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Nikhil M Babu

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Sep 14, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Nikhil M Babu

    In Delhi’s Atal Canteens, food to fill a stomach (opens the original)

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    It is around 11 a.m. and the downpour is intensifying. Mahesh Saini, 40, with a sack slung over his left shoulder and a stick in his right hand, reaches the Nehru Nagar Atal Canteen, an initiative of the Delhi government to provide meals at ₹5 each. As he enters, a man from a counter inside shouts, waving his hand: “Bora bahar (Leave the sack outside).”  Mahesh, a ragpicker, puts down the white plastic sack, ties its mouth carefully, and leaves it next to the door. He props up his st

  2. Article · Sep 8, 2026 · Nikhil M Babu

    ‘Not enough room’: inside the ‘dabba ghars’ for students in Delhi (opens the original)

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    The street from Delhi University’s (DU) Arts Faculty towards Vijay Nagar, a student hub, is dotted with posters advertising rooms for as little as ₹3,500 in Christian Colony. One such room is where Rahul, 25, a PhD student, lives. He turned into a narrow lane and climbed an unlit staircase to reach it. Barely six feet wide, the room is typical of the cramped spaces in Christian Colony where students find accommodation at relatively low rents. “This area is like a slum full of DU students.

  3. Article · Sep 5, 2026 · Nikhil M Babu

    To double sewage treatment capacity, Delhi Jal Board to start 18-20 new STPs (opens the original)

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    A key part of the Delhi Jal Board’s (DJB) ambitious plan to nearly double the amount of sewage it can treat in a day is to start 18-20 new sewage treatment plants (STPs) with a total capacity of treating 460 million gallons per day (MGD), an official told The Hindu. Doubling of the sewage treatment capacity is an important element of the government’s plan to clean the Delhi stretch of river Yamuna. In July last year, Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired a meeting on the river’s rejuvenation and

  4. Article · Sep 5, 2026 · Nikhil M Babu

    On Teachers’ Day, CM honours 118 teachers (opens the original)

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    Chief Minister Rekha Gupta honoured 118 teachers for their outstanding contribution to education at ‘Shikshak Mahakumbh - State Teachers Awards 2026’, organised at Thyagaraj Stadium as part of Teachers’ Day celebrations on Saturday. The CM urged teachers to instil in students values such as cleanliness, environmental protection, compliance with rules, discipline, sensitivity and helping those in need, so that the foundation of responsible citizenship is strengthened from childhood. S

  5. Article · Aug 31, 2026 · Nikhil M Babu

    CJP finds in AAP an all-weather friend supporting it at every turn (opens the original)

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    Within hours of Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) co-convenor Ashutosh Ranka posting a video on X on August 21 about him and other CJP volunteers being attacked while checking the quality of government schools in Rajasthan, another X user — AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal — quote-retweeted it, blaming the BJP for the attack. “What’s going on in the country? BJP’s goons have brutally attacked CJP’s volunteers. They beat them up, tore their clothes, and smashed the car windows. Is all this just so they can’t

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