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Pandemic pushes battle against HIV/AIDS on backfoot
December 1, 2020
On the occasion of 33rd World AIDS Day, reports about the state of the dreaded disease are not very encouraging. After decades of being pushed back by scientific advancements as well as better availability of drugs and of course a much higher awareness amongst the people, the Hum...
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Farmers’ protest: A festive air & high spirits at Singhu Border
December 1, 2020
Singhu border in northern Delhi, on the Delhi-Chandigarh highway, is normally crowded and busy with thousands of vehicles zipping through. However, over the past week, the area around the principal highway linking the national capital with rest of northern India seems to have tra...
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551st Gurunanak Jayanti: Devotees throng decked up Bangla Sahib in Delhi
November 30, 2020
On the occasion of Guru Nanak Jayanti, Sri Bangla Sahib Gurudwara in Delhi wears the festive golden glow, with the golden domes standing in sharp contrast against blue skies. Today is the 551st birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, one of the most celebrated Sikh gurus and the fou...
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Rejecting Amit Shah’s offer of talks, reinforcements join protesting farmers at Delhi border
November 30, 2020
The farmers unions unanimously rejected on Sunday union home minister Amit Shah’s offer of holding talks provided the farmers moved to Burari as a protest site. “Shah’s offer was conditional and it has been rejected after a meeting of the coordination committee of over 500 ...
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Missed vaccinations may make children worst victims of Covid
November 29, 2020
Earlier this month, an alarming report was published by the World Health Organisation and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report said that measles cases surged globally in 2019, reaching highest levels in 23 years, while deaths caused by the high...
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Farmers’ protest: Indian farmers let down by government on all counts
November 28, 2020
It’s been three days now that farmers from Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh have been marching towards Delhi and are now in Delhi protesting against the three farm laws that were passed in September. The farmers say that the laws that concern them were passed withou...
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Victorious farmers enter New Delhi as government blinks
November 27, 2020
farmers protest, Overcoming several barricades as well as braving tear gas shells and lathi-charge, protesting farmers manage to enter New Delhi as the government climbed down on Friday evening. Farmers say they are ready for the long haul if the government does not accede to the...
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TAAI to meet government in bid to restart inbound tourism
November 27, 2020
Continuing its efforts to get the government to reopen the tourism sector, the Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) says it hopes to meet with the officials of the ministry of civil aviation and tourism next week in order to discuss the next steps for revival of an industry ...
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On 71st Constitution Day, Indian Constitution lies mutilated beyond recognition
November 26, 2020
As India marks 71st Constitution Day, Rajratna Ambedkar, President of Buddhist Society of India and great grandnephew Dr B R Ambedkar, the architect of the Constitution, says the document at the foundation of Indian democracy faces an existential challenge as Ambedkar’s teachin...
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Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 2020: Indian women trapped by social norms
November 25, 2020
violence against women, Indian women have had to pay a heavy price for the lockdown that followed the Covid-19 pandemic as they were subjected to higher incidence of violence. Though there may be more awareness amongst the women about their rights, the social prejudices still wei...
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Developed world way ahead in jobs of future
November 25, 2020
Though the global economy as a whole is down on its knees due to the coronavirus pandemic, the year-long crisis has hit the poor and developing nations much harder than the rich ones. There have been numerous reports of how the inequality has risen sharply at a global, regional, ...
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Race for Covid-19 vaccine enters last lap: Which vaccine stands where
November 24, 2020
The high efficiency in final trials of key Race for Covid-19 vaccines indicates that the world may receive the most sought after vaccine ever within days. A total of 60 candidate vaccines are under development, of which nearly half a dozen are at the door-steps of commercial laun...
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