Chennai Muslim businessman donates Rs 1 lakh for Ayodhya Ram Temple
Chennai, Feb 16 (PTI) In a gesture aimed at communal amity, a Muslim businessman from the city has donated Rs 1 lakh towards the construction of the Ram Temple at Ayodhya, as voluntary contribution from devotees in Tamil Nadu for the shrine in Uttar Pradesh has been growing. Daily wage earners like cobblers and small […]
School principal gets death sentence for raping Class 5 student
Patna, Feb 16 (PTI) The principal and a teacher of a school here have been awarded death sentence and imprisonment for life, respectively, by a court for the rape of a Class 5 student. Special POCSO judge Awadhesh Kumar, in an order passed on Monday, announced capital punishment for the principal Arvind Kumar besides imposing […]
Winter storm cripples life in Texas, millions without power supply
Houston, Feb 16 (PTI) Houstonians woke up to heaps of snow outside their homes Monday morning, with brutally cold wind chill dipping temperatures into the teens and no electricity in most areas. The entire state of Texas is under a winter storm warning. National Weather Service forecasters have extended the winter storm warning for the […]
WHO authorises AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccine for emergency use
Toronto, Feb 16 (AP) The World Health Organisation has granted an emergency authorization to AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine, a move that should allow the UN agency’s partners to ship millions of doses to countries as part of a UN-backed programme to tame the pandemic. In a statement Monday, the WHO said it was clearing the AstraZeneca […]
Curtailing road mishaps
Road mishaps continue to consume lives across India that too at a very fast pace. Indian roads witness 415 deaths per day in accidents and this figure is the highest in the world. According to the Road Accident Report for 2019, a total number of 449,002 accidents took place in India during the calendar year […]
The Russian Affair
Asad Mirza Over the last two weeks, many Russian cities including Moscow and St. Petersburg witnessed a second wave of public demonstrations in support of opposition figure Alexei Navalny. However, the demonstrations were mostly against Kremlin’s policies and less in Navalny’s support. In most cities demonstrators expressed frustration with Russia’s coronavirus-related lockdown measures, anti-Putin sentiments […]
Letter to the Editor
New labour work codes need a rethink As the government finalises the rules for the new labour codes, the Labour Ministry is now considering giving flexibility to companies to have four working days instead of five or six. This implies that there will be longer working hours if the working days are reduced. For instance, […]
Transgenders battling for social identity
Er. Prabhat Kishore The revolutionary decision of Bihar Government to recruit transgenders as sub-inspector and constables in State Police Force has opened the door of opportunities for fulfilling their aspirations. After Apex Court judgement in 2014 for mainstreaming of transgenders, this inherent commitment reinforces the outlook of government regarding their long-awaited acceptance in the society. […]
Plight of Fir Forests in Kashmir
Farooq Ahmad Mir (Trali) Fir (Budloo, Abies Pindrow), one of the four important timber yielding conifer species in Jammu and Kashmir, exists at the highest altitude amongst them, the other three being Kail, Deodar and Chir. Fir timber forms 70% of the saleable stocks in our concessional Timber Sale Depots (T.S.Ds) at present. Spruce (Picea […]
Friends make life beautiful
Mohammad Hussain Khan True friendship is what gives us reason to stay strong in life. Friendship makes life sweet and thrilling. It is a feeling that someone understands and appreciates you as you are, without exaggeration, flattery and pretensions. It gives a feeling that you are “wanted” and that you are “someone” and not a […]