By Matters India Reporter Jamtailbari: The International Indigenous peoples Day was celebrated at Sorojini Tea garden at Jamtailbari in Unakoti District, Tripura, a northeastern Indian state. Around 700 people from Oraon, Munda, Kharia and Santal tribes participated in the August 9 program organized by All Adivasi Students Association, Tripura (AASAT),Continue Reading
By Manoj Varghese Mumbai: Anson Thomas, a national-level hockey player-turned-customs officer-turned-social activist- turned-film actor speaks to Manoj Varghese about his challenges and the plans ahead. Indian Currents portrays his work, as Anti-Human trafficking Day was observed on 30th July. A biopic on Anson Thomas, who has given sleepless nights toContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Aug 9 said they registered a first information report (FIR) in connection with a video in which some people are seen raising communal and inflammatory slogans near Jantar Mantar in central Delhi on Aug. 8. The video was circulated on social media with allegationsContinue Reading
Kochi: To call Father Prashanth Palakkappilly a friend of nature is an understatement. Throughout his career as the principal of Sacred Heart College, in Kochi’s Thevara suburb, since 2010, he was known to use a bicycle to travel short distances, trying to inculcate a sense of ecological responsibility among hisContinue Reading
New Delhi: New research conducted by the London School of Economics and Political Science has collected data to argue that minorities Muslim and Christian populations in India face an imminent threat by discrimination and racial violence that needs to be dealt with. The research was commissioned by an organization knownContinue Reading
The Zoological Survey of India, one of the premier organisations involved in taxonomic studies of fauna, got its first woman Director. Dhriti Banerjee, entomologist with an expertise in Diptera, has taken over as the 18th director of the 105-year institute on August 6. Headquartered in Kolkata, the ZSI has 16Continue Reading
Coimbatore: A video of a Revenue Department staff, a Dalit, falling at the feet of a caste Hindu in Ottarpalayam village in Annur taluk has triggered protest and outrage. The video shows Ottarpalayam thandalkarar, Muthusamy falling at the feet of a caste Hindu, identified as Gopinath, to apologize for whatContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Guwahati: A civil society body of eminent citizens met in Guwahati to discuss the on-going Assam-Mizoram border stalemate and initiate peace, 7th August 2021. The extra-ordinary meeting of Assam Nagarik Samaj, representing the civil society of Assam, met under the leadership of Paresh Malakar, its General Secretary,Continue Reading
Mississippi: Pop singer Britney Spears has revealed that she has become a Catholic. In an Instagram post, the 39-year-old told her more than 32 million followers she has become a Catholic by captioning a video of her dancing in a blue dress. She said: “Pssss as for the next video…IContinue Reading
By C.M. Paul Kolkata: Salesian Sister Rosily Theckanath is proud that P V Sindhu, her former student, has become the second Indian and the country`s first woman to win two Olympic medals. Sindhu, the reigning Badminton world champion on August 1 secured a bronze after a straight-game win over worldContinue Reading
