New Delhi: Is India finally waking up the hazardous e-waste disposal? Some areas in UP are notorious for unscientific and haphazard handling of electronic waste. The National Green Tribunal has woken up to a plea made by a concerned citizen. The National Green Tribunal has directed inspection of Ganga flood plains to probe dumping and […]
New Delhi: Just yesterday, we were shocked at the news that a State Bank of India ATM machine was dispensing play notes instead of the real stuff. This is scary for ATM users all over the country. However, a minister says the government is ‘not perturbed’ over counterfeit currency being dispensed, says a PTI report on […]
Patna: The Bihar Assembly, in 2007 passed a bill that would allow it to fix its own Sugarcane Price in place of the Central Government one, the President has said that’s not possible, yet. President Pranab Mukherjee has directed to return the Bihar Sugarcane (Regulation of supply and purchase Amendment) Bill, 2007 to state Assembly […]
Aizawl (Mizoram): It’s a tragic story. The Bru tribes were forced to flee their homes and become refugees in Tripura. Even after decades, they are still afraid to go back to live with the Mizos. They want their own enclave, a Bru Reservation! Mizoram Bru Displaced People’s Forum (MBDPF), the apex body of Bru refugees […]
New Delhi: FMCG major Nestle says it has taken Rs 100 crore hit on sales due to demonetisation and the sector will take another six months to overcome the impact of the government’s move to scarp old high value notes, according to a PTI report. “We took an impact in November. If you look on […]
New York: Over a thousand people from various faiths declared ‘I am a Muslim too’ as they assembled at the iconic Times Square to protest against US President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. and express solidarity with the US Muslim communities. The rally was co-organised by the Foundation For Ethnic Understanding and the Nusantara Foundation in […]
New Delhi: Urdu is a beautiful language, says former CJ of India TS Thakur, and should be learned at an early age. Former Chief Justice of India T S Thakur once agreed to fast-track the hearing of a case, after he overheard the lawyer in question alluding to one of Ghalib’s couplets during the court […]
Bombay (Mumbai): A statue of Our Lady (Mother of Jesus) was allegedly desecrated by unknown persons in suburban Kurla in the wee hours today, following which two unidentified persons were booked, police said. The grotto of Mother Mary installed on a roadside in Kurla was desecrated at around 4 AM, they said. The incident had […]
Making an Indo-Bangla film is certainly ‘no bed of roses’. This film story moves from ‘Bureaucratic Bungling’ to ‘Bureaucratic Banning’ in Bangladesh Bangladeshi filmmaker Mostofa Sarwar Farooki’s “No Bed of Roses”, starring and co-produced by Indian actor Irrfan Khan, has been ‘effectively banned’ in Bangladesh. Speculation has been rife in the Bangladeshi and Indian media that […]
Dhaka: The first container ship from India has arrived in Bangladesh’s Panagon river port under the Coastal Shipping Agreement signed in 2015, allowing direct cargo vessel movement between the two countries (Feb 18). The ship, ‘Shonartori Nou Kalyan-1’ reached the Pangaon Inland Container Terminal at Keraniganj yesterday with 65 containers on board, bdnews24.com reported. At […]
Munshi Premchand is considered ‘the King of Hindi Novelists’, and the first writer to feature realism in Hindi-Urdu literature. Celebrated author Munshi Premchand changed the course of literature in Hindi and Urdu with his “modern perspective” and simple expressions, according to his grandson Alok Rai. Rai, who was speaking in a session titled, “Hindustani Zindagi […]
The Dhaka-Delhi trade and commercial relations are growing at a “substantial pace”, the Indian high commissioner in Bangladesh has said. “Bangladesh is now India’s biggest trade partner in South Asia,” Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Thursday at the opening of the fourth Indo-Bangla trade fair. The India-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IBCCI) organised the […]
