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Paris Agreement
Japan’s SoftBank pledges up to $100 billion for Indian solar projects
Softbank’s Vision Fund raised over $93 Billion in the last fiscal year.
‘PM Modi has made India one of the champions to tackle climate change’, says UN Environment Chief
UNEP Executive Director has lauded India's efforts in tackling the global menace.
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News Reports
Delhi anti-Hindu riots: Sahil’s father Parvez died 3 times, in 3 different ways, in 3 separate locations. 16 Hindus named in the FIR
Sahil Parvez had stated that his father was shot in front of their house in his statement to the media. His complaint letter to the police several weeks later suddenly shifts the location, identifies 16 'attackers' by name and makes a lot of contradictory claims, read details.
News Reports
“I am proud of UP police”, says the father of a martyred UP police officer after Vikas Dubey was killed in an encounter
Urmila Verma, the wife of deceased constable Sultan Singh, said that the death of Vikas Dubey had brought relief to her soul.
News Reports
The Wire issues half-hearted correction after being called out by NCPCR for their blatantly fake news about ‘eight-fold increase in complaints post lockdown
The Wire retracted it after the author of the article said that she had no evidence to support her stunning claim.
Government and Policy
1 lakh km of road built with plastic waste, Modi govt saves Rs 30,000 per km: Read about the revolution in road construction
In 2016, Union minister Nitin Gadkari had announced the usage of plastic waste in road construction
News Reports
Hours before Vikas Dubey was killed in encounter, a petition was filed in Supreme Court seeking protection for the gangster
Before Vikas Dubey’s encounter, one Mumbai-based petitioner had filed petition in SC to prevent UP police from encountering him
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News Reports
Netizens ask Netflix to cancel comedian Kenny Sebastian’s special show after he hurls obscene abuses
Social media users are demanding that Netflix reconsiders special show of Indian comic Kenny Sebastian after he was allegedly found hurling obscene abuses to people on his Instagram page.
Fact-Check
The curious case of ‘Drone Boy’ who has made 600 drones using broken mixer grinders and televisions. A fact-check
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While 'drone boy' Prathap NM has claimed to have made 600 drones using e-waste, not a single photo or video of them exist
Politics
Jyoti Basu is the mass murderer India forgot
Please don’t feel bad about speaking ill of the Late Jyoti Basu. If there is another world, be certain that there are (at least) 28,000 voices from the other side backing you up.
Social Media
Only Muslims go to heaven, Ravish Kumar-like non-Muslims can only hope for a mild level of hell: Dr Zakir Naik explains
Naik said that virtues like honesty and charity cannot ensure qualifying marks for heaven or Jannah. Only Muslims can go to heaven and non-Muslims will go to hell by default, he says.
Social Media
After obscene comments, clip of comedian Kenneth Sebastian calling Sanskrit ‘most useless language ever’ goes viral. Watch video
In the video titled "Journey to the centre of my brain", Sebastian is seen thanking God because 'all the people who spoke Sanskrit are dead'.
