Divya Sinha, Author at Media India Group

State of Women in India (1947-2022)

August 15, 2022

75 years after Independence, MIGTV looks at the progress made by Indian Women towards Equality & Empowerment. Though India is a male-dominated society and women are oppressed, Indian women have made some progress towards equality, through better education, health and employme...

Usain Bolt: Jamaica’s Golden Runner

August 14, 2022

On August 14, 2016, Jamaican sprinter Usain Saint Leo Bolt won the 100-metres at the Rio de Janeiro Games, becoming the first person to win the event in three consecutive Olympics.

Phonograph: Sound of Music

August 12, 2022

On August 12 1877, phonograph, also known as record player or gramophone, used to produce sound, was invented by US scientist Thomas Alva Edison.

Tibetan government in exile: Preserving Tibetan Identity

August 8, 2022

On August 8, 2011, Lobsang Sangay, Tibetan scholar and political leader, became Prime Minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile, the Central Tibetan Administration.

Hiroshima: Victim of world’s first atomic bomb

August 6, 2022

On August, 6, 1945, United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Blast killed over 70,000 people immediately and destroyed most of the city in an effort to hasten the end of World War II.

Diabetes: Modern lifestyle disease

July 30, 2022

On July 30, 1921, Insulin was first reported in pancreatic extract identified by Canadian scientists Frederick Banting, Charles Best and Romanian physiologist Nicolas Paulescu who worked independently named the substance “pancrein.”

Reluctant to adopt, Indians turn to IVF

July 25, 2022

In 2009, Rinki Kumari (name changed) got married to Sonu Kumar in Hajipur district of Bihar. The couple wanted to have a child after a year of marriage, but Kumari could not conceive. After 4 miscarriages, the couple abandoned the hope of having a baby. The repeated failure to ha...

Siege of Silger: Determined tribals take on Big Business

July 19, 2022

A fact finding committee of journalists and activists has released a report on the ongoing Siege of Silger in Chhattisgarh and the vocal year-long protest by tribals living in the tiny village against the presence of CRPF forces that have set up numerous camps on the tribals’ l...

Shinzo Abe: Longest serving PM of Japan shot dead

July 8, 2022

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe died hours after being shot twice while campaigning in Nara in Japan.

The Wall Street Journal: Keeping tabs on global financial markets

July 8, 2022

On July 8, 1889, the first issue of The Wall Street Journal was published. It was founded by Charles H Dow, of Dow Jones & Company, primarily to cover business and financial news.

The rise and fall of Uddhav Thackeray

June 30, 2022

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray resigns minutes after Supreme Court refused to stay Governor B S Koshyari’s direction to his government to take a floor test in the Assembly.