August 19, is celebrated as a world Humanitarian day (WHO) all over the world. The day is celebrated to pay tribute to human workers and those who lost their lives due to human causes. World Humanitarian Day is also an occasion to celebrate the spirit that inspires human action in the world. This day is […]
Climatic change is at its utmost level and because of this, agriculture dependent Bihar is facing a lot of misery. Our ecosystem is stressed with conditions like high temperature, glaciers and snow covers are shrinking. Sea ice is retreating, seas are warming, rising and becoming more acidic, aquatic animals are dying because of polluted water […]
Let’s celebrate the week of motherhood, WABA world breastfeeding week from 1st August to 7th August. Mother’s milk is the most important nutrition for a newborn child. World Health Organisation (that’s WHO) says, feeding breast milk of the mother within the first hour of birth and sustained for six months can increases the immunization and […]
Every child has the right to smile and a kid’s smile can melt the most stone- heart person. We celebrate birth of a child and see it as a source of fortune to the family. But if the child is born with a facial blemish, we are confused, angry, and don’t want to look on […]
Kochi: In a mischevious attempt by certain hardline anti-constitutional groups to harrass the Christians, one MS Anoop challenged the ‘constitutionality’ of Catholic Canon law. The Kerala High Court has imposed costs of 25,000 rupees on a petitioner challenging the constitutionality of the Catholic Church’s Code of Canons and its applicability in India. The Code of […]
GUWAHATI: Floods have deeply impacted our dining tables. It’s almost a nightmare for middle class urban dwellers. Prices of vegetables have doubled almost. Fish is also scarce. Vegetable prices have skyrocketed in the retail markets of Assam over the past couple of weeks as floods continue to ravage several thousand acres of crop land across […]
समाज मे सबको एक समान अधिकार और सम्मान मिलना चाहिए। इस बात पर चर्चा तो खूब होती है, कुछ प्रयास भी होतें हैं, पर फिर भी भारत जैसे उदारवादी देश में मर्दों और महिलाओं को एक जैसे अधिकार नहीं हैं। कभी-कभी तो लगता है की महिलाओं का अधिकार कानून के कुछ पन्नों तक ही सिमित […]
Did our new finance minister attempt to mislead parliament? There appears to be some disinformation in her budget speech. Presenting her maiden budget speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman declared that the allocation on Education during the 2019-20 fiscal will be three times the revised estimate. But she stopped short of mentioning any figure. She just […]
Patna: The football field at St Xavier’s College was where four girls’ soccer teams showed off their gaming skills under a monsoon sky. While the Football for Women’s Empowerment on the 3rd of July might not have made it to the top of the sporting pages in the local newspapers, there is a distinct possibility […]
Taru Mitra is all set to celebrate the Van Mahotsav (Forest Megafest) once again. “A week- long celebration. A celebration with trees, for trees. From 1st July to 7th July, trees of Taru Mitra will receive lots of hugs and friendship bands from people”, is how Tarumitra spokesperson Devopriya Dutta puts it. Taru Mitra, the […]
Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar said that the National broadcaster Prasar Bharati’s autonomy would be retained, after launching high-definition DSNG (Digital Satellite News Gathering) vans at Doordarshan Bhawan in New Delhi on Tuesday (June 5). “Autonomy of the Prasar Bharati is important and one must remember it gets its autonomy from an Act that […]
Rethink about selling AI, BSNL and MTNL; Strategic assets must remain in Indian hands Privatisation of these companies will leave India at a disadvantage as it is not without any major security implications that they will be taken. These are the decisions no other country has taken says journalist Mantoo Banerjee in a recent article. […]
