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Electricity Demand Falls By 24.9% During Lockdown: Centre

The economic slowdown has resulted in a steady decline in power demand across the country. The biggest reason for this was the 4-hour notice given…

Centre Tells News Agency PTI To Pay Rs 84 Crore For ‘Breaches’ At Its Delhi Office

The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has issued a notice to news agency PTI demanding it to pay a penalty of Rs 84.48…

Manual Scavenging Fatalities On The Rise, 4 Die in Tamil Nadu

Every year hundreds of people die while cleaning sewage and septic tanks across the country. On Thursday, four people, aged between 20 and 24, died…

Himachal Pradesh BJP Chief Rajiv Bindal Resigns Over Corruption Case

Barely four months after taking up command of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Himachal Pradesh, Rajiv Bindal had to give up the post of…

India CO2 Emissions Fell By Upto 30% In April: Study

  Carbon emissions are directly connected to the production of carbon in our environment. They are the main contributors to climate change. Since greenhouse gas…

Bhutan Moves To Electric Stoves During COVID-19 pandemic

By Dawa Gyelmo/thethirdpole.net 32-year old Tshewang Gyem from Hatey village in Haa district of northern Bhutan recently switched from gas to an electric stove after finding…

Cost Of Inaction: COVID-19-Related Service Disruptions Could Cause 500,000 Extra Deaths From HIV

An estimated 500,000 more people would die from AIDS-related illnesses in sub-Saharan Africa, if disruptions in healthcare services and supplies due to the pandemic continue…

French Hacker Claims Bug In Aarogya Setu App Allows Him To Know Who Is COVID-19 Positive Even in PMO, Army HQ

In a blog post written on Medium, Robert who grabbed eyeballs in India for his Aadhar expose claims that due to a feature of the…

Most Commodity Prices To Drop This Year As Coronavirus Depresses Demand, Says World Bank

The global economic shock of the COVID-19 pandemic has driven most commodity prices down and is expected to result in substantially lower prices over this year,…

Kerala CM: Liquor Allowed On Doctor’s Prescription

Amid the nationwide lockdown, state governments are taking several steps to maintain normalcy. Arrangements are being made for people’s stay, food, medicines and even liquor. …