5 women die every hour during childbirth in India: WHO
2016-06-16
New Delhi: Nearly five women die every hour in India from complications developed during childbirth, with heavy blood loss caused by haemorrhage being a major factor, WHO has said. Nearly 45,000 mothers die due to causes related to childbirth every year in India which accounts for 17 per cent ofContinue Reading
Laos seeks closer ties with Assam
2016-06-09
It will help improve relations with IndiaContinue Reading
Supreme Court allows Italian Marine to return home
2016-05-26
Italian marines are accused of killing Kerala fishermenContinue Reading
Understanding emerging fascism in India
2016-05-13
In recent times, there has been so much of discussions against the agenda of the communal fascists on many recent events like the developments in FTII, twisted nationalism, increasing fabricated cases, human rights violations using draconian laws, developments in Chennai (IIT) against Dalits, beef debate, attacks on writers, moral policing,Continue Reading
World’s 4 most polluted cities are in India
2016-05-13
New Delhi: Four of the five cities in the world with the worst air pollution are in India, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. Zabol in Iran is the most polluted city in the world. New Delhi, which was worst polluted city has improved its position to ninth rank.Continue Reading
Rape with cruelty to shame India
2016-05-08
We are no longer a moral nation. Maybe our cultural heritage is 5,000 years old, maybe our moral codes were the noblest in civilisation, but today India is a nation that sees rapes mounting by the day. Not just rapes, but rapes of extraordinary cruelty. Among countries with the highestContinue Reading
India’s history at the centre of US school curriculum debate
2016-05-05
New York: As school curriculums in the US state of California are set to be revised and updated, a heated debate is raging in the state over whether the region that includes India, Pakistan and Nepal should be referred to as India or as South Asia. A report in theContinue Reading
Why this Indian woman is using ‘blackface’ as solidarity
2016-04-30
Kochi: A young woman in southern India is painting her body black to protest against what she calls the growing intolerance in the country against the low-caste Dalit community, writes Ashraf Padanna in Kerala. One could run into 26-year-old Jaya PS anywhere in the southern port city of Cochin –Continue Reading
India asked to impose “sin tax” on soda items
2016-04-16
Such a tax in Mexico and US has significantly reduced consumption of sugar-sweetened beveragesContinue Reading