Hindus are urging all cities and towns of Canada to work on creating dedicated areas for the dispersal of the cremated remains over sea, river, or other bodies of water. A cremated remains scattering area is reportedly near completion in Sarnia in Southwestern Ontario over the St. Clair River at its Point Lands location. Distinguished […]
The Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve has become the 11th Biosphere Reserve from India that has been included in the UNESCO designated World Network of Biosphere Reserves (WNBR). The decision to include Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve in WNBR was taken at the 30th Session of International Coordinating Council (ICC) of Man and Biosphere (MAB) Programme of UNESCO held […]
The US has designated three Pakistanis who are with Lashkar-e-Toiba as Specially Designated Global Terrorists to clamp down on the terrorist group’s financial resources. The US designated LeT commander Abdul Rehman al-Dakhil as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGT). Pakistani men Hameed ul Hassan and Abdul Jabbar have also been named as the SDGT. Pakistani man […]
The Central Board of Secondary Education- CBSE has started inviting online applications for the 11th edition of Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) 2018. The Central Teacher Eligibility Test will be conducted in twenty languages in 92 cities all over the country. The detailed Information Bulletin containing details of examination, syllabus, languages eligibility criteria, examination fee, […]
Russian strongman Vladimir Putin has said that Christianity is behind the foundation of the Russian state. He made these comments in a ceremony on Saturday. The ceremony was organized to celebrate the adoption of Christianity by one Prince Vladimir, the leader of Kievan Rus, a loose federation of Slavic tribes that preceded the Russian state. […]
The Indian External Affairs Minister, Sushma Swaraj, asserted in the Indian Parliament (upper house) that the Hindu population in Bangladesh is on the rise. She quoted, apparently from Bangladesh official sources, that the Bangladesh Hindu population strength has gained a whole 2.2% points – from 8.5% in 2011 to 10.7% in 2017. Hindu student fed […]
Donald Trump as Putin’s puppet? Yes! And at least the artist thinks so! Alexander Wagman, a New York-based, Russian-born artist and sculptor, recently completed a political satire piece entitled “Putin’s Puppet.” The sculpture, a freestanding 39” high acrylic painted urethane resin and polyurethane rubber cast, depicts the head of the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, atop […]
Hindu leader Rajan Zed was left shocked at the description of a portable Hindu temple, a collection of Vatican Museums, which in their Online Catalogue states as “dedicated to the cult of the god Vishnu”. Lord Vishnu is “preserver” in the Hindu triad with Lord Brahma and Lord Shiva as the aspect of the Supreme. […]
Hindus are urging one of the world’s largest natural history museum, The Field Museum in Chicago, to immediately withdraw Lord Shiva stuffed plush doll from sale, calling it highly inappropriate. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, said that Lord Shiva was highly revered in Hinduism and was meant to be […]
Missionaries of Charity is in deep soup. Taking cognizance of the recent cases of babies selling and illegal adoptions carried out by Missionaries of Charity in Jharkhand, the Minister of Women and Child Development, Maneka Sanjay Gandhi has instructed the states to get child care homes run by Missionaries of Charity all over the country […]
