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Gloom and pall have descended on mutton and other meat vendors as the strike in UP has forced people to turn vegetarian.
"Fish is a good source of protein and it can overcome malnutrition in areas where fish is available in abundance," she said.
'I belonged to a village where there was no light.' 'In Mumbai, I worked as a junior artiste, played small characters.' 'After struggling a lot, I got a break on television.' 'From there, I got a break in films.' 'It feels like a dream.' 'Sometimes when I feel low, I look back at my journey and feel inspired.'
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Adityanath assured the delegation that stern action would be taken if any officer acted against a legal and licensed slaughterhouse.
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During the day, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan held a meeting to review preparedness for COVID-19 management, through video conference with health ministers, chief secretaries of all states and UTs, central ministers and representatives from the related organisations and stressed on the need for keeping testing and quarantine facilities, isolation wards, and labs in active readiness.
Eggs will not be part of the meals served at anganwadi centres in Madhya Pradesh with Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, a vegetarian himself, rejecting a proposal in this regard.
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Indian farmers practise an agro-silvo-pastoral system and that livestock is a crucial part of their economy. Taking away the meat would demonetise their assets. It would kill their income, says Sunita Narain.
Haryana has joined the list of Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled states to impose on ban on meat during the Jain festival of Paryushan, which has caused a huge uproar across India.
It looks like Hindi, which faces political opposition at the front door, is entering Tamil Nadu through the kitchen, says Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
'When you are a vegetarian who isn't terribly fond of cottage cheese, choices become somewhat limited, but I have never understood why everyone also conspires to gang up against the vegetable eater?' asks Kishore Singh.
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Because we mirror his beliefs, says Savera R Someshwar.
President Pranab Mukherjee gave a touching farewell to 'gentleman' Manmohan Singh, recalling their four-decade-long association from Singh's bureaucracy days till he became the prime minister.
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'All the bride's beleaguered parents wanted, they said, was a simple wedding without any unnecessary problems.'
'Shaheen Bagh is no longer a mere ghetto of lower middle class Muslims.' 'Now, it is a metaphor for resistance, secularism and struggle,' notes Md. Zeeshan Ahmad.
Cardiologist Dr BK Goyal's greatest gift was that he gave his patients a calming reassurance their doctor truly cared for them, says family friend Gitanjali Gurbaxani.
'"Life-changing" clearly denotes an exceptionally high level of regard for Narendra D Modi.' 'One has to find out if the UGC used such an adulatory term for any other speaker, whether from politics or from academe,' says Amulya Ganguli.
Details on the Swadheen Bharat Vidhik Satyagrah aka Swadheen Bharat Subhash Sena, the outfit responsible for the violence that claimed 24 lives in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, including that of two police officials, are slowly emerging.
Under fire over his remarks about Gujaratis living in Mumbai, Swabhimaan Sanghatana chief Nitesh Rane today said his statement was not against all Gujaratis, but directed at only those amongst them who felt that Gujarat under Narendra Modi was doing better than Maharashtra.
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