Music & Dance A qawwali to quit alcohol Stories can change lives, teach valuable lessons and of course entertain. And when they are set to music, they can...
NEWS ETC Migration causing lower voter turnout in Uttarakhand, situation to worsen due to COVID19: Report An analysis by a non-profit organisation shows that migration of population from Uttarakhand to other states is contributing to a...
NEWS ETC More than 70% surveyed rural household in Andhra consume iodised salt: Survey A survey to assess the iodine nutrition status in Andhra Pradesh has found that 71.9 per cent households in the...
NEWS ETC ‘At 350 deaths, Maharashtra reports the highest toll due to extreme weather events in 2021’ 2021 was the fifth warmest year on record since 1901, as per the India Meteorological Department. The Met department also...
NEWS ETC Three doses of Vaxzevria/Covishield give good protection against Omicron, claim manufactures Trials of a vaccine, sold as Covishield in India and Vaxzevria elsewhere, shows increased antibody response to Omicron. It also...
Livelihood Holy cow? Not for the UP farmer, who now spends nights protecting crops against stray cattle attacks Stray cattle in the rest of the country have reduced by 3.2% from 2012 to 2019. However, their population has...
NEWS ETC COVID19 vaccines ‘may need to be updated’: WHO body A technical advisory group established by WHO suggests the current COVID19 vaccines need to elicit immune responses that are “broad,...
NEWS ETC Omicron outbreak: ‘Hospitalisation rate 5%-10% but situation ‘dynamic’, may change rapidly’ Today, the country recorded 1,79,723 fresh COVID19 cases, increasing the active caseload to 723,619. The daily positivity rate stood at...
Health Abstinence for a month is all it took Babuji to quit alcohol forever As part of a series on raising awareness against the harmful effects of alcohol, here’s the story of Babuji who...
NEWS ETC Uttar Pradesh to vote in 7 phases from Feb 10; Election Commission announces poll schedule for 5 states Elections are to be conducted in five states — Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa, Manipur — in seven phases. The...
