Eighteen years after India and Pakistan tested nuclear devices in Pokhran and Chagai on May 11, 13, and 28, in the year 1998, there remains a wide gap in perception on what this ‘nuclear deterrent’ spells for each other. “When India declared itself a nuclear weapons state in May 1998, Pakistan had to go nuclear […]
Girls married to Gond bridegrooms in Madhya Pradesh’s Mandla district, will never ever end up as widows. According to their tradition, if a woman’s husband dies, she is married to the next bachelor in the family – regardless of age. If there are no eligible boys, the village elders (usually a woman) will present the woman with […]
When more than 20,000 people in Central America died over a 10-year span because of a ‘mystery disease’ , it caused a lot of concern in many countries including India. All of those who died were young, their work involved hard labour and long hours in the sun. Now a group of doctors say that India could be witnessing the first […]
Can you imagine the Indian National Movement without a reference to Jawaharlal Nehru? The new Social Science textbook for Class VIII in schools of Rajasthan has erased Nehru from the pages of history. It does not mention who India’s first Prime Minister was. Uploaded on the website of publisher Rajasthan Rajya Pathyapustak Mandal — http://www.rstbraj.in […]
GUWAHATI: – Passenger train service to the Barak Valley, which has been disrupted since last week, will remain suspended for a few more days. In view of heavy rainfall leading to breach in many places in the Lumding-Badarpur hill section, NFR has decided to cancel some trains. The 55615 Guwahati-Silchar fast passenger scheduled to leave […]
Today, May 5, is the international Day of the Midwife. Most of us, owe our lives to the person who assisted at our birth. Isn’t that a reason to celebrate midwives? Inmost of North India, midwives are known as ‘dai’. Auxiliary nurse midwives (ANM) are village-level female health workers. The ANM is known as the […]
What will happen to the lakhs of students who dream of becoming doctors? Is the Medical Council of India (MCI), the body responsible for screening students for admission to MBBS degrees, capable enough for such a work? In spite of functioning for so many years has MCI been able to generate professional excellence? There are […]
The rhetoric gets crazier. Here is a BJP leader in the State of Madhya Pradesh who wants to ‘slap sedition charges on Christians’ for waging war against the country! A MEMBER of the Madhya Pradesh Backward Classes and Minority Welfare Department who enjoys minister of state status, Laxmi Yadav, was present when Bajrang Dal activists […]
Liquor baron Vijay Mallya, whose passport has been revoked by the government has resigned from the Rajya Sabha. Mr Mallya is at the centre of a raging controversy after he left the country amid continuing efforts by banks to recover dues totalling over Rs 9,000 crore of unpaid loans and interest. Last week, the Indian […]
Don’t show me red eyes to me, says Ms Mamata Banerjee Claiming that a section of police officials have “unleashed terror” on people at the behest of the Election Commission, Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Sunday warned them of “consequences” if she is voted to power again. “Election Commission’s duty is to ensure free […]
New Delhi : The Supreme Court has invoked its inherent powers to directly hear a plea for bail, saying it would take up JNU student union president Kanhaiya Kumar’s petition tomorrow. The bench of Justices J. Chelameshwar and A.M. Sapre brushed aside objections to bypassing the multiple layers of lower courts as it agreed that […]
[Kanhaiya Kumar , the JNU students’ union president, addressed a gathering on the campus on Thursday evening. The following day, Kumar was arrested on the charge of sedition for taking part in a march on Tuesday where anti-India slogans were raised. The following is the near-complete Hindi speech Kumar delivered on Thursday, translated by JP […]
