Don’t trust Zomato app if it says your delivery boy has no fever

Some eateries have not been checking temperature of food delivery executives before handing over parcels to them Riddhiman Roy Kolkata: Citing the drain on cost and time, not all the restaurants availing of food delivery services are abiding by the precautions that were introduced to ensure safe delivery. While there is still a ban on […]

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A lifeless machine — Kengeri STP

The large Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) at Kengeri is yet to start functioning at it’s full potential due to incomplete electrical works. Riddhiman Roy Kolkata April 17, 2020 The Rs 20 crore-worth primary collection tank and bioreactor at the Kengeri STP has been lying idle and un-operational since the inauguration of the plant in 2018, engineers on-site […]

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Smoke and Mirrors around India’s ban on tobacco

With the new set of guidelines for Lockdown 2.0 ushered in yesterday, nothing specifically mentioned around production of cigarettes. Riddhiman Roy Kolkata: Smokers from all over the country are still stuck in a dilemma between quitting cigarettes altogether and hoarding a large amount of cigarettes, as the government-issued guidelines for Lockdown 2.0 does not carry […]

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From Harmony to Dissonance- The descent of Koppal’s kinship with it’s wildlife

Koppal, one of the richest districts of Karnataka in terms of both fauna and agricultural prosperity, slowly slides into tumultuous times as farmers lock horn with wild animals. Riddhiman Roy The frail carcass of a blackbuck lying on the ground, while blood seeps out and draws vein like patterns on the dust.  Its’ lower jaw […]

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From “Not in my backyard” to “Yes in my back yard”

National Green Tribunal urges for de-centralized management of waste as BBMP (Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike) drowns in city produced garbage. As BBMP runs out of places to dump waste and the waste disposal apocalypse looms large over the city, National Green Tribunal (NGT) singled out de-centralized waste management as the only plausible solution to the […]

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