Driving License: Easier to drive with legs than get a licence: India’s first double amputee with a driving license pens memoir | India News

[ad_1] To better illustrate how Vikram Agnihotri has designed his entire life without using hands, he shows pictures of dogs moving through water by paddling with their legs and bears scratching their back by rubbing against a tree trunk. Agnihotri has the distinction of being the first Indian double amputee with a driving license. And…

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SC judge voices concern over online harassment, says deepfake tech raises privacy invasion alarms

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Supreme Court judge Justice Hima Kohli on Saturday voiced her concern over the rising trend of sexual harassment through social media and said the emergence of deepfake technology is ground-breaking but it also raises alarms regarding privacy invasion, security risks and propagation of misinformation.Speaking at a function on the topic of harassment…

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World Bank launches comprehensive programme to combat air pollution crisis in India

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: In response to India’s escalating air pollution crisis, affecting the entire population of 1.4 billion, the World Bank has launched a multifaceted program aimed at curbing the devastating impact of ambient particulate matter(PM)2.5 pollution. According to the World Bank, the endeavour includes the introduction of airshed management tools, the development of State-wide…

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Government approves cheetah breeding centre in Gujarat | India News

[ad_1] GANDHINAGAR: The Union government has approved setting up a breeding centre for cheetahs at the Banni grasslands in Gujarat‘s Kutch district, state forests and environment minister Mulubhai Bera said Friday.“The Gujarat government sent a proposal to the National Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management Authority under National CAMPA. The executive committee of National CAMPA, which met…

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Odisha I-T Raids: Odisha IT raids: Rs 200 crore in cash recovered as counting on

[ad_1] BHUBANESWAR: “Unaccounted” cash amounting to around Rs 250 crore is expected to be recovered through searches being conducted by the income-tax department against a Odisha-based distillery group and entities linked to it, official sources said on Friday. The raids launched against Boudh Distillery Private Limited on Wednesday are still continuing and cash amounting to…

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BJP demands Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren’s resignation after huge amount of cash linked to Congress MP seized in IT raids | India News

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The BJP said on Friday that the opposition alliance is a guarantee of corruption while Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s guarantee is to root it out and take action against the guilty.BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia hit out at the INDIA bloc following the recovery of a huge sum of cash by central probe…

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