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Sep 16

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In 1875, in an officers’ mess in the city of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, Chamberlain experimented with the classic game of black pool by adding many coloured balls to the existing 15 red balls and a black ball.

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Thus, the game of snooker was born.

The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) has also proudly declared India as the birthplace of Snooker on its website.

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Sep 16

India is a land of villages, and a large part of its population still lives in the remote parts of the country.

It's a matter of immense pride that some of these villages have emerged as centres of experimentation on sustainable living over the past few years.

Swipe to have a look at the list of five such villages in India!

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Sep 15

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Today we remember the contributions of those extraordinary people who, through their special craft and resolve, engineered the foundation of the many technological marvels we now enjoy.
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Sep 15

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The Ministry of Railways, India, has recently tweeted some stunning photos of the Chenab bridge, captioning, "A sight of the breathtakingly beautiful Chenab Bridge" on their official channel.

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The Chenab bridge is the world's highest rail bridge, constructed at 1178 ft above the river. The bridge has recently been fully built and inaugurated in August this year.

#MinistryofRailways #WorldsHighest #IndianRailBridge #TheBetterIndia

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Sep 15

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K Madhavan kickstarted his first project in Perinthalmanna, Malappuram district (Kerala). He made use of the unwanted laterite soil from the owner's neighbourhood and turned it into compressed, stabilized interlocking blocks.
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“Using an imported block-making machine, we made about 7,000 bricks, enough to meet the requirements of Jose’s 700-sq-ft first floor. Instead of reinforced cement concrete, we used coconut timber for truss work & bamboo ply for the false ceiling.

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But the challenge had only begun. I was not an experienced builder with neither manpower nor infrastructure.

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Sep 15

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"Having practised as a gynaecologist for over 15 years, I held a prejudice towards unmarried and sexually active patients. Though I provided them with the same standard of care as my other patients, I must admit that I wasn’t completely judgment-free towards them.

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However,things began to shift drastically when I saw a patient in my clinic who came with complaints of unusually heavy bleeding.After much probing, she told me that she had consumed 30 tablets of the emergency contraceptive pill to abort her pregnancy as she was unmarried.

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Perplexed, I asked her why she didn’t visit me or any other gynaecologist before consuming the tablets. She said she didn’t dare to do so as she had previously felt humiliated at a gynaecologist’s clinic, for they shamed her about being sexually active and unmarried.

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