The municipal corporation in Bhubaneswar has introduced drones to deal with the mosquito menace in the city. For its pilot run, a drone flew to Niladri Vihar area in the city and took along 3 litres of mosquito oil for spraying. The BMC will monitor the status of mosquito breeding in the area for seven days and, if this process …
The Delhi High Court Thursday directed the Delhi government to take steps to gather information on the minors who have been rendered orphans in the Covid-19 pandemic and are in a vulnerable situation due to loss of one or both parents. The high court directed various departments of Delhi government to call all residents welfare associations, police stations, schools, anganwadi …
With the extremely severe cyclonic storm ‘Fani’ expected to bring heavy rainfall and gale to the north coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh on Thursday and Friday, the officials are on their toes to keep the possible casualties at bay. “As many as 80 villages and wards in Bheemunipatnam, Atchutapuram, Parawada, Peda Gantyada, Gajuwaka, Visakhapatnam Rural and Urban mandals are likely …
Bette Dam is the author of "A Man and a Motorcycle, How Hamid Karzai came to Power". But the fall of Kunduz reveals much more about the weakness of the Afghan government than about the strength of the Taliban. As one Taliban soldier told me: “Kunduz was just the easiest to take.” The Western military intervention misdiagnosed areas like Kunduz …
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