Pune: The Indian government plans to amend a recent order that required academic institutions to seek prior approval before organizing ‘international’ online seminars or conferences. The academic and scientific community in the country had objected to the order, with two of the largest and oldest science academies writing letters toContinue Reading
Sonada: In a first time effort in the hills, academia-industry partnership initiative to empower tea garden women was launched, 21 February 2021. Salesian College Sonada established in 1938 and the Tea Promoters India who own plantations in Darjeeling, Dooars, Assam and Kerala have launched a pilot project entitled: Women EmpowermentContinue Reading
By Shalini S New Delhi: Muslim children face systematic exclusion at the pre-primary level at private schools in the national capital of India, a new research has pointed out. The research article titled “Early Educational Marginalization for Muslim Children in India: An Analysis of Nursery School Admission in Private SchoolsContinue Reading
New Delhi: A court in Delhi on February 19 sent climate activist Disha Ravi to jail for three days. The Delhi police presented the 22-year-old young Bengaluru-based woman to the Patiala House court. She was arrested on February 14 over a farmers’ protest toolkit linked to Republic Day violence inContinue Reading
By Hemendra Chaturvedi Agra: India is preparing to hang a woman teacher in Uttar Pradesh, convicted of murder, after 70 years. The preparations are on at the district jail in Mathura for the probable hanging of Shabnam, says Akhilesh Kumar, Agra’s deputy inspector general (Jail). Shabnam was convicted in 2008Continue Reading
New Delhi: Protesting farmers on February 18 sat on railway tracks at hundreds of locations, and stopped some trains during a four-hour ‘rail roko’ agitation. The Railways said there was a “negligible” impact on the running of trains across the country. For a few passengers on trains stopped by theContinue Reading
Kochi: The Kerala High Court has dismissed the plea of Robin Vadakkumchery, a former Catholic priest convicted of raping a minor, to grant him bail so that he could “marry the survivor.” The court said it could find no merit the petition. Dismissing the plea, Justice Sunil Thomas stated thatContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Pune: Jesuit Father Vasco do Rego, a noted Goan crusader and Konkani stalwart, died. The death occurred at 9:45 pm on February 17 in Pune, Maharashtra. He was 95. The funeral will be held on February 19 at St Xavier’s Church in Pune. Father Rego wasContinue Reading
New Delhi: Police in Uttar Pradesh on February 18 filed murder charges against unknown persons, 16 hours after two girls were found dead in a field in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao. The case was filed after the girls’ father gave a statement to the police saying scarves had been wrapped aroundContinue Reading
New Delhi: Priya Ramani, who on February 17 was acquitted in a defamation case filed by former Union Minister M.J. Akbar, said the verdict would help inspire more women to speak up against sexual harassment at the workplace. Following a Delhi court’s verdict acquitting her, Ramani said that she feltContinue Reading