Have we lost our cool?
2016-02-28
Many of our countrymen may have lost their cool, but the voice of sanity, goodwill and brotherhood should not be lost in the cacophony of hate and profanityContinue Reading
Amnesty condemns ‘growing intolerance’ in India
2016-02-24
Authorities in India failed to stop “incidents of religious violence” and often “contributed to tensions through polarizing speeches”Continue Reading
Bangladesh trade transit boost
2016-02-19
New corridor to shorten distance to SiliguriContinue Reading
India chooses Net neutrality, nixes Facebook’s Free Basics
2016-02-08
Backing net neutrality, telecom regulation had suspended Free Basics a few weeks ago.Continue Reading
US official urges India to promote tolerance
2016-01-14
Us raises concerns over recent incidents of intolerance in IndiaContinue Reading
India has highest number of tuberculosis cases: WHO
2015-12-18
New Delhi : A recent WHO report has ranked India with having the highest number of tuberculosis cases in the world, health minister JP Nadda said on Friday. “As per the World Health Organisation (WHO) Global TB Report, 2015, in the year 2014, 2.2 million cases were estimated in India whichContinue Reading
Has much changed since India’s 2008 massacre of Christians?
2015-12-17
Rome: Tough it has been almost a decade since a spat of violence left nearly 100 Christians dead in the Indian state of Odisha, it’s still foggy as to whether or not things have improved. Themina Arora, a lawyer in India who has helped with rehabilitation efforts since the 2008Continue Reading
Catholic bishops slam India’s new adoption guidelines
2015-10-17
The new adoption guidelines go against the principles of “ethics and human dignity”
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India, Pakistan troops exchange sweets on Eid
2015-09-25
Jammu: Indian and Pakistani soldiers on Friday exchanged sweets and dry fruits on the occasion of Eid at the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, an official said. “The armies exchanged sweets and dry fruits at Chakan da Bagh and Mendhar crossing points in Poonch district,” defence ministryContinue Reading
Bangladesh, India exchange land in historic deal
2015-07-31
Dahala-Khagrabari: Bangladesh and India prepared on Friday to swap tiny areas of land, ending one of the world’s most intractable border disputes that has kept thousands of people in stateless limbo for nearly 70 years. Officials of two nations will hoist their respective national flags in 162 enclaves – 111 inContinue Reading