An SHO (Station House Officer) and a constable in Rajasthan were suspended on earlier this week in a virtual sex related blackmail incident. The SHO accused the constable of blackmailing him. The men were reportedly in a ‘relationship’. Nagaur superintendent of police Ram Moorty Joshy says the action was taken because the duo ‘harmed the […]
Today,on the 18th of June, is the very first ‘global’ day dedicated to ‘Countering Hate Speech’. According to the UN, hate speech is any kind of speech or writing that attacks or discriminates against a person or a group based on religion, ethnicity, nationality, race, color, descent, gender, or any other identity factor. Speech should […]
Food security in several parts of the Northeast is a real problem right now. Hunger is at the very door of thousands of people in Assam and neighbouring states. Five days ago, local newspapers were warning their administrations that a massive scarcity of food grains is likely to hit Mizoram, Tripura and South Assam. Surface […]
In the hustle and bustle of everyday life, some important things go unnoticed. Perhaps that’s why there’s never enough news about Global Parent’s Day which falls every year on the First of June. The United nations recognized this day in 2012. That makes this year the 10th edition of the day. The United Nations proclaimed […]
There is no harm in smoking. Who says tobacco causes cancer? Nearly 267 million adults means 29% of all adults (aged 15 and above) are users of tobacco in India, do you mean that all of them have cancer…? Since we are in the modern world, we have a lot of works to do. Too […]
The dust has barely settled on one Masjid-Mandir [MM] dispute, and another one ‘Gyanvapi Mosque- Kashi Vishwanath ‘ is hogging the nosy TV spaces and polarizing the discourse on social media. The Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, says that a mosque, temple, church or any place of public worship in existence on August […]
As a cancer surgeon, I would focus on things pertaining to my field wherein Meghalaya can grow by a change in behaviour. Meghalaya, in its golden jubilee year, has the dubious distinction of topping the country in the proportion of cancers caused by tobacco, with 70.4% of cancers in men and 46.5% of cancers in […]
A group of scientists from Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, said that even if nations try to control emissions now, the total global warming temperature is destined to rise 1.5 degrees Celsius in next two decades. India and several counties are battling deadly floods and landslides after heavy monsoon rains like never before. This is […]
Dalit youths in Rajasthan are asserting their individuality by defying caste-based social conventions and taboos that robbed them of their dignity. For decades, bridegrooms from lower castes were forbidden to imitate the high castes, especially by riding a horse in wedding processions. The ‘logic’ apparently was that horse riding was symbolic of noble birth and […]
Catholic priests and nuns in Kerala have become pro-active about the ‘deliberate attempts’ to malign their image, but what’s beneath the surface? Taking serious note of the rising trend to defame the Church in mainstream media and social media platforms, priests and nuns have stopped playing the role of passive victims. Catholic officials in Kerala […]
On Thursday, 24th February, Russia ‘attacked’ certain targets within Ukaraine. RUSSIAN troops launched their anticipated attack on Ukraine on Thursday, after President Vladimir Putin cast aside international condemnation and sanctions, warning other countries that any attempt to interfere would lead to “consequences you have never seen”. Putin said he ordered a special military operation to […]
In an atmosphere of increasing animosity towards religious minorities by rightwing groups in India, the Madras High Court in Tamil Nadu state recently delivered a judgement stressing the need for religious tolerance towards other religious practices. The Court was dealing with a writ petition from a Hindu man challenging the permission granted by the Kanyakumari […]
