Tokyo (IANS) The Japanese government on Tuesday approved a plan to revise the child abuse prevention law and institute changes to legally prohibit parents and guardians from physically punishing children. The revised bill and related legislation will be deliberated upon during … read more
Masood Azhar is a dangerous name. A global terrorist of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JEM) under the UN Resolution 1267. The proposal to list Azhar was initiated by the US and the UK among other members of the UN Security Council. But China … read more
New Delhi (IANS) Indian and American experts will chalk out strategies to combat air pollution caused by crop burning, vehicular emission and construction dust at a workshop that began, here on Thursday. The three-day workshop, organised by the North India Office … read more
New York (IANS) US intelligence agents laid a cyber trail all the way to a fake terror camp in Pakistan, mastered idioms and style of Islamic terrorists giving a convincing portrayal of jihadis in a bid to infiltrate a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) … read more
Bengaluru (IANS) A chance meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in September 2015 in New Delhi inspired Bengaluru-based Grammy Award winner Ricky Kej to dedicate his life and music to the cause of environment. Since then, Kej, who has represented India … read more
Mumbai (IANS) Batting legend Sachin Tendulkar visited the new children’s park at Kalanagar, Bandra East here on Thursday. The PWD Park had been refurbished under the MPLAD funds allotted to Sachin Tendulkar during his stint as a Member of Parliament in … read more
New Delhi (IANS) A wooden chair kept in a glass casket in the BJP headquarters in Kanpur, which proved lucky for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, has become auspicious and turned into an … read more
New Delhi (IANS) At a time when the website of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) remained inaccessible to users for the second consecutive day on Wednesday, a new study has revealed that 84 per cent of Indian politicians’ websites is … read more
New Delhi (IANS) It was back in 2017 when Hollywood star Chris Pratt said “Whoa… wow” after watching a special Hindi promotional clip of his movie “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2” that featured Bappi Lahiri’s foot-tapping song “Jhoom jhoom jhoom baba”. … read more
Book: Finding Radha – The quest for love; Edited by: Malashri Lal and Namita Gokhale; Publisher: Penguin Random House India; Price: Rs 399; Pages: 265 This anthology is a tribute to Radha, whose character has remained a mystery and captured … read more