Damascus, June 14 (IANS) The Syrian troops Friday thwarted a rebel infiltration attempt into a main square east of the capital Damascus, pro-government activists and sources said. A rebel group was trying to sneak into the al-Abbasiyeen square through a tunnel they dug from the rebel-held Jobar suburb. The forces blew up the tunnel, while the […]
By Biswajit The final techno-commercial agreement for Kudankulam 3 and 4 reactors will be signed by July, a top official of Rosatom said here Tuesday, adding that all differences resulting from India’s 2010 Civil Liability for Nuclear Damages Act have been resolved. “After working together with India, a solution has been arrived at regarding India’s […]
Agartala, June 6 (IANS) Two northeastern states – Assam and Tripura – among India’s five largest tea producing states are facing a huge production loss this year due to deficient or erratic rains, tea experts and producers say. Assam and Tripura are among India’s 14 tea producing states. They annually produce 600 to 620 million kg […]
Siliguri, June 5 (IANS) At least four people including a soldier were killed and three others injured when their car fell into a gorge in West Bengal’s Darjeeling district Wednesday night, police said. All four were killed on the spot as the car slipped 300 feet into the Teesta Valley under Rungli Rungliot police station. There […]
Jerusalem, June 5 (IANS) An El Al Israeli airlines passenger flight from Tel Aviv to Munich made an unplanned landing at Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, early Thursday after an outburst by a violent passenger, media reported. According to a report in the Ha’aretz daily, the passenger, a 30-year-old German, started cursing the people around him […]
Isha Sahni We have all known that the global warming at large has affected rainfall, cropping patterns,livelihoods of the people across the world. But are there any alternatives that people could take whose livelihoods are being challenged by the effects of climate change? In recent times, an initiative was taken by the counties Britain and […]
Isha Sahni The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is going to review its policy on the 3rd The Governor of RBI, Raghuram Rajan is likely to keep rates unchanged when it reviews its monetary policy, its first exercise after the new government came into power in the country. RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan who is well […]
Stefan Gordy, known by his stage name RedFoo, delivered what he promised by turning the capital and Mumbai into “party planets” recently. While the desi crowd enjoyed his maiden performance in the country, he says Indian beats are a popular part of the American culture. The US electronic dance music disc jockey and rapper known […]
The death of a cow after swallowing a polythene bag was the trigger that led Divya Jain, 15, to start a campaign against its use in Rajasthan and beyond. She also encourages people to fabricate water troughs to save birds from the searing desert summer. Divya Jain, a class 10 student in Chittorgarh, over 350 […]
The story is a bit topsy-turvy these days as far as journalism education goes, especially in the tribal areas in Central India. Instead of rural students coming to teachers in cities, teachers are going to ‘adivasihaats’ or weekly markets. This is happening in month long campaign of CGnetSwara(www.cgnetswara.org), a community radio experiment on the mobile […]