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Over 100 more senior doctors from four other state-run medical colleges and hospitals in West Bengal have tendered mass resignations during the last couple of hours to express solidarity with their junior colleagues protesting and holding a fast-unto-death against the rape and murder of a junior doctor of R.G. Kar Medical Colleges & Hospital in August. With this, total number of senior doctors tendering mass resignations from as many as six hospitals during the day has crossed 200. As per the latest information available, 50 senior doctors from the Calcutta National Medical College & Hospital (CNMCH), 34 from N.R.S. Medical College & Hospital, 30 from the School of Medicine, Sagore Dutta Hospital, and 19 from… Read More »Over 200 Senior Doctors Resign In Support Of Juniors’ Protest In Bengal

A special court in Jaipur on Wednesday acquitted eight accused in a 37-year-old case of glorification of Sati, and gave them “the benefit of doubt”, a lawyer said. The special court has acquitted 25 others in the case in 2004. Four accused are still absconding and some of them have died. According to Defence counsel Amanchain Singh Shekhawat, the alleged Sati incident took place in Diwarala village of Sikar on September 4, 1987 when Roop Kanwar burnt herself alive on her husband’s pyre. He said that on September 22 1988, a case was registered against 45 accused in Sikar’s Thoi police station on the charge of taking out a procession on a truck with the… Read More »Jaipur Court, Giving Benefit Of Doubt, Acquits 8 In 37-Year-Old Case Of Sati Glorification

Ratan Naval Tata is the great-grandson of Jamsetji Tata who founded the Tata Group. He was born on December 28, 1937, in Mumbai to Naval Tata and Sooni Tata.He was raised by his grandmother, Navajbai Tata after his parents separated in 1948.Despite coming close to marriage on four occasions, Ratan Tata never married.He once admitted that he fell in love while working in Los Angeles. But because of the ongoing 1962 Indo-China War, the girl’s parents refused to let her move to India.Starting his career in 1961, Ratan Tata started from the ground up, managing operations on the shop floor of Tata Steel. This experience laid the foundation for his future leadership role within the… Read More »10 Facts On Ratan Tata, India’s Most Beloved Industrialist

<p>Former United States President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump recently showered praise and admiration on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling him the “nicest human being” and referring to him as a good “friend”.&nbsp;</p> <p>Trump hailed PM Modi while speaking at the Flagrant podcast, hosted by Andrew Schulz and Akaash Singh. Calling him a “total killer”, Trump also shared his assessment of world leaders and remarked that before PM Modi’s appointment as the Prime Minister of India, the country was “very unstable”.</p> <p>Trump said: “Modi (India), he’s a friend of mine and also the nicest human being. Before him being appointed as the Prime Minister, India was very unstable. On the outside, he looks like… Read More »‘Nicest Human Being, Total Killer’: Donald Trump Praises PM Modi

A 43-year-old woman in China is being praised online for her remarkable ability to climb cliffs exceeding 100 meters in height without safety gear. According to the South China Morning Post, Luo Dengpin, who has earned the title of “Chinese Spider-Woman,” is recognised as the world’s only female practitioner of the ancient Miao tradition of bare-handed rock climbing. She is able to climb a 108-metre-high cliff, which is equivalent to a 30-storey building, and effortlessly move across vertical rock faces.  According to SCMP, Ms Luo is currently the only female among the region’s “spider people”. She started rock climbing at the age of 15 under the guidance of her father. Initially, her motivation stemmed from… Read More »Meet China’s “Spider-Woman” Who Can Climb 108-Metre Cliff Without Safety Gear