By Major General S.B. Asthana
IANS | May 21
The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas after 11 days of deadly hostilities is a welcome step for the innocent people suffering casualties in the crossfire, provid
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) India has effectively decriminalised suicide, with the Mental Healthcare Act, passed by Parliament in 2017 and entering into force a year later, noting that "notwithstanding anythi
By Tsering Passang
IANS | May 20
For the past 26 years, followers of Tibetan Buddhism have been waiting patiently for a glimpse of their spiritual leader, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, The 11th Panchen Lama o
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, May 20 (AP) — In this fourth war between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers, the Islamic militant group has fired more than 4,000 rockets at Israel, some hitting deeper
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) Ruskin Bond will be celebrating his 87th birthday tomorrow -- writing a new story sitting on his old desk in a picturesque house in Landour which has become a landmark and a must see fo
By Pankaj Chaturvedi
IANS | May 17, 2021
I read the editorial in The Lancet titled ‘Indias Covid-19 emergency published on May 8, 2021.
Let me quote from the article, "India will see a stagger
By Asad Mirza
IANS | May 17
During the last week hundreds of Palestinian protesters have been wounded in clashes with Israeli police and more than 197 are dead in Gaza and 10 in Israel, 42 were killed in th
BENGALURU, India, May 17 (AP) — For the first time in months, Izhaar Hussain Shaikh is feeling somewhat optimistic.
The 30-year-old ambulance driver in India’s metropolis of Mumbai has been worki
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Award-winning childrens author Vaishali Shroff belongs to a family of wildlife enthusiasts. While her husband and children look for interesting sightings and topographies to photograph,
By Dheeraj Sharma
IANS | May 14
Recently, it was flashed in the media that people are struggling outside the hospitals to get a bed. Several celebrities have also conveyed that they had to wait for hours to
New Delhi, May 14 (IANSlife) For decades, diet conversations globally have ranged from the simple and straightforward to elaborate and convoluted, the latter sometimes even bordering on crazy. In today's di
United Nations, May 13 (IANS) India will have to invest heavily in infrastructure in order to recover from the economic havoc brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, even if that means going in for deficit fina
New Delhi, May 11 (PTI): India might be heading towards a "serious livelihood crisis" as the situation seems to be worse this time for the working class amid the COVID crisis and local restrictions by
By Atul Aneja
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS): Recent findings in a report in an Australian daily has yet again reinforced the call that international investigators must dig deeper to rule out whether Covid-19 is a
By Major General S.B. Asthana
IANS | May 10
India is in a state of biological war against an invisible enemy (coronavirus), which has imposed unprecedented health emergency of this century. While the magnit
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Author and gastronomist Veena Sharma has always believed that ones kitchen is ones best pharmacy, providing us with the particular admixtures and combinations that help uplift both our
By N. Lothungbeni Humtsoe
New Delhi, May 9 (IANSlife) Today you get to express your love to your mum and make her feel special. Celebrate your mother and other important women in your life with a gift. While
Rio De Janeiro, May 9 (AP) Some have claimed she''s indulging a forbidden romance. More likely, loneliness compels her to seek company at Rio de Janeiro''s zoo.
Either way, a blue-and-yellow
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) With half the children under five in India being malnourished, the present Covid-19 crisis could further impact child nutrition and service delivery across the country that is in the gri
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) In 1998, Ray McLennan, who till then had been importing into the UK "all sorts of things" from India like musical instruments, saris, tilak, Tulsi malas and agarbatti, purchase