It is not long before India will have its first TG doctor and dentist. The first glass ceiling has been broken. Transgender people have been successful in a medical entrance test. Out of the eight transgender candidates who took the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) 2017, five have cleared the exam, the result of which was […]
The Bombay High Court has issued notice to the central and the Goa governments over a petition filed by meat traders challenging the newly-introduced restrictions on cattle trade. Quraishi’s Meat Traders’ Association of Goa challenged in the Goa bench of the high court the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Regulation of Livestock Markets) Rules, 2017, […]
Is it time for Reliance communications to do rethink a lot of their strategy? Battle of the Ambani Brothers is on, Rcom vs Jio vs others? The news is that Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani has “voluntarily” decided not to draw any salary or commission from debt laden flagship firm Reliance Communications (RCom) in current […]
The offering of one’s own blood is one of the greatest ways to show devotion, and the famous Sai Baba temple at Shirdi is providing facilities for devotees to do just that. Devotees offer their hair at Sri Venkateswara Swamy (Balaji) Temple, atop seven hills at Tirupati, but blood donation is by far a more […]
A sweeping ban on trading cattle for slaughter, imposed by India’s Government to appease its ultra conservative Hindu vote-base, is being seen by the nation’s meat and leather industries as an attempt to destroy businesses ultra conservative Hindus do not agree with. Other critics argue the ban is an attempt to control what people eat, […]
DHAKA – Do high taxes encourage gold smuggling to Bangladesh? Amidst news of raids and seizures and human mules with gold bars up their rectums, the nation’s jewellers are not amused. Bangladesh doesn’t own a single gold mine! Bangladeshi authorities have confiscated half a tonne of gold from a top jeweller, officials said on Sunday […]
Bombay (Mumbai) – Farmers from India’s western state of Maharashtra started an indefinite strike on Thursday (June 1), curtailing the supply of vegetables, fruits and milk to cities such as Mumbai in a move that could push up food prices in the coming days. Indebted farmers are demanding a waiver on loans from the government […]
NEW DELHI: The knee -jerk ‘cattle sale’ ban is already having a fallout. The leather industry say they have been handed a ‘death certificate ‘ by the Modi government. Over the past few days, Indian exporters were scrambling to assure global clients like Zara and Giorgio Armani their shipments would arrive despite a government crackdown […]
New Delhi: The illegal felling of trees especially around the Taj Mahal is serious, and the NGT isn’t going to let anyone get away with it. A former Agra Divisional Forest Officer had allegedly cut 8,000 trees in Babarpur and around 4,000 trees in 500-metre-radius of the Taj Mahal, which is an eco-sensitive zone. The National […]
New Delhi, May 17 (PTI) Rains brought grief as well as relief in north India with seven persons killed in weather- related incidents in Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich even though Odisha continued to sizzle in the intense summer heat. According to District Magistrate of Bahraich, Ajay Deep Singh, “As many as five persons died in Mihipurwa […]
Jamshedpur, Jharkhand: A three-day synchronised elephant census is going on in four states of Jharkhand, Bengal, Odisha and Chhattisgarh today to avoid duplication and arrive at a more accurate count for the first time in India. Part of the 7th All India Elephant Census under Project Elephant, the census is deploying an identical set of […]
New Delhi, Apr 19: If you are an aware consumer, you can get the Railways to compensate you for stolen belongings. A citizen from Haryana didn’t give up, even though the Railway tried all sorts of tactics to weasel out of paying compensation. Read on for more details: Railways has to ensure safety of not […]
