Chandigarh, June 16: Indian National Student Organisation(INSO) has called for role back of the hike in diet chart of the University hostels and the canteens at the student centre. Student activists INSO protested in front of Vice-Chancellor`s office…
Last night I sat glued to my TV watching a BBC news special report. The report was on child slavery and prostitution. Child prostitution and slavery is a worldwide problem that we all know about but so many of us do little about it. We sit back and…
Plagued by adverse climate change, growing fertilizer poisoning and increasing biofuel production, more and more arable land is losing its peak productivity triggering a global panic. But if agriculture scientists are to be believed the answer to this…
‘The devil has got her again’ I heard Surat Ram mummer as he hurried down the mountain path carrying a bottle of holy water tucked preciously close to his heart. Already a small crowd had gathered in Sunni Devi’s verandah as I approached her…
Susan Atkins, convicted in the brutal slaying of actress Sharon Tate, 8½ months pregnant with her unborn son in 1969, along with other followers of Charles Manson and Manson himself, is requesting a “compassionate release” from her life sentence in..
Peter Collins, who is serving a life sentence for killing Const. David Utman of Ottawa back in a 1983 botched robbery, will receive an award for his advocacy work behind bars. On Monday the Human Rights Watch and the HIV-AIDS Legal Network will honor…
Thailand has problems with the content of its Thai dramas or soaps. I have never set foot in a country where the content of shows is so bad, demeaning, idolizing drinking, fighting and even rape.
This is one such example. A soap opera titled “Dao…
Gambling should be legalized in Thailand. It is a taboo to bet on football, boxing and so forth. Making a wager is a very big no, not here in Thailand and you could end up sitting in a Thai police station if you make a wager on your favourite…
Reading news improves English skills dramatically. If this information of international affairs – especially, because accusing the non-Anglo-natives in not understanding English if even it’s their native language, is, as one could understand, a very…
How Much Does Indian Government Spend on Healthcare? How Much Do We Spend on Healthcare from Our Personal Resources?
The total value of the health sector in India today is annually over Rs.150, 000 crores or US$ 34 billion. This works out to about…
