Topic: Ganges
SubscriberWrites: When Ganga says no – our respect for the goddess fuels our disregard for the river
Ganga bemoans her loss of purity, accuses us of sustained abuse and warns us of the existential crisis she confronts today, writes Sangeeta Kampani.
Lockdown hasn’t cleaned Ganga. Modi must not fall for photoshopped images on social media
Modi government must know the difference between Ganga river being clean and looking clean. The fall in discharge of industrial waste has achieved only the latter.
90% of plastic polluting our oceans comes from 8 Asian rivers
Indus & the Ganges carry second & sixth highest amounts of plastic debris to the ocean.
On Camera
YourTurn
Dear Taarak Mehta, you were our peak comfort content for 14 years. Now it’s time to retire
Just like the Truman Show, all Taarak Mehta plots somehow feel the same for the past few years. It's fine to accept that ideas can go stale.
Stock market turmoil, crypto craze proof of human ‘fear, greed’ says chief economic advisor
Speaking at India Ideas Conclave, organised by think tank India Foundation in Bengaluru, V. Anantha Nageswaran, also said India was now in position to deliver domestically-driven growth'.
Defence
India to ink ‘repeat order’ deal for 73,000 SiG 716 rifles from the US
In February 2019, 72,400 SiG 716 rifles of 7.62 x 51mm calibre were contracted from SIG Sauer Inc, USA, under government's 'Buy (Global) category', through fast track procedure.
Mandir or Masjid? New surveys not needed, just acceptance of truth & move towards reconciliation
That temples were destroyed and mosques built is undisputed history. The past can’t be changed, but we can’t deny the wrongs of the past either before we consider reconciliation.