Hydrocarbonman

  In Raini Village, close to the site of the Rishi Ganga Hydropower Project, a dog waits for the return of her puppies that were washed away by the floods. A dog looks at a debris near the damaged Tapovan Tunnel, after a glacier burst in the Joshimath of Uttarakhand that caused a flash flood in the Chamoli District on Saturday night. As per locals, the dog has been crying  day and night since the tragedy on February 7 and has not left the site, looking and waiting for her three puppies who are most likely buried in the mud.  More than 200 missing, the bodies of 38 people have been recovered and two were found  alive, officials said. Since the morning of the disaster, when a portion of a glacier possibly broke off triggering massive floods, the dog has been at the Rishi Ganga Power Plant near Raini Village says rescuers. Arun Sharma  Real Story Villagers have told rescuers that the dog has not eaten anything since that morning. They have tried to feed it several...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented India's first paperless, 'unprecedented' budget, committed to driving the economy to higher heights after a tumultuous year.   On Monday, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced what may have been one of the most expected budgets in Indian history. This is India's first paperless budget, and Sitharaman's third budget. The Finance Minister began by thanking the frontline staff, who continued to represent the country in these tough times, and declared that Budget 2021 had been prepared in "unprecedented times" She said, "Only three times, the Budget has followed a contraction in Indian economy. This time, it's because of a global pandemic like in other countries. I want to confidently state that the government is fully prepared to support and facilitate the economic reset." The FM said the Union Budget 2021-2022 proposals are based on six key pillars — - Health and wellbeing  - P...

It’s a delicate thing. We thought our dog was eight years old — or maybe we wanted her to be eight years old, which isn’t exactly like being a puppy, but feels like the solid if slightly overripe prime of life, when the dog and you know each other’s habits inside out, and you walk together when you want, and if you’re feeling lazy, the dog is happy to just hang out and pretend you both did some exercise and are now enjoying its pleasant aftermath. But we were lying to ourselves. She’s eleven. That’s a far cry from eight for a dog, really, and there are mornings these days when she wants to sleep in, and afternoons when she wants to sleep in, and she has started eyeing stairs with reluctance. On occasion, she’s creaky and slow to unhinge her hips when she gets up. There is nothing crueler than the fact human and animal lifespans are so out of synch. I would have been happy to have one dog for my entire life, absolutely content. Variety is very appealing in certain aspects of existence, ...