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Water is very important for every human being. We need water in our everyday life to survive. Meanwhile water scarcity is a major issue in Mizoram especially in the urban areas. The problem has become so severe that in many urban areas the ground water has almost dried up and people have to depend on water supply from other sources.Water scarcity is a fundamental issue faced by almost all the people across the world.one of the main causes of water scarcity is that people did not know how to manage water and due to increase in population the demand of water is increasing day by day but the government cannot relieve the need of water to the people. Especially in Mizoram almost all the people of Mizoram depend on water supply from the government. But due to urbanization and increase in population the supply of water from the government is not enough to the people. So, some people have to pay for waters while others have to bear the hardship of bringing them from nearby ponds and lakes. Scarcity of water leads to sanitation problem by forcing people to drink unsafe water and when water is scarce people try to store it at home, which increase the risk of water contamination and this creates breeding grounds for mosquitoes, which transmit dengue and malaria. scarcity of water also effects the supply of power as water is the main sources of power supply in Mizoram. Due to scarcity of water people are more likely to get diseases from the water. Water scarcity also effect the agriculture because to produce a lot of vegetables and foods need more water supply.   It is very clear to everyone that water is very necessary for the existence not only for the human beings but also for all the living things. So, we all must understand the importance of water and try our best not to involve in the wastage of water but to involve in saving it. We should save our clean water from the contamination and getting polluted from the waste material like industries. The main reason of water scarcity is due to increase of population, industries and urbanization. Due to scarcity of water people cannot fulfill their basic needs.                   To conclude water scarcity has become a more dangerous problem day by day. So, awareness about the scarcity of water should be given to the people and the people should inform about the effect and causes of water scarcity. If we do not take the problem of scarcity of water seriously our future generation will have to face the problems that we are facing today. So, everyone should take step in the prevention of water so that the next generation will not face the problem of scarcity of water.

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A youth from Gogamukh in Assam’s Dhemaji district has been arrested by police for making a comment  against Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Facebook.

The arrested youth has been identified as Nipom Chutia.

The youth earlier served as a journalist.

The youth made allegation of extortion demand by chief minister Sarma in the name of ULFA(I).

The youth uploaded the post on his Facebook page on May 20, 2021.

He also raised allegation of “killing” Manabendra Sarma against chief minister Sarma.

The youth has been arrested by Gorchuk police in Guwahati.

He is currently under the custody of Gorchuk police.

The police have registered a case (No 353/21) at Gorchuk police station under sections 294A/506) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Information Technology 67.

Under Section 506 of IPC (punishment for criminal intimidation), an accused shall be punished with imprison­ment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.

The police have started grilling the youth.

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After the horrifying video of a young girl being sexually assaulted and tortured by four men and a woman circulating widely on the internet, Bangalore police on Thursday said a case of rape and assault has been registered against six persons, including two women, at the Ramamurthy Nagar Police.

Earlier on Thursday, the Assam Police had promised to reward anyone who was able to identify the culprits seen in the widely circulated video, which led many in the Northeast to assumed that the victim was from Nagaland, based on reports of a Naga woman’s death by suicide in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, on Sunday, May 23.

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju, IPS officer Robin Hibu, Meghalaya MLA Ampareen Lyngdoh and Assam Police were among the few who came out on social media earlier on Thursday to say the viral sexual assault video was not related to the Jodhpur suicide case and that authorities across states were working to ascertain the identity of the victim and the perpetrators.

The victim in the incident and the perpetrators have been identified as Bangladeshi citizens by the police in Bangalore as well as Dhaka.

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NEW DELHI: India continues to maintain the declining trend in daily new cases. On Saturday, the country reported 1,73,790 fresh Covid-19 cases. This is the lowest daily rise in cases in last 45 days, pushing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 27,729,247.

The death toll climbed to 3,22,512 with 3,617 fresh Covid fatalities in the last 24 hours, according to the data updated by the health minister.

Meanwhile, active caseload has further declined to 22,28,724. Daily recoveries continue to outnumber the daily new cases for the 16th consecutive day. A total of 2,84,601 patients recovered during the last 24 hours.

According to the health ministry, the weekly positivity rate currently stands at 9.84%, while daily positivity rate is 8.36%, less than 10% for 5 consecutive days.

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research, a total of 2,080,048 samples were tested in the last 24 hours in the country and cumulatively 341,119,909 tests have been done so far.

India’s Covid-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16.

It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19. India crossed the grim milestone of 2 crore cases on May 4.