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Sabarmati Ashram redevelopment: Eminent persons oppose Modi’s project

The proposed project of redevelopment of Sabarmati Ashram will “severely compromise simplicity and sanctity” of the present-day ashram and can be envisioned at best as “Gandhi Theme Park” and at worst “a second assassination”, a joint statement by various eminent personalities.

JSPL’s steel sales rise 21% in July

JSPL reported monthly steel production of 6.5 lakh tonnes in July, up 8 per cent Y-o-Y as compared to 6.03 lakh tonnes during the same month in the previous year.

PRI-A, Candidates, Delhi Polls 2025

941 died since 1993 during ‘hazardous cleaning’ of sewers: Govt

“No deaths are reported due to ‘manual scavenging’ (lifting of night soil from the insanitary latrines) as defined under Section 2 (1) (g) of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013, but 941 deaths have occurred since 1993 while undertaking ‘hazardous cleaning’ sewers and septic tanks.

Bill for Commission for Air Quality Management passed in Lok Sabha

Delhi being a landlocked state, the sources of air pollution comprise factors beyond the local municipal and local government limits. Agricultural activities, majorly straw burning, brick kilns, thermal plants, transport and industry apart from construction in Delhi and NCR areas all contribute to the air pollution but several of these are non-local sources.