Dutch king Willem-Alexander has given a gentle rebuke to the Indian government for suppressing minority groups such as Muslims in a speech at a state banquet given in his honour, broadcaster NOS reported. During the speech, the king stressed that […]
India’s senior RTI activists Nikhil Dey, Anjali Bhardwaj, Venktesh Nayak, Rakesh Reddy Dubbudu, Dr. Shaikh Ghulam Rasool, Pankti Jog and Pradip Pradhan, who are attached with the National Campaign for Peoples’ Right to Information (NCPRI), have said that Union home […]
JAIPUR: The merger of schools in 2014-16 by the previous BJPgovernment has reduced enrolments across social groups (ST, SC and OBC) by around 6 per cent. The decline was higher than the average decline of 1.4 per cent registered across […]
By, MANIMUGDHA S. SHARMA Another account of the reign of Akbar called Tazkirat ul-Muluk by Rafiuddin Ibrahim narrates two fascinating incidents about Akbar to illustrate Akbar’s unconventional behaviour. One he says happened when a relative of Shah Tahmasp came to […]
The Indian Constitution, drafted in the years after the country gained independence from the British, cast India as a liberal democracy: not merely the rule of the majority as determined by free and fair elections, but also a system of […]
by, PRIYA PATHIYAN We talk to award-winning photojournalist, Padma Shri Sudharak Olwe, about a lifetime of uplifting lives through the magic of his lens. His warm smile and down-to-earth demeanour belie the excellence and extent of the work that Sudharak Olwe […]
By Zile Singh The Dalit Buddhist Movement also known as Neo-Buddhist Movement is a socio-political movement started by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. It is a new school of Buddhism called Navayana (new vehicle). The movement was launched on October 14, 1956, […]
by, Shreehari Paliath New Delhi: Behind a desk cluttered with papers and files and under a portrait of B R Ambedkar, Bezwada Wilson, 53, national convener of Safai Karmachari Andolan (sanitation workers movement or SKA) gave instructions to members of his […]
On September 5, Professor Vasant Sindhe, senior archaeologist and vice-chancellor of Deccan College, Pune, Vaghesh Narasimham and David Reich of Harvard Medical School, and Niraj Rai, head of the Ancient DNA Laboratory of the Birbal Sahani Institute of Palaeosciences, has […]
Thalainayar, Nagapattinam district: It has been 11 months since Cyclone Gaja devastated the coastal districts of Tamil Nadu. Rehabilitation programmes worth Rs 1,164 crore (around $161 million) are being unpacked across the state’s four affected districts. But Paneerselvam, a 45-year-old […]
