A major security breach has rattled the Pune branch of Cosmos Bank, after unidentified person/s hacked its server and transferred Rs 94.42 crore to different accounts, later withdrawing the cash in Hong Kong. The breach happened between August 11 and 13, with bank officials finding out about it on the last day and lodging a complaint.
After Punekars panicked on not being able to withdraw cash from ATMs, the bank clarified that ATMs would remain closed for two days, but account holders were not to worry about their money, as it was intact.
As a precaution, the bank has decided to keep ATMs out of service for two days. Pics/Pradeep Dhivar
According to the bank officials, it was a malware attack on their system. The incident became public after Cosmos Bank managing director Suhas Gokhale, 53, lodged a complaint with the Chaturshringi police against unidentified person/s and Asset and Liabilities (ALM) Trading Limited, Hong Kong, as Rs 13.92 crore was transferred into the latter's accou..
Mumbai: Nair Hospital to get hi-tech centre to perform virtual autopsies
Soon, post-mortem at Nair Hospital will no longer involve cutting open the deceased — it is set to become the 1st civic hospital in Maharashtra to start performing virtual autopsies.
After a delay of almost four years, the hospital will get the first virtual post-mortem centre, where hi-tech diagnostic CT scanners with 3D imaging will be used to scan a body to identify the minutest of fractures, blood clots and other injuries invisible to the naked eye. Municipal Commissioner Ajoy Mehta has given his nod for the project, which will cost around Rs 20 crore.
Bleedin' red tapeIn 2016, AIIMS became the first government hospital to start virtual autopsies. Mumbai had the chance but blew it — in 2014, it was proposed at Sion hospital, but red tape held it back.
Last week, civic officials held a meeting and okayed the idea of starting it as a pilot project in Nair Hospital. If successful, it will be replicated in KEM, Sion and Cooper hospitals.
Idzes Kundan, additional municip..
Pune court grants bail to 170 Maratha protesters
The Pune district sessions court on Tuesday granted bail to 170 Maratha protesters, who were arrested on August 9 for creating a ruckus and damaging public property during the bandh called by the Maratha Kranti Morcha over reservation.
According to sources, Additional Sessions Judge Kishor Wadane granted them bail on the condition that they would not tamper with evidence and leave the Pune district without prior permission from the court. They have also been asked to remain present at the police stations where their cases have been registered, every Sunday between 11 am and 2 pm. Each of them also had to pay a solvent surety of Rs 15,000.
According to the demand of the Pune Bar Association (PBA), which is representing the protesters, all the cases are being heard in the same court. However, the criminal complaints were registered at the Warje-Malwadi, Bundgarden, Kothrud, Hinjewadi and Deccan Gymkhana police stations.
The Pune City police had arrested a total of 192 protesters, incl..
Madhya Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel gets additional charge of Chhattisgarh
Rahul Gandhi's remark disrespectful to majority community: BJP
Rains hit hard Kerala yet again
Congress tells Modi to dissolve Lok Sabha to hold simultaneous polls with states
Dissolve Lok Sabha to hold simultaneous polls with states, Congress tells Modi
Indian dies in Nepal while taking selfie
Delhi Lt Governor Anil Baijal greets people on Independence Day
Delhi Lt Governor Anil Baijal on Tuesday greeted the people on the country's 72nd Independence Day that would be celebrated on August 15.
"As we commemorate our nation's Independence, let us remember and pay homage to the sacrifices of those who laid down their lives to deliver freedom to us," he said in his message. "The Independence Day is an occasion for us to renew our pledge to serve our nation with greater sincerity, commitment and truth," he added.
He also exhorted the people to set an example of good citizenry and emphasized the need to treat all with respect and dignity, irrespective of caste, class, gender, religion or region.
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Bombay HC pulls up Maharashtra officials for inaction on Nirav Modi bungalow
Mumbai pianist's 'Jana Gana Mana' makes history with 72 million YouTube views!
Union minister Kiren Rijiju hails ITBP for rescuing Kinner Kailash pilgrims
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Five-year-old boy drowns as death toll rises to 19 in Himachal rains
A five-year-old boy drowned in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district this morning, taking the death toll in rain-related incidents in the state to 19 in the last two days, an official said. The body of Mohit Pathania, who drowned at Nurpur area, has been recovered and an immediate relief of Rs 10,000 provided to his father, a district official said. At least 18 people have died in various parts of the state during the incessant rains since Sunday evening.
The highest casualty has been in Solan district (eight), followed by Mandi district (four), three in Kangra district, two in Hamirpur district and one each in Bilaspur and Una districts. Interim relief was distributed by the district administrations to the affected families, a state official had said.
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Mumbai: Central Railway takes up restoration of CSMT heritage building
Gangster Arun Gawli tops in-prison exam on Gandhian principles
Whether Gandhian philosophies have been able to change gangster Arun Gawli still remains a question, but it has surely inspired him to top an exam based on the principles of Bapu. Once known as 'Daddy' by his henchmen, notorious goon Gawli has scored 74 marks out of the total 80 in the examination, which is held at the Nagpur Central jail just a day prior to Gandhi Jayanti for about 160 prisoners. Four years back, convict Yakub Memon had topped the same examination.
Speaking to mid-day, Ravindra Bhusari, trustee of Mumbai-based Sayog Trust, which had introduced the examination to bring certain behavioural changes in the prisoners, said, "The exam is based on the books of Gandhian philosophy, which includes his autobiography as well. Last year about 160 prisoners, including under-trial ones, appeared for the test. The hour-long examination is an open book one and mostly has objective type questions."
He further said, "The results were declared on August 10, following which we came to ..
Two killed, six others injured as car overturns while trying to save cow
Two brothers were killed and six others injured when their car overturned in an attempt to save a cow in Rajasthan's Sikar district today, a police official said. The car was on its way to Salasar from Jaipur, said Ghasiram, a sub-inspector posted at Sadar police station.
The deceased were identified as Ashish Saini (26) and Nikhil Saini (22). Three critically injured people were referred to a hospital in Jaipur, the sub-inspector said. The bodies were handed over to family members after postmortem and a case was registered against the car driver, he added.
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Somanth Chatterjee passes away after multiple organ failure
Communist veteran and former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee passed away at a private hospital on Monday morning following multiple organ failure. He was 89. The 10-time Lok Sabha MP is survived by his wife Renu, a son and two daughters. Chatterjee passed away around 8.15 am after his condition deteriorated following a mild heart attack on Sunday, a hospital official said.
"He suffered multiple organ failure and had stopped responding to treatment," the official said. His body was taken to the state assembly, where it was accorded a gun salute, and then to his residence. Chatterjee, who was associated with the CPI-M for most of his life, had donated his body to medical science. It will be handed over to the government-run SSKN hospital later in the day. He had suffered a cardiac arrest, systemic sepsis and renal failure along with respiratory problems and underlying diabetes, said a senior doctor.
Known as a 'bhadralok Communist', Chatterjee had been under treatment for the past..
16 people die in Himachal rains, hundreds remain stranded
Heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh claimed 16 lives, including four of a family, while hundreds of people were stranded across the state after incessant rains triggered landslides, snapping road links, officials said on Monday. A government notification advised people to avoid travel as the weather officials warned of heavy rains in the state till Tuesday and thereafter on August 16 and 17.
Four members of a family were killed in a landslide in Kandaghat subdivision. A boy was washed away in the Kaushalya river. A total of eight persons lost their lives in rain-related incidents in the district.
Landslides led to the death of three persons in Mandi district, while road traffic was disrupted for hours on the Chandigarh-Shimla, Shimla-Nahan, Chamba-Pathankot and Mandi-Pathankot highways. Additional Chief Secretary Manisha Nanda said that 923 roads were closed due to landslides, including six national highways.
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Alagiri, Stalin lock horns over DMK succession war after M Karunanidhi's death
Amit Shah cancels August 16 Himachal visit
BJP President Amit Shah has cancelled his day-long visit to the Himachal Pradesh capital on August 16 owing to bad weather, the party said on Monday.
"Due to heavy rains across the state, Shah's visit to Shimla has been cancelled," state party chief Satpal Satti said in a statement.
Shah was slated to chalk out the strategy for the 2019 general elections in the state. In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, the BJP won all four seats in Himachal.
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Finally, Muslim husband performs 'shradh' for departed Hindu wife
A Muslim man, Imtiazur Rahman, who was denied permission to perform the final rites of his dead Hindu wife at a temple last week because of his religion, has finally been able to hold the ceremony with the help of a Bengali philanthropic cultural society in Delhi.
People associated with the Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Memorial Society in the largely Bengali-populated area of Chittaranjan Park in south Delhi said Rahman, his daughter, some family members and friends attended the ceremony on Sunday.
"They were given a room in the society (premises) and his daughter (Ihini Ambreen) performed the ceremony. We were, of course, disappointed to learn (he was refused permission by the Kali temple society)," a person, who was present at the ceremony, told IANS.
Founded in 1973, the philanthropic society, which runs a non-profit medical centre, library, cultural classes, rents out its premises for social functions.
Rahman, based in Kolkata, lost his wife Nivedita Ghatak in the capital after she ..
M.K. Alagiri says, DMK's true loyalists with me
Former Union Minister M.K. Alagiri on Monday claimed that "true loyalists" of M. Karunanidhi, his father and the late DMK President, were with him.
Paying homage to Karunanidhi at his memorial at the Marina Beach, Alagiri, who was expelled from the DMK in 2014 for criticizing party leaders, told reporters that he poured his anguish about the party to his father.
He said his anguish was about the party and not about the family and the public would come to know the whole story at the appropriate time.
Alagiri declined to comment about the DMK's Executive Committee meeting to be held here on Tuesday, stating that he was no more in the party.
Alagiri aspired to succeed to the DMK's top post but Karunanidhi, when he was alive, preferred his other son M.K. Stalin over the former.
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Mumbai Crime: Biker splashed with water by model's car goes into a rage
An unknown biker, said to be in his mid-20s, hurled abuses and smashed the rearview mirror of model Susheel Jangira's car in Andheri West on Saturday, allegedly after being splashed with rainwater when the car hit a puddle on a waterlogged road."
The incident took place around 3 pm when the 32-year-old was headed from her Lokhandwala residence to the IMPAA office in Andheri West. "A boy came on his two-wheeler and started banging on my car window... Petrified, I rolled down the window. He pointed to his wet jeans and came to attack me, so I hurriedly rolled up it back up. He, in a rage, then smashed the side rearview mirror," Jangira told mid-day, adding, "The lane was packed with people but no one came forward to help me.
The rearview mirror of model Susheel Jangira's car was smashed
Raising a question on women's safety in the city, Jangira said had any man been sitting next to her in the car, the biker would not have dared to do this. "What is our Mumbai Police doing to tackle suc..
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Shiv Sena dismisses PM Narendra Modi's interviews as 'propaganda'
In its first reaction to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's published interview, BJP ally Shiv Sena on Monday described it as "akin to sheer propaganda".
"The reporters sent questions to the PMO, which sent written replies. Many have treated it as an interview. In other words, it is propaganda," the Sena said in 'Saamana' and 'Dopahar Ka Saamana,' the party's mouthpieces.
"It happens in China, Russia and Communist countries, a case of one-sided dialogue," it added.
The Sena pointed out how, in a direct interview, many questions could have been asked and any "fake statement" would have been detected by the interviewer. "That much freedom must be allowed to journalists.
"The incumbent Prime Minister seems to have ended this tradition. He answers what he deems proper and the interviews are published accordingly," the Sena said in a commentary.
It noted that in the interview, the Prime Minister indicated that seven million jobs were created in one year, of which 4.5 million came up betwee..
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Narendra Modi: Hope Pakistan works for terror-free region
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed the hope that Pakistan will work for a South Asia free of terrorism.
"We hope that Pakistan would work for a safe, secure, stable and prosperous region, free from terror and violence," Modi said in an interview to the Times of India published on Sunday. Modi said good neighbourly relations to promote peace and prosperity in the region were vital for New Delhi's Neighbourhood First policy. "For this, we have taken several well-known initiatives from the beginning of our term."
Modi has congratulated cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan on his party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) victory in this year's general elections.
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V.S.Naipaul's death major loss to world of literature: Narendra Modi
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday condoled the death of Nobel Prize-winning author V.S. Naipaul, who shared ancestral roots with India.
"Sir V.S. Naipaul will be remembered for his extensive works, which covered diverse subjects ranging from history, culture, colonialism, politics and more.
"His passing away is a major loss to the world of literature. Condolences to his family and well-wishers in this sad hour," Modi tweeted.
Lady Naipaul confirmed that her husband (85) had died peacefully in London on Saturday.
"He was a giant in all that he achieved and he died surrounded by those he loved having lived a life which was full of wonderful creativity and endeavour," she said in a statement.
President Ram Nath Kovind tweeted that he was saddened to learn about the passing of Naipaul, "whose books are an penetrative exploration of faith, colonialism and the human condition, in his home in the Caribbean and beyond".
"A loss for the world of letters and for the broader sch..
7 minor members of family killed as car falls into ditch in Gujarat
Seven members of a family, all minors, were killed when their car fell into a ditch in Gujarat's Panchmahal district, police said today. The incident happened around midnight yesterday when one of the rear wheels of the car, carrying 10 people, came off at a sharp turn on the Halol-Bodeli road, near Bhat village in Jambughoda tehsil, located around 180 km from here.
As a result, the driver lost control of the vehicle, which plunged into a roadside ditch filled with water, an official at the Jambughoda police station said. While the locals managed to rescue three people, seven others could not be saved, he added. All the deceased belonged to the same family in Bodeli town. They were returning after meeting a relative in Halol, the police official said.
"The three people rescued by the locals were taken to a hospital in Jambughoda. The bodies were also sent to the same hospital for post-mortem," he added. The deceased were identified as Mohammad Bilal (17), Mohammad Rouf (14), Mohammad..
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Country lost one-third of its coastline from erosion, says government report
Natural causes such as cyclones and waves, as well as human activities like construction, have led to nearly one-third of a large part of India's coastline to be eroded in the last 26 years, but almost an equal area has been added because of new sediment deposits, according to a government report. The National Centre for Coastal Research surveyed 6,031 kilometres of India's 7,517-kilometre coastline from 1990 to 2016 and found that 33 percent of it has witnessed erosion, most of it along the eastern coast facing the Bay of Bengal, with West Bengal recording the highest erosion. At the same time, 29 percent of the surveyed coastline saw an accretion, or gain in deposits.
"Erosion and accretion are complementary to each other. If the sand and sediments have drifted from one side, it must accumulate somewhere," said M V Ramana Murthy, director of NCCR and one of the authors of the report. The report says that 2,156.43 kilometres of the country's surveyed coastline faced erosion, wh..
Rahul Gandhi's wink proved how childish the hug was: PM Narendra Modi
Mumbai: Survey reveals using fairness cream is leading to rise in mental illness
Twenty-one-year-old Parul Sharma (name changed), who is currently pursuing an MA in English from a reputable college in Mumbai, first started obsessing over her skin colour when her boyfriend said he was breaking up with her because "her skin was too dark". Unchecked use of over-the-counter fairness creams soon caused her to develop a skin infection, which in turn led to depression. Sharma now suffers from dysmorphophobia — a preoccupation with an imagined defect in one's physical appearance — refuses to leave her room or even go to college. Sharma is not alone. Recently, 1,992 people were surveyed from the city for a first-of-its-kind research paper, which points out how even a cosmopolitan city like Mumbai, is fixated with the idea of being fair-skinned.
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The study, conducted by Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS), and published in the international journal, Front Public Health, revealed how both men and women take to using fairnes..
