Stranger Than Fiction 4 Seven Steps Around Agni Neeru Sharma, Who Holds Two Postgraduate Degrees In

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Seven steps around Agni

Neeru Sharma, who holds two postgraduate degrees in economics—one from Delhi University and the other from Andhra University—said she tries to be different from the common priests.

Picture a marriage. A groom wearing a sehra (forehead garland) and his bride in traditional attire seated before a fire pit. The divine sounds of mantras reverberating in the air. Only this time, they are being chanted not by a male priest, but a priestess. Neeru Sharma, a Delhi woman who holds a double Masters degree in Economics, has broken the shackles of patriarchy by officiating marriage ceremonies. Why should only men be the priests, not women? She makes it a point to explain the mantras and their significance. The mantras are musically rendered to make it more interesting.

Murder Drishyam style

Ekta Gupta, the wife of a prominent businessman, had been missing since June 24. Police said her remains were exhumed from the premises of Officers’ Club.

In a sensational crime that has sent shockwaves and raised several unanswered questions, a woman’s body was dug up from near the district magistrate’s (DM’s) residence in Kanpur four months after she was allegedly murdered and buried by her gym trainer. Ektas husband suspected some thing fishy and named the gym trainer as a possible suspect because her last outing was to the gym.There are quite a few cases of Gym related disappearance .In Drishyam the body was hidden under the floor of the police Inspectors room under construction.It Is a wonderful movie be it in Malayalam,Tamil or Hindi.The gym trainer was at last apprehended after a wild goose chase to a number of cities.

Physio therapy for the body and dog therapy for the mind

Mumbai airport's T2 terminal has introduced trained therapy dogs to help de-stress passengers, especially following recent flight delays due to bomb hoax calls. Mumbai airport's T2 terminal has introduced trained therapy dogs to help de-stress passengers, especially following recent flight delays due to bomb hoax calls.But imagine waiting for a long time in departure lounge due to delay when you see a waging furry dog in front with the words “pet me” printed on the collar. It is stated that many international airports in US and recently in Istanbul have such a scheme in operation. Based on my experience with 3 dogs over 40 years the therapeutic value of a pet dog at home is amazing. Dogs are masters in human relations.

All for a petty 50 paise

A Chennai consumer's lawsuit over a 50-paise coin, still a legal tender, with a local post office has yielded a return of 2999900% for the litigant. The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission ordered the post office to pay the amount plus a ₹ 15,000 fine to the litigant, The dispute dates back to December last year.

Not returning 50 paisa to a consumer and 'rounding it off' has cost the India Post dearly, which has been directed by a consumer disputes redressal commission to refund it, in addition to providing a compensation of Rs 10,000 to him for causing mental agony, unfair trade practice and deficiency in service.Also, the Kancheepuram district consumer disputes redressal commission has asked the Department of Posts (DoP) to pay Rs 5,000 towards litigation cost.

According to the complainant, A Manasha, he paid Rs 30 in cash for a registered letter at Pozhichalur post office near here on December 13, 2023, but the receipt showed only Rs 29.50. Though he offered to remit the exact amount through UPI, it was declined by postal personnel due to some technical issues.

In his plaint, he said lakhs of transactions happened daily and not accounting them properly had consequences including loss to the government and termed it illegal which caused him 'serious mental agony.' The department submitted before the forum that due to technical issues, payment through digital mode could not be accepted, at that time, from the consumer and hence cash was collected from him. Also, it said 50 paise was rounded off automatically in the 'incorporated postal software' and duly accounted in postal accounts. The sum of 'automatically rounded off amount' is reflected separately in 'Counter Accounts Submission.' Hence, the complaint is not acceptable.

After hearing both sides, the consumer panel said the act of the post office in collecting 50 paisa in excess due to a software issue amounted to unfair trade practice under the Consumer Protection Act.

The complainant, in his submission, had sought a direction to the DoP to return his 50 paise, a compensation of Rs 2.50 lakh for 'mental agony,' and Rs 10,000 towards cost of litigation. The DoP had termed the contention of the petitioner as devoid of merits and wanted it to be dismissed.




This is smart business

China currently offers Giant Pandas for lease to foreign countries as part of their efforts to promote conservation and public awareness of this endangered species. The cost of borrowing or leasing Giant Pandas varies depending on a number of factors, such as the duration of the lease, the number of pandas being leased, and the country or institution borrowing them.

In general, the cost of leasing a pair of Giant Pandas can range from $1 million to $2 million USD per year, with additional fees for shipping, insurance, and care. The lease typically lasts for 10 years, and countries or institutions must meet certain requirements to be eligible to lease Giant Pandas, such as having suitable facilities and resources to care for them.

It's important to note that the primary purpose of leasing Giant Pandas is to support conservation efforts, rather than generate revenue for China. The fees charged for leasing are used to fund conservation programs and research aimed at protecting and preserving Giant Pandas in the wild.


Just three minutes hugging and not more

Parting, as we all know, is such sweet sorrow. But if you’re departing from New Zealand’s Dunedin airport your sorrow had better be short and sweet. The international airport recently made global headlines for its new signs limiting hug times at drop-off zones to three minutes. “For fonder farewells please use the car park,” the signs advise. (You get 15 minutes of free parking for your fondling.)

The three-minute hug policy, which came about because too many people were spending far too long – and sometimes being inappropriate – in the drop-off zones, has not been embraced by everyone. Some critics have been whining on Facebook that it is “inhumane” and the “nanny state gone mad”. These are the same people, I imagine, who think it’s a violation of their human rights to have to keep quiet in the train’s quiet car and who generally can’t follow basic rules of social etiquette.

One gentleman who tried this at home stated”Rather than being inhumane I think three minutes is an extremely reasonable amount of time for a goodbye hug, albeit a somewhat random number. How did they decide on three minutes? I don’t know whether Dunedin spent millions asking McKinsey to do studies quantifying the optimal amount of affection in high-traffic public areas but, in an interview with Radio New Zealand, the airport’s CEO Daniel De Bono did suggest there was some sort of rationale for the number: he quoted a study that suggests a 20-second hug is long enough to release oxytocin – the “love hormone”. In the interests of science, I barged in on my wife while she was working and asked for a timed hug so I could analyse the benefits of hugging for myself. After 49 seconds she told me to go away. So, in short, the data seems to suggest three minutes is more than adequate. Advice- practice it at home so that you keep within time limits at the airport.

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