Safeer Usman and Gopinath Anandan, who were classmates at SRM University in Chennai, were always passionate about innovation. This led them to be a part of their Formula racing team in college. In spite of sharing this passion, they went their separate ways after college. Safeer took up a business course in Imperial College London, while Gopinath started a venture in the electronics and hardware development space. But the need […]
India’s government has a lust for killing wild animals and is indiscriminately culling monkeys, peacocks, and elephants, a senior minister has claimed. “In Bengal they gave permission to kill elephants, in Himachal they gave permission to kill monkeys, in Goa they gave permission to kill peacocks. I don’t understand this lust for killing,” said Maneka Gandhi, the high-profile women’s minister and former environment minister. The comments come after India’s environment […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s inauguration of the ambitious Saurashtra Narmada Avtaran Irrigation Yojna, or SAUNI project cannot be simply portrayed as one of the several overtures of political parties in poll bound Gujarat. The project aims to bring an ultimate resolution to the water problems in the perennially parched regions of Saurashtra. This massive Rs 12,000 crore irrigation scheme targets filling up 115 dams from the Sardar Sarovar dam and […]
In particular, the report has cited the death of three journalists and these cases still await closure. A renowned international watchdog agency has said that India is failing to protect its journalists who are threatened or attacked for their work. The Committee to Protect Journalists has chronicled 27 journalists who have been killed for their work since 1992, while also probing more than two dozen other cases to ascertain if […]
I woke up to a rather curious and almost amusing advisory issued by the Union Minister Mahesh Sharma. In the list of dos and don’ts listed out for foreign tourists arriving in India, a prominent point advised tourists not to wear skirts and refrain from going out alone at night in small towns. Speaking to media persons in Agra about safety of tourists, the minister goes on to add that, […]
While riding early morning from Narsipatnam to Lambasingi I stopped at a village for breakfast. There was a table set out outside a hut along the village road and an old man was making tea. I asked for a cup of tea and something to eat. The old man pointed to the tea and then said something in his local language that I didn’t understand. I made the sign for […]
“Why is it a ‘grievous sin’ for women to be allowed near the tomb of a male Sufi saint? Aren’t Sufi masters born to women?” asks Bibi Khatoon, a leader of the organisation that has been braving the storm against women seeking blessings at the 15th century dargah of the Sufi saint, Haji Ali Shah. The Haji Ali Dargah is not only a dargah (shrine or hospice) but also a […]
Join #Bengaluru’s fight for justice against a negligent government on Saturday, August 27, 2016 from 10.30 am onwards at Town Hall. Register Now: http://goo.gl/IJ95qM or RSVP: Usha Dhanaraj – 9591985287 or Lakshmikanth – 8861768806 Known as India’s IT hub, Bengaluru boasts of leading the country into an era of technological and digital revolution. However, today the city stands exposed for having fallen prey to uncontrolled urbanization, haphazard growth and above […]
The recent Scorpene data leak has stirred quite a storm in the Indian defence scenario. India has spent close to $3.9 billion on six Scorpene submarines built by French major, Direction des Constructions et Armes Navales (DCNS). As per the Australian daily where the data was leaked, nearly 22000 pages of sensitive information about the key induction in India’s Naval force was compromised. As per India’s Defence Minister, Manohar Parrikar, […]
It was midnight and the phone of senior Navy officer posted at the Naval Headquarters wouldn’t stop ringing. “The Australian has published a report claiming details of Project 75 (the official name for the submarine project) have been leaked,” the caller said. Minutes later, after the report was read on phone, the Chief of Navy Staff Admiral Sunil Lanba was informed. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, who was simultaneously informed by […]
