Ottawa: Leading Indian-origin entrepreneur Ajay Dilwari has been honoured with Canada’s prestigious Order of British Columbia award, the province’s highest form of recognition. Mr Dilwari, the owner of Canada’s largest automotive group — Dilawri Group — is among 16 “exceptional people” to be appointed to the Order of British Columbia,Continue Reading
Dhaka: Several lightning bolts hit a Bangladesh wedding party within a few seconds August 4, killing 16 people and injuring the groom, officials said. The group had just left a boat at the riverside town of Shibganj to take shelter from the thunderstorm when the lightning struck, a government administratorContinue Reading
Chennai: A man has attacked the headquarters of Sathiyam TV, a popular satellite channel in Chennai, promoted by Mohan C Lazarus, an evangelist. CCTV footage released by the channel showed the man carrying a sword and a shield on August 3 ransacked the channel’s properties. “He entered the office premisesContinue Reading
The UN General Assembly approved a resolution Monday establishing a Permanent Forum of People of African Descent to provide expert advice on addressing the challenges of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and intolerance. The resolution adopted by consensus by the 193-member world body also calls for the forum to serve asContinue Reading
Indian-American schoolgirl Natasha Peri, 11, has been named in the worlds “brightest” students list based on results of above-grade-level testing of 19,000 students across 84 countries, according to Johns Hopkins Center For Talented Youth (CTY), a part of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. “Peri, a student at Thelma L.Continue Reading
From cradles of the sport to a Naxal stronghold. Some criticised for not doing chores, others moulded by the heat of farms and factories. Living up to a brother who represented the nation, rejoicing a sister who bought a stick with daily wages. Playing hockey to escape an alcoholic fatherContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhopal: Archbishop Leo Cornelio of Bhopal on August 3 opened a new campus of the Bhopal School of Social Sciences that is expected to meet the challenges in changing professional education. The new sprawling campus – Institute of Advanced Studies — is set up at AshaniketanContinue Reading
Mumbai: In 1970, Father Placido Fonseca became director of Snehasadan, a Jesuit initiative in Mumbai aimed at helping street children find their feet and their dignity. Over the decades, more than 40,000 children passed through the doors of its 17 homes, each group of 20 or 30 cared for byContinue Reading
By Shalini S Chennai: Karthick Annan’s neighbors in the housing board were curious about the parai – a type of frame drum – reverberating under the open sky. They haven’t seen him play for the past two months as he took to sanitation work during the lockdown and shelved allContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram: Sister Lucy Kalapura did not get upset when suddenly a senior advocate in the Kerala High Court refused her brief in a case regarding her eviction from the home congregation. She knew that she was fighting a lonely do-or-die battle. Before him, a handful of other advocates also hadContinue Reading
