NEW DELHI – World Water Day is over, and the world moves on to other matters. A global water crisis continues, nonetheless. A crisis already exists for many people in South Asia and there are indications that conditions could get worse before they get better. Almost 600 million people in India are at high risk […]
NEW DELHI: While the TV networks are paying more attention to election news, the ‘Me Too’ activists have been venting their anger at the Supreme Court. Over the past week, there has been news about the progress of a case of alleged sexual harassment against the Chief Justice of India. Sexual harassment allegations against India’s […]
One more change for the students who failed in one subject. For the first time since its establishment in 1958, the Council for the School Certificate Examination, which conducts the ICSE (class 10) and ISC (class 12) exams, has allowed the students to appear for a compartmental examination for one subject without repeating the academic […]
Fall in sex ratio has not only demographic impact, but also leads to trafficking of women and bride-buying. The Supreme Court on Friday refused to dilute stringent provisions of the PNDT Act under which a medical practitioner could be sent to jail for up to three years for even anomalies in paperwork and not keeping […]
This is the longest closure of operations in recent memory. Kolkata airport will be shut down for more than 20 hours from Friday evening, leading to cancellation of over 200 flights. A trade union strike more than a decade ago had forced the cancellation of scores of flights but the airport had not been officially […]
Tropical cyclone Fani packed up with wind speed of 250 Km per hour is all set to hit the coasts of Odisha. Fani is located in the Bay of Bengal that has expected to make a landfall on Friday. The neighbouring coastal states of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu have also been put on high […]
Around 1,800 prisoners of the Kota Central jail can now listen to their favourite entertainment and information programmes daily, thanks to Jailvani, an in-house FM radio channel launched by the jail administration recently. Jailvani FM radio Channel will provide a platform for entertainment for the prisoners of Kota and an opportunity for indulging themselves in creative activity. It […]
Gender has nothing to do with ability but the stereotypical thought process of the Indian society has always discriminated on gender and when it comes on transgender the condition is worst. People think that transgender cannot do anything. We are citizens of India and voting is our right and that is the importance of elections […]
Catholics have challenged in Supreme Court the decision of two federally ruled territories to cancel traditional Good Friday holiday, making it restricted holiday. The administrations in the western Indian territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and Daman and Diu have moved Good Friday from the list of public holidays to restricted holidays when staff have […]
Fake news going around on different social media has always caused misunderstanding, pain, riots and social disruption thus putting people’s lives in danger. To curb this menace of fake news on social sites a plea was filed by advocate Anuja Kapoor, saying there should be accountability, liability and responsibility of the authorities and departments concerned […]
To ensure the conduct of free and fair elections, the Election Commission on Monday issued an advisory to the media that dissemination of poll result predictions in any manner, including by political analysts, astrologers or tarot card readers, during the ban period on exit polls, is prohibited and amounts to violation of Section 126A of […]
Air pollution minimizes people’s lives; it is not just an economics issue but a moral one too. It causes pain, suffering and vicious disease in individual. Nations capital Delhi is also top ranked in air pollution. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed 25 crore fine on the government civic bodies for failing to curb […]
