Calling the Alwar lynching case as a painful incident, National Human Rights Commission on Friday issued notices to the Centre and the Rajasthan government for the ‘serious violation’ of human rights by ‘self proclaimed’ volunteers. The commission has asked for a detailed report of the matter and also enquired about the[Read More…]
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GWG presents ‘Awaken the Magic Within’ to Salma Ansari and Baroness Usha Prashar
Global Women’s Group (GWG) and British Council togetherly released the book ‘AWAKEN the Magic Within’ at the British Council in New Delhi on Friday. The book was presented to Salma Ansari and Baroness Usha Prashar, member of the House of the Lords, United Kingdom. Prashar also contributed to the anthology.[Read More…]
Mental Illness – A Call to Action!
With words like “depressed”, we casually make references to mental health in daily conversation. However, we don’t realise how prevalent mental illness is in our lives. Per a 2016 survey (NIMHANS) 10.6% of India’s population, or a staggering 13 crore people have a diagnosable mental health condition. Take a close[Read More…]
Is Tarun Vijay really racist?
BJP leader Tarun Vijay is making it to the headlines on Friday for his infamous racist statement in an Al Jazeera debate on the attack on Nigerian students by a mob in a Greater Noida mall. While Twitter is buzzing with sharp condemnation and criticism of Vijay’s words and analogies;[Read More…]
Delhi Police arrests a man for attack on journalist Aparna Kalra
Delhi Police have arrested a man for attacking freelance journalist Aparna Kalra in Delhi’s Ashok Vihar locality on Wednesday evening. Police told media that the assailant had tried to sexually assault her and hit aggressively with a stone after she resisted. The accused was believed to be drinking alone at the Picnic[Read More…]
If India was racist, why would we live with South India: BJP leader Tarun Vijay
As the recent incident of the brutal assault on two Nigerian students by a mob in a Greater Noida mall questions the safety of Africans in India, former BJP MP Tarun Vijay denies on an international platform that the attacks had no links with racism. Clearly denying, that the attacks[Read More…]
Muslim man thrashed to death for loving a Hindu woman
A 20-year-old Muslim man was tied to a tree and beaten to death for being in love with a Hindu woman by the villagers in Jharkhand’s Gumla district, Hindustan Times reported. The man, Mohammad Shalik, was allegedly in a relationship with a Hindu woman of a nearby village. The girl[Read More…]
Here’s the complete list of winners of 64th National Awards
The names of the winners of 64th National Awards were announced on Friday at the National Media Centre in New Delhi. More than 300 films vied for the prestigious awards this year. The process to choose the best films from Indian cinema began on March 16 and the winners were[Read More…]
Alwar lynching: Supreme Court issues notice to 6 states
On Friday, the Supreme Court in response to the brutal murder of a man Rajasthan’s Alwar town has issued notices to Rajasthan, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh & Karnataka and sought a detailed reply on a petition regarding cow vigilantism. Supreme Court also asked the Rajasthan government to[Read More…]
World Health Day: Exercise, meditation, yoga, good work-life balance can help fight depression
The cases of depression are rapidly growing in India with more than 5 crore people suffering from the disorder – the highest in Southeast Asia and Western Pacific region including China. Recently, a new report by the UN health agency WHO also suggest that China and India are certainly the[Read More…]
Nothing wrong in Hindu Rashtra concept: CM Adityanath
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath supported Hindutva and a Hindu Rashtra for the overall development of India. Disregarding controversies, he declared that “there was nothing wrong in the Hindu Rashtra theory and taking a step forward in this direction”. He also said that his government will include Yoga[Read More…]
Want to adopt a pet? This company will give you ‘pawternity’ leave
Maternity and paternity leave for parents of newborns is common in every workplace. But have you heard of a ‘pawternity’ leave? HarperCollins Publishers India has introduced “pawternity leave” for employees adopting pets. The publishing house has begun to grant its staff paid leave of five working days to allow them[Read More…]
J&K avalanche: Two soldiers dead in Ladakh region
As multiple avalanches triggered by heavy snowfall strikes the Batalik sector in the Ladakh region of Jammu Kashmir, it killed two soldiers while one other has been rescued. The incident happened on Thursday and three soldiers have been rescued so far from under the snow. According to the weather department,[Read More…]
BJP Bengal chief, others booked for carrying weapons
A case has been registered, late on Thursday, against the Bengal BJP state president Dilip Ghosh. The case registered by the Bengal police is under non-bailable sections of the Arms Act and Indian Penal Code for carrying swords at Ram Navami rallies the day before. This case was registered by the[Read More…]
Air India brawl: Gaikwad expresses ‘regret’; ministry to examine apology letter
Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad requested the Centre to withdraw the ban on him imposed by six airlines expressing “regret” for assaulting an Air India staffer on March 23. “It could have been no one’s intention to have let the situation aggravate to the level that it eventually did,” he[Read More…]
Maharashtra: Bill to regulate Ola, Uber operations, tariff passed
App-based cabs service providers such as Ola and Uber will no longer be able to escape with tariff as the state government will now control operations of aggregators including their tariff, through the new legislation cleared by the state Assembly. The state has also decided to guard good samaritans, who[Read More…]
Delhi: Journalist attacked at a public park in northwest Delhi, severely injured
A 45-year-old freelance journalist was admitted to Fortis hospital with severe brain injuries after an attack by an unidentified person in northwest Delhi on Wednesday. Local residents found Aparna Kalra, the journalist, lying unconscious in a pool of blood at a public park in Ashok Vihar, Hindustan Times reported. Kalra[Read More…]
Before the latest ad pull, Pepsi mocked FTII students and got away with it
Soft drink giant, PepsiCo, recently withdrew its latest advertisement campaign, “Live for Now Moments” after huge social media backlash. The ad was criticized for co-opting protest movements and appropriating an iconic photograph from the Black Lives Matter movement. It’s a shocker at least for the Indian audience. In October 2015,[Read More…]
Rajasthan government announces cow cess
Rajasthan government has imposed a 10% cow cess as surcharge on stamp duty payable on all instruments for protection and propagation of cow and its progeny in the state. The surcharge will be applicable on non-judicial instruments. “In exercise of the powers conferred of the Rajasthan Stamp Act, 1998 and[Read More…]
Assam: Two arrested, minor apprehended for possessing half kilo beef
Two persons were arrested and a minor was apprehended and booked in Kenduguri in Assam under the Assam Cattle Preservation Act, 1950 for possessing beef, the police said on Thursday. According to Police, the daily waged labourers had bought half kilogram beef from somewhere and showed it to a shopkeeper,[Read More…]
Vinod Khanna hospitalised due to dehydration
Actor Vinod Khanna, who was hospitalised in Mumbai earlier this week due to “severe dehydration”, could be suffering from bladder cancer, say reports. This news comes soon after Khanna’s son conversation with the reporters in which he mentioned that he could be discharged soon. “Dad was hospitalised on Friday for severe[Read More…]
Sunil Pal urges Sunil Grover and Kapil Sharma to patch up in a moving video
Comedian Sunil Pal, who appeared on ‘The Kapil Sharma Show’ for a few episodes, after popular comedian’s spat with Sunil Grover, has now shared a moving video on his Facebook page, apologizing to Sunil on Kapil’s behalf and urging the duo to patch-up for the sake of comedy. Pal, in[Read More…]
India among top 4 countries in death caused by smoking
A new study revealed that more than one in 10 deaths in the world are caused due to smoking in 2015 and over 50% of them occurred in just four countries of the world, one of which was India. Worldwide, between 1990 and 2015, smoking prevalence decreased by almost a[Read More…]
Twitter launches ‘lite’ version for data-starved users
Micro-blogging giant Twitter has launched a new speedier version of its site for the mobile web and dubbed it, ‘Twitter Lite.’ Focused on budding markets and users with unreliable connectivity, Twitter Lite takes up less than a megabyte and comes with an additional data saver mode that blurs pictures and[Read More…]
Pepsi pulls latest ad campaign after huge backlash for co-opting iconic protests
Pepsi has withdrawn and apologised for a new ad campaign featuring Kendall Jenner, after the company faced a social media backlash for co-opting protest movements to market their products. “Pepsi was trying to project a global message of unity, peace and understanding,” the company said in a statement to the[Read More…]