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Across Indian cities, growing temperatures, failing infrastructure, and poor planning are making fires more frequent and harder to control.

POACHING FOR OUR MUSK GLANDS FOR PERFUMES HAS NOW PUSHED ALL FOUR SPECIES OF MUSK DEER IN INDIA DOWN TO THE ENDANGERED CATEGORY!

THESE GLANDS WERE SUPPOSED TO BE MY IN-BUILT EAU DE COLOGNE!
MY TICKET TO
A DOE'S HEART! YOU'VE TURNED THEM
INTO MY
GREATEST CURSE!

WHAT A PAIN
IN THE REAR YOUR SPECIES IS.

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“We found nearly 50 kg of stale chicken, seemingly months old, in the godown. Those in charge of the canteen took it away after spraying disinfectant. I had requested the health inspector to take immediate action, following which the canteen was raided,” said Antony Painumthara, Elamkulam division councillor.

The health wing officials found printed food containers, suggesting that the canteen supplied food on trains...

The Department of Consumer Affairs (DoCA) last week announced that a report for a “Framework on Repairability Index (RI) in Mobile and Electronic Sector” had been submitted to the government. Under the RI, consumer electronics and electronic appliances would be assigned a score depending on how easy they are to repair by evaluating products under criteria like availability of spare parts, cost of repair, software updates, and availability of information.

... While “planned obsolescence” — selling consumers less durable products intentionally so that they come back to buy a newer model — is often cited as a reason for this, there is often a simpler reason: companies are cutting corners on raw materials and manufacturing, under the strain of increasing metal costs and price competition.

On Tuesday, Amazon emailed Prime members in India to announce the rollout of “limited advertisements” on content streaming on Prime Video. Amazon originally announced in October that it would serve Prime Video ads in India starting sometime this year, without sharing specifics.

So, I am paying INR 1499 just to watch ads...!? F**k Bezos. No wonder people prefer pirating stuff over OTTs.

Foreign secretary Vikram Misri locked his X account on Sunday (March 11) after he was viciously trolled on social media for yesterday’s ceasefire announced between India and Pakistan. No one from the Union government, including external affairs minister S. Jaishankar, has yet condemned the trolling or come out in his support.

BJP IT cell now using bhakts to attack someone because we now have peace? It must be hell to live in their minds. Next time there is a conflict, hand them a rifle and send them to border to fight.

Pakistan has violated the bilateral understanding reached this afternoon to immediately stop all firings and military actions on land, air and sea, government sources said on Saturday night.

Justice Bhuyan reportedly remarked that it is not the court's role to instruct the media to remove content, highlighting that both the judiciary and the media are foundational pillars of democracy. The Supreme Court’s decision was informed by the judgements in landmark cases such as Sahara and Naresh Mirajkar. 

https://mastodon.social/@aditi_muses/114476329324019701

Now: Now: Twitter’s Global Affairs account restored in India. MeitY had asked X about its tweet from last night (8,000 accounts, etc.), as per a person aware of the matter. X blocked it in India without an order. Now MeitY has issued an order to X to NOT block it, as per this person.

This is gold.

Justice Yashwant Varma has refused to resign from the Delhi High Court despite a Supreme Court-appointed panel confirming a large cash recovery from his residence. The process to impeach him is set to start soon.

The enquiry committee confirmed the recovery of cash from the official residence of Justice Yashwant Varma, who was serving as a judge of the Delhi High Court, following a fire incident on March 14. Based on the panel’s report submitted to Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, Justice Varma was given the option to either resign or face impeachment proceedings.

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Several airlines, inclduing Air India, Akasa Air and Indigo, issued statements to passengers requesting them to arrive three hours early as Centre stepped up security at all airports amid the ongoing attack by Pakistan.

Elon Musk’s Starlink has received anticipated state approval in India, opening the door to enter the world’s second-biggest internet market after China — over three years after SpaceX’s previous attempt to launch its satellite-based broadband in the country eventually failed.

On Wednesday, India’s Department of Telecommunications gave its nod to Starlink to start working toward its compliance in the South Asian nation, a senior official confirmed to TechCrunch.