In this issue

October 15, 2021

COPS RECREATE LAKHIMPUR CRIME, TIKAIT RAPS ‘RED CARPET ARREST'

THE Special Investigation Team probing the Lakhimpur Kheri violence attempted to recreate the crime scene on Thursday by taking the four accused persons, including Ashish Mishra, the son of union minister of state for Ajay Mishra Teni, to the spot where the violence took place.

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Army officer, soldier killed in Poonch gunfight

Place where encounter broke out is part of same area where 5 soldiers were killed on Oct 11

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Mystical medleys

WHILE many of us grappled to make sense of lockdown life by taking up new interests such as cooking, painting or learning an instrument, the process of creating art while being stuck within four walls affected many artists of the world. For Delhi-based band Kitanu, which was formed in 2017, the pandemic became a bane to their existence. Struggling to produce their debut EP, this five-piece band—Rohan Prasanna on sarod (right in above image), Omkar Raghupatruni on guitar (left in image), Arman Handa on bass guitar, Guru Ganapathi on drums, and Siddhant Sarkar on vocals (centre in image)—that blends folk sounds with conventional Western instruments, was almost on the verge of breaking up even before they could establish themselves. However, luck was on their side; with patience and perseverance, the band managed to launch their eponymous EP in August this year. Their EP is a combination of individual influences of each band member.

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48K aspirants secure DU seats under 2 cut-off lists

More than half of the 70,000 undergraduate seats have been filled

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App-based smart parking launched in South civic body

THE South Delhi Municipal Corporation on Thursday launched a smart parking app — My Parking — that can guide citizens on real-time basis to available parking lots under the civic body’s jurisdiction.

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A ROBUST DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION MISSION ROADMAP

India currently has 34 rural internet subscribers per 100 population. To further strengthen the digital infra, a sustained and comprehensive approach is needed

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Madhya Pradesh CM opens purse strings for educating ‘Ladli Laxmis'

MADHYA Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday transferred ₹5.99 crore as scholarship into the bank accounts of 21,550 girls under his government’s Ladli Laxmi Scheme.

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Taiwan blaze kills 46; many were aged, alone

A building fire that raged out of control for hours overnight in Kaohsiung, a major city in southern Taiwan, left 46 people dead and 41 others injured, authorities said on Thursday.

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ITALY'S NEO-FASCISTS EXPLOIT PUBLIC ANGER AT COVID CURBS

AN extreme-right party’s violent exploitation of anger over Italy’s coronavirus restrictions is forcing authorities to wrestle with the country’s fascist legacy and fueling fears there could be a replay of last week’s mobs trying to force their way to Parliament.

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Anti-Semitism reaching youth over social media: Study

ANTI-SEMITISM is being repackaged and disseminated to a younger generation of social media users through platforms like Instagram and TikTok, according to analysis published on Wednesday.

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