KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – It’s a human crisis. Burma (Myanmar), according to reports, continues to ignore the rights of its Rohingya Minorities. In fact, reports say that the army is actually pushing them into Bangladesh! Malaysia says it will summon the Burmese ambassador to draw attention to the issue. The conflict in Rakhine province of […]
Nepal Rastra Bank on Thursday (24 November) banned the use of India’s new currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 2,000 denomination, terming them “unauthorised and illegal”. These two currency notes were issued by the Reserve Bank of India recently after old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 denomination notes were withdrawn. Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) […]
KARACHI – Sindh province has passed a law against forced conversions, much to the relief of Hindus and Christians in this Pakistani province. A Pakistan province on Thursday (Nov 24) passed a law making “forced conversions” punishable with a life sentence and forbidding minors from changing their religion, a bid to protect minorities in the […]
Is Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee up to some ‘social engineering’ of her own? Is she sowing discord among the Muslim and Christian population of the Hills? Mamata, in a rally in Kalimpong on September 22, had said ‘minority communities’ had approached her and sought the formation of a ‘cultural’ board. She’s plans to announce […]
It takes courage to bell the Prohibition cat. Though Total Prohibition is one of the most problematic things that have happened in Bihar, and privately most politicians say it’s a bad idea, they all pussy-footed around the issue, only demanding that some ‘stringent’ stuff be rolled back. At an all-party meeting held in Patna recently, […]
Why does the government in a rush to push through the ‘New Education policy’, to bring back the system of detention in elementary schools? Why doesn’t the government and the HRD Ministry give time for vetted experts in education to discuss it? Ahead of the 64th meeting of the Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) […]
The Reserve Bank on Thursday (November 24)said massive accumulation of now invalid Rs 500/1000 notes at various banks and chests is putting strain on processing capacities and storage facilities, while reviving its ‘guarantee scheme’ to deal with the problem. The central bank said in view of the problem of mounting deposits it has decided to […]
GUWAHATI: Local cab drivers are up in arms against corporate cab companies such as Ola and Uber. They called a 36 hour strike that will end at midnight (24 November). The Sadou Guwahati Cab Malik/Chalak Santha has raised several demands including an immediate stop to induction of new cabs by Ola and Uber as well […]
Sir, It is said that media today acts as a “mirror” to the society. Media is an inseperable part of youth’s life. Historically, newspapers were the most common of media, but today cell phones and other electronic devices have taken over all forms of communication. Youth today depend on the media for information on everything […]
Sir What is the most popular non-alcoholic drink in the world, after tea? Obviously, Coca-Cola. Wherever you go to, you will see commercials advertising it; whatever fast-food restaurant you drop in to, Coca-Cola (or Pepsi, which is actually the same regardless of what numerous advertisements claim) will be included into the majority of menus. Children […]
Is Demonetisation a step in haste? Sir, There is no doubt that a solid step was needed to combat the problem of black money but it is also a fact that the major step was to be taken with considerable advance thinking with alternative arrangement to meet the monetary crisis faced by common people. As […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court pulled up former Bihar chief minister and JDU leader Jagannath Mishra for allegedly dragging and delaying the appeal filed by CBI challenging the quashing of four pending fodder scam cases against him, but granted his lawyer one final adjournment plea. A bench headed by Justice J.S. Khehar deprecated the delaying […]
