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A Hidden Gem in Sarojini Market You Must Visit for the Best Amritsar Kulchas in Delhi

June 12, 2017 Loknath Dasa, Amritsar, Best, Delhi, for, Gem+, hidden, In, Kulchas, Market, Must, Sarojini, The, visit, You

Apart from claiming the title for being the ultimate shopping haven, Sarojini Nagar is also home to a hidden gem which may have not been given the attention it deserves but all that is about to change now. Going by the name of Kulcha King, this dainty joint revels in its modest environment but is a priceless discovery. Situated as Shop No. 144 in the Ring Road Market of Sarojini Nagar, Kulcha King is not a big shop with flashy boards, but it’s not easy to miss it, owing to…

What’s the Best Way for the Elderly to Stay Active? Own a Dog!

June 10, 2017 Loknath Dasadmission, cutoffs, Delhi, From, Journalism, of, On, School, Start, This, to, University, Year

New Delhi Delhi University is likely to start a ‘Delhi School of Journalism’ that will offer a five-year integrated degree, from this academic session. Admission to the course will be based on cutoffs and application forms will be released soon. Some papers will be on data journalism, investigative journalism, foreign languages and regional languages. Thirty students will be admitted this year. The university’s standing committee on academic affairs approved proposals to start the Journalism school, another School of Transnational Affairs and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Cyber Law and Security, said…

Delhi University to start Delhi School of Journalism from this year, admission on cutoffs

June 10, 2017 Loknath Dasadmission, cutoffs, Delhi, From, Journalism, of, On, School, Start, This, to, University, Year

Smog Lifts, But Companies’ View of Polluted Delhi Skies is Dim

November 13, 2016 Srijitabut, companies, Delhi, Dim, Is, Lifts, of, polluted, Skies, Smog, View

As New Delhi grappled with its worst smog in 17 years, the head of India’s largest mobile payment firm got on a plane and left, one of thousands of professionals escaping pollution that could cost the capital and the broader economy dear. Vijay Shekhar Sharma, founder of PayTM payment start-up, left last Sunday for a temporary stay in Mumbai, worried about the impact of hazardous clouds of dust, smoke and fumes that hang over Delhi during the winter months. “It became very visibly clear that it is going to be…

Fighting Pollution: What Delhi Needs to do, Short and Long Term

November 13, 2016 Srijitaand, Delhi, Do, fighting, long, Needs, Pollution, short, Term, to, What

Way back in 1972, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had famously and inextricably linked poverty and environmental pollution at the United Nations Conference on Human Environment in Stockholm. Much earlier, Mahatma Gandhi stated that “the earth provides enough to satisfy every mans need, but not every mans greed”. Air pollution, which now is a pervasive phenomenon in urban areas anywhere in the world, has become a deadlocked debate in Delhi over the last few days. The tragedy is that the poor suffer the most as they have no choice of “end-of-the…

Discourse on Pollution Only When Delhi Got Affected

November 11, 2016 SrijitaAffected, Delhi, Discourse, Got, On, Only, Pollution, When

Though the problem of pollution in India has been endemic, it is only when the national capital has been affected that the problem has got media attention, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said on Tuesday. “Pollution has captured the media attention only when Delhi is affected. Otherwise, pollution has been an endemic problem in this country since decades,” Jairam Ramesh, a former Union Minister, said at an Indo-US workshop here on air pollution. The workshop, organised by US government’s National Institute of Environment and Health Sciences (NIEHS) and The Indo-US…