Asanga Abeyagoonasekera
IANS
In stateless societies, the rule of law is usually suppressed. In such societies, people turn into unfree pawns as a result of worsening political conditions.
The arrival of
New Zealand cemeteries are very different from the rest of the world. Elsewhere graves lie serene and somber, but in New Zealand, especially those graves of the Islanders, are curiously explicit. As I walked th
Nishant Arora
IANS
As the Indian government struggles to tame the social media giants and force them to comply with the new IT rules, the time is ripe to appoint a nodal cyber regulator to deal with Twitter
They all schooled together, grew up as one, spun tops, flew kites, played marbles, and in the playgrounds of school, followed more sophisticated sports like cricket, hockey, football, as seasons went by.They hu
S Ravi
IANS
The world famous Sherlock Holmes who has mesmerised generations of readers with his uncanny knack of solving cases that completely confound everyone is back to entertain in the form of aud
Thalif Deen
Inter Press Service
When the UN’s annual report on Children and Armed Conflict was released last week, it was expected to “name and shame” some of the world’s worst human
Siddhi Jain
IANSlife
In a bid to help women from families that have lost their breadwinners to Covid-19 in the recent surge in India, the IC3 Institute, a U.S. non-profit, will enable them with training and
It’s not a second or third wave of the virus, but a wave of sorrow that envelops us today!If you feel sad and depressed right now, and can’t understand why, then join billions of others who feel the same, a
Ali Swenson and Arijeta Lajka
The Associated Press
It’s not known, but researchers are starting to study the issue.
Vaccines are designed to activate your immune system, and some experts have
She lay on the ventilator, as fervent prayers went up from hundreds, in plea chains and waves, outside same hospital, “Save her!” they prayed, and up in heaven God listened to their prayers even as He looke
Sara Brombart
Inter Press Service
Peru’s first round of elections on 11 April saw voters choosing between 18 presidential candidates with no one candidate leading by an impressive margin.
Pedro Cas
“They’re frowning down below!” laughed the clouds as they stared back at the jovial sun, who was trying his best to make them hot, but then clouds don’t become hot do they, I mean, have you ever heard o
It wasn’t too many years ago, every time the word ‘computers’ was mentioned, government employees would go on strike. Millions of man hours were wasted as clerks continued to painstakingly and laboriously
Muskan Aggarwal
PTI
As Covid hit the world last year, many companies were forced to shut down their offices and work remotely. Now, after a year, people have slowly started adapting to the Work From Home cu
Dr Panger Kichu
Oriental Theological Seminary, Dimapur
Today, we are compelled towards an unprecedented COVID context and the demands for the service of pastors and clergies have exponentially increas
After my morning walk, I sit for an hour on my terrace garden, savoring my pot of delicious coffee. All around me I hear the sounds of birds and squirrels, as the peepul tree towering over me provides a home to
Limatula Yaden
Public Health is a state subject and hence the primary responsibility to provide accessible, affordable quality heathcare to the population lies with the State Government. Under the National H
Very often we make a god out of a guru or priest and feel disappointed and even lose our beliefs when they fall.Many, many years ago as a child I used to sit in church and like all youngsters fidget, look aroun
Limatula Yaden
NHM Free Drugs Services Initiative (FDSI)
Funding is provided for this Initiative to improve access to and provision of essential drugs/medicines free of cost in all public health facilities
Every morning as I sit in my little garden and ponder on what to write, I look at the little blue collapsible stool on which I place my newspapers and remember my father. Today, on Father’s Day, I specially t