An animal rights row has erupted in India over a school textbook which tells children how to suffocate kittens. The book, which is used in hundreds of private schools, features a science experiment in which two cats are placed in separate boxes – only one of which has airholes. Activists argued that it endangered the lives of children and animals. Many schools have now scrapped the offending page. The passage […]
In an explosive 60-page note that Kalikho Pul wrote one day before he killed himself in Itanagar last August, the former chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh has levelled serious allegations of corruption against constitutional functionaries and a host of top politicians in the state – including current chief minister Pema Khandu and his deputy Chowna Mein. The note, whose existence was first disclosed to the media by the former Arunachal […]
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India’s sacred river Ganga looks far from a worshipped body. What once used to be pure, sacrosanct and devoid of even a spot of dirt, has now become unclean. The National Green Tribunal (NGT), which has been monitoring the cleanliness of the river for a while, on Monday observed that, “Not a single drop of river Ganga has been cleaned so far”. The NGT also called out the government agencies […]
Buoyed by allegations of sexual harassments, the Meghalaya Governor V. Shanmuganathan resigned from his office last Thursday. Even the much-dignified position of enjoying the highest authority in the state had to bow down before the courageous journalism carried out by a local reporter named Ri Kynti Marwein. Had it not been for her, the shameful acts of authority would have remained suppressed under the pillars of Raj Bhavan in Shillong. […]
The scare of Strawberry Quick was first noticed in the Indian schools in 2010 Parents are asked to make their children aware of the deadly drug which is laced with methamphetamine.Narcotics department is aware about the comeback of candy drugs in schools.Police and Narcotic teams are working to nab the peddlers If your children have a sweet tooth, it’s time to re-teach them an age old lesson: Don’t take candy […]
When gender based violence erupts on our TV screens, as it did recently with instances of molestation in Bengaluru, we react in shock. What does it say about a society where such acts have become routine? The shell of silence surrounding sexual violence needs to be shattered. As a first step towards a more honest conversation, we bring you “Talking Gender”, a series of articles on the fundamental problems of […]
Animal lovers on Wednesday called for a boycott of the upcoming movie A Dog’s Purpose after video footage emerged of an apparently terrified canine being forced into rushing water on the set. The 2015 video, published by the celebrity website TMZ, shows a German Shepherd struggling to get away from his handler at the edge of a pool with swirling water. “He ain’t gonna calm down till he goes in […]
Janta Hai Mera Baap Kaun Hai…a popular lexicon stemmed from the so-called VIP culture in India is something every normal Indian must have come across. at least once. Baade Baap Ki Aaulad… is the unsaid meaning of this lexicon which in some way or the other has made us feel that we, the normal Indians are second class citizens. Whether it’s our politicians, elite businessmen, sports personalities – the VIP […]
The internet is a beautiful, beautiful place. The humans of the internet never cease to surprise us with the things they do – be it trolling a naive celebrity for being ‘politically incorrect’ or uniting a bunch of lost kids with their mother by tweeting about it. There’s one more magic that the internet pulls off and we of all get to witness it every now and then – it’s […]
