Chandigarh, March 22 Medical science may not believe in the ghost stories but unethical practices adopted by private medical colleges and unscrupulous doctors in the region have put a big question mark on the standard of education being imparted and the kind of doctors being churned out by these institutions. With 436 ‘ghost’ teachers being […]
Washington, March 21 Several Indian-Americans are among over 100 students from across the country who would showcase their inventions, and innovative science projects at the fifth White House Science Fair hosted by President Barack Obama Monday. Celebrating their extraordinary science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) achievements, this year’s exhibits, all built, made, and designed by […]
New Delhi, March 20 The Supreme Court will hear a plea seeking security for women and freedom of religion in the wake of attack on nuns and churches in some parts of the country moved by a lawyer who held it was the apex court’s obligation to protect them. “It is the duty of the […]
Rae Bareli/Lucknow, March 20 At least 32 people were killed when the engine and three coaches of a passenger train derailed near Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh after the driver overshot a signal on Friday. Northern Railway spokesman Neeraj Sharma said in New Delhi that nearly 50 people were warded in hospitals. Doctors in Lucknow […]
Mandalay, March 19 The Solar Impulse 2 (Si2), a solar-powered aircraft on a mission to fly around the globe without a drop of fuel, has landed here on Thursday, completing the fourth leg of its historic flight, according to media reports. The aircraft, piloted by the Swiss project chairman Bertrand Piccard, had taken off from […]
C ommonwealth Minister for Justice Michael Keenan, and Western Australian Premier, Colin Barnett, today announced that disaster assistance has been activated for councils in 16 local government areas following flooding between 28 February and 8 March 2015. Mr Keenan said the assistance was being provided under the jointly-funded Commonwealth-State Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements […]
Jakarta, March 10 In a unique gesture, a statue of Mahatma Gandhi made by Indonesian artist Bambang Winaryo was unveiled on Tuesday at the House of Culture in West Sumatra province, which is associated with the House of Poetry dedicated to famous Indonesian poet Taufiq Ismail. The statue was inaugurated by the Ambassador of India […]
Title: On Religion; Author: Khushwant Singh (with Humra Quraishi); Publisher: Rupa; Pages: 206; Price: Rs.250 Title: 50 Spiritual Appetizers; Compiled and Edited by: Vinod Dhawan; Publisher: Partridge (A Penguin Random Book Company); Pages: 204; Price: Not given If celebrated journalist-writer Khushwant Singh is to be believed, there is no god; the concept of karma is […]
Washington, March 11 Indian author Salman Rushdie, who won the Booker Prize for his 1981 novel “Midnight’s Children”, will teach and advise journalism students at New York University as Distinguished Writer in Residence. Rushdie will serve on the faculty of the University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute for five years, Suketu Mehta, associate professor of Journalism […]
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS)Women activists on Thursday strongly opposed the blanket ban on a BBC documentary titled “India’s Daughter” on the December 16, 2012 gang rape of a young woman in Delhi, arguing that the “knee-jerk” reaction constitutes an attack on freedom of expression.”I have seen the documentary. It is powerful and moving. It […]