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PETA India sends a Vegan cake to ISRO | Image: PETA INDIARead Time: 2minutes
Fire inside a stationary IRCTC coach at the Madurai Railway Station killed 10 Lukcnow passengers. According to initial investigations, the passengers were cooking inside the coach using a gas cylinder they had smuggled.
A video of a class teacher in Muzaffarnagar asking a Muslim boy to be slapped by his fellow students has sparked outrage. The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has asked the Muzaffarnagar SSP to lodge an FIR against the teacher, though the father of the child said he would remove his kid from the school rather than file a police complaint.
With the monsoon remaining weak for nearly a month, 31% of India’s land mass faces moderate to extreme dryness and 47% mildly dry conditions, implying they could affect crop growth and agricultural yield. Citing the Standardized Agricultural Index (SPI) for July 27 – August 23, IMD scientist Rajib Chattopadhyay has called the situation serious, adding that the next two weeks (rain conditions) are crucial.
As Delhi gears up to host the G20 summit, thousands of flights to and from the capital will be canceled or rescheduled. Meanwhile, the Delhi government has declared a public holiday from September 8-10.
Following Bajrang Dal and VHP’s call for Shobha yatra on Monday, despite the district administration denying them permission, the Manohar Lal Khatter government in Haryana has suspended mobile internet services in Nuh until August 28.
The government has slapped a 20% export duty on parboiled rice, however allowing shipping of consignments contracted earlier at zero duty till October 15. As per trade sources, the move is to slow down or delay shipments till the government gets a fair idea of rice production.
Union minister Jitendra Singh announced that the female robot “Vyommitra” would head to the space in Gaganyaan program’s second mission, after a trial flight in October.
PETA India has greeted team ISRO with a Vegan Cake for the successful soft landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the Moon’s southern pole. It has also thanked the National Space Agency for its decision to send a humanoid robot instead of animals to space for its Gaganyaan program.
A recent United Nations Development Program (UNDP) report revealed that Afghanistan is now the second country with the highest number of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), following Syria, with a startling headcount of 6.55 million displaced individuals.
The 15th BRICS summit that concluded in Johannesburg saw leaders of the bloc nations endorsing the use of local currencies for trade transactions between the member nations, and also interlinking of cross-border payment systems.
PETA India sends a Vegan cake to ISRO | Image: PETA INDIA