Innocent bribes, ice candies and pontoon bridge!
Desh Bir Peer Saluhi perched on top of a lofty, rocky ridge (in Kangra district ), was a village named after Sakhi Sultan Lakhdata Peer whom the rural folk owed their allegiance and gratitude for granting progeny and also a good flow of milk at home—basic longings of people in a chiefly agrarian society. Life […]
Pride in India’s traditions like Yoga, Ayurveda
Sarbananda Sonowal Indian systems of medicine are millennia old and offer overall wellness. Changes in health paradigm have led to an unprecedented resurgence of interest in Ayush systems (namely Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, Sowa-Rigpa and Homoeopathy) over the years. State patronage and encouragement to the pluralistic approach in health care have accelerated the progress […]
Technical and vocational training are different
Vijay Garg Although the main difference between technical and vocational training may seem somewhat semantic in nature, it is mostly related to the topics that each focuses on. Vocational training often refers to education and training that focuses more on practical skills and being able to perform tasks related to working in a particular industry. […]
World Peace needs a holistic approach
Acharya Dr. Lokeshmuni World Peace Day is celebrated every year on ’21st September’. This day is mainly celebrated to build up peace and non-violence in the whole earth. Today, when the conditions are so worst and messy due to war, violence and pandemics in the world, it is very tough to establish peace between communities. […]
Tap water revolution
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat What is common between Lwangtlai in Mizoram, Kupwara in Jammu and Kashmir, Khachh in Gujarat and Nicobar Islands apart from them being the four extreme corner districts of the country? The common theme in all these places is that, now if you ask for water at people’s home, they will go to […]
Creating steep change in student learning
Vijay Garg The online education substituting physical learning during past 500 days has resulted in logs of learning in spite of students passing their exams. Such a sudden and all-encompassing crisis has never confronted our system ever before. Naturally our poorly funded education system was inflicted a further loss. Of India’s 20 million school children, […]
Improving quality of air
Vijay Garg The COVID-19 crisis has been pervasive, leading many to take refuge in the confines of their homes with only their closest loved ones around them. While the lockdowns meant less car traffic and reduced carbon emissions, they also shed light on a major health risk that’s often overlooked: indoor air pollution. According to […]
Taking on Covid-19
Dr Sudeep Singh Sachdev Hitting the Nation as well the entire globe, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to be a growing health crisis day-by-day. With the year 2021 also being overshadowed by the virus, the geriatric population has been recorded to be affected the most and the age factor poses an extreme threat to mortality and […]
Automotive PLI: Preparing India for Advanced Automotive Technologies
Arun Goel Globally climate change and its adverse impact is fast becoming a crisis. Governments around the world are regulating the automotive industry and encouraging it to move towards cleaner technologies. Automotive industry is fast accepting these challenges and moving towards Battery Electric Vehicles, Connected, and Autonomous vehicles. Shared mobility is another change that Automotive […]
Animals also need care, protection
Peer Muhammad Amir Qureshi Cruelty to animals, also called animal abuse, animal neglect or animal cruelty, is the infliction by omission (neglect) or by commission by humans of suffering or harm upon any non-human animal. More narrowly, it can be the causing of harm or suffering for specific achievement, such as killing animals for entertainment; […]
