The Ajmer Shatabdi pulls into the New Delhi station every night at around 11 pm. During the six-hour journey from Ajmer, the train serves tea, snacks, soup, dinner and dessert -- more food than an average person can eat in that time.


Why ragpickers are critical for waste management


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The Supreme Court's ban on alcohol may have shut down scores of bars in the vicinity of the national highway network in Goa, but this does not appear to have curbed the spate of road accidents -- at the rate of almost one per day -- in the tourist state.


Goa tries to grapple with road accident surge


The Ministry of Women and Child Development said that it has developed a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for rehabiliting children in conflict with law under the juvenile justice systems.


WCD develops SOP to rehabilitate children in conflict with law


More and more women in the age group of 35-45 years are opting for jobs which give them the option of working from home (WFH) even at lesser salaries and lower scale of the corporate hierarchy for the sake of striking a good balance between their family interests and career opportunities, says a survey.


More women opting for work from home for work-life balance: Survey


The Tripura government is to raise the number of women police personnel to at least 30 per cent of the total strength, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said here on Thursday.


Tripura to raise number of women police personnel


A Russian court on Thursday gave a three-and-half year suspended sentence to a blogger after he posted a video of himself playing the location-based augmented reality game, Pokemon Go in a church, the media reported.


Playing 'Pokemon Go' in church lands Russian in jail


Tibetan authorities have launched a massive clean-up operation to remove waste left by hikers at campsites across the high-altitude area of Mount Everest.


Tibet launches clean-up at Everest campsites


Assam's Kaziranga National Park will be shut for visitors from next week, Director Satyendra Singh announced on Thursday.


Assam's Kaziranga to close for visitors


The relocation of a koala population in Australia's Victoria state began due to the marsupials' over-eating habits, officials said on Thursday.


Australian koala population relocated for over-eating


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Following reports of "rats guzzling down liquor" stored in police stations of Bihar, the authorities have now started destroying seized contraband, with  a staggering 28,000 litres being destroyed on Tuesday and Wednesday, officials said.


28,000 litre alcohol destroyed in 'dry' Bihar


In a move that could herald an IT revolution in small Indian cities, the Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) is all set to launch 1,000 seats in Patna this week, which is likely to create roughly 1,500 vacancies in the sector.


Taking IT revolution to smaller cities is like lighting a bulb, says STPI


The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Bihar government to pay Rs 3 lakh compensation to a destitute woman suffering from HIV, who became pregnant after being raped and cannot terminate her pregnancy because of its advanced stage.


SC tells Bihar to compensate HIV rape victim who became pregnant


Pakistan on Tuesday said that an Indian woman who sought refuge in the Indian High Commission here after arriving in Pakistan to marry, will be repatriated after all legalities are completed.


Indian woman to be repatriated after formalities: Pakistan


Four women teachers who are believed to have asked a girl to remove her top innerwear before entering the classroom to write the NEET entrance exam at a school near Kannur have been suspended for a month by the school authorities. The state police is to probe the incident, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said.


Four teachers suspended for asking girl to remove innerwear for NEET


Four women teachers who are believed to have asked a girl student to remove her innerwear during frisking for writing the NEET medical entrance exam have been suspended for a month by authorities. The school management has also launched a probe.


4 teachers suspended for asking girl to remove innerwear for NEET


More than one-fifth of female Taiwanese office workers have no desire to have children, with the financial burden of having a child identified as their biggest concern, a survey indicated.


Taiwan white-collar women choose work over motherhood


The wife of an American citizen detained in North Korea for suspected "hostile acts" against Pyongyang, has pleaded for his release, the media reported.


Wife of American detained in Pyongyang pleads for release


Former Miss World Aishwarya Rai Bachchan on Monday inaugurated artist-social activist Rouble Nagi's sculpture titled "The Paradise Garden" and thanked the activist for beautifying the city.


Aishwariya Rai lauds Rouble Nagi for beautifying city


Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel's son was early on Monday prevented by authorities from boarding a Qatar Airways flight to Greece after he arrived in a "heavily drunken" state at the airport and argued with the airline's staff.


'Heavily drunk' son of Gujarat Deputy CM taken off Qatar Airways flight


Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday urged the Telangana government to help a Home Guard, who also plies auto-rickshaw, to meet expenses for education of his five children.

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