Britain has woken up to the fact that most appliances aren’t made to last these days. In fact these use and throw things are contributing to huge piles of waste. Phones and washing machines must be built to last, MPs in the UK have said as a government committee launches an inquiry into e-waste. Mary […]
Among 216 births over the past three months not a single girl is born since April in northern part of Uttarakhand state. Authorities are investigating the incident happening in 132 villages of Uttarkashi district, 250 miles from New Delhi. The villages have been marked as a ‘red zone’ as the practice of female foeticide that […]
Nepal, being home to some hundred ethnic groups, is not only a country famous for mountains but also for its diverse culture and festivals. Down the ages, Nepal has been seen as a mysterious land with many gods, goddess, deities and manifestations, which are worshipped. Apart from all these, Nepal also has a tradition of […]
मदर टेरेसा सभी को ‘प्रेम का वाहक’ कहती थी। उनका मानना था कि खुद को गरीबों की सेवा में समर्पित कर देना मनुष्य के जीवन का मुख्य लक्ष्य है। मदर टेरेसा के इन्हीं विचारों से प्रेरित हो कर ‘मिशनरीज़ ऑफ चैरिटी ब्रदर्स’ गठित हुआ। पटना के ढीबरा में , पटना शहर के एकदम बाहरी हिस्से […]
GUWAHATI: Floods have deeply impacted our dining tables. It’s almost a nightmare for middle class urban dwellers. Prices of vegetables have doubled almost. Fish is also scarce. Vegetable prices have skyrocketed in the retail markets of Assam over the past couple of weeks as floods continue to ravage several thousand acres of crop land across […]
Democracy as we experience it in India is a ‘fake self surrender’ (farzi aatma samarpan) to a system that is slowly throttling the very tenets of the constitution, said Dr Nandini Sundar, eminent sociologist and author. Professor Sundar, who teaches at the Delhi School of Economics delivered the second Vinay Kanth Memorial lecture organised by […]
“I just can’t believe it, a new tax on books! Imported books will be more expensive. This is unacceptable. Absolutely weird!” that’s the reaction of my 20 year old sister, who is an avid bookworm. A couple of lecturers from Cotton College just shook their heads in disbelief, and laughed derisively when I asked them […]
Did our new finance minister attempt to mislead parliament? There appears to be some disinformation in her budget speech. Presenting her maiden budget speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman declared that the allocation on Education during the 2019-20 fiscal will be three times the revised estimate. But she stopped short of mentioning any figure. She just […]
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the budget in Lok Sabha. Here are the key points of Budget 2019 which will give you a fair idea of what will be costlier (or cheaper) now, and in which direction the country will be moving: No change in Income Tax slabs. However, surcharge has been increased for […]
According to a report published by the NGO ADF, religion related violence in India cost the nation approximately 80 lakh crore rupees, that’s about 9 % of the GDP. No doubt, the government of India ‘rejected’ the International Religious Freedom report released by the United States that stated that religious intolerance was on the rise […]
Taru Mitra is all set to celebrate the Van Mahotsav (Forest Megafest) once again. “A week- long celebration. A celebration with trees, for trees. From 1st July to 7th July, trees of Taru Mitra will receive lots of hugs and friendship bands from people”, is how Tarumitra spokesperson Devopriya Dutta puts it. Taru Mitra, the […]
Sir, Glancing through what appears to be a letter written by a ‘fellow’ media student named Preeti Dayal, I would like to put forward the following points. Her arguments are fundamentally flawed and out of whack. I took out a calculator and did some basic adding up of the percentages she has mentioned. 15 +7.5+ […]
