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Road construction and blasts for making tunnels continues till late evenings in Simrol, Choral area, leading to habitat destruction and dislocation of wild animals especially leopards in the region. Leopards are prominently found in Choral and Mhow range in Indore district. While the forest department had given limited permission for working later than sunset to avoid disturbing nocturnal animals, the construction work still goes on beyond sunset. This has lead to leopards crawling into other areas to find rescue from blasts and construction. In another such incident, three leopards, i.e. a leopardess and two cubs found refuge in the campus of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indore. They escaped from the forest to save themselves about a week ago. However, the fear-struck IITians have called for help from the forest department to rescue the leopard family. The three leopards were sighted on the campus of IIT Indore about a week ago. Immediately, the institute prompted the forest d...

Union home minister Amit Shah’s divisional meeting with BJP leaders could not be as successful as planned, as it was the last day of nominations on Monday. However, he had a one-on-one meeting with former Cabinet minister and senior BJP leader Ranjana Baghel, who is contesting from Manawar seat in Dhar district. Baghel had sought a ticket from BJP, but was not given. A day after BJP announced its candidate from the Manawar assembly constituency, Baghel had expressed discontent following the party denying her ticket. She accused the party of injustice despite her giving 30 years of life and having made a big contribution to building the party in this region. She accused party national general secretary and BJP candidate from Indore No 1 Kailash Vijayvargiya of opposing her and got her ticket cancelled. She accused Vijayvergiya, saying, “He is meeting Anand Rai and I am feeling very sad and now I will think about what to do now onwards. The party discarded me like a fly in milk.” The for...

Homi Bhabha Day @ RRCAT-2023 3 aspects of Nuclear Energy & Indian nuclear Program Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology (RRCAT), Indore, a R & D unit of the Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India celebrated the Birth Anniversary of Dr. Homi Jehangir Bhabha, the Architect of the Indian Nuclear Programme, Monday as the “Homi Bhabha Day @ RRCAT-2023”. On this occasion, Dr CK Asnani, Chairman & Managing Director of Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL), Jaduguda was the chief guest. Asnani delivered the "Homi Bhabha Day @ RRCAT Lecture”. The title of his talk was “Indian nuclear Program: in tandem with the strategy of the greatest visionary Dr. Homi J. Bhabha”. In his lecture he presented the journey of DAE, from its inception to the present day, with a special emphasis on the role of Uranium, from its mining to the production of fuel pellets and their deployment in reactors. The highlight of his lecture was the lucid manner in which he presented to t...