New Delhi, May 27, 2020: Authorities in India are helping farmers mount a pesticide spraying campaign to fight the swarms of desert locusts that have devastated crops across Pakistan and East Africa. As many as 700 tractors, 75 fire engines and almost 50 other vehicles are engaged in spraying pesticidesContinue Reading
By Avinash Noronha Kanpur, May 27, 2020: This cyclone appeared on the West Coast, near the Arabian Sea, at Alibag in Raigad district of Maharashtra. The word Cyclone here is actually a corruption of Cycle On, which is what Sumit Patil (34) did on May 20. Sumit is an enduranceContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, May 27, 2020: Absurd! This is an oxymoron, a contradiction in terms. How can one be both a Catholic and a Pentecostal? When we use caps to denote Proper Nouns then it may seem contradictory. But if we use small letters to denote adjectives, then the apparentContinue Reading
By Jacob Peenikaparambil Indore, May 27, 2020: The members of legal fraternity, especially of the judiciary, ought to know the implications of the dictum, “Justice delayed is justice denied” better than the ordinary citizens. Unfortunately, in the case of India, the Supreme Court seems to have forgotten this dictum. TheContinue Reading
By Saumya Tiwari New Delhi, May 27, 2020: Having secured admission at an all-girls’ college, I had assumed that now my life would be free of stereotyping and judgment. But little did I know how misplaced that belief was. Before lockdown, every day as I would enter my classroom, IContinue Reading
New Delhi, May 27, 2020: Two months Coronavirus lockdown have done what successive governments could not do in 25 years even with a budget of 50 billion rupees at their disposal: Clean up the Yamuna River. As industrial activity halted and other commercial activities slowed during the lockdown, the YamunaContinue Reading
By Lalit K Jha Atlanta, May 27, 2020: Prompted by the lack of adequate ventilators during the coronavirus pandemic, and Indian-American couple has developed the emergency ventilator from concept to prototype in just about three weeks-time. Devesh Ranjan, the husband, is a professor and associate chair in the prestigious GeorgiaContinue Reading
Guwahati, May 26,2020: Nearly two lakh people in seven districts in Assam have been affected by floods as incessant rain across much of the state worsened the situation on May 26. According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), 229 villages in 17 revenue circles of Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Darrang,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, May 26, 2020: The South Asia Media Defenders Network (SAMDEN) on May 26 bemoaned a pattern of official and corporate arbitrariness against media in the region. As examples, the network cited detention of media professionals in Bangladesh, attacks on journalists in Punjab, and theContinue Reading
Jerusalem, May 26, 2020: Bethlehems Church of the Nativity reopened its doors on May 26 after being closed for almost three months due to the coronavirus pandemic. The sacred building, widely considered to be the cradle of Christianity, welcomed worshippers again along with other churches and mosques as part ofContinue Reading
