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DAINIK NATION BUREAU If you walk through the streets of Doon valley in the morning, you are sure to catch a strong whiff of biscuits and buns being baked for the day. Baking starts at 5 a.m. and goes on till noon. There are bakeries in every part of this city, some old, others new. But you just can’t imagine ...

The hole in Earth’s ozone layer that forms over Antarctica each September was the smallest observed since 1988, NASA satellite measurements from this year have revealed. The ozone hole reached its peak extent on September 11, covering an area about two and a half times the size of the US – 7.6 million square miles in extent – and then ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU India’s fight against corruption is led by a robust and time tested institutional and legislative framework including the Prevention of Corruption Act, an independent Central Vigilance Commission, the Comptroller and Auditor General, the Judges (Inquiry) Act, the Lok Pal and Lok Ayukta Act 2013, Whistle Blowers Protection Act 2011, Prevention of Money /Laundering Act, Benami Transactions (Prohibition) ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Diabetes is an “iceberg” disease. Although increase in both the prevalence and incidence of type 2 diabetes have occurred globally, they have been especially dramatic in societies in economic transition, in newly industrialized countries and in developing countries. Currently the number of cases of diabetes worldwide is estimated to be around 347 million, of these more than ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU September 5 is observed as Teachers’ Day in honour of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975), the second President of India, who was born on that day. But how did it get instituted? Dr. Radhakrishnan’s 75th birthday on September 5, 1962 came within weeks of his being elevated to the President’s post. He was flooded with felicitations from home ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU For the last several decades several changes have been brought about to improve transparency in the functioning of the government and bring accountability.  Cumulatively, these have helped the common man find his groove in a maze of laws and indifference of the lower bureaucracy and the response time for the solution of his or her grievance has ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU A book on the nation’s evolution over the past seven decades by  noted Dehradun-based writer Roshen Dalal  launched by Puffin Books on the occasion of independence day, 2017. The book  is a well-researched account of the nation’s evolution over  the past seven decades. It captures snippets of each of these 70 years through important events in various areas ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Accessible India Campaign (AIC) is the nationwide flagship campaign of the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. The aim of the Campaign is to make a barrier free and conducive environment for Divyangjans all over the country.  It was launched by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on International ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Come Shivaratri and the city is hued in the colour of saffron by Kanwadias who come from various parts of the country for fetching holy water of the Ganga river in pitchers to be offered on Shiva Linga. It is not only the pilgrims who visit Haridwar city but even the city residents who are influenced by ...

Dainik Nation Bureau   Around two years back, Dr.Krishna.Kant.Paul took charge as the Governor of Uttarakhand .It has been a fruitful journey since then as he has taken great care of ensuring development of the state on various fronts  and  suggesting new possibilities to be explored to strengthen the hill state.   Dr.Paul  brought  here with him a vast experience ...