Indian Theological Association completes 40 years
2017-05-02
The association has elected new office bearersContinue Reading
World’s oldest man dies ‘aged 146’
2017-05-02
A man who claimed to be the world’s oldest person has died at the age of 146, it is claimed. Mbah Gotho, from Indonesia, was said to have documentation that showed he was born in 1870. A lifelong heavy smoker, Sodimedjo – as he was also known – was takenContinue Reading
ADB’s 50 years: Protests to take place in several places
2017-05-02
New Delhi: People’s movements and other civil society organisations across India would hold over 100 actions of protest in 21 states of the country between May 1 – 7, 2017 to mark the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), highlighting the gross human rights violations,Continue Reading
India’s Kashmir policy: way forward
2017-05-02
By:Ram Puniyani The turmoil in Kashmir, which got intensified after the fake encounter of Burhan Wani (July 2016), does not seem to abet. It has been worsening as reflected in the ongoing violence leading to low turnout of voters in the by poll (April 2017). Shockingly there was a turn outContinue Reading
Visually challenged takes Indian diplomacy to new level
2017-05-01
While Europe boasted of facilitating normal lives for those variously challenged, India has stolen a march on them in Zephine’s caseContinue Reading
Mexican beauty queen decides to become nun
2017-05-01
The congregation works also in IndiaContinue Reading
Youth walk blindfolded to promote eye donation
2017-05-01
The young people pledged to donate their eyesContinue Reading
IIT-Kharagpur to teach ancient Indian “science of architecture”
2017-05-01
An 8,000-year-old body of knowledge is finding its way into the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Kharagpur, the oldest of India’s elite engineering schools. From August this year, architecture students at the institute, which counts Google’s Sunder Pichai among its alumni, will be taught vastu shashtra, the ancient Indian “science ofContinue Reading
Belgian deacon lands ‘dream job’ at cliffside retreat
2017-05-01
A Belgian Catholic deacon has won a competition to live as a hermit in a cliffside cell above an Austrian town. Stan Vanuytrecht, 58, a former artillery officer who drives the Trabi, or a ‘cardboard-box-on-wheels’, beat 49 other candidates to secure the position as one of Europe’s last hermits. Vanuytrecht isContinue Reading
Cross destruction: Bombay archdiocese to go to court
2017-05-01
A 122-year-old cross was demolished on April 29 in Bandra, a Catholic strongholdContinue Reading