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Kerala police arrested a 61-year-old Madrasa teacher, Yusuf, from Kottayam district, for alleged sexual harassment of several minors over a period of 2 years. Yusuf was a native of Aluva district and was employed as a Madrasa teacher in a mosque in …

It has been an assumed reality for ages that the women of the house should bear the burden of all the household responsibilities. The phenomenon of ‘gender performativity duties’ for women has remained quite relentless. For years now, it has …

The Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), an NGO, last week had alleged that an arms training was organised by Bajrang Dal at a school in Mira Road, Mumbai. They approached the Thane (Rural) police with photographs that were floating …

32-year-old tour guide Rouf Ahmad Dar died while rescuing five tourists when their boat capsized in the Lidder river in Pahalgam area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district while they were out on a rafting trip. The Incident The group …

Australia’s biggest public transport project, Sydney Metro on May 26 opened the North West Metro delivering Australia’s first fully automated driver-less rail service. Interestingly, the contract for this driver-less metro line was awarded to Alstom in 2014 by Northwest Rapid …

The life of an 11-year-old boy took a miraculous turn after a footage of him doing homework under a faint streetlight went viral on the internet. Víctor Martín Angulo Córdoba, as seen in some of the stills from a surveillance …

A Day after taking the oath, the new cabinet announced an extension of PM-KISAN scheme to all 14.5 Crore farmers across the country. The announcement was made following the cabinet’s first meeting which was held at Prime Minister’s Office in …

Electricity bills are all set to burn a hole in Bangaloreans pockets. On May 31, the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) in a press conference allowed a 33 paise hike for five electricity supply companies (ESCOMS). This means that Bengalureans …

A 16-year-old boy, Furkan Qureshi in Neemuch District, Madhya Pradesh, died while playing PUBG for 6 hours continuously, due to cardiac arrest on Tuesday, 28 May, reported The Week.  According to his family, Furkan was addicted to games and used to …

According to government data released on Friday ( 31 May), the Indian economy has grown at its slowest pace since 2014-15. India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) slips to 5.8% in the quarter that ended March 2019 from 6.6% in the …