NEW DELHI : For ordinary folk, visits to Delhi’s hospitals were a nightmare of waiting in endless queues, in smelly, sweaty hallways that buzzed with mosquitoes. No longer! But now spotless and air-conditioned clinics boasting innovative diagnostic technology and sharply-dressed doctors are opening, bringing healthcare into the 21st century. What’s making them happy is the […]
NEW DELHI: Independence day in Delhi was not without freak tragedy! Three gruesome deaths using Chinese kite-string. Police say three people, including two children, have died after their throats were slashed by glass-coated kite string used in competitions to bring down the kites of rivals. Accidents involving kite string have been on the rise in […]
Before Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar’s performance in Rio Olympics, a woman tweeted her opinion and received ‘death and rape’ threats. Here is the story: In a series of tweets on August 14, the woman wrote, “Conflicted about Dipa Karmakar’s Olympic Vault final. “It is an incredible achievement, of course but gymnasts from richer countries don’t […]
Today’s India offers a lot of opportunities to women, with women having a voice in everyday life, in the business world as well as in political life. They are the backbone of every family and society. Nevertheless India is still a male dominated society, where women are often seen as subordinate and inferior to men […]
Even as the Prime Minister Modi’s speech from the ramparts of the Red fort signified a no-nonsense approach to the murky Indo-Pak relationship, Pakistan on Monday (also India’s Independence Day) invited India for talks on Kashmir, saying it is the “international obligation” of both the countries to resolve the issue, notwithstanding India’s insistence that it […]
Even as newspapers around India reported on various acts of violence meted out to girls and women, Thursday was ‘celebrated’ as daughters’ day. The Central government India has launched a social media campaign to celebrate daughters, daughters-in-law and granddaughters this week and observed a Daughter’s Day yesterday (August 11). The campaign is part of the […]
The first batch of 26 Indian workers, who had lost their jobs in Saudi Arabia, arrived at Delhi on Thursday after the country issued them the exit visas. Saudi Arabia has also set up a crisis management group to address the difficulties being faced by the jobless Indian workers while a separate panel has been […]
India has launched a formal protest to Pakistan for being responsible for cross-border terrorism. India’s Foreign Ministry said an arrested Pakistani national Bahadur Ali had confessed that he was “infiltrated into India” after being trained by the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant group and was ordered to attack security facilities in India. “The government of India strongly […]
At the 31st Olympic Games in Rio de Janeirio, Northeast Indian gymnast attained a spot in the Indian history of the Olympics by securing eighth place in the final tryouts . She will compete with seven other gymnasts in the individual vault final in artistic gymnastics. Dipa, from Tripura, became the first Indian gymnast to enter the […]
T.K.V Desikachar who just turned 78, son and the student of Indian yoga master T.Krishnamacharya , popularly known as the ‘father of modern yoga’ passed away in Chennai on Monday. He had been battling a decline in his mental health for the past several years. He completed college and got a bachelor’s degree in civil […]
The BJP on Friday choose its Gujarat unit chief Vijay Rupani as the State’s next Chief Minister. Health Minister Nitin Patel will be his deputy chief minister. Outgoing chief minister Anandiben Patel, who offered to resign four days ago, proposed Rupani’s name in the meet attended by all 121 state BJP legislators. Senior leader Nitin […]
In India most of the bridges are of the British era. Many of them are very old but still in use. We never know when those bridges are going to collapse. But still we use them for our daily travelling. The same took place in Maharashtra. A bridge on the Mumbai-Goa highway collapsed late last night, […]
