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Drunken driving can land you and others in big trouble.

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Who does not like to go for drive on roads or stroll after meals? All like to do something extra apart from every day’s monotonous routine. But decision of many to go out for a drive turns terrible due to mistake of others. Drunk driving puts at risk not only the life of the person…

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Project Semicolon; the journey isn’t over.

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Punctuation can be powerful. A semicolon is used when an author could’ve chosen to end their sentence, but chose not to. The author is you and the sentence is your life. Project Semicolon is a faith-based non-profit organization. This began in the spring of 2013, when Project Semicolon Founder, Amy Bleuel wanted to honor her father…

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Plastic waste now to be used in road construction, will save money and help to dispose the plastic.

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STORY HIGHLIGHTS For every 100 Kg of tar, 3-6 Kg of plastic will be used. Will reduce the need of bitumen by 10 %. Minimum effect of extreme heat and no melting in summers. Better resistance to water resulting no potholes. These roads offer improved quality and are also cheaper. Such roads also have higher…

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Suicides are killing more youths than illness. How we can curb this massive killer?

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Vivek, a fifteen year old school going child said goodnight to his parents before going to the bed. Everyday,he would get up 6:30 AM in the morning and get ready for school. Next morning mother noticed there was no activity in Vivek’s room and door was locked from inside. She smelt some wrong and raised…

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This Rajasthan village has kept drought away for thirty years. It can happen all over the country.

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Long queues for government-supplied water tankers are a common summer sight in most parts of Rajasthan. But in Laporiya, a village 80 km from Jaipur, a collective effort to harvest water by 350 families has been defying drought for the past 30 years. While ground water has gone down to 500 feet in nearby areas,…

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