Varanasi: Mahima Bhardwaj is determined to become the first-generation learner in her family. The 18-year-old girl from Sarai Mohana village of Varanasi in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh belongs to Dalit community. The village, 9 km away from Varanasi, Hinduism’s holiest city, is sits on the bank ofContinue Reading
The rector of a Catholic university in Poland urged academics worldwide Monday to sign an appeal committing themselves to promoting the teachings of St. John Paul II. Fr. Mirosław Kalinowski, rector of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, launched the appeal Oct. 12, as the centenary of theContinue Reading
More than 200 state-run secondary schools in the Republic of Ireland will begin to phase out historical Catholic symbols and mandatory Masses, Irish sources have reported. The new regulations apply to the country’s ETB schools, which are run by the government’s Education and Training Boards. The new rules officially classifyContinue Reading
New Delhi: A chip made of cow dung will reduce radiation from mobile handsets and protect users from various diseases, a government official has claimed. “Cow dung will protect everyone, it is anti-radiation… It is scientifically proven,” asserted Vallabhbhai Kathiria, chairperson of the Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog (RKA, national commission forContinue Reading
Mumbai: Manasi Joshi never set out to become an international athlete. And she certainly didn’t plan to become an advocate for disability rights in her native India. But in 2011, a road crash cost Joshi her left leg, pulling her from her path as a software engineer in Mumbai andContinue Reading
This week, 18-year-old Chaitanya Venkateswaran from New Delhi had the unique opportunity to spend a day as the UK’s senior most diplomat in India. As top boss – overseeing the UK’s largest overseas network – Chaitanya’s busy day included handing out tasks to the High Commission’s department heads, interacting withContinue Reading
Political and business leaders worldwide are failing to stop the planet turning into “an uninhabitable hell” for millions of people, the United Nations warned on Oct. 12. Climate change is largely to blame for a near doubling of natural disasters in the past 20 years, a UN report said. TheContinue Reading
Dhaka: Bangladesh’s government has approved an amendment that would allow for the death penalty in rape cases, as anger grows in the South Asian country over incidents of sexual assault. The amendment was approved at a weekly meeting of the council of ministers headed by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, cabinetContinue Reading
Jakarta: Flash floods submerged more than 900 houses in 12 villages in Garut district of West Java province on Oct. 12, according to official sources. Around 800 families had to be evacuated due to the flash floods, Imam Imrania, the logistics head of the Disaster Management Agency of Garut district,Continue Reading
Vatican City: The Vatican confirmed Oct. 12 that four Swiss Guards have tested positive for the coronavirus. Responding to journalists’ questions Oct. 12, Holy See press office director Matteo Bruni said that the four members of the world’s smallest but oldest standing army had been placed in isolation following positiveContinue Reading
