Kathak traces the tale of a planet in peril | Delhi News

The performance, conceptualised by Shovana Narayan, explored plastic-choked oceans in the opening act Lament of the Azure, deforestation in Dishantar and space debris in Echoes in the Void, before Restoring Nature’s Harmony offered a vision of healing The ocean was once teeming with life. But as garbage, discarded fishing nets and microplastics began choking its…

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‘True hero’: Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis meets Captain Smit Machchhar’s kin in Mumbai | Mumbai News

Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis met Flydubai Captain Smit Machchhar’s relatives to express support and admiration MUMBAI: Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday met the uncle and aunt of Flydubai Captain Smit Machchhar in Mumbai and enquired about the pilot, who has been hailed for his courage and presence of mind after a mid-air…

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‘Give BJP ‘ik mauka’ to make Punjab ‘nasha mukt’ Shah; sets deadline of Dec 29 to make Punjab drug free | Chandigarh News

Union home minister Amit Shah greets the gathering during the concluding event of the ‘Nasha Mukt Punjab Yatra’ (Drug-Free Punjab Yatra), in Jalandhar, Punjab Jalandhar: Union home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday asked people of Punjab to give BJP ‘Ek Mauka’ (one chance) in the upcoming assembly election to make Punjab ‘chitta mukt’ (drug free),…

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Meet Comando: 7-kg Chihuahua joins Mexico’s National Guard; trains for search-and-rescue work and appears at public events | World News

A Chihuahua named Comando has become one of the most unusual members of Mexico’s National Guard. At 13 months old, the 7-kilogram dog is the smallest canine recruit in a force that has about 350 dogs, most of them much larger working breeds such as German Shepherds and Labradors. Comando has been fitted with miniature…

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Nitin Gadkari-led ministry backs IIT technology of using waste plastic in bitumen for national highways; India’s first NH-44 pilot stretch laid, new method could cut bitumen use 4% and costs 20%

The technology used to produce premium-quality Waste Plastic Modified Bitumen was developed by IIT (BHU). (Image for representative purpose only) In a first for the road sector, the Nitin Gadkari-led Road Transport Ministry has used waste plastic in a wet mix with bitumen to construct a bituminous stretch of a national highway. The initiative could…

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