Day: May 26, 2021

Kalyan civic body closes garbage dumping ground

10:37 pm May 26, 2021

Thane: The Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) has said it has permanently closed down a waste dumping ground, bringing relief to the nearby residents a year after launching its ‘zero garbage programme’. The dumping ground at Aadharwadi, which faced perennial problems and caused pollution affecting the health of local residents, has been closed down permanently, […]

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Kalyan civic body closes garbage dumping ground

10:33 pm May 26, 2021

Thane: The Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) has said it has permanently closed down a waste dumping ground, bringing relief to the nearby residents a year after launching its ‘zero garbage programme’. The dumping ground at Aadharwadi, which faced perennial problems and caused pollution affecting the health of local residents, has been closed down permanently, […]

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Koo raises USD 30 mn in funding led by Tiger Global

10:27 pm May 26, 2021

New Delhi: Twitter-rival Koo has raised USD 30 million (about Rs 218 crore) in a funding round led by Tiger Global, according to a statement. Existing investors Accel Partners, Kalaari Capital, 3one4 Capital, Blume Ventures and Dream Incubator also took part in the latest funding round, Koo said in a statement. IIFL and Mirae Assets […]

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Maha: Man kills one-year-old son after quarrel with wife

10:06 pm May 26, 2021

Nagpur: A 40-year-old daily-wage labourer allegedly killed his one-year-old son, following a quarrel with his wife in a village in Maharashtra’s Nagpur district, police said on Wednesday. The incident took place on Tuesday night when the accused Bhajan Metab Kawreti, a resident of Wakodi village, asked his wife for money to buy alcohol and she […]

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Tribal women in Maha village get modern ‘period’ home

10:03 pm May 26, 2021

Nagpur: In a relief to women from the tribal community, a 26-year-old village sarpanch has helped set up a modern resting home or “period home” in a village in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district. The tribal community in Gadchiroli practices a custom called “kurma”, in which women who are menstruating stay away from their homes and rest […]

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