Forest fires are not just confined to countries like the United States of America (California, 2020), Brazil (Amazon forest, 2019-2020) or Australia (2019-20); they happen every year across many states in India too. Media reports suggest that forest fires have taken place in the recent months in Odisha's Simlipal National Park, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, among other states. Forest fires have also been reported this year in Nagaland-Manipur border (Dzukou...
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India records over 3.5 lakh new cases and 2,809 deaths on April 25, 2021
-The Hindu Maharashtra accounts for 20% followed by U.P., Karnataka India’s daily COVID-19 tally crossed the 3.5-lakh mark on April 25, with 3,54,880 new cases and a whopping 2,809 deaths recorded till 11 p.m. IST on Sunday. The country has so far reported a total of 1,73,06,647 cases and 1,95,119 deaths. Maharashtra reported 66,191 infections, accounting for 20% of the new cases, followed by Uttar Pradesh (35,614) and Karnataka (34,804). Maharashtra also recorded...
More »Kerala beedi worker wishing to stay anonymous donates Rs 2 lakh to Covid fight, retains Rs 850
-The New Indian Express “The man said his money was not bigger than the life of his fellow beings. Several such donations are being received,” CM Pinarayi Vijayan said in his evening media briefing. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Most people don’t mind donating money to a good cause. But only a few would be willing to give away almost all their savings in charity. A beedi worker from Kannur, whose identity is yet to be...
More »Beds to cylinders, people lend a hand on social media -Surbhi Gupta
-The Indian Express Many groups, previously engaged with blood donation, have also stepped up to the task. From fulfilling plasma needs, these volunteers are now working on getting ventilators, oxygen cylinders, hospitals beds and medicines. For over a week, citizen volunteers across the country, from students to social media influencers, have been responding to SOS requests on Twitter from Covid patients seeking oxygen, ventilators, hospital beds, plasma and medicines. The website has become...
More »Farmers’ Protest: Civil Society Members Ask PM To Initiate Dialogue, End Deadlock -Kusum Arora
-TheWire.in The letter also appealed to the Samyukt Kisan Morcha leadership, the umbrella body of various farmer unions, to respond positively to the government’s invite if it is extended. Jalandhar: Urging the Centre to end the deadlock in the ongoing farmers’ protest, renowned intellectuals from across the country have written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union agriculture minister Narendra Tomar to invite the farmers for dialogue ‘immediately’. Civil society members...
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