Heavy metals in water is concerning
By: Vijay Kumar H K Heavy metal refers to any metallic chemical element that has a relatively high density (usually more than 5 gram per cubic centimetre) and is poisonous at low concentrations. The most popular heavy metals are lead, zinc, mercury, nickel, cadmium, copper, chromium, and arsenic. Although these heavy metals can be detected […]
POEM: Pheran
By: Rayees Ahmad Kumar The special winter attire of vallieties, Worn by Youth, children and elders, To beat the freezing chill of Chillia-Kalan Kangri wrapped under it infuses new life, To our chilly and icy-cold trembling bodies. Amid frozen waters and icy-winds, This special cloak is the lone gadget, Used to win war against the […]
Assad is no longer a Pariah
By: Asad Mirza It seems as if the pariah of the Arab world, Bashar Al-Assad may soon get a reprieve, as the global and regional powers rally together to forgive him and try to bolster his regime. The latest efforts may also result in further weakening of the US influence in the region. Turkish efforts […]
Origin and Development of Hindi Journalism
By: Er. Prabhat Kishore ‘Udant Martand’ was the first Hindi newspaper. The journey of the era of Hindi newspapers in India begins with this weekly paper published from Kolkata on 30th May 1826. Published under the editorship of Yugal Kishore Shukla, “UdantMartand” was the luminary in the form of news, which illuminated and guided the […]
Hindi, one of the most widely spoken languages
By: Vinod Chandrashekhar Dixit 10th January is celebrated as World Hindi Day every year to spread awareness about Hindi as an international language across the world. Hindi speakers around the world observe this day. Hindi is considered to be the mother language of India. It is the simplest source of expression of our nation. It […]
Rhino Poaching needs to end
Letter t the Editor
Dear Sir, Indian rhinoceros are getting poached in large numbers in the country by poachers and it is getting increased every year, even though there are no incidents of rhino poaching in states like Assam and West Bengal found last year but there still poaching exists in other states according to reports. Indian rhinos are […]
The man of discoveries: Stephen Hawking
By: M Ahmad British cosmologist Stephen William Hawking was born in England on Jan 8, 1942. He attended University College, Oxford, where he studied physics, despite his father’s urging to focus on medicine. Hawking went on to Cambridge to research cosmology, the study of the universe as a whole. In early 1963, on his 21st […]
Nepal: The road seems bumpy
By: Kanchan Basu The General Election in Nepal that were held in November 2022, passed off peacefully but prospects for stable government remain elusive. Neither of two electoral coalitions has managed to secure a clear majority. Maoist leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ who had broken up with the United Marxist – Leninist (UML) in 2020 […]
China’s COVID situation is dire
By: Paul Hunter China is currently in the midst of a severe wave of COVID infections and deaths. We don’t know exactly how bad it is because of significant gaps in official reporting, but by all indications, things are dire. News reports suggest hospitals and mortuaries are overflowing. So how did China get here, and […]
Digital Financial Inclusion: A Whole New World of Opportunities
By: V.Anantha Nageswaran, Chanchal C. Sarkar Financial Inclusion has long been recognised as a key enabler of economic growth and development. It plays a significant role in reducing poverty and empowering and connecting people within the ambit of a productive economy. Financial inclusion thus was rightly identified as an enabler for seven of the seventeen […]
