Hindus are urging Alabama to end “prohibition” of yoga in the public schools of the State. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada, said that this “prohibition” was clearly doing a disservice to Alabama’s students and denying them the valuable opportunities to avail the multiple benefits yoga provided. Alabama State Department of […]
Hindu groups have commended Hutt City Council in New Zealand for their “Yoga in Schools” program, calling it a step in the positive direction. “We’re on a journey to increase the awareness and accessibility of yoga in the community…we’ve developed the Yoga for Schools programme which brings yoga into the classroom and curriculum”, a Hutt […]
Migrant Hindu doctors of Pakistan have made India their home. On 12th August, early in the morning convoy of buses, cars and SUVs headed towards the Malsar village through Ahmedabad Vadodara Highway. Men, women, and children were in celebratory mood singing songs and cracking jokes with their family members and friends. This was a group […]
India’s Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is on an official bilateral visit to the Kingdom of Thailand from 27 to 28 August 2018. Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman held bilateral talks with Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister of Thailand Gen. PrawitWongsuwon in Bangkok, today. She also called on Prime Minister of Thailand Gen. Prayuth Chan-o-cha. During […]
Exercise Shanghai Cooperation Organization Peace Mission 2018 or SCO Peace Mission 2018, the latest in ‘Peace Mission’ series formally started on 24 August 2018 at Chebarkul, Russia. The opening ceremony was conducted in Chebarkul, Russia with military contingents of the all eight SCO member nations participating in this exercise. The contingents were addressed by Lieutenant General […]
A Hindu temple is planned to open soon in the Tea suburb of South Dakota’s largest city Sioux Falls, which is claimed to be the “first Hindu temple in the Dakotas”. North Dakota and South Dakota, states in the Great Plains region of USA, are spread out in about 147,814 square miles area. There is […]
Kamla Persad Bissessar is a senior politician of Trinidad and Tobago and is the first woman to hold the office of Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. As per the 1990 official census, Hindu community accounts for 24 percent of the total population of Trinidad and Tobago. Several Hindu groups in Trinidad and […]
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 […]
