At least 16 people died as a massive 100-ft billboard came down crashing and fell on a petrol pump due to the gusty winds in Mumbai on Monday, May 13.
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Nayanika has been covering news without the noise for over four years and currently heads the news desk covering general, national and international day-to-day news for Outlook as a Senior Sub-editor. Apart from breaking, explaining and analysing what's happening in and around, Nayanika is a gourmand and loves to cook and feed people. When not writing, she can be found in a grocery store, picking up ingredients for her next dish. She aims to speak for those who have no voice and empower other lives with the power she achieves in life.
About The Author
Nayanika has been covering news without the noise for over four years and currently heads the news desk covering general, national and international day-to-day news for Outlook as a Senior Sub-editor. Apart from breaking, explaining and analysing what's happening in and around, Nayanika is a gourmand and loves to cook and feed people. When not writing, she can be found in a grocery store, picking up ingredients for her next dish. She aims to speak for those who have no voice and empower other lives with the power she achieves in life.
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All 25 Lok Sabha seats and all 175 Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh voted together on Monday, May 13.
BY Nayanika Sengupta 13 May 2024
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Lok Sabha Elections Phase 4 Voting: An approximate voter turnout of over 63 per cent was recorded in the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024 which was conducted in 96 constituencies across 10 states and Union Territories.
BY Nayanika Sengupta 13 May 2024
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Lok Sabha Elections: Businessmen Ambani and Adani have been dominating headlines in the election season since Wednesday after Prime Minister Narendra Modi played a surprise move and attacked Congress using these industrialists' names. Until now, the names of Adani and Ambani had been used by the Congress to attack Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government at the Centre. In other news, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) has lodged complaint with Election Commission of India against BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari and others, alleging BJP leaders' confession on camera that Sandeshkhali's rape accusations were concocted.
BY Nayanika Sengupta 9 May 2024
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While the Hindu population shrunk in India, the share of minorities, including Muslims, Christians, Buddhists and Sikhs, went up. However, as per an EAC-PM study, the number of Jains and Parsis in the population mix also logged a decrease, with the latter registering a "stark" decline.
BY Nayanika Sengupta 9 May 2024
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The BJP government in Haryana, which has the support of two other Independents, is now two short of the majority mark in the 90-member House which has a current strength of 88.
BY Nayanika Sengupta 8 May 2024
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During the hearing on Tuesday, the Supreme Court asked Arvind Kejriwal that he won't be able to perform official duties while on interim bail, to which the Delhi CM assured he will not deal with any excise policy scam related files, if given bail.
BY Nayanika Sengupta 7 May 2024
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Domestic violence and abuse is a chronic issue in Kazakhstan with about 400 women dying in the country due to the same each year, as per the United Nations. This figure, however, could very well be higher as some cases go unreported.
BY Nayanika Sengupta 3 May 2024
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What first was reported as bomb threats via emails to four-five schools later spiralled to over 200 schools, most of which were in Delhi, while some were also in Noida. Delhi Public School in Dwarka, RK Puram, Noida and Vasant Kunj, Mother Mary's School in East Delhi Mayur Vihar, and Sanskriti School in Chanakyapuri were among the over 200 schools that received bomb threats via email on Wednesday.
BY Nayanika Sengupta 1 May 2024
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Lok Sabha Elections News Updates: In a major development, Congress candidate from Madhya Pradesh's Indore Lok Sabha seat Akshay Kanti Bam withdrew his candidature and was "welcomed" by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to its fold on Monday. Meanwhile, the row over JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna alleged "sex scandal" has been escalating with calls for his expulsion now growing within the party itself. The 33-year-old MP, who is the grandson of JD(S) supremo and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda, was the NDA candidate in the Hassan Lok Sabha constituency, which went to polls on April 26.
BY Nayanika Sengupta 29 April 2024
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