Accra, Aug 13 The Indian high commission in Abuja, Nigeria, has confirmed that five Indian doctors who have been working in the country have chosen to shirk their professional responsibilities and expressed the desire to leave the country because they do not want to contract the Ebola virus disease. Sharad Srivastava, first secretary, however said […]
British Prime Minister David Cameron is heading for a rout in the general elections scheduled in May 2015 over the rumblings in the coalition, problems in the party and the mood of the British electorate. Cameron, holidaying in Portugal, is facing unprecedented opposition over the government’s stance on Gaza. Coalition partner and Deputy Prime Minister […]
Isha Sahni Thanjavur A local court convicted 10 persons nearly a decade after 90 children were charred to death in a major fire at the Sri Krishna Middle School complex in Kumbakonam. Of the convicted, the court on Wednesday charged 5 guilty under various IPC (Indian Penal Code) sections. Those found guilty included Pulava Palanisamy, […]
Isha Sahni Recently, Australian Trade and Investment Minister Andrew Robb welcomed Uttam Kumar an Indian student back to Australia to commence his career-changing postgraduate studies at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). Uttam was the winner of Australian Government‟s global “Win your future unlimited‟ competition in 2013. On 28 July this year he will […]
Washington, July 13 One of the largest ethnic professional organisations representing some 100,000 Indian American physicians is trying to involve the younger generation even as it looks at new ways of giving back to the motherland. Dr. Seema Jain, who would take over as president of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) next […]
New Delhi, July 7 Amid high expectations from the common man and corporate India, the maiden budget of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government Thursday is expected to extend tax relief to the salaried class and unveil steps to spur investment and growth, even as fiscal situation remains fragile amid deepening Iraq crisis and high inflation. […]
The wizard is in his element. Only he doesn’t have a magic wand in his hand. No Abracadabras or if you are a desi no ‘Choo mantars’. No long diversionary talk or showmanship. Just a run up to what is to come. And plain act. Everyone in the small private audience is skeptical. Fingers crossed. […]
Violence against the women and children is an evil of the society that everyone is trying to fight from a long time. The male-dominated world, as they call it has always seen the women being subjugated by the men or the patriarch. Be it any social structure, the women have also been lowered down. The west looks down […]
By Prantick Majumder, Jhadol (Rajasthan) Craving a mobile phone but unable to afford it, a boy, not even in his teens, dropped out of school in his Rajasthan village to join friends working at a cotton plantation in neighbouring Gujarat. What followed was a harrowing two months that not only shows how child labour is flourishing […]
Isha Sahni Poor Shane Warne! The Australian cricketer has suffered his share of angst. There was this time he walked out of a press where he was to unveil a likeness of himself in soap that was to be auctioned for a children’s charity when a reporter remarked: “Hey Shanie, that looks rather lean.” It […]