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Dr SubrotonDas Padma Shri 2017
Every time you call 108 to deal with a highway emergency, remember to thank Dr Subroto Das. After a highway accident left him and his friends waiting for hours for medical assistance, Dr Subroto began setting up the first highway helpline numbers for travellers in Gujarat from 2002. His NGO offered technical expertise for setting up the unified 108 number that runs, free of cost, in over 20 states.

 

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Bipin Ganatra Padma Shri Awardee 2017
This Kolkata resident may not be a professional fire fighter, but has doused the city’s fire accidents for four decades. The 59-year-old is a volunteer with the fire department and spends days and nights rescuing victims, extinguishing flames and cleaning debris. He earns his meagre living as an electrician, and spends the rest of his time working with the fire department.
Read more: This 59-Year-Old Has Been Voluntarily Fighting Fires and Saving Lives in Kolkata for 40 Years

 

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Our people are very clever and they devise ingenius methods of circumventing law. See how the SC order to remove liquor shops from main roads and locate them beyond 500 meters is observed.




TN bar owner blocks road to bypass Supreme Court order - Times of India
After a bar owner in Kerala created a maze to bypass the Supreme Court order on removal of liquor shops within 500 meters of highways, a bar owner in Tamil Nadu…
timesofindia.indiatimes.com

 

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ஒரு இளைஞன் காளையால் குத்திக் கிழிக்கப் பட்டு இறந்த சம்பவம் மேலமங்கலம்( சிவகங்கை மாவட்டம்) கிராமத்தில் நடந்த ஜல்லிக்கட்டு நிகழ்ச்சியில் நடந்தது. செய்தி
இந்த நிகழ்ச்சி ஜல்லிக்கட்டு பாதுகாப்பு சங்கத்தினால் நடத்தப்பட்டது. இந்த காளைச் சண்டையில் இவ்வாறு பங்குகொள்வோர் இறப்பதும், படுகாயமுறுவதும் ஒரு தொடர்கதையாகி வருகிறது. எனவே இப்போது ஜல்லிக்கட்டிலிருந்து அல்லது ஜல்லிக்கட்டின்போது மக்களைப் பாதுகாக்கும் சங்கம் தேவைப் படுகிறது. இந்தக் காளைச் சண்டையில் இறப்பவர்களும், காயமுறுவர்களும் தமிழர்களே. அவர்களைக்காக்கும் நல்ல எண்ணத்தில் இப்படிச் சொன்னால் தமிழ் துரோகிப் பட்டம் கிடைக்கும்.

 

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n unbelievably real story, Twins get married most unexpectedly. How it happened and how it was found out makes really an interesting story. It is true that sometimes fact is stranger than fiction.


Married couple struggling to conceive discover they’re twins
The couple, who met in college, had been adopted by separate sets of parents when they were infants.
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Shekar Padma Shri awardee 2017
Shekhar never let his lack of vision hamper his passion for sports. Growing up in poverty—and losing his parents at the age of 12—this resident of Shimoga, Karnataka, found his happiness in cricket. As former captain of the national blind cricket team, he helmed his team to major victories, including the 2012 T20 Blind Cricket World Cup and the Blind Cricket World Cup in 2014.

 

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Girish Bharadwaj Padma Shri awardee 2017
Many decades earlier, engineering graduate Girish Bharadwaj found himself unable to get a job. Now, the 67-year-old is known for transforming his unemployed status to do something truly remarkable—building bridges in remote villages all over India. Known as Sethu (bridge) Bandhu (friend), he has built over 100 low-cost bridges in states like Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha.

 

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Air India proposes fine of Rs 15 lakhs on unruly passengers. News
For VIPs and VVIPS, this fine is too small and insulting. SPECIAL PEOPLE SHOULD BE GIVEN SPECIAL PUNISHMENT COMMENSURATE WITH THEIR STATUS.

 

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Kalka Devi Temple located in Lakhna town of Etawah district in Uttar Pradesh, is unique in a way that an idol of Goddess Kalka i.e Durga and a Maazar of Saiyyed Baba, who was the devotee of the Goddess, co-exist in the same campus.Not just that, a Dalit priest takes care of it!
India has been a really secular country until our politicians started wearing the garb of secularism.

 

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A clean tongue saves you from diseases
and also from bitter relationships




7 things that can happen if you don't clean your tongue daily - What happens when you don't clean your tongue everyday | The Times of India
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An investigation is underway into a photograph purportedly showing presence of women in the restricted age group at the Sabarimala Ayyappa temple.
The police officials who were in charge of screening the devotees have stated that though the women looked young, they were above the restricted age group of 50
Moral: Ladies who look young at old age, Sabarimalai is not the place. So before planning a trip to Sabarimalai, have a make up that will make you look much older than what you are

 

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More people are killied in cars than in wars. This is yet another proof. The number of people dying in the roads is maximum in India.





Video: Speeding car in Pune rams into 5, flings 2 in air; 3-yr-old dies on spot
The driver of the car, Sujata Shroff, has since been arrested on charges of rash driving and culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

 

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Madurai Railway Division carries out ticket checking drive. News
What is the routine duty now becomes a news and that speaks enough of how the ticket checking has been going on till now

 

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Thangavelu Mariappan Padma Shri awardee 2017
The first Indian high jumper to have won gold at the Paralympics 2016, this athlete has braved many odds. At the age of five, a bus ran over him crushing his leg. His disability and poverty did not dent his love for sports and he began competing in high jump tournaments as a teenager. His win made him only the third Indian to win a Paralympics gold.

 

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Artificial ripening of fruits
It is necessary to create a wide awakening among the public about the harmful effects of artificial ripening of fruits. A fresh and shiny fruit may not be really frsh but may get that appearance because of chemicals and other processes used which are inimical to human health.
In March, food safety officials seized a total of 4,000kg of artificially ripened fruits from the wholesale market in Koyambedu, including mangoes, sapotta and papaya. They also seized 75kg of calcium carbide stones. Food safety officials said during the inspection, many of the vendors claimed that they were in the dark about the harmful effects of calcium carbide, known to damage the kidney and liver and cause ulcers and gastric problems.




Awareness programme conducted for fruit vendors in Chennai - Times of India
Anticipating an increase in artificial ripening of fruits as summer peaks, Tamil Nadu’s food safety department on…

 

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Eli Ahmed Padma Shri Awardee 2017
Hailing from Assam, this 81-year-old winner has many achievements. She founded, and continues to run, Orani, the founder of the oldest magazine for women living in northeast India. The resident of Assam has been running the magazine since 1970. The writer activist has also written plays on disabilities and child exploitation, and established Assam’s first film institute.

 

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The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has told schools affiliated to it that educational institutions are not commercial establishments and sale of books, uniforms and stationery by them is a violation of norms.

This is a welcome move. This rule should be extended by all state governments to both the government and private schools. Of course this is not a problem reported by the state schools, but seems to be the most contentious problem with private schools, which already charges students exorbitantly but also compel them to purchase the uniforms including shoes and ties, books, note books and stationery Only through them at nearly twice the market price. This exploitation of students by private schools should stop and those failing to comply with this requirement should be debarred from running those schools.




An advisory has been issued following complaints from parents and stakeholders that schools are indulging in commercial activities by way of selling books and uniforms within the school premises or through selected vendors

 

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Balbir Singh Seechewal Padma Shri Awardee 2017
One of Punjab’s most famous environmentalists, Balbir Singh Seechewal famously revived the state’s Kali Bein River. The environmentalist single-handedly mobilised residents of more than 20 villages and initiated a mass movement of desilting the 110-mile-long rivulet and beautifying the banks. The environmentalist also encourages people to keep rivers clean and keep water scarcity at bay.
Read more: Meet Eco Baba, The Man Who Cleaned a 160 Km Long River With Sheer Grit and Helpful Volunteers

 

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Sathyaraj expresses regret. News
It seems ho spoke offensively against kanadigas some nine yeas back at the time of the cauvery conflict between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. I don't know why this issue was given fresh lease of life after nine years and a shut down was announced in Karnataka protesting against the release of Baghubali. Anyway, Sathyaraj was magnanimous enough not to make an issue of it and apologised in the larger interest of the film world and the film maker.

 

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Genabhai Dharghabai Patel
A disabled divyang farmer from a village of Banaskantha district,Gujarat, Genabhai is better known as “anar dada.” Why? He began cultivating pomegranates in 2005, to counter the difficult drought in his district. Not only did he adopt new technologies to increase produce, but spread the knowledge among other farmers too. Thanks to him, this region now boasts the country’s highest pomegranate yield.

 

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ervice Charges in Restaurants
"A component of service is inherent in provision of food and beverages ordered by the customer, and thus pricing of those products is expected to cover both goods and service components. Charging for anything other than charges on menu card without express consent of the customer amounts to unfair trade practice as defined under the act," the guidelines issued by the Centre stated.
SERVICE CHARGE ITSELF IS A NONSENSE AND TO IMPOSE SERVICE CHARGES IN HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS IS A GREATER IDIOTIC NONSENSE. I have been saying this ever since this service charge concept was introduced. It is a silly and stupid method of cheating and looting the public.
In hotels, the price of a commodity is fixed based on all costs including the labour and service provided by the staff. So this additional service charge is the most stupid thing one can think of. It is good the central government has done away with it. In fact, instead of keeping it as an option, it should altogether be abolished and the licence of any establishment insisting on it should be cancelled

 

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Karimul Haque Padma Shri Awardee 2017
A tea plantation worker hailing from West Bengal’s Dhalabari village, Karimul Haque runs a bike transport service to help locals access medical services swiftly. The Karimul Bike Ambulance is funded by its founder’s own earnings, and the service has helped more than 3,000 people receive medical assistance.
Read more: Video: Why This Tea Garden Worker is Running a Free Ambulance Service on Two Wheels

 

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t is a well known fact that many schools do not have teachers and other schools that have teachers have them on their rolls only who are occasionally found in their schools, and most of them not to be found within the school premises. Many school teachers take to teaching as a part time business, concentrating their time more on other household economic activities. When such is the state of affairs in many of the public schools run by governments and Panchayats, it is heartening to note that one school teacher has come forward to spend HER money for the improvement of the school in which she is working. A rare gesture indeed. Let us congratulate the lady and laud her stand. Not all may be able to follow this example. At least they can render a sincere and conscious service justifying their employment.
This teacher has made a lot of difference in a short time, but doesn’t seem to slow down anytime soon as she seeks to fill the gap between quality of education between government and private institutions.



Tamil Nadu teacher sells jewelry to give better facilities to students
Annapurna wants to make sure her students don't suffer due to quality of education in a panchayat run school.

 

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Police have registered a case against people, who run an orphanage in Hyderabad, for allegedly making teenage girls clean a manhole around the hostel.
According to a report in NDTV, the incident, where a girl was inside a manhole to clean it, took place on Saturday and was caught on a camera by a passerby. A few other girls assisted the one inside the manhole.
Police have registered the case under section 75 of Justice Juvenile Act and are questioning the people who run the orphanage.
The orphanage, located in Hyderabad's Uppal area, is home to as many as 200 children. News
Every other day we come across cases of workers dying while cleaning manholes. First of all cleaning manholes manually is itself an insult to human dignity and to ask girls to do this risky job BECAUSE THERE IS NO ONE TO QUESTION THE ORPHANAGE AND TO SUPPORT THESE ORPHANS IS NOT ONLY INHUMAN but against law. Severe action should be initiated against the orphanage.

 

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Teachers found absent from schools, suspended on DM's order
On anonymity, an official of BSA office said, "In few villages we found that teachers had hired a private tutor on monthly salary of Rs 500-1500 to teach students, while the teacher himself/herself preferred to stay home and withdraw salary."
The action was taken after two months of observation by team constituted by K Vijayendra Pandian DM of Kasganj, who secretly visited schools in villages and submitted the report about defaulters.
Unfortunately, this is the condition prevailing in many of the public schools in the country. Such surprise checks as done in UP will go a long way in improving the situation. Any amount of infrastructural improvements and facilities will go to waste until this vital problem is corrected which is the backbone of education.