Today, January 17th an American holiday commemorating the birthday of Martin Luther King (January 15th) the famous Oprah Winfrey’s show played clips of older shows that dealt with racism and discriminatio

During his Asian trip last November, President Obama expressed support for installing India as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), the power center of the international body. It wa

The Brazilian government said on January 18 that it would accelerate efforts to devise a national system for preventing disasters and alerting the population quickly when they occur, in response to the deadly l

To let go does not mean to stop caring,it means I can’t do it for someone else.To let go is not to cut myself off,it’s the realization I can’t control another.To let go is not to enable,but al

Newmai News Network (NNN): Being born in a royal family, tell me the advantages that you had in your life? Binodini: I am first of all proud of my heritage. Whatever I had achieved or what I am today is due to,

The referendum for independence of South Sudan concluded on January 15th.  The popular mandate catapulted a collective dream toward the much awaited freedom, off the yoke of a presumptively terrorist state

There's something tantalising and frustrating about the idea of musical megastars wandering around recording studios, passing each other in the corridors and toilets, chatting away, but not collaborating. What

Hours after a group of stone-throwing youth braved frantic police beatings and confronted grey fumes of teargas outside the Interior Ministry building in Tunis, the unthinkable happened. As darkness thickened o

A series of papers recently published by The Lancet points to worrisome trends in the management of India’s primary healthcare system, particularly in the area of infectious diseases. Clearly, the country

The demand for frontier state did come quite as an unprecedented surprise and caught many people impromptu. At a time when fragile peace is dawning and reconciliation progressing, this demand came as an abrupt

Last Tuesday it was Gurgaon. On Wednesday, it happened on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar. On Thursday, it was near Guwahati. By the time January is out, the toll can only be anticipated to multiply. On an average

Government of India has once again increased the price of petrol, which obviously indicates that it is clueless about the strategies for maintaining the price of petrol and other petroleum fuel in India.  

Southern Sudanese women receive skills training at the Abu Shouq internally displaced people's camp north of Darfur. (Photograph: ALBERT GONZALEZ FARRAN/AFP) Last week the population of South Sudan went to

One thing is certain for Africa in the twenty-first century: its strategic importance in the world will continue to climb, for reasons such as resources, markets, and continued concerns over weak governance all

It is well understood that the Telangana agitation is an inspiration for similar movements in other parts of India. The 26-day bandh called by the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) in the Darjeeling district is an

Every July 23 for the past 58 years Egypt, my country of birth, has celebrated its “July revolution” that overthrew King Farouk and ended the monarchy and British occupation once and for all. It was

With their typical and incurable penchant for over dramatisation, the Italian media and many political commentators had dubbed December 14, 2010 “the day of reckoning”. Many firmly believed that, on

Jordan Rice was on the way back from a trip to buy a school uniform for the new term when, standing on the roof of his mother's car at a little after two o'clock on the afternoon of January 10, he made his choi

While fasting and praying at Healing centre Pughoboto on 19/11/2010, time 9:36 am God revealed His prophetic message through His servant, the prophetic conveying to the world. Motto: Mathew 5:9. Deut 12:31/ 32:

There are very few people in India who believe that New Delhi, as it is presently organised, is either capable or willing to go the whole distance to bring to book those who are suspected of having committed ir