Priyal Shah

At this time, there are 34 lakh vehicles in India that are older than 15 years, and 51 lakh motor vehicles which are older than 20 years. A staggering 17 lakh medium and heavy vehicles are older than 15 years. The use of such old vehicles…
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May 3rd has been declared by UNESCO as World Press Freedom Day. This day urges the government to commit to press freedom and commemorates those journalists who lost their lives while reporting. Media is the fourth pillar of democracy. An…
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The highest single-day tally of 24,619 in 2020, Maharashtra's second wave has proved to be more contagious, causing 60,000+ new cases for two weeks straight. With a daily reporting of 60,000 plus cases on average since the last two weeks,…
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In 1903, Thomas Edison said, “The doctor of the future will give no medicine but will interest his patient in the care of the human frame, diet and in the cause and prevention of diseases.” A century later, Edison’s words cannot be truer.…
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India’s highways are an important element of its economy. Despite having 2% of the total paved roads, they experience 40 percent of the total traffic faced in India. This highlights the significance of highways that act as a catalyst for…
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Having access to water remains an unrealized dream for many Indians. An estimated 100 million people in India’s prime cities (like Delhi, Chennai, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad) will face acute groundwater depletion. Over 600 million Indians…
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World’s busiest waterway, the South China Sea, stretches for 3.6 million sq. km and is an area contested and disputed over by countries that surround it, namely China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia, and Brunei. The dispute lies…
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The Coronavirus induced pandemic in 2020 has pushed roughly 83 to 132 million people into hunger and malnutrition. A total of 370 million children across the world will miss out on nutritious school meals, estimates the UNICEF report on…
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Brexit or “British exit”  is the term used for the UK’s decision to vote out of the European Union, the economic and trade bloc of which the UK was a member since 1973. The UK officially left the EU on 31st January 2020 but remained a part…
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In 2018, the Prime Minister of Fiji, Frank Bainimaramam, presided over a meeting as part of the Conference of Parties 23, or COP23, to help slash the grim situation islands faced due to climate change. Fiji, a country made up of 300…
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