Indian agriculture has had a terrible year. Unseasonal rains hit north India in February and March. The monsoon rains were inadequate in several states. Then floods hit south India in November and December. Vast stretches of farmland lie devastated and the effects are showing up in the countryside where in states like Uttar Pradesh, as Scroll.in reported, the poor are eating rotis made of weeds. In the first week of […]
India has the “dubious honour” of being the second most ignorant nation in the world after Mexico, according to a survey which posed questions on issues like inequality, non-religious population, female employment and internet access. The survey conducted by Ipsos MORI, a London-based market research firm, polled 25,000 people from 33 countries and found that while people “over-estimate what we worry about”, a lot of major issues are underestimated. “Mexico […]
In the most unexpected developments, India and Pakistan held NSA level talks in Bangkok on Sunday. In what was a secret meeting till it concluded, the National Security Advisers of both countries along with their foreign secretaries discussed peace and security concerns of both countries. In a joint statement released by India’s NSA Ajit Doval and his Pakistani counterpart, Lt. Gen (Retd.) Nasir Khan Janjua, said the meeting covered, “peace […]
The Union government recently announced a list of 98 cities that will be developed as smart cities. The need for Indian cities to became smart becomes more important in a report published by World Health Organization( WHO) in December 2014 says that 13 of the top 20 most polluted cities are from India. India which is a developing economy and second most populous country obviously needs to improve its air […]
The Haryana government on Saturday transferred Fatehabad superintendent of police Sangeeta Kalia, a day after she was involved in a spat with the state health minister, Anil Vij. A government press release stated that Kalia had been posted as the commandant of the 4th IRB, Manesar, while IPS officer OM Prakash will succeed her as the SP in Fatehabad. Vij had triggered outrage on Friday after a video showed him […]
Sumant Kumar, a young farmer from Darveshpura, Bihar has turned the agriculture world upside down with 22.4 tonnes of rice grown on one hectare of land without using any herbicides. It was recorded as a world record after beating 19.4 tonnes achieved by the “father of rice”, the Chinese agriculture scientist Yuan Lingpong. The exceptional achievement has inspired many others in and around his village. Some farmers who have adopted […]
According to the United Nations, 2.4 billion people around the world don’t have access to decent sanitation and more than a billion are forced to defecate in the open, risking disease and other dangers. Yes that’s indeed an alarming figure! Just like any other right, it’s every person’s right to clean water and sanitation. To address and educate people about the the same, in 2013, the UN officially recognized November […]
Allahabad based chef, Ram Babu, has become a centre of attraction all over the world for his unique style of frying pakoras. Ram, 60, surprises his customers with his unique cooking techniques of dipping bare hands in boiling oil to fry pakora. He buries his naked hands into cooking oil heated up to 200C in the frying pan to fry pakora, several media reports said. People from far away come […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday addressed the Indian community at the packed Wembley Stadium in London. Some 60,000 members of the Indian community gathered at Wembley Stdium, which hosts rock concerts and soccer matches, for what is billed as the biggest reception for PM Modi abroad. The crowd gathered here chanted Modi, Modi through his 80-minute speech. Before addressing the Indian diaspora here, the Prime Minister, in a rare […]
The diamond can only be worn by a woman or a god, according to legend It was once the world’s largest known diamond, is worth a reported £100m and is currently part of Britain’s crown jewels. But India wants it back. Bollywood stars and businessmen have united to instruct lawyers to begin legal proceedings in London’s High Court to return the Koh-i-Noor diamond. The diamond was in the crown worn by the Queen Mother at […]
