Can followers of Hinduism stay mute when bulls or any animal, for that matter, is being ill-treated? Thaipusam is a festival which attracts Hindus to Malaysia. But this year, the Department of Veterinary Services (DVS) has started an investigation into a complaint about the mistreatment of bulls used to pull the silver Thaipusam chariot […]
Sanjay Leela Bhansali is happy that his movie Padmaavat is getting good reviews. In an interview to newspaper Mid Day, the director took on the matter of Swara Bhaskar criticizing the movie for alleged Jauhar glorification and said that Jauhar in the context, is ‘an act of war.’ He explained: “Our men have died on […]
India has been admitted to Agreement on the Establishment of an International Transport and Transit Corridor between the Governments of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Sultanate of Oman, Turkmenistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan signed on 25 April 2011 (Ashgabat Agreement). In a statement, the government of India said: Turkmenistan, as depository State of […]
The Government of India and the World Bank today signed a $100 million Loan Agreement that is expected to promote rural enterprises, facilitate their access to finance, and create employment opportunities for youth, particularly women, in selected blocks of Tamil Nadu across 26 districts, directly benefitting over 400,000 people. The Tamil Nadu Rural Transformation Project […]
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India yesterday signed a $250 million loan to finance the construction of 6,254 kilometres all-weather rural roads in the States of Assam, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal under the Prime Minister’s Rural Roads Program (PMGSY). The First Tranche Loan is part of the $500 […]
केन्द्रीय कृषि एवं किसान कल्याण मंत्री, राधा मोहन सिंह ने आज सेंट्रल इंस्टीट्यूट ऑफ फिशरीज टेक्नालॉजी (सिफ्ट) कोच्चि द्वारा विकसित मछली में रासायनिक मिलावट या छिड़काव का पता लगाने वाली किट – त्वरित परीक्षण किट (सिफ्टेस्ट) को लांच किया। मछली को जल्दी खराब होने से रोकने और बर्फ में फिसलन खत्म करने के लिए अमोनिया तथा […]
The Pink-color Economic Survey 2017-18 tabled in Parliament on 29th January 2018 by the Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Arun Jaitley lays special emphasis on Gender and Son meta-preference, while providing an assessment of India’s performance on gender outcomes relative to other economies. The Survey takes into account that Gender equality is an […]
