Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan said that the love and affection of his fans over the years is a debt he would never like to repay. Big B was speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the 50th edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), where he was also felicitated along with another film icon, […]
The Australian Government will return three culturally significant artefacts during the Prime Minister’s visit to India in January 2020. The artefacts, which were held by the National Gallery of Australia (Gallery), were purchased in good faith, but extensive research undertaken by the Gallery has led to its decision to voluntarily return these artefacts to India. […]
This is the neglected abode of Gandhi and Nehru family in Delhi 6. But for Mrs. Indira Gandhi, perhaps nobody from her family ever visited there. Well, this crumbling house had seen better times in the past. Actually it was the family house of Kamala Nehru, wife of the first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and […]
The decision of the Modi government to revamp India’s archaic education system is as significant as it is laudable. It is grossly unfortunate that previous governments failed to respond to the global changes and introspect on the reforms that India’s education system required. For decades, India clung on to a 19th-century education model to service […]
According to early results, Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement has made unprecedented gains in the district council elections, media reports said on Monday. In the figures put out till now, pro-democracy candidates have won 278 seats as against pro-Beijing candidates 42. Hong Kong’s district councillors have little political power and mainly deal with local issues such […]
● DiDi partners with Movember as the Official Rideshare Partner ● DiDi is encouraging riders to give their driver a ‘lift’ by starting a conversation ● DiDi is donating 10 cents for every trip this month up to a donation goal of $70,000 [Australia, November 15 2019] DiDi and Movember have joined forces this […]
DiDi now providing safe, reliable and value-for-money rideshare in Perth ● Every DiDi user in Perth to receive a free ride to the value of $20 on each of the next four Saturdays ● Perth to become DiDi’s seventh Australian market [Perth, November 15, 2019] DiDi is expanding its presence to Western Australia today with […]
Former Election Commissioner T.N. Seshan, who was known for strict implementation of electoral laws and rules to clean up Indian elections, passed away at his residence here on Sunday following cardiac arrest, family sources said. He was 86. An 1955 cadre Tamil Nadu IAS officer who rose to become Cabinet Secretary, Seshan became the 10th […]
In a historic judgement, the Supreme Court on Saturday directed the Centre to form within three months a trust which will build a temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya and allots alternate land for mosque
Ghazala Hashmi, who made history by becoming first Muslim woman to be elected to Virginia State Senate, hails from a family of educationists in Hyderabad. Migrating to the United States with her family when she was just four, the Indian-American scored a stunning victory over sitting Republican Senator Glen Sturtevant. The 55-year-old, a Democrat, was […]