How to kill a hill station 

Mussoorie is not dying by accident. It is being systematically suffocated—road by road, tunnel by tunnel, project by project—under the banner of “connectivity” and “development”.  Once envisioned as a fragile Himalayan retreat, Mussoorie is today being converted into a traffic terminal in the mountains. Mussoorie’s crisis is not the result of neglect; it is the…

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What really destroyed the Indus Valley? It wasn’t war, but a slow death by drought | World News

The Indus Valley Civilisation probably didn’t disappear all at once. New research points to a long stretch of repeated droughts that may have slowly weakened one of the world’s earliest urban societies. Cities such as Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa, once built around reliable rivers, appear to have struggled as water became harder to find. As conditions…

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Gold, Silver Prices Today Live Updates: Will gold, silver prices touch new highs in coming days?

Investor interest in precious metals surged in January, with mutual fund allocations to gold and silver rising sharply as prices of both metals climbed significantly. For the first time in recent years, monthly inflows into gold and silver schemes surpassed investments into equity funds, which have typically driven industry growth. Gold and silver Exchange Traded…

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’20-25 Congress MPs entered Lok Sabha Speaker’s chamber, abused him’: Kiren Rijiju’s big charge | India News

NEW DELHI: Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday accused Congress MPs of storming into Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla’s chamber and hurling abuses at him.“At least 20-25 Congress MPs entered the Lok Sabha Speaker’s chamber and abused him. I was also there. The Speaker is a very soft person, otherwise strict actions would…

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