Swaraj is my birth right, and I shall have it” – This well know quote is often attributed to Bal Gangadhar Tilak, a stalwart of the Indian Independence Movement. However, the truth is that it was not Tilak, but Joseph ‘Kaka’ Baptista, his close associate and fellow freedom fighter, who coined the phrase. Throughout the […]
By Cedric Prakash SJ The institutional murder of 84-year-old Jesuit priest Fr Stan Swamy,who died on 5 July 2021 while still in judicial custody, has shaken the very foundations of democracy in India. The need and the urgency to defend democracy and all that is precious in the Constitution of India against repressive and anti-people […]
As Artificial Intelligence’s (AI) influence increases in all walks of life, the Government of India too aims to introduce it in the power sector to give power distribution the cutting edge. With the help of AI, the government aims to analyse data generated through IT/OT devices such as System Meters, prepaid Smart meters to prepare […]
India voted in favour of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples on the condition that after independence all Indians are indigenous. Therefore, it does not consider the concept of “indigenous peoples”, and therefore the UNDRIP, applicable to India. In India, there are 705 ethnic groups officially recognized as “Scheduled Tribes,” although there are […]
The Ministry of Civil Aviation has announced that no domestic commercial flights would operate from March 24 midnight. It’s not clear when the flights will be resumed, since the directive said ‘until further orders.’ “No domestic commercial flight will operate in India from Wednesday onward. Airlines will have to land all their domestic passenger flights […]
The Chinese Ambassador, Sun Weidong, has recently praised India’s ‘kindness’ towards China in these troubled times. As social media circulates fake and half-true images of China and the coronavirus outbreak, both China and the UN agencies are understandably tense. China reiterated rumours about COVID-19 or cornavirus were terrible and had the potential to stigmatise Chinese […]
Four Indian pilots are currently in Russia training to become astronauts. India isplanning its first manned mission in space. Four Indian Air Force test pilots who have been chosen to be trainee astronauts for India’s first manned mission to space, expected in a couple of years, began their basic training for space missions at the […]
On February 5, 2020, the Pink City of Rajasthan, Jaipur, received World Heritage Certificate from the UNESCO. Minister of Urban Development Shanti Dhariwal received this award in a ceremony held at Albert Hall.The UNESCO Director General Audrey Azoulay visited India to present the certificate. The world heritage certificate was presented to Jaipur for the efforts […]
Every Indian family will have at least one family member with cancer. Bleak times ahead, says WHO. But India loves its khaini, tumbakoo, and areca nut … One in 10 Indians will develop cancer during their lifetime, and one in 15 Indians will die of cancer, according to a latest World Health Organization (WHO) report. […]
People who missed the republic day parade, here is the golden chance for you to have a glimpse of the event and to celebrate the spirit of India. Bharat Parv which is recognized as the National Festival is being celebrated in Delhi this year too. It started on 26th January 2020 and will continue till […]
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (EFoCC) recently announced that India has achieved the complete phase out of ozone depleting Hydro Chloro Fluoro Carbons (HCFC). The achievement has its route to the Montreal Protocol. In order to move towards environment friendly technologies, the Ministry of EFoCC prohibited import of HCFC-141b. The order was issued […]
Considering the difficulties faced by trade and industry in filing of returns, the govt has eased filing of GST returns by allowing them to file in a staggered manner. On 22nd January Finance Ministry said that now GST taxpayers can file their GSTR-3B returns in a staggered manner. Presently the last date of filing GSTR-3B […]
