Delhi's rubbish mountain to rise higher than Taj Mahal

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Ghazipur: Delhi's rubbish mountain to rise higher than Taj Mahal Taking up the area of more than 40 football pitches, Ghazipur rises by nearly 10 metres a year with no end in sight to its foul-smelling growth. Why India is not retaliating against the US The US decision to end the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) for India from June 5, has surprisingly, come in for a mild criticism from the Indian government which described the US President Donald Trump's decision as 'unfortunate'. So why is New Delhi playing it so cool at the withdrawal of GSP? Delhi: McDonald's to pay Rs 70,000 for insect in burger Almost five years after he ate a burger with an insect in it at a McDonald's India food outlet and fell sick, a Delhi resident is set to get Rs 70,000 compensation. Deccan Queen, one of the most iconic trains of India, enters 90th years of service This was the first deluxe train introduced on the railway to serve two important cities of the region and was aptly named after Pune, which is also known as 'Queen of Deccan'. Heatwave takes temperatures near record highs Temperatures in Churu, Rajasthan hit 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) for the second time in three days as a deadly heatwave maintained its grip on the country. Faithful Muslims around the world begin celebrating Eid Muslims across the Middle East and beyond began marking the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Fitr, one of the most celebrated holidays for the world's 1.5 billion Muslims and traditionally a time for family and festivities. This 28-year-old pays $4.57 mln to 'educate' Warren Buffet about bitcoins over lunch Cryptocurrency pioneer Justin Sun bid a record $4.57 million to have lunch with Warren Buffett, who famously referred to Bitcoin as "probably rat poison squared." The 28-year-old said he hopes to educate the Oracle of Omaha on cryptocurrency and the underlying technology, called blockchain. Who's gaining from the Sino-US trade war India is unlikely to be among the top 10 beneficiaries to grab the opportunities arising out of the US-China trade war. If anything, its gains could be limited to 0.2 per cent of GDP. The fact that the US has ended trade privileges for India may cut the gains, analysts said. Everything Apple Announced at WWDC 2019 Apple debuted with an all-new Mac Pro, added some interesting upgrades to the iOS 13, apart from adding health features to the Apple Watch, Watch OS 6. Here's everything that Apple unveiled at WWDC 2019. Tiananmen square anniversary: What sparked the protests in China in 1989? Over seven weeks in 1989, student-led pro-democracy protests centered on Beijing's Tiananmen Square became China's greatest political upheaval since the end of the Cultural Revolution more than a decade earlier.

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