The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA)’s Council of Complaints Saturday recommended Rs 5 Lakhs (Pakistan currency) fine each on as many as 13 television channels for running a report on wedding of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan without evidence. The council has also recommended that these channels would air apology and also recommended […]
Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam has said that India is “uniquely positioned to recast the global narrative” to achieve prosperity. He urged India to speed up reforms and target growth of 8 to 10 per cent over the next 20 years. He also pointed out that India is facing a ‘crisis in education’ with […]
NEW DELHI – The Centre on Wednesday (Aug 24) approved plans to ban the booming commercial surrogacy industry, a move that would block thousands of foreign couples who flock to these centres to have a baby. India will join several other countries who have made ‘rent-a-womb’ facilities illegal. Commercial surrogacy is banned in most developed […]
While Maharastra might indict Islamic tele-evangelist Naik for unlawful activities, the case is stirring up a lot of interest in Muslim and non-Muslim circles all over the country. Several liberal Muslims have been quite uncomfortable with the tone and nature of Naik’s television broadcasts, which they say lean towards the fundamentalist, Wahabi brand of Islam, […]
Is India on the brink of a ‘Dalit uprising’? Are the self proclaimed ‘gau rakshaks’ queering Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pitch? Will Prime Minister Modi rise to the occasion and come up with a master stroke that unifies India? India cannot be the country where a cow is more valuable than a human being, writes […]
AGARTALA: Gymnast Dipa Karmakar, fresh from the Rio Olympics received a rousing welcome as she touched down on her home state. The state government declared a one day holiday for educational institutions in honour of Deepa, who actually didn’t win a bronze but took fourth place. Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar announced that Dipa Karmakar would be […]
Can you land up in jail for viewing a torrent site in India or not? Yesterday, we heard that a jail term as well as a fine of Rs 3,00,000 was the penalty for a visit to a blocked URL, including a torrent site. Today, some reports said no, you won’t be jailed just because […]
Sir, While the doctors’ associations cry foul, and blame ‘Jungle raj’ in Bihar, the sick had a harrowing day when the one-day strike called by the state branch of Indian Medical Association and Bihar State Health Services Association (BSHSA) to protest hit medical services across the state. But the doctors here have a point. Doctors […]
India under Prime Minister Modi is no longer shy of doing Arms deals! All eyes in South Asia are on India as it inches closer to securing a deal for 36 Dassault Rafale elite stealth fighter jets with France. This exchange is expected to be worth $8.3 billion according to defense industry analysts. The final […]
Patna: Come September, and the fifth annual Washington DC South Asian Film Festival will kick off. Indo-Canadian director-scriptwriter Deepa Mehta is expected to inaugurate the event. Other eminent film personalities expected to attend are director Jeffrey Brown, actress Seema Biswas, actor Rajit Kapur, Rati Agnihotri, Palomi Ghosh, and Pakistani actress Amna Ilyas and Pakistani director […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala is in shock! In a gruesome incident, a 65-year-old woman was attacked and partly eaten up by a pack of 50 ferocious stray dogs on Friday night barely 10 km from the state secretariat. The unfortunate woman, Sheeluamma, died in the Medical College hospital here. Angry relatives and residents of the area have […]
Air pollution takes years off people’s lives. It causes substantial pain and suffering among adults and children alike. And it damages food production at a time when we need to feed more people than ever. This is not just an economic issue; it is a moral one. Air pollution can be produced both outdoors and […]
