Women keen on taking to liquor trade in Uttarakhand
byDehra Dun : Women in this small hill state are generally known to oppose the opening of liquor vends in their area, but going…
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Punjab to rehabilitate rescued child labour
byChandigarh: Punjab Labour Minister Surjit Kumar Jayani Sunday said that the state government is launching new schemes to rehabilitate 1,959 child labourers who it…
Week long Shimla Book Fair gets underway on May 12
byShimla: With the city having far fewer book stores than what were around two decades ago, National Book Trust (NBT) is organizing a week…
Sarita Vaidya, the Slum Teacher Who Transformed A Community
byA long time ago, I heard about a lady who was running a single-room school in the slums of the Mandi town, Himachal Pradesh. Recently, I got…
Summer forest fires devour green cover
byShimla: A sudden rise in mercury in the past few days has triggered off forest fires, causing widespread damage to the forest wealth in…
Environment gets a beating in Uttarakhand as Intelligentsia for Hydel Power Projects
byDehra Dun : Some of the intelligentsia, who may perhaps not be remotely aware of the need to preserve the environment, including three recipients…
Multiple channels help brain avoid traffic overload
byWashington: Multiple signalling channels within the brain ensure that they don’t overload the organ with too much traffic at their busiest roundabouts and keep…
The Himalayas and the Old Man: How much do we care?
byIgnorance is not always bliss; not when the climate and pristine ecology is at stake. A change in the climate that has served millions…
Himachal greens upbeat over ‘environmental justice’
byShimla: Greens are upbeat after the Himachal Pradesh High Court handed out what they term “environmental justice” by fining a corporate house Rs.100 crore…
Cheers to Bacchus
byDehradun : ‘Fifteen men on the dead man’s chest/Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum Drink for the devil and drink for the rest/Yo-ho-ho and…