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India’s Locust Nightmare Spreads To Maharashtra, UP; High Alert In Punjab Locust containment measures and sprinkling operations have been conducted in 303 locations spread over more than 47,000 hectares till Wednesday.

Lockdown extended till May 31, but most curbs lifted, states will decide on transport and zones Under the new guidelines, “the zones can be a district, or a municipal corporation/ municipality or even smaller administrative units such as sub-divisions, etc, as decided by states and UTs,” an MHA statement said.' Published by Shameem | May,18 2020 11:01:42am Instagram   As the third phase of the nationwide lockdown ended on Sunday, the Centre announced an extension till May 31, but listed considerable relaxations in non-containment zones that are set to further open up the economy. While all markets, offices, industries and businesses will be allowed to open, inter-state and intra-state movement of “passenger vehicles and buses” will be permitted with the consent of the states involved. Significantly, in its guidelines for Phase IV of the lockdown beginning Monday, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said the “delineation of red, green and orange zones will be decided by the state and...

Police officer says girl, posing as 'Siddharth' on Snapchat, suggested sexual assault on herself to a male friend, just to gauge his reaction and 'character'. The Delhi Police’s investigation in the ‘Bois Locker Room’ case has revealed that the conversation casually discussing rape and gang-rape of a girl never happened on the private Instagram group of that name. Instead, it was a separate Snapchat conversation between two individuals, initiated by a girl, which “coincidentally got mixed up”, police sources told The Print. According to a senior police officer, the girl took on a fake name, ‘Siddharth’, and suggested a plan of “aggravated sexual assault on herself” to a male friend, just to gauge his reaction. “Using the fake identity of a male person, she suggested a plan to sexually assault herself. The purpose of her sending such chat messages using a fake, fictional identity was to check the reaction of the boy and the strength of his character, especially when some...

          The lock-down means children are spending more time than ever online. Schooling, entertainment, socializing, sports… it’s all taking place on the internet. Parents are naturally being very liberal about how much time children can spend on the internet these days. Unfortunately all this also means that the usual dangers of cyberspace are multiplied manifold. In Delhi an Instagram group ‘Bois Locker Room’ has come to light, where male students from different schools discussed their female classmates in very disturbing ways. This reportedly included posting schoolgirls’ photos without consent and conversations about committing sexual assault, rape, gang rape. This Instagram group has now been deactivated and Delhi Police is investigating the case, with the cyber-crime division also writing to Facebook-owned Instagram for details. But the casual misogyny and normalization of rape seen in this group is likely not an anomaly. Parents, teachers, police, socia...