By Varghese Alengaden Indore, May 7, 2020: Covid-19 and lockdown forced to cancel all the training programs for the youth in Universal Solidarity Movement at Indore. The movement which is being sustained by the income from the training programs faced a serious crisis of sustaining itself. Knowing about the crisisContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar, May 7, 2020: At least 11 people were dead and more than 1,000 fell ill on May 7 after gas leaked overnight from a chemical plant of a multinational firm in Visakhapatnam, a port city in the southeastern state of Andhra Pradesh. “When people came outContinue Reading
Srinagar, May 6, 2020: Three Associated Press photographers Dar Yasin, Mukhtar Khan, and Channi Anand from Jammu and Kashmir have won this year’s Pulitzer Prize in Feature Photography. The trio have been awarded for covering Kashmir under lockdown since the government of India read down Article 370 of the IndianContinue Reading
By Debraj Deb Agartala, May 6, 2020: As Mumbai’s Dharavi has shown, managing a pandemic in a slum can be a nightmare. This is where Agartala’s Radhanagar Purba Basti has set itself apart with general cleanliness, social discipline and community engagement in effectively managing the requirements of the prolonged lockdown.Continue Reading
New Delhi, May 6, 2020: The Delhi Police Cyber Cell has lodged a First Information Report following a complaint about a private Instagram group, where teenage boys from prominent South Delhi schools discussed girls’ body parts and shared their photos. Police have also apprehended a 15-year-old boy and are probingContinue Reading
By Ekta Kumar New Delhi, May 6, 2020: Sex can be a beautiful connection between two people – with or without love. How we approach it, the physical act and the person, is reflective of who we are. We begin to form our attitudes, behavior, and interpretations of what isContinue Reading
Panaji, May 6, 2020: Goa Governor Satya Pal Malik on May 6 appealed to federal Minister of State for Tourism Prahlad Patel for assistance in preserving Bom Jesu basilica. In a letter to Patel, Malik also urged the federal ministry to instruct the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) to completeContinue Reading
United Nations, May 6, 2020: Lord Buddha’s message of unity, service to others is more important today as humanity suffers from the COVID-19 pandemic and it is only by working together that nations can stop the spread, recover from the deadly coronavirus, the UN chief said in his message forContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria and Irudaya Jothi New Delhi, May 6, 2020: Several human rights activists and groups in India on May 6 expressed shock and dismay over the Karnataka government’s decision to cancel trains meant for ferrying migrant laborers to their home towns. The state government had written to IndianContinue Reading
Panaji, May 5, 2020: Goa plans to take a leaf out of Hampi on conservation and upkeep of the coastal state’s 17th century Unesco-endorsed Old Goa Church complex, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on May 5. Sawant’s assurance followed a meeting of officials from the Archaeological Survey of India, stateContinue Reading
