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Everyone In Delhi Will Get Ration At Subsidised Rates From Next Week

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that the government had directed all fair price shops to give ration at subsidised rate to all non-ration cardholders. They will start getting monthly ration from middle of the next week.

Subsidised ration to all

In Delhi, there are 7.5 lakh ration cardholders and the number of people who have applied for ration cards is 6.5 lakh. The government has decided to give benefit of subsidised ration to all. There are many poor people who don’t have ration cards. The government has made a website for registering all those that are needy. They will get ration after registration.

Registration is required to keep track of people that are getting ration. Also, it is needed to prevent fraudsters from taking advantage of the subsidised ration. In the last day, over 50,000 people got registered to get 5kg ration per person.

Free meal for public

CM Arvind Kejriwal said that the government had made arrangement for providing free meal to more than 10,00,000 people. Also, the CM praised the NGOs and religious organizations that were serving free meal to people. He said that he wanted everyone … Read the rest

Jalandhar Thanks Lockdown Sky After Seeing Dhauladhar Range

Global lockdown due to novel coronavirus outbreak is good news for nature that has started showing its true colours. While the human is locked in their homes, the wildlife has come out to claim the open highways, secluded beaches and deserted streets. Internet is full of pictures showing abundance of flora and fauna during lockdown period.

Picture from Jalandhar, Punjab

It is extremely astounding to see mountains from a distance of over 200 km. An officer of Indian Forest Service (IFS) Praveen Kaswan shared a picture from Jalandhar on his Twitter account. He could see the Dhauladhar range of Himalayan mountains from Jalandhar. And it was first time that he viewed this range so clear from a distant city in Punjab.

Dhauladhar range image from Jalandhar

The officer tweeted the image with an attractive caption that reads “When people of #jalandhar saw #Dhauladhar range first time ever”. Dhauladhar lies in Himachal Pradesh approximately 213 km from Jalandhar. But people weren’t able to see the mountains due to pollution. According to Kaswan that was the first time that the mountains were visible from Jalandhar.

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Bill Withers The Famed Writer-Singer Died Of Heart Attack At 81

Bill Withers, a noted writer and singer, passed away at 81. He died of heart complications. But he would be remembered for the soulful music like “Lean On Me”, “Lovely Day” and “Ain’t No Sunshine”, his family said in a statement.

Last African American Everyman

His songs continue to honor social gatherings, family events, engagements and weddings. For example, the inauguration of Bill Clinton and Barack Obama were celebrated with the tune of “Lean On Me”. And “Ain’t No Sunshine” and “Lean On Me” were included in the Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

Simple Songs

His first album came in 1971 with the help of Sussex Records. It was “Just As I Am”. Withers was photographed smiling and holding his launch pail on the cover. The album had the hits like “Grandma’s Hands” and “Ain’t No Sunshine”. But his singing career with Sussex went bankrupt and he found himself scooped up by Columbia Records.

Social commentary

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Switch Off Your Lights At 9 PM On 5th April Asked PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked people to display a collective spirit in the fight against COVID-19 by showing up on their balconies and gates once again on the coming Sunday.

PM Modi asked people to show up

Narendra Modi wants people to light their balconies and gates with candles, lamps, torches, mobile lights and whatever they can use as light to applaud unsung warriors against coronavirus. And he wants the people to do it just like they did during last month’s “Janata Curfew”.

He said that people should show up sharp at 9 pm on April 5 to mark their fight against COVID-19. But at the same time the PM urged people to stay indoors and maintain social distancing to defeat novel coronavirus.

Highlights of PM Modi’s message

• Social distancing must not break at any cost because it is the only panacea to break the chain of novel coronavirus.

• Never cross the line of social distancing.

• We should defeat coronavirus together and make India win.

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Password Protect Your Zoom Meeting To Avoid Being Found

The security expert Brian Krebs said that an automated tool found around 100 Zoom meeting IDs in an hour and info for nearly 2,400 Zoom meetings in a single day of scan.

A Kansas City-based security meetup group led by security professional Trent Lo and members of SecKC developed a program called zWarDial that can automatically guess 9 to 11-digit long Zoom meeting IDs and draw info about those meetings.

zWarDial automated tool

This tool can find around 100 meetings per hour. It can successfully determine a legitimate meeting ID 14% of time. Also, the program extracted critical info like date and time, meeting organizer and topic of a meeting after scanning nearly 2,400 upcoming or recurring Zoom meetings in a single day.

In January, Zoom implemented a feature that would block repeated attempts to scan for meetings but zWarDialroutes searches through Tor to avoid Zoom’s blocking. But the program can’t find meetings that are password protected.

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Tasty Tikki Recipes To Try At Home

Aloo tikkiis a popular chat but do you know that you can make tikki with other things as well. I mean to say that you no longer need filling aloo in tikki when there are so many things to use as a filler.

Tikki recipes to try at home

Khasta Sabudana Tikki

Made with sabudana and some mashed potatoes, these tikkis make a good snack during festive season like Navratri. If you want, you can add some cashew to make it crunchy and chillies to make them spicy. For Navratri festival, you can use sendhanamak.

Khoya Stuffed Matar Ki Tikki

The filling of the tikkitells everything about its taste. It gets a sweeter taste with khoya and sour flavor with tangy pea. Also, you can add date and pistachios to improve flavor and add some nutrition to the tikki.

Paneer Tikki

Cottage cheese or paneer is the next best thing after aloo stuffing. Paneer offers the best in taste and nutrition. And combined with spices and chillies, this tikki becomes a hot favorite of vegetarians during festive season.

Corn Palak Ki Tikki

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