Tony Atkinson, a professor of Economics at the University of Oxford whose work in income distribution influenced studies of poverty and inequality in India, died on January 1 at the age of 72. Sabina Alkire, director of Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, told Hindustan Times on Thursday: “The relevance of his work for India cannot be overstated.” “As is so well known, his work led the fields of inequality, […]
How did a young girl with no formal education become one of India’s most inspiring teachers and social reformers? Google doodle on the search engine’s homepage celebrates the birth anniversary of one of India’s most inspiring women — Savithribai Phule. Savitribai was born on January 3, 1831, in Maharashtra’s Naigaon district. All her life she and her husband, Jyotiba Phule, fought social evils and discrimination towards women and children, even […]
Mohammed Shami clearly does not care about Internet trolls or their moral policing. Just days after facing vitriolic abuse on social media for pictures he posted on social media with his wife Hasin Jahan and his daughter, Shami posted another picture with his wife on Sunday. Along with the picture, Shami wrote: I don’t have a friend. Neither is anyone mine nor do I belong to anyone. But seeing you […]
Meet Ritu Phogat, the most expensive Indian woman wrestler at the upcoming Pro-Wrestling League Ritu Phogat’s beatific countenance implores one to recall her wrestling bouts. With a fixed gaze at her opponent, finding the opportunity, she swiftly attacks Aparna Bishnoi, to toss and turn her, in a contest to defend her title at the National Wrestling Championship 2016. I am introduced to Ritu as she converses with her Jaipur Ninjas […]
December 25, marked 92 years of Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s momentous life journey. His story is the life history of a personality who has lived Indian civilisation, culture and politics in every breath that he has taken. I’d like to begin with a personal experience. Many residents of Jammu appeared perplexed on the afternoon of January 25, 1992. A large number of outsiders had begun to converge on the city for […]
In November, as millions of Indians were grappling with a cashflow crisis, a lavish wedding in the southern city of Bangalore sparked outrage. The BBC’s Geeta Pandey profiles the man a behind the wedding, the father of the bride, businessman and ex-state minister Gali Janardhana Reddy. Five days after the government scrapped 500 and 1,000 rupee notes in a crackdown on illegal money, Rumah Rasaque spent most of her Sunday […]
It is not very often that you find people who adopt stray dogs in our everyday life. There might be people who buy expensive dogs and go for dog training Chico Ridgeside K9 NorCal. With some bizarre festivals like ‘Yulin’ in China and a lot of abuse against dogs around the world, here is a heartwarming story of a software engineer from Bengaluru who went on to give shelter to […]
Karun Nair made history on Monday as he became only the second Indian after Virender Sehwag to score a triple ton. The Karnataka batsman reached 300 runs on the fourth day of the fifth and final Test against England. India has already won the Test series, leading by a 3-0 margin, and will also play three One Day Internationals and three T20 matches against England, who return home for Christmas […]
Lt Gen Bipin Rawat was named the next army chief on Saturday, as the government abandoned a three-decade-old tradition of elevating senior-most officers as service chiefs. The vice-chief will succeed Gen Dalbir Singh, who retires on December 31. 1. Lt Gen Bipin Rawat joined the Indian Army in December 1978. 2. Rawat won the Sword of Honour when he graduated from the Indian Military Academy in 1978. 3. He was […]
Cupertino, in California, known best as the Apple headquarters, got a new Mayor of Indian-American origin. Savita Vaidyanathan, an MBA who worked as a high school Math teacher and an officer in a commercial bank as well as in non-profit management, was sworn in as the mayor of Cupertino. According to Forbes, Cupertino is one of the most educated small towns in the country with local public schools ranking highly. […]
