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PM Modi announces campaign ‘Catch the Rain’ during Mann Ki Baat
Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasised on the importance of water conservation during his Mann Ki Baat address on Sunday. He also announced that the Jal Shakti Ministry will soon launch a water conservation campaign called ‘Catch the Rain’.
“We must understand our responsibility towards water conservation. In a few days, the Jal Shakti Ministry will launch a campaign ‘Catch the Rain’. Its slogan is ‘Catch the Rain, where it falls, when it falls'”, said PM Modi.
PM Modi started his monthly radio address by talking about the significance of water and water bodies in each culture.
“Bathing in a holy reservoir during the month of Magha is considered sacred. Every culture has some or the other tradition associated with rivers. Many civilizations have also developed on the river banks,” he said.
Further, PM Modi talked about the Kumbh festival.
“This time, Kumbh is also being held in Haridwar. Water is life for us, it is also faith and it is also a stream of development. Water is, in a way, more important than Paras (a touchstone). It is said that iron is converted into gold by the touch of Paras. Similarly, touch of water is necessary for life, it is necessary for development,” he said
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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story
The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.
In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).
The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.
The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.
Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.
In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.
The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.