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‘90% citizens aware of air pollution but lack awareness of causes and impact’

Study shows the AQI level on Diwali highlights gaps in perception; desperate need for national-level campaign aimed at addressing belief systems, change in behaviour

People commute on a smoggy morning in New Delhi on Monday, November 12, 2018.

Chennai institution enters Guinness World Records

They broke the previous record set by China

Anand Subramaniam, managing director, Brainobrain Kids Academy receives the certificate from Guinness World Records.

Stripping intelligence agents of the James Bond aura

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Former IB officer Balakrishna Kamath’s novel The Velvet Gloves reveals the true lives of those operating in the shadows

State DGP Datta Padsalgikar (centre) and ADGP Atulchandra Kulkarni unveil a book written by former IB officer Balakrishna Kamath (left) at Azad Maidan on Saturday.

Change of custom not the end of the world: writer

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Manu S. Pillai suggests earmarking different season for women at Sabarimala

Writer Manu S. Pillai at the seventh edition of TiEcon Kerala in Kochi on Saturday.

‘90% citizens aware of air pollution but lack awareness of causes and impact’

Chennai institution enters Guinness World Records

Stripping intelligence agents of the James Bond aura

Change of custom not the end of the world: writer

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Hyderabad

Varavara Rao taken into custody

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[Q&A: Alok Shukla EVMs will self-destruct if someone tries to open them

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Two women from Andhra Pradesh trek to Sabarimala Sannidhanam with police protection on Sunday.

The doors of the shrine of Lord Ayyappa in Sabarimala, Kerala, opened on October 17, 2018 for the first time after the Supreme Court verdict allowing

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Protests stop women at Sabarimala doorstep

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Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who was heading the diocese in Jalandhar, is accused of raping a nun in Kerala. File

A nun’s rape and victimisation charges against Jalandhar Bishop Franco Mulakkal of the Syro-Malabar Church has landed the numerically strong church

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Bishop Franco Mulakkal and Kerala nun rape case: the story till now

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The Hindu's coverage of the stories of sexual harassment that have been unveiled on social media in the past few days, ranging from assault to propositioning, suggestiveness to stalking.

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New Delhi

Delhi

‘90% citizens aware of air pollution but lack awareness of causes and impact’

Bindu Shajan Perappadan Study shows the AQI level on Diwali highlights gaps in perception; desperate need for national-level campaign aimed at addressing belief systems, change in behaviour

National

TM Krishna performs in Delhi as AAP makes political statement

Staff Reporter Politics and art shared the stage here on Saturday as Carnatic singer T.M. Krishna performed at a hurriedly put together concert organised by the Aam Aadmi Party government, three days after a Central government authority event he was supposed to perform at was cancelled.Mr. Krishna was scheduled to perform at an Airports Authority of India and SPIC-MACAY event over the weekend, but it was cancelled on Wednesday allegedly because right wing trolls targeted the singer, who has spoken out against

Chennai

Chennai institution enters Guinness World Records

They broke the previous record set by China

No takers: One of the boxes at Egmore Railway Station on Saturday.

Puducherry

Large meat consignment seized

Special Correspondent Suspected to be that of dogs; sent to veterinary college for analysis

Bengaluru

Bengaluru Signature Business Park sees progress

Staff Reporter The project was kept in abeyance for over a decade owing to the downturn in investor sentiment following the 2008 recession

Bengaluru

22,000 discrepancies in property tax database

Chitra V Ramani Revealed during the civic body’s ambitious project to map properties in the city

Mumbai

Stripping intelligence agents of the James Bond aura

Special Correspondent Former IB officer Balakrishna Kamath’s novel The Velvet Gloves reveals the true lives of those operating in the shadows

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari at the renovated domestic cruise terminal at Bhaucha Dhakka on Saturday

Mumbai

Gadkari announces new projects

Staff Reporter Lays foundation stone for eastern waterfront at Mazgaon

Hyderabad

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The Central study team visited Hubballi and Navalgund in Dharwad district on Saturday.

Mangaluru

Central team to submit report to govt. in a week

Special Correspondent Officials visit districts to assess drought situation

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Bengaluru

What is GEPTIS?

Special Correspondent GEPTIS (GIS Enabled Property Tax Information System) is a project that the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) took up in 2017 to update its property tax database. The civic body signed a memorandum of understanding with ISRO's National Remote Sensing Centre in December 2016. It made use of ISRO's geo-spatial technology to create the building / property inventory and property tax information. The pilot project was carried out in Yelachenahalli ward during September and October 2017.