Imrana Saifi has redefined communal harmony amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The 32-year-old burqa-clad woman has gone viral on the internet for sanitising several places of worship like temples, mosques and gurudwaras in North Delhi’s Nehru Vihar.A Twitter user shared a photo of her and wrote, “#CoronaWarrior in burqa helps sanitise Delhi temples, priests welcome her.”Saifi is a mother of three and currently fasting for the holy month of Ramadan. However, that does not keep her from doing good deeds and helping society. Every day, without fail, she shows up with a sanitiser tank in her hand...…Imrana Saifi has redefined communal harmony amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The 32-year-old burqa-clad woman has gone viral on the internet for sanitising several places of worship like temples, mosques and gurudwaras in North Delhi’s Nehru Vihar.A Twitter user shared a photo of her and wrote, “#CoronaWarrior in burqa helps sanitise Delhi temples, priests welcome her.”Saifi is a mother of three and currently fasting for the holy month of Ramadan. However, that does not keep her from doing good deeds and helping society. Every day, without fail, she shows up with a sanitiser tank in her hand...WW…

Some people will go out of their way to ensure that the person next to them doesn’t go to bed hungry. Some people are heroes. One such person is Kamalathal, a woman from Tamil Nadu famous for serving idlis for a negligible Re 1. Now, amid lockdown as businesses gravely suffer, she has refused to hike up prices and continues to sell at the same affordable rate. This, despite the losses incurred. The reason? She doesn’t want the poor to go hungry.K Kamalathal is an 85-year-old woman from Tamil Nadu. Known as the ‘Idli Amma’ she has been running her business for the last 30 years. According to...…Some people will go out of their way to ensure that the person next to them doesn’t go to bed hungry. Some people are heroes. One such person is Kamalathal, a woman from Tamil Nadu famous for serving idlis for a negligible Re 1. Now, amid lockdown as businesses gravely suffer, she has refused to hike up prices and continues to sell at the same affordable rate. This, despite the losses incurred. The reason? She doesn’t want the poor to go hungry.K Kamalathal is an 85-year-old woman from Tamil Nadu. Known as the ‘Idli Amma’ she has been running her business for the last 30 years. According to...WW…

Doctors across the world are going out of their way to step up during the COVID-19 pandemic. The most recent example being a Canada-based Sikh man, Dr Sanjeev Singh-Saluja who went out of his way to shave off his beard so he could treat patients who have contracted COVID-19. Sanjeev is a physician at the McGill University Health Centre’s (MUHC) Montreal General.According to media reports, Sanjeev was unable to wear protective gear due to his beard and this meant that he could not work closely with patients of coronavirus. However, he decided to choose his duty over his religion for the...…Doctors across the world are going out of their way to step up during the COVID-19 pandemic. The most recent example being a Canada-based Sikh man, Dr Sanjeev Singh-Saluja who went out of his way to shave off his beard so he could treat patients who have contracted COVID-19. Sanjeev is a physician at the McGill University Health Centre’s (MUHC) Montreal General.According to media reports, Sanjeev was unable to wear protective gear due to his beard and this meant that he could not work closely with patients of coronavirus. However, he decided to choose his duty over his religion for the...WW…

Online coding platform for children WhiteHat Jr was found to have left personal data of 2.80 lakh students and teachers vulnerable through multiple bugs (till these were fixed by the company), The Quint has learnt.According to responsible disclosures made by an independent security researcher to WhiteHat Jr, the Byju’s-owned company had left its backend server open that allowed access to a variety of plaintext data, including student names, age, gender, images, user IDs, parents name, and progress reports to outsiders.The security researcher who reported the vulnerability on 19 November...…Online coding platform for children WhiteHat Jr was found to have left personal data of 2.80 lakh students and teachers vulnerable through multiple bugs (till these were fixed by the company), The Quint has learnt.According to responsible disclosures made by an independent security researcher to WhiteHat Jr, the Byju’s-owned company had left its backend server open that allowed access to a variety of plaintext data, including student names, age, gender, images, user IDs, parents name, and progress reports to outsiders.The security researcher who reported the vulnerability on 19 November...WW…

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REMOVE ADiHindi FemalelistenFor impactful stories you just can’t missBy subscribing you agree to our Privacy PolicyIn the wee hours of Wednesday, 4 October, a 'mountain tsunami' suddenly descended on the tiny Lachen river, a tributary of the mighty Teesta river, that originates in the rarefied heights of northern Sikkim.In the pitch blackness of the night, the massive South Lhonak glacial lake had burst.Ice-cold water roared at an estimated speed of 15 metres/second from a height of 17,100 feet. And on its descent downhill, the water picked up thousands of tonnes of debris.It didn't take...…REMOVE ADiHindi FemalelistenFor impactful stories you just can’t missBy subscribing you agree to our Privacy PolicyIn the wee hours of Wednesday, 4 October, a 'mountain tsunami' suddenly descended on the tiny Lachen river, a tributary of the mighty Teesta river, that originates in the rarefied heights of northern Sikkim.In the pitch blackness of the night, the massive South Lhonak glacial lake had burst.Ice-cold water roared at an estimated speed of 15 metres/second from a height of 17,100 feet. And on its descent downhill, the water picked up thousands of tonnes of debris.It didn't take...WW…

REMOVE ADiHindi FemalelistenFor impactful stories you just can’t missBy subscribing you agree to our Privacy PolicyThe Delhi Police in its First Information Report (FIR) against news portal NewsClick linked the organisation with "illegally infusing foreign funds" through Chinese telecom companies as part of a "larger criminal conspiracy" to "disrupt the sovereignty and territorial integrity of India."The FIR, accessed by The Quint, claimed that telecom companies like Xiaomi and Vivo set up shell companies, allegedly in violation of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and the...…REMOVE ADiHindi FemalelistenFor impactful stories you just can’t missBy subscribing you agree to our Privacy PolicyThe Delhi Police in its First Information Report (FIR) against news portal NewsClick linked the organisation with "illegally infusing foreign funds" through Chinese telecom companies as part of a "larger criminal conspiracy" to "disrupt the sovereignty and territorial integrity of India."The FIR, accessed by The Quint, claimed that telecom companies like Xiaomi and Vivo set up shell companies, allegedly in violation of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and the...WW…

REMOVE ADiHindi FemalelistenFor impactful stories you just can’t missBy subscribing you agree to our Privacy PolicyThe former Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia was charged with money laundering by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), but the Supreme Court said on Thursday, 5 October, that without proof of bribery, it might be difficult to take action against him. A bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and SNV. Bhatti also emphasised that Section 3 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) does not criminalise the generation of money.Section 3 of PMLA states that anyone who directly or...…REMOVE ADiHindi FemalelistenFor impactful stories you just can’t missBy subscribing you agree to our Privacy PolicyThe former Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia was charged with money laundering by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), but the Supreme Court said on Thursday, 5 October, that without proof of bribery, it might be difficult to take action against him. A bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and SNV. Bhatti also emphasised that Section 3 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) does not criminalise the generation of money.Section 3 of PMLA states that anyone who directly or...WW…

REMOVE ADiHindi FemalelistenFor impactful stories you just can’t missBy subscribing you agree to our Privacy PolicyOn Wednesday, 4 October, a cloudburst over South Lhonak Lake resulted in a flash flood in the Teesta River, killing at least 14 people – with 102 others missing – and causing massive destruction in North Sikkim.The swollen river submerged Teesta basin towns like Dikchu, Singtam, and Rangpo – and the flooding was made worse by the release of water from the Chungthang dam.The Teesta-V and Teesta-VI hydropower stations, owned by the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC),...…REMOVE ADiHindi FemalelistenFor impactful stories you just can’t missBy subscribing you agree to our Privacy PolicyOn Wednesday, 4 October, a cloudburst over South Lhonak Lake resulted in a flash flood in the Teesta River, killing at least 14 people – with 102 others missing – and causing massive destruction in North Sikkim.The swollen river submerged Teesta basin towns like Dikchu, Singtam, and Rangpo – and the flooding was made worse by the release of water from the Chungthang dam.The Teesta-V and Teesta-VI hydropower stations, owned by the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC),...WW…

AstraZeneca and Oxford University, who recently released results of the clinical trials for their COVID-19 vaccine candidate, on Wednesday, 25 November, acknowledged that there had been a manufacturing error that led to the 90 percent effectiveness of the shot, news agency AP reported.This statement reportedly admitting the error comes days after the company and the university released their results claiming a high degree of effectiveness, but chose to leave out mention of why some trial volunteers did not receive as much vaccine as expected.On 23 November, it was announced that the...…AstraZeneca and Oxford University, who recently released results of the clinical trials for their COVID-19 vaccine candidate, on Wednesday, 25 November, acknowledged that there had been a manufacturing error that led to the 90 percent effectiveness of the shot, news agency AP reported.This statement reportedly admitting the error comes days after the company and the university released their results claiming a high degree of effectiveness, but chose to leave out mention of why some trial volunteers did not receive as much vaccine as expected.On 23 November, it was announced that the...WW…