India hosted the fifth edition of Army International Scout Masters competition in Jaisalmer Military station under the Southern Command of Indian Army. While the Indian media reported that India had topped the charts in the first stage of the competition, the third stage has been held, but strangely, the media hasn’t disclosed the rankings of […]
We have only one Earth so we need to take care of it. The 9th August is observed as Bihar Earth Day and thus Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi said that plantation of at least five saplings, provided by the forest department, would be done in every school on the day. Many states like […]
स्तनपान, जो कि शिशु और माँ दोनों के स्वास्थ्य के लिए लाभदायक है। जहाँ किसी भी नवजात शिशु के लिए स्तनपान उसके शरीर में रोग – प्रतिरोधक क्षमता को बढ़ाने का कार्य करता है तथा यह बच्चे का शारीरिक और मानसिक विकास में भी सहायता करता है। वहीं स्तनपान माँ को भी भविष्य में दिल […]
Sir We cannot ignore the fact that a letter written by 49 celebrities, mostly representing the film industry, to the prime minister about mob lynching, appears to have created a huge stir. Even the RSS chief, Mohan Bhagwat, has stepped into the fray, noting a “conspiracy” to defame the Hindus by the lynch mobs. The […]
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 […]
