March 2024 News Links
Updated!!!
“9th incident of such an attack in US on a person of Indian origin in 2024”
“Combating the rise of cyberbullying”
“Airbnb bans indoor security cameras for all its listings”
“SPB’s Son Goes To Court Over Father’s Voice”
“Actress of depth and versatility”
“How to win an Oscar: Guneet Monga details networking, money, extensive PR”
“India’s semiconductor quest amid geopolitical dynamics”
“Govt launches portal for those seeking Indian citizenship ”
“More Indian travelers are taking extreme road trips to see the world”
“India inks ‘watershed’ $100 billion free trade deal with four non-EU nations”
“Haryana BJP president Nayab Saini to be sworn in as CM”
“India, Mauritius natural partners in dealing with challenges ”
“China eroding #Tibetan language, religion”
“In Haiti, as Elsewhere, Elections Alone Are Not the Answer”
“How did western intelligence agencies pave the way for Iranians”
“Victims of Catholic nuns…overlooked in the clergy sex abuse crisis”
“Missouri mother burns baby to death inside oven”
“UK is the second-most miserable nation in the world”
“Neo-liberal policies cause for crisis in agriculture sector”
“mayor of Edmonton’s rise to power from a prison in India”
“Ethiopia Amhara Conflict Threatens Another Civil War”
Culture
“India’s heritage sites finally see a ray of hope”
“Why Marathas had a problem with the late Babasaheb Purandare”
“ Akal Takht slams BJP interference, SGPC says RSS eyeing gurdwara “
“ India & Thailand historically has a shared heritage“
India
“Explosion at Bengaluru’s Rameshwaram Cafe caught on CCTV camera“
“Racism against Indians is normalized in social media“
“Wheat from other states smuggled into Punjab for MSP”
“India faces WTO pressure on farm subsidies amid protests”
“Modi to launch world’s largest co-operative sector grain storage plan to empower..farmers”
“Shanta Sharma..in W.Bengal’s Hooghly,with the help of her lover..killed her son”
“Major milestone: Cryogenic engine for Gaganyaan ”
“Multidimensional Poverty Index“
Subcontinent
“Sri Lanka and India have signed a contract for a Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems”
“Many in Myanmar consider fleeing to Thailand to escape conscription ”
“Bangladesh: Massive fire kills 44 people at Bailey Road building in Dhaka”
Asia
“Chinese President Xi has called for the mass production of humanoid robots by 2025“
“How Tehran Became the World’s Nose Job Capital”
“Palestinian death toll rises to 29,410”
“Tokyo Metropolitan government paving the way for solar future”
“Thailand will ban recreational use of marijuana”
“Breakaway Moldovan region of Transnistria asks Russia for “protection”
World
“UK Conservatives suspend a lawmaker..he accused London’s mayor of being controlled by Islamists”
“On rising Christian nationalism in America”
“U.S. federal agents arrest journalist Steve Baker in handcuffs for his reporting”
“Former Canada’s Prime Minister #BrianMulroney passed away on Thursday.”
“Corruption scandals cast a shadow over Portugal’s early general election”
“Ghana’s parliament passed a bill that imposes jail terms on people who identify as LGBTQ“
“Over 100 killed in Gaza as chaos erupts during food distribution”
“Drone footage captured the extent of the damage in the Brazilian municipality of #Brasielia”
February 2024 News Links
Updated!!!
“Heritage left unattended, history threatened”
“Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh: Devotees throng Sri Suryanarayana Swamy Temple”
“Punjab Economy Remains On Debt-Bed “
“BJP stalwart L K Advani to be awarded Bharat Ratna”
“FM did not say single word on unemployment ”
“Odisha: Jashipur police station seized 120 kg of ganja”
“ED files first charge sheet against Chinese smartphone “
“Social commerce in India booming”
“Nepalis want to visit Ram Temple Ayodhya”
“Sri Lanka has plans to establish a free trade agreement with India”
“17,871 Bangladeshi migrant workers died in GCC countries between 2017 and ’22: Report”
“Lunar New Year of the Dragon flames colorful festivities across Asian nations”
“it was Native Americans who first set the foundation for Chicago”
“UK’s economy contracted for a second quarter at the end of 2023”
“Japan in recession, loses third largest economy tag to Germany”
“Soros fund poised to take control of 2nd-largest chain of radio stations in the United States”
“Violent clashes between Eritrean migrants and the police in The Hague”
“Senegal’s president defends delaying elections in exclusive interview as protests erupt”
“Brazilian leftist leader Lula da Silva compares Israel’s actions in Gaza to Adolf Hitler’s”
Culture
“Ram Lalla Consecration Ceremony: Wait Over! ”
India
Let TDP speak about alliance, says BJP
“Creator of deepfake video of actor Rashmika Mandanna”
“How to Find Hidden Cameras in Hotels and House Rentals “
Punjab: “Farmers protest, lay siege to Kathunangal toll plaza”
“Four of international drug trafficking gang arrested in Bathinda “
“14.1 lakh new cancer cases, 9.1 lakh deaths in India: WHO “
“JMM MLA’s big statement on Hemant Soren”
Subcontinent
“Each year 1,000 Pakistani girls forcibly converted”
“India-Maldives row: Explaining the story so far ”
“Debt-laden Sri Lanka marks Independence Day with Thai prime minister ”
Asia
“China’s population drops for 2nd year, raises long-term growth concern”
“Death toll from Israeli strikes in Gaza passes 25,000, Gaza health officials say”
“Protesters in Tel Aviv call for change to Netanyahu government”
“Japan has been named one of six countries with the world’s most powerful passport for 2024”
World
“South Dakota tribe bans governor from reservation ”
“UK military contractors”deployed”sophisticated psychological operations “
“Cyberattack targeting UK councils causes online disruption”
“Irish nationalist is set to lead Northern Ireland’s government”
“Forest fires raging in central Chile have killed at least 46 people”
“Namibia’s President Hage Geingob, 82, died in hospital”
January 2024 News Links
Updated!!!
“‘Minimalism’ is a powerful statement”
“ISRO in 2024: With Stars Aligned Perfectly”
“India’s heritage sites finally see a ray of hope”
“Municipal workers stage protest at Collectorate, demanding fair wages.”
“Ammonia gas leaks from Chennai fertiliser unit, people “
“Ration scam: ED officers assaulted by TMC leader’s loyal supporters ”
“NDRF Deploys G20 Procured HAZMAT Vehicles, Rescue Teams in Ayodhya…”
“ India Logs 1,378 Cases of Covid Sub-variant JN.1”
“Xi Jinping’s empty dream city shows limits”
“Myanmar… & 3 armed ethnic groups have formally agreed to a Beijing-brokered truce”
“Everyone Could Have Died in the Tokyo Airport Crash. Here’s Why They Didn’t.”
“Ecuador’s ongoing gang war is wreaking havoc across the nation”
““Iran Strikes Terrorist Group Bases in Pakistan” “
“Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina wins a fourth straight term”
“UK sheltering war criminals of 1971 Bangladesh genocide”
“How Western Media Exonerated Hardeep Singh Nijjar And Covered Up His Tracks”
“Honest Government Ad | Visit Canada”
“U.S. carries out new strike in Yemen after Biden vows to keep pressure on”
Culture
“encouraging all temple leaders to download the HinduAmerican temple safety guide”
“‘Garba Of Gujarat’ Declared as Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO”
“Preserving Nature: The Vedic Concern”
“Only we can reform our society”
India
“Gollapudi Locals Struggled for Drinking Water”
“BJP dilemma in Andhra Pradesh: To ally or not to ally”
“Aditya L1 LIVE: ISRO’s first Sun mission”
“Indian Toy industry witnessed a rise of 239 percent in exports in 2022-23”
“Modi in Lakshadweep: An essential travel guide to the breathtaking getaway”
“India’s GDP expected to expand by 7.3%”
“Ayodhya Ram Temple: Know all about the design”
“NATGRID rollout by early next year”
“Indian trade curbs may cut exports by $4 bn, Red Sea attacks a risk”
“The Jewish Warriors of Maratha Empire”
“Phone Calls Scam Cases Rising In India” Phone Calls Scam Cases Rising In India”
Subcontinent
“Nepal | DrSJaishankar will inaugurate 59 post-earthquake reconstruction projects”
“Are Pro-LTTE Elements Trying to Revive the Eelam Movement?”
“(BNP) is bringing out processions & conducting mass contacts across #Bangladesh to protest”
“Why is China usurping Bhutanese land?”
Asia
“K-Pop stars flying solo: Breaking boundaries or an escape from ‘slave contracts’?
“Actors say sexual abuse is a structural problem in Japan’s film industry”
“Death toll from western Japan earthquakes surpass 100”
“Turkish justice minister says 15 suspects jailed ahead of trial for spying for Israel”
“Is China running a secret propaganda operation with journalists in India?”
World
“On Bangladesh and Democracy, America’s Approach Is Undermined By History”
“Ireland is “the test case for the next phase of the global crackdown”
“Farmers in France are now throwing eggs at the police”
“Britain in serious travel disruption as major rivers burst banks, homes damaged”
“‘Britain is broken.’ Dire poverty could usher in Victorian-era inequality”
“A 24-year-old #Czech student opened fire and killed 14”
“Ethiopia Govt Wants Referendum on Amhara, Tigray Disputes”
“Honest Government Ad | Visit Australia!”
December 2023 News Links
Updated!!!
“Local products can boost exports“
“Stock up on battery devices and candles in case of grid meltdown, Britons told by UK”
“Geopolitical implications of energy transition”
“Overcoming lust, the spiritual way”
“ Kashmir does not have any internal sovereignty after accession to Union of India: Supreme Court”
“Mayawati names nephew Akash as political heir”
“ The unprecedented suspension of Opposition MPs from Parliament does not augur well”
“JK Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill ”
“Balochistan: An undeclared war zone-I”
“The Philippines is battling a resurgent Islamic State threat”
“Iran-backed #Houthi terrorist group defies efforts to protect Red Sea vessels”
“Groups of “mostly Chinese men” crossing illegally into the United States”
“China: 118 people killed and over 500 injured after 6.2-magnitude #Earthquake”
“Condoning terror acts, terrorists a great disservice to human rights cause”
“’Canada committed genocide against Indigenous Peoples’”
From Bonhomie to Bluster. Changing Foreign Relations
“Ireland’s “Media Minister” calls on the public to report any “hate speech” they see online”
“Congo road to peace amid ethnic conflict”
Culture
“Bhagat: Reviving the dying artform of folk drama”
“Upfs are not what marketers say”
“Looking beyond beauty stereotypes”
“Listening is an art one must learn and master”
India
“Revanth Reddy delivers Telangana for Congress, stops KCR juggernaut”
“BJP’s 3-states stunner, Congress goes home with Telangana”
“Three Khalistan supporters have been sentenced for the attempted murder”
“Adopt a realistic approach to infiltration”
“Celebrating Kerala’s 67 years of statehood”
“Deepfake: Troll armies’ new tool”
“Here’s how trapped workers spent time inside Uttarkashi tunnel”
“Making of the Indian Constitution”
“Are foreign universities best bet for better education?”
“SYL canal issue: No insight, just theatrics”
“Cyclone Michaung causes Downpour and Distruption in AP & TN “
Subcontinent
“Nepal in the throes of strategic choices”
“Bangladesh’s Make or Break Elections”
“Thailand ready to receive Myanmar war refugees”
Asia
“Japan govt will ask court to revoke legal status of Unification Church”
“Chinese Hospitals Are Housing Another Deadly Outbreak”
“The Rising Tide of ‘Imperial Han’ Nationalism in China”
“Cambodian PM Affirms Ban on Mekong Hydropower Projects”
“11 Hikers Killed As Volcano Erupts In Indonesia”
“Iran likely to face more sanctions”
World
“The worsening financial crisis in the UK post-Brexit”
“Canada has long been slammed as a ‘haven’ for ex-Nazis like Yaroslav Hunka”
“Fighting Cuts Power Supply to DR Congo’s Goma”
“Black survivors are nearly invisible in the Catholic clergy sexual abuse”
“Indians make up 3rd largest illegal immigrant population in US”
“Nine people were killed and 15 injured after armed men raided Peru’s Poderosa mine”
November 2023 News Links
Updated!!!
“Massive Fire Accident in Fishing Harbour | Vizag“
“Will India ever become a football-playing nation?”
Hyderabad: “AIMIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi threatened a police inspector“
“Beyond Taste: Ultra-Processed Foods and Their Impact”
ISRO: Propelling India’s space industry
“Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: All trapped workers safe ”
“India emerges as a voice of Global South”
“ICC suspends Sri Lanka’s membership on ground of government interference ”
“Israeli Agrees To ‘Truce’ Deal | 150 Palestinians For 50 Hostages“
“China pushes BRI, despite resistance”
“Canadian Diplomats Misusing Powers to Give Visas to Khalistan Supporters”
“‘neo-Nazis’ were at wake for Ukrainian soldier”
“Dubious agents running illicit UK visa appointments trade: Report”
“ Sudan Peace Talks Fail as War Turns ‘Homes Into Cemeteries’ “
“An explosion at the Canadian High Commission of Canada in Nigeria”
Culture
VisakhaMusicAcademy 54th Annual Festival of Music & Dance “
“‘DANA’ HAS SPIRITUAL CONNOTATIONS”
“Discover the timeless elegance and artistry of Eluru Hand-Knotted Carpets”
“Millet-based sweets: taste with health”
India
“New Delhi has asked Canadian authorities to scale up Air India flights’ security“
“Violation of Bail Conditions | Jagan’s Disproportionate Assets Case“
“#ncertbooks: “India” should be replaced with “#Bharat” in the #schooltextbooks”
“India sends humanitarian aid to Palestine amid Israel-Hamas war”
“MP: Five labourers die after inhaling suspected poisonous gas at a factory”
“Caste Census work will be taken up across country if Congress comes to power”
“PM Modi calls for rooting out casteism, regionalism”
“ISRO successfully conducts test vehicle mission ahead of human space flight ”
“Amarinder names BJP, RSS leaders involved in 1984 riot”
Subcontinent
“Thousands of garment factory workers took to the streets of Bangladesh“
“SriLanka decides to issue free visas to nationals of seven countries”
“20 houses damaged in Nepal quake“
“Ex-Pak PM Imran Khan charged in cipher case”
Asia
“Shaping up India-South Korea relationship”
‘China seeks to control Pak media’
“Why fears of another war between Armenia and Azerbaijan are growing”
“Israel announces expanded military operations in Gaza”
“2 workers at Fukushima plant hospitalized”
World
“Time for central bank digital currencies to prove their worth”
Canada: “Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW)”
“CIA now officially describes the 1953 coup it backed in Iran”
“How Khalistan Resides In the Anglosphere”
“Surge in anti-Semitism in West”
“S Africa culls nearly 2.5mn chickens in effort to contain bird flu outbreaks”
“Algeria’s state oil and gas firm Sonatrach plans $1 billion project”
“Hundreds of thousands still without power days after storm hits Brazil“
October 2023 News Links
Updated!!!
“ A global minimum tax on billionaires could raise $250 billion annually“
“1200 people have come back in 5 flights from Israel under Operation Ajay”
“YCP Activists Attack On TDP | Punganur”
“First Ever Rapid X Train Services in Delhi”
“Arrested ISIS terrorists conspired in Delhi riots, says Police”
“Indonesia panel to investigate ethical complaint over vote ruling“
“15 killed as strong #earthquake and several aftershocks reported in w. #Afghanistan”
“Who is running to be Taiwan’s next president?“
“Israel-Hamas War, Day 17; Death toll increases to over 6,000”
“Harman Singh Kapoor, the Sikh man from the #UK … #Khalistan radicals vandalised his car”
“Trudeau Losing Popularity | Was Voted Worst PM in 50 Years”
“Canada Is Dying | Full Movie”
“Nigeria’s paramilitary raids birthday party for gay people, 76 arrested “
“Brazen ambush leaves at least 13 local police dead in Mexico“
“#Spain’s first private rocket successfully lifts off”
Culture
“Aksharadham Temple in New Jersey”
“108-ft tall Adi Shankaracharya statue unveiled in MP”
“Waheeda Rehman to be conferred with Dadasaheb Phalke Award”
India
India Best Ever Medal Haul at Asian Games
“Financial Crisis Deepens In AP | Under YCP”
“Remembering the forgotten heroes who fought to free Hyderabad from the Nizam”
Nanded Hospital: “Case registered against Shiv Sena MP Hemant Patil ”
“ED raids AAP MP Sanjay Singh’s premises in Delhi “
“HAL hands over first LCA Tejas twin seater aircraft to IAF ”
“India to acquire more howitzers, rockets and missiles ”
“Sikkim flash flood: NDRF deploys 3 teams, rescues 7”
“Over 3,000 tourists are stranded in Lachen and Lachung…#Sikkim“
“Delhi most polluted city in India in past year: Analysis”
“ Nijjar was a killer, not a religious head, says Indian Intel”
Women’s reservation Bill – imperfect but important”
Subcontinent
“Sri Lanka’s economy is expected to grow by 1.7% in 2024“
“Buildings suffer damage in 6.2 magnitude earthquake in Nepal“
“Decades of Suffering: Baloch Missing Persons Await Justice“
Asia
“ Furious China believes UK spies bugged sinking submarine“
“More than 100,000 refugees arrive in Armenia as exodus swells”
“G7 Chair Japan refuses support to Canada”
World
“Dengue will ‘take off’ in southern Europe, US, Africa this decade, WHO scientist says“
“Trudeau, Canada Speaker Rota Give Standing Ovation to Nazi Soldier ”
“Canada hand found in Sikh separatism, Tamil war, Mujibur killing”
“X turns into a bank? Social media app to start Google Pay-like services soon”
“Kenya’s president is committing his country to lead a multinational force to Haiti ”
“America Prepares for a Pacific War With China It Doesn’t Want”
“Many migrants from China arriving at the US-Mexican border “
“Blast at illegal Nigerian oil refinery kills 37 people“
“Argentina‘s soy crushers face ‘disaster’ as bean shortage sharpens“
September 2023 News Links
Updated!!!
“Nutrition could ensure wholesome well-being”
“TDP Activists Candle Rally | Against Chandrababu Arrest“
“Punjab tender ‘scam’: ED seizes Rs 2.12-crore worth gold bullion, jewellery”
“Monsoon fury: 21 of 23 Himachal Pradesh hydel projects ‘violated’ norms “
“175 killed, 1108 injured in four months of Manipur violence”
“Income inequality in India: Top 10% upper caste households own 60% wealth”
“Why Are China’s Job Numbers So Bad?”
“South Korean lawmakers vote to lift opposition leader’s immunity ”
“Tornadoes kill 10 people and seriously injure 4 others in eastern China”
“Death toll soars to 11,300 in flooding in Libya’s coastal city of Derna”
“ toll from the 6.8-magnitude earthquake in Morocco has risen to nearly 3,000 “
“Talks held on the future of Nagorno-Karabakh as Azerbaijan claims full control”
“100 injured in violent clashes between Eritrean asylum seekers, security forces in Tel Aviv“
“German federal police registered more than 15,000 illegal migrants in August”
“Pharmacists in Germany expect an “intensive vaccination campaign” in autumn”
“Russia strikes cities from east to west Ukraine, starting fires ”
“Hawaii State Rep. Elle Cochran questions the declining death toll on Maui“
“Khalistan Event In Canada Cancelled “
“Smugglers, gangsters wanted in India, free in Canada”
“Opinion: Justin Trudeau brings Canada’s ties with India under increasing strain”
Culture
“Narcissism and Self-Esteem Are Very Different”
“Twitter campaign lifts Pattachitra artist out of Crisis”
“Kabir, pottery and the potter
India
TTD Funds Used For Development of Tirupati Municipal Corporation
“Aditya L1 successfully undergoes the second earth-bound maneuvre”
“Vikram lander makes soft-landing on Moon again”
“3 held with 41kg of heroin smuggled from Pakistan via Ravi river”
High Court: “Non-Muslim students cannot be forced by school to wear hijab”
Badrinath highway collapse is a warning
Changing name of opposition alliance can’t hide hatred for ‘Sanatan Dharma’: Anurag Thakur
“Are we lacking communication?”
DMK Controversy over insulting Sanaathana Dharma
“Nalanda Mahavira is a rare combination of outstanding achievements”
“Full curfew reimposed in 5 valley districts of Manipur as preventive measure“
“Maratha quota activist Jarange put on IV fluids ”
Subcontinent
“Nepal resumes importing onions from India to calm rising demand”
“Businesses shut in #Pakistan’s Sindh to protest kidnappings of #Hindu #businessmen“
“Sri Lanka to probe Channel 4 video on Easter Attacks “
Asia
“Saudi Arabia, Russia plan to extend 1.3 million barrel a day oil cut ”
“China Wants to Run Your Internet”
“Global Mood Sours on China’s Economy”
“The Fukushima Plant Is Still Leaking Poison After a Decade”
Indian-origin rapper jailed in #Singapore
World
“US moves to force recall of 52 million air bag inflators that can explode ”
“Britain’s secretive “Counter-Disinformation Unit”
“Canada considering foreign #student visa cap to address housing shortage“
“The death toll from fierce storms and flooding in Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria increased“
“German business activity suffered the steepest decline for more than three years in August”
“Descendants ask for restitution of Paris human zoo victims: ‘People died, where are they?’
“Soros Retreats as Right Wing Gains in Europe”
“48 killed in East DR Congo anti-UN rally crackdown”
“At least 64 people killed in South Africa fire”
“Fierce storm in southern Brazil kills 21 people ”
August 2023 News Links
Updated!!!
“At G20 meet, a Guinness effort to shine light on Karnataka’s Lambani craft”
“How India Became the First Country to Reach the Moon’s South Pole“
“India backs Brics expansion on consensus basis, says PM”
“Landslides in #Shimla highlight faulty urban planning, say experts “
“Biden tours ‘overwhelming’ devastation in Maui: ‘The country grieves”
“China looks to attract foreign investment as its economy struggles”
“London Continues to Nurture Khalistan Elements”
“Shooting & sword attack during a kabaddi…event in Derby,UK, where #Khalistan flags were “
“Antim Panghal And Sujeet Kalkal Move Delhi High Court, Challenge Trial Exemption “
Power Cuts continue in parts of Andhra Pradesh
“The Story of How Swahili Became Africa’s Most Spoken Language”
“Brazil’s leftist President Lula da Silva signed a decree to limit civilian access to firearms”
Argentina: “Inflation exceeds 113% and the poverty rate approaches 40%“
“Officials say a jet crash in Russia kills 10, Wagner chief Prigozhin “
“North Korea’s Kim lambasts premier over flooding ”
“Tropical Storm Franklin makes landfall and dumps heavy rain on Haiti ”
“Talks between regional bloc and Niger’s junta yield little ”
Culture
“Elite dining: A trend that’s catching up in India”
“Kennedy:”YouTube deplatformed me… I was shut down”
“Sahitya Akademi under fire for awarding ‘below par’ authors”
Crimes of Razakar Movie Trailer is Released
“Aluru Venkata Rao Birth Anniversary: Remembering the Kannada Kulapurohita ”
India
“Who are Alluri Sitarama Raju and Komaram Bheem”
“Nuh clashes: How the violence was planned”
1984 Anti-Sikh Pogrom: Tytler case ongoing, Kamal Nath next?
“India Explores Programmable CBDC, Digital Rupee with Expiry Dates”
“The Boy General who was Bhagat Singh’s hero”
“Dalit oppression in Punjab: The caste cauldron”
“W.Bengal Horror Continues: 2 tribal women stripped naked, tortured, paraded in Malda”
“Heavy rains batter Gujarat; Junagadh among worst-hit
“8 dead as heavy rains create flood-like situation in Jammu, many rivers breach danger mark”
“Commuters a harried lot as rains wash away roads in Amritsar “
Haryana govt announces compensation of Rs 15,000 per acre for crop damaged by heavy rain spell
“Tamil Nadu: Nearly 50 prisoners put up in an open-air jail at Shivaganga for cultivating farmland”
“Neither with NDA nor with ‘INDIA’:11 political parties w/ 91 MPs have not joined any alliance”
Subcontinent
“Pakistan: Hindu temple attacked with rocket launchers in Sindh”
“3 Hindu sisters in Pak’s Sindh province forced to marry Muslim men”
“Is Nepal Under China’s Thumb?”
“How the Constitutions of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh were drafted”
Asia
“Fukushima Disposal Plans Put Tokyo in Hot Water”
Singapore police to probe racial discrimination faced by Indian-origin officer before death”
World
“Abuse in Britain’s boarding schools ”
“Death toll rises to 67 in Maui wildfires”
“Nuclear threat from Ukraine war prompts Ottawa to update plans for catastrophe”
“Kenya suspends “eyeball scan” crypto project Worldcoin over safety concerns”
“Central Bank of Nigeria to add NFC, programmability features ”
“‘We are close to reaching an agreement on global minimum tax system’ ”
“First Solar to make solar panels in India; no China input: US energy secretary ”
“Riots in France and lessons for Europe”
“More than 700 sentenced to prison over French riots, minister says ”
“Haiti Is on the Brink of State Failure”
July 2023 News Links
Updated!!!
“Rain fury: At least 55 people killed in Punjab, Haryana; relief work underway”
“13 Found Dead in Flooded Tunnel as South Korean Storm Toll Rises to 40“
“AP, Odisha sign MoU for Machkund projects“
“By denying Hinduphobia, western academia and media enable it”
“Liberal America refuses to recognise racism against Hindus “
“Why West Finds It Difficult To Swallow India’s Success Story ”
“A BRICS Currency Could Shake the Dollar’s Dominance”
“UK unemployment climbs as inflation weighs on economy”
“Centre imposes import restrictions on certain gold jewellery, articles”
““Why profitable strategic PSU CEL’s sale leaves scientists aghast”
“PM Modi’s France visit: Shaping a multipolar world”
“Bengaluru boy bags gold at International Mathematical Olympiad”
“Pandits’ rally to commemorate Guru Teg Bahadur’s sacrifice”
“World Sikh Organization demands Canada prove Sikh extremism is a threat”
“Canada’s Indigenous women forcibly sterilized decades after other rich countries stopped “
“Why have Bengal’s Panchayat polls turned violent?“
“Opinion | Today’s China Isn’t Real China”
“India overtakes China to become most attractive emerging market for investing”
“Bank of America to pay more than $100M for doubling fees ”
“Hague court rejects India’s objections over water treaty arbitration”
“RRR 2 confirmed, Ram Charan and Jr NTR to star but SS Rajamouli may not direct”
“Turkey’s Economy Is in Deep Trouble “
“What Turkey’s neo-Ottomanism means in 2023”
“Thailand PM Prayuth announces retirement from politics”
“The incredible story of how East African culture shaped the music of a state in India”
Culture
“Nearly 70 percent children are eating unhealthy foods, report says”
“Fentanyl is Very Deadly… Here’s Why”
“Adipurush movie writer issues public apology”
“45.9 Kgs Ganja Seized & 11 Arrested In AP State”
Caste Atrocity:” Accused Pravesh Shukla’s illegal encroachment being bulldozed”
“The depths to which politicians sink”
“524 Ayurvedic dispensaries in Punjab sans medicines for four years ”
“1984 anti-Sikh riots: Delhi court issues fresh notice to produce records of case against #Tytler “
“Ajit Pawar moves Election Commission staking claim to NCP”
“AIMPLB sends objections to Law Commission on UCC”
“India summons Canadian High Commissioner in Delhi over Khalistani extremists”
“CBDC is the future of money, RBI actively preparing for transformation ”
“No extra river water allowed to flow to Pak, says minister”
Subcontinent
“SriLankan Parliament Speaker Abeywardena calls India a “trustworthy friend”“
“Pakistan’s atrocities against Balochis highlighted at UNHRC”
Bangladesh: “Dengue situation takes alarming turn”
“No benefits for Nepal from deal with China“
Asia
“Russia calls on NATO to discuss Ukraine nuclear plant at summit“
“First South Korea-U.S. Nuclear Consultative Group meeting to be held ”
“Amid media row China tells last Indian reporter to leave ”
“China’s central bank digital currency takes a bigger place on WeChat’s ”
“Uyghurs commemorate Urumqi massacre,hold protest in Austria against Chinese persecution”
“On security and diplomacy, Abe’s legacy to be felt far into the future”
“How Identity issues keep India and Israel apart”
World
“Nine humanoid robots gathered at the United Nations“
“Poland moves troops to eastern border amid Wagner fears“
“As France Burns, the Far-Right Rises”
Capitalism: “The super-rich have taken it all away from others”
“Billionaire investor, philanthropist George Soros cedes control of empire ”
“Russia confirms that they are launching a BRICS currency backed by #gold”
“ Britcoin currency ‘could be used to check ages and nationalities’”
“UK YouTuber Mohd. Hijab is reportedly instigator-in-chief in Leicester violence ”
“Indian-origin MP in Canada slams posters by Khalistani supporters ”
“Colonialism was a disaster and the facts prove it”
“Colombia, Brazil presidents pledge cooperation to protect Amazon“
“Lead from gasoline blunted the IQ of about half the U.S. population “
“College Sports Are Affirmative Action for Rich White Students”
June 2023 News Links
Updated!!!
“Vegetable Prices Skyrocketing “
“Bjp Leaders Divided Over Alliance With Tdp | Vijayawada News – Times of India”
‘Corporate Boards in India : Blocked by Caste?”
“JPMorgan to pay $290 million to settle with Epstein victims ”
“Punjab doesn’t have water to spare”
“India’s trade deficit with China hits $100bn for first time”
“Rishi Sunak in slanging match with predecessor Boris Johnson ”
“Charting the evolving India-US relationship”
“Uneven U.S. treatment of Bangladesh and Pakistan makes little sense
“Pakistan Army aimed to change Bengali race through rape, genocide in 1971 ”
“South Africa in the spotlight over terror funding“
“ Indonesia is building a new capital? And it will cost $1 billion more”
“IMF working on global central bank digital currency platform”
“De-Dollarisation | Global Nations Steps Towards Alternative For US Dollar “
“Trump prepares for court appearance as 1st ex-president ”
“Philanthropic Contributions Keep Africa Poor”
Culture
Order All Natural Lepakshi Wax Wood Toys called ‘Etikoppaka’
“Battling cultural taboos in Uttarakhand”
“Magnificent mango delights: Irresistible recipes to savour the sweetness ”
“The true purpose of [G]anga Jamuni Tehzeeb “
India
“Jagan Rules Out Early Election To Assembly “
Sabotage? “Coromandel Express Accident | CBI Files FIR In Odisha Trains Probe“
“From Modi to Gandhi, Indian politicians court the diaspora”
“India’s wheat output set to touch a new record of 112.74 mn ton in 2022”
“Gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari [relative of former VP Hamid Ansari] gets life term”
“Socialism for the Rich and Capitalism for the Poor”
“Gautam Adani and the New Indian Capitalism”
“SAD leader Inder Iqbal Singh Atwal, brother join BJP”
“Had Indira taken his word, Punjab wouldn’t have bled”
“Will freebies sink Karnataka?“
“Who bears the huge cost of freebies?”
Subcontinent
“Not Bengalis,Hindus were Pakistani targets in 1971 Bangladesh War”
Imran Khan vs the Army puts Pakistan’s future in question”
” Bedlam in Afghanistan and Pakistan”
“Indo-Nepal ties will flourish on trust”
Asia
“India and Vietnam will define Future of Asia”
“Recep Tayyip Erdoğan wins Turkish presidential election runoff ”
World
“Smoky haze blanketing US, Canada could last for days as wildfires rage
After California Temple Robbery, fear of Growing Attacks on Hindus Worldwide
Not just India. Central Bank Digital Currency soon to be World Wide Reality
“A digital pound must never be introduced by stealth”
“Visa, Microsoft and others join Brazilian CBDC pilot”
UK: Three ministers ‘on list of 56 MPs accused of sexual misconduct’
“20 #richest #countries account for over half of 50 #million #people in ‘modern slavery’”
“Agriculture: Climate Change – Policies must prioritise water-food-energy triad”
“Nigeria Loses Legal Battle Against Shell in Oil Spill Case “
May 2023 News Links
Updated!!!
“An expert said shooter particularly hated Indians”
“Fresh Violence Erupts In Manipur | 74 Killed”
‘Farm to flop’ scenario across India
“India sees 18% surge in weekly cyberattacks in Jan-Mar 2023”
“Union Minister Hardeep Puri rules out alliance with SAD for 2024”
“Human trafficking racket busted in Punjab’s Pathankot, 2 held”
“Haryana tomato growers stare at losses as prices fall below ₹5/kg”
“Lithium reserves traced in Rajasthan’s Nagaur, capacity higher than J&K reserves”
“BrahMos engineer accused of spying for Pakistan’s ISI granted bail”
“15 killed in clash between 2 tribes over delimitation of coal mine in northwest Pakistan”
“ Anti-Hindu hate flies under the radar in the UK “
“Revealed: royal family has power to censor BBC coronation coverage”
Khalistani drug nexus in Canada
“Consumer companies hit hard as summer products take a rain check”
“Analysis: Xi, not Trump, started on path to decoupling”
“ DR Congo In Mourning For Flood, Mudslide Victims “
“ President-Elect Tinubu to Refine Nigeria Transition Plan in UK “
“Detained US reporter ‘violated’ Russian law, says Kremlin”
Culture
“Global rice shortage is set to be the biggest in 20 years“
“Ayodhya Ram temple to be ready by September this year: Official”
“Talking over mobile for more than 30 minutes linked to developing hypertension”
“Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams steps up battle against fake websites”
“AP: Heritage tourism circuit in the pipeline ”
“Georgia becomes 1st US state to pass resolution condemning Hinduphobia”
India
“Telangana BJP president released from jail”
“50,000 Dalit Hindus likely to embrace Buddhism in Gandhinagar”
“Dalit woman dies after being raped, set afire in Rajasthan”
“Video: Sikh restaurant owner ‘receives’ threats over anti-Khalistan video “
“India’s stretched health care fails millions in rural areas”
“Effluent Mess: Fix gaps, set aside Rs 1,500 cr, NGT tells Haryana”
“Politicising of wrestlers’ issue regrettable: Puri”
“For Akalis, Prakash Singh Badal leaves behind a grand legacy — & a void “
“Punjab: Gas leak at Ludhiana factory, 9 killed, 11 injured”
“CBI team at ex-JK guv Satya Pal Malik’s Delhi residence ”
““Behind the anti-conversion violence in Bastar is a fight for tribal identity”
“SIMI aims Islamic rule in India, doesn’t believe in Constitution: Govt to SC”
“Islam and nation-state: Are they compatible?“
“In Gujarat, training camps for illegal US crossovers”
Subcontinent
“Bhutan, Bitdeer plan $500 million green crypto fund”
SouthKorea to provide USD 3 billion financing support to Bangladesh for metro
“Sri Lanka to establish new International civil airport, area identified “
Nepal‘s economic condition continues to deteriorate
Asia
“Over 100 feared killed in airstrikes on Myanmar village “
“Defence Ministers of India, Russia, China and other member nations of the SCO deliberated”
“China records world’s first human death from H3N8 bird flu”
“Japan to quadruple cyber defense forces, meeting threats head-on”
World
Riotous Pension Protests in France
Global Economics Crisis Worsens
“Australia PM says ‘frustrated’ over continued detention of WikiLeaks founder”
“BBC chief quits amid furor over role in Boris Johnson loan”
“U.S. makes first arrests for operating an illegal Chinese police station on its territory”
“17 arrested in connection with 11 gang-related Sikh shootings in Northern California”
“On May Day, workers rally for better labor conditions”
“Opinion: Caste bill would harm California’s South Asian communities”
“Chicken Prices May Surge As Heat Takes Toll On Birds “
May 2023 News Links
Updated!!!
“An expert said shooter particularly hated Indians”
“Fresh Violence Erupts In Manipur | 74 Killed”
‘Farm to flop’ scenario across India
“India sees 18% surge in weekly cyberattacks in Jan-Mar 2023”
“Union Minister Hardeep Puri rules out alliance with SAD for 2024”
“Human trafficking racket busted in Punjab’s Pathankot, 2 held”
“Haryana tomato growers stare at losses as prices fall below ₹5/kg”
“Lithium reserves traced in Rajasthan’s Nagaur, capacity higher than J&K reserves”
“BrahMos engineer accused of spying for Pakistan’s ISI granted bail”
“15 killed in clash between 2 tribes over delimitation of coal mine in northwest Pakistan”
“ Anti-Hindu hate flies under the radar in the UK “
“Revealed: royal family has power to censor BBC coronation coverage”
Khalistani drug nexus in Canada
“Consumer companies hit hard as summer products take a rain check”
“Analysis: Xi, not Trump, started on path to decoupling”
“ DR Congo In Mourning For Flood, Mudslide Victims “
“ President-Elect Tinubu to Refine Nigeria Transition Plan in UK “
“Detained US reporter ‘violated’ Russian law, says Kremlin”
Culture
“Global rice shortage is set to be the biggest in 20 years“
“Ayodhya Ram temple to be ready by September this year: Official”
“Talking over mobile for more than 30 minutes linked to developing hypertension”
“Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams steps up battle against fake websites”
“AP: Heritage tourism circuit in the pipeline ”
“Georgia becomes 1st US state to pass resolution condemning Hinduphobia”
India
“Telangana BJP president released from jail”
“50,000 Dalit Hindus likely to embrace Buddhism in Gandhinagar”
“Dalit woman dies after being raped, set afire in Rajasthan”
“Video: Sikh restaurant owner ‘receives’ threats over anti-Khalistan video “
“India’s stretched health care fails millions in rural areas”
“Effluent Mess: Fix gaps, set aside Rs 1,500 cr, NGT tells Haryana”
“Politicising of wrestlers’ issue regrettable: Puri”
“For Akalis, Prakash Singh Badal leaves behind a grand legacy — & a void “
“Punjab: Gas leak at Ludhiana factory, 9 killed, 11 injured”
“CBI team at ex-JK guv Satya Pal Malik’s Delhi residence ”
““Behind the anti-conversion violence in Bastar is a fight for tribal identity”
“SIMI aims Islamic rule in India, doesn’t believe in Constitution: Govt to SC”
“Islam and nation-state: Are they compatible?“
“In Gujarat, training camps for illegal US crossovers”
Subcontinent
“Bhutan, Bitdeer plan $500 million green crypto fund”
SouthKorea to provide USD 3 billion financing support to Bangladesh for metro
“Sri Lanka to establish new International civil airport, area identified “
Nepal‘s economic condition continues to deteriorate
Asia
“Over 100 feared killed in airstrikes on Myanmar village “
“Defence Ministers of India, Russia, China and other member nations of the SCO deliberated”
“China records world’s first human death from H3N8 bird flu”
“Japan to quadruple cyber defense forces, meeting threats head-on”
World
Riotous Pension Protests in France
Global Economics Crisis Worsens
“Australia PM says ‘frustrated’ over continued detention of WikiLeaks founder”
“BBC chief quits amid furor over role in Boris Johnson loan”
“U.S. makes first arrests for operating an illegal Chinese police station on its territory”
“17 arrested in connection with 11 gang-related Sikh shootings in Northern California”
“On May Day, workers rally for better labor conditions”
“Opinion: Caste bill would harm California’s South Asian communities”
“Chicken Prices May Surge As Heat Takes Toll On Birds “
April 2023 News Links
Culture
*capitalist exoticism: corporatisation, control, & cultural critique
“Ten songs by MM Keeravani that show his musical range”
“Twitter Files reveal Hindu nationalists were targeted”
“Vijayawada temple to crack whip on corrupt staff”
India
“Bihar | There was a bomb blast in Sasaram“
Telangana: “BJP’s Bandi Sanjay Arrest “
“Clashes Between YCP Leaders At Anakapalli “
“Five of top 10-firms lose Rs 86,447 cr in m-cap; Infosys, TCS, SBI hit hard”
“Violent Sikh Separatism Is Repeating as Farce”
“Amritpal Singh trained by ISI in Georgia, linked to SFJ: Intel”
“Ensure Himachal’s law and order does not collapse ‘like in Punjab’”
“Khalistan referendum has no legal standing, Australia’s respect for India’s sovereignty ”
“Proactive civil society vital for healthy democracy”
“NCERT drops texts on Mahatma Gandhi, Hindu-Muslim unity, RSS ban”
“Mustard selling below MSP, farmers cry for help”
“Farmers suicides not new, happening for many years: Maha agriculture minister”
“Gujarat saw drug seizures worth Rs 5300cr in 18 months, 102 arrests”
Subcontinent
“Post Doklam misgivings, India hikes aid to Bhutan”
“From Pak Punjab to Scotland first minister, Humza Yousaf “
“IMF treating Pakistan like a ‘colony’: Maryam Nawaz“
“Govt intends to make Sri Lanka the region’s first green economy”
Asia
“Hopes for Renewal Disappointed Again in Kazakhstan”
“Bird flu is so bad that Japan’s running out of land to bury chickens”
“China seethes as US chip controls threaten tech ambitions”
“South Korea’s ‘Three Axis’ Defense System Is in Trouble”
World
“Nvidia set to reveal new AI technologies at annual conference”
“ Husband of ex-Scottish leader arrested”
“Former President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts“
“Ukraine trains 40,000 storm brigade troops for counter-offensive”
“African Union criticises Tunisia over ‘racialised hate speech ”
“Mexico complains to China about US pressure over fentanyl“
“Jaded with education, more Americans are skipping college”
March 2023 News Links
Updated!!!
“Rajamahendravaram gets Poetess Molla’s statue”
“Outstanding debt of Telangana stands at Rs. 2.83 lakh crore: Centre “
“Centre-state rivalry fuelling chaos in Punjab”
“Who Is Propping Up Amritpal Singh?”
Canadian NRI stabbed to death in brawl at Hola Mohalla festival
“Khalistan backers force closure of Indian consulate in Brisbane”
“Conrad Sangma stakes claim to form govt in Meghalaya”
“Karnataka hijab ban: SC to set up bench to hear plea”
“In election year, Rajasthan gets 19 new districts”
“Sisodia carried out major destruction of digital evidence”
“Maharashtra reports 2 H3N2 deaths, 361 flu cases; minister advises use of mask”
“SC tells govt to demolish mosque inside Allahabad HC complex within 3 months”
“Is BJP Getting It Wrong In Tamil Nadu?”
“Mamata-Akhilesh to work on Opposition alliance without Congress”
“Conflict between India, Pak, China likely: US intel”
“Proactive civil society vital for healthy democracy”
“14 killed, over 100 injured as #explosion rocks seven-storey #building in #Bangladesh”
“SVB, First Republic CEOs involved in lobbying pre–banking crisis”
“Tens of Thousands of Dutch Farmers Protest in The Hague”
“UK is grappling with vegetable shortages. How did it happen?”
“unpalatable truths about Britain’s slave trade”
“UN: Fresh gang violence in Haiti leaves 187 dead in 11 days”
“Who owns Majority Land I South Africa ?“
Culture
23 Signs You’re Secretly a Narcissist Masquerading as a Sensitive Introvert
“On the internet, nobody knows you’re a human”
How media slants crimes against hindu women by minority men
“Himalayan styles are not static, it is ever-evolving tyle and substance”
India
“Justice for Preethi gains social media momentum”
“Is Telangana heading for a hung Assembly?”
“Hyderabad was liberated by India”
“Tripura: BJP-IPFT alliance wins 31 seats”
“Prices fall, growers destroy cauliflower crop”
“India to join controversial US-led energy-intensive agribusiness initiative”
Puri Shankaracharya wrongly claims Varna made by Pundits. Gita says Krishna created it
“2,500 people, primarily women, were killed across the country over accusations of witchcraft”
“Value education should be included in curriculum: President Droupadi Murmu”
“Exodus of babus from Punjab amid ‘Khalistan’ uproar”
“Conversation between BP Koirala and the American Consul in Calcutta “
“Green Hydrogen Mission gets Cabinet nod“
“Global governance has failed, developing nations now facing consequences: Modi
“List of prominent global Indian social entrepreneurs launched”
“Efforts on to revive ancient stitched ship technology”
Subcontinent
“At least 14 Hindu temples attacked in Bangladesh “
“55 Sikh, Hindu refugees from Afghanistan arrive in Delhi”
“Remembrance and revival of Udhauli”
“Bangladesh opens first metro line in traffic-choked capital Dhaka ”
Asia
“Vietnam’s Parliament Selects Vo Van Thuong as New President “
“Malaysia claims 200,000 Myanmar Rohingyas refugees”
“Japan Suspects Chinese Spy Balloons Violated Its Airspace
“‘China violated nations’ sovereignty across 5 continents’”
World
“CNN ex-boss Jeff Zucker told staff not to probe ‘lab leak’ theory…”
Embassy in Belgium issues a security alert, warning of a “possible metro attack” in Brussels
“South Africa is on the verge of “collapse” amid rolling blackouts“
“Suriname’s Unrest Is a Warning”
“Onion shortage threatens a new chapter in world food crisis”
“U.S. food additives banned in Europe:Expert says what Americans eat is…making them sick”
“Head of Paris Fashion Week model found in soup pot”
“Europeans saw nothing wrong with cannibalism until the 1900s”
“Millions in Britain are choosing between heating and eating”
February 2023 News Links
Updated!!!
“Former Supreme Court Judge S Abdul Nazeer Appointed New Andhra Pradesh Governor”
“Hyderabad was Bhagnagar, but politicians still differ “
“States with a Christian Chief Minister”
“‘Jagan’s conversion drive on fast track’”
“Dissident claims Chinese Communist Party pays Vatican $2 billion annually “
“Portugal Catholic clergy sexually abused nearly 5,000 minors: inquiry “
“The collegium system needs improvement“
“‘Mughals had nothing to do with Mughal Gardens at Rashtrapati Bhavan’ “
“Assam Police arrests 1,800 people in massive crackdown on child marriage”
“‘Thakurvad’ pales in front of Brahmin elitism”
“Is ‘Caste’ Being Weaponized Against The Indian Diaspora?”
“Violence breaks out in Melbourne over ‘Khalistan referendum’, many Sikhs detained “
“A Sikh family in Sri Nankana Sahib, Pak attacked on Jan 21”
“Married Pak Hindu girl abducted, raped for refusing to embrace Islam “
“Pakistan looks to rival India to save its economy “
“Reviving Nepal’s community forestry success story”
“India sends 7th flight of relief supplies to Turkey, Syria“
“Bird flu death in Cambodian child sparks global alarm“
“Japan, Philippines agree to sharply boost defence ties”
“Economic reality check on China”
“A horrific environmental disaster is happening in Ohio”
“Mexico files 2nd lawsuit against arms dealers in US”
Culture
“Andhra Pradesh: 1st century Buddhist rock-cut cave collapses due to neglect”
India
“How Can State Govt Justify Salary To Pastors, Asks Hc”
“No special category status for Andhra Pradesh, Centre makes it clear in Parliament”
“Adani Enterprises to be dropped from Dow Jones“
“Drug Hotspots: In Moga village, 400 booked for smuggling in 3 decades”
“BBC Documentary on Modi: ‘Colonial mindset blatantly visible’”
“Most BJP-ruled states skip eggs in mid-day meal, cite vegetarian sentiment”
“51% of adolescent girls underweight in Gujarat ”
“Hit By Layoffs, Thousands Of Indian IT Professionals Struggle”
“Why Indian players need to be more aware of caste privilege and oppression”
“Rajasthan: Sons waited for 31 years to avenge dad’s death | Ajmer News”
1932 Srinagar Anti-Hindu Riots
Court discharges Sharjeel Imam in Jamia violence case
“Liberal fallacy of connecting India’s plurality with a Muslim Prime Minister”
Subcontinent
“Pakistan hit by nationwide power outage after grid failure”
“Pakistan flour crisis worsens; prices skyrocket amidst wheat shortage, stampedes ”
“Three Nepali women escape their coercive Chinese employers in Laos”
“Nepal and Bangladesh lobby India for corridor to trade electricity”
“Ex-Maldives leader gets 11 years for money laundering, bribe”
Asia
“Japan to introduce semiconductor tech export control“
“Mass detentions, unprecedented protests, Covid pivot: Is China’s Xi losing grip on power?”
“WHO advisers call for ‘realistic’ data from China “
“Small but mighty – the rise of newly rich ‘micro-regions’”
“Extreme Israeli group takes root in US with fundraising bid”
US downs PRC weather balloon on its coast. Another sighted in Latin America
“Public urination is a growing menace in #London”
“Ukraine interior minister, top officials among 14 killed in copter crash”
“Anti-democracy riots jolt Brazil ”
“Senegal Bus Accident: 40 killed in Senegal bus disaster ”
“California trying to find, compensate sterilization victims”
“China’s ByteDance admits using TikTok data to track journalists”
January 2023 News Links
Updated!!!
“India’s richest 1% own more than 40% of total wealth”
“high-class muscle man for big business, for Wall Street and for bankers”
“From plate to plough: Over Rs 45 lakh crore plundered from farmers”
“India’s forgotten land at Mt Kailash”
“How new Ambedkarites are busy undermining Ambedkar and his legacy”
“Air India Urination Case | Accused Shankar Mishra Arrested in Bangalore |”
“Is Punjab economy inching towards debt trap, and why it is cause for worry”
“Protests rock PoK as Gilgit Baltistan demands reunion with India”
“Sri Lanka given 6 more months to repay Bangladesh’s $200m loan”
“China’s surge: should Nepal be worried?”
“Chinese are turning to black market for Indian Covid drugs amid surge”
“K-pop Soft power is really about the power of attraction as a method of influence”
Slave Contracts: Exploitation Rife in K-Pop
20,000 arrested and 522 dead in Ongoing Iran Protests
“Two girls found beheaded, dumped in Syrian detention camp”
“At 4% of UK’s population, Muslims make up 18% of criminals in jail”
How Religious Grooming Gangs in UK prey on unsuspecting women
“Guardian’s cartoon of Priti Patel shows the West’s duplicity on racism”
America:” Where Will This Political Violence Lead? Look to the 1850s”
“Indian-origin Leo Varadkar set to become Ireland’s prime minister for second time “
“EU corruption scandal: Eva Kaili claims innocence, says she feels betrayed “
“Europeans saw nothing wrong with cannibalism until the 1900s”
“ What Nigerian Voters Are Looking For in Upcoming Polls “
“Jacinda Ardern RESIGNS as New Zealand Prime Minister ”
Culture
“What powers the Boycott Bollywood movement and why is it working?”
“The Khasis: A Matrilineal Society in India’s Northeast”
“RRR’s Naatu Naatu Make It To Shortlist Nominates to Oscars 2023”
“A recipe for poornalu, with love from an Andhra home”
“Anti-Hindu attacks grow, from N.Y. to a California Taco Bell”
India
“Google, Meta lead Big Tech layoffs. All you need to know”
“PM’s mother Heeraben passes away”
“Veteran Telugu actor Kaikala Satyanarayana passes away”
“25 Nanded villages seek merger with Telangana”
“AIMIM’s Asaduddin Owaisi and KCR are looting Telangana together”
“Central Vista redevelopment project: L&T to construct Executive Enclave”
“Leicester violence: UK think tank rejects report of RSS, Hindutva groups’ Involvement”
“Giving election tickets to women against Islam, says Shahi Imam”
“Bhadralok and the myth of casteless West Bengal politics”
“Kerala | #BirdFlu outbreak in parts of Kottayam”
“With #Green #Revolution having outlived its utility, it’s time to move to the next stage”
“Chargesheet Against MLC Kavitha & YCP MP Magunta | Delhi Liquor Scam Case”
“Priest held for theft at Jain temple in Ankleshwar “
“Salesforce cuts about 10% of its workforce”
Subcontinent
“Mauritius Telecom CEO, who leaked Indian team visit, under lens, for China links”
“Can Nepal Achieve Political Stability?”
“Pakistan: Hindu man dies after he was chased away from hospital”
“Six killed in firing by Afghan forces on Pakistan border”
“Bangladesh on razor’s edge: Why India must wake up to the looming economic crisis”
Asia
Time to Boost natural Immunity again? “China is likely seeing 5,000 deaths a day”
Protests against Turkey’s Erdogan for misusing Judiciary against Presidential rival
“At Least 100 Members Sentenced To Death | Anti Hizab Protests in Iran”
“Saudi foreign minister: ‘All bets off’ if Iran gets nuclear weapon ”
World
Higher Food Prices worsen World Hunger in Developed & Developing World alike
“The History of the Royals Is Tangled and Bloody”
“Prime Minister Mark Rutte apologized for Netherlands’ slavery past”
“Gangs control about 60% of Haiti’s capital”
“San Francisco police seek permission for its robots to use deadly force”
“Civil war will break out in US, Elon Musk would become President, predicts Putin aide”
“Truck with liquified gas explodes in South Africa, 8 killed”
“Peru declares a state of emergency nationwide for 30 days per decree amid civil unrest”
“Argentina’s VP Cristina Fernandez guilty in graft case, gets 6 years “
“Soccer Legend Pelé Dead at 82”
‘Epic’ winter storm wallops US, leaving 1.5 million without power”
“Scot Sikh accused of involvement in targeted killings sues UK ”
Updated!!!
Blackouts & Cyber Outages Coming to a Neighbourhood near You
“Why Audrey Truschke should stop inventing history to suit her vicious agenda”
“Delhi HC dismisses with Rs 25K costs plea seeking to make Twitter’s Elon Musk party”
“A ragi recipe to honour the International Year of Millets”
“Netherlands to close up to 3,000 farms to comply with EU rules“
“55,000 farmers are protesting at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan”
“Delhi air quality worsens, 24-hour average index recorded at 262”
“Groundwater level in Punjab worrisome: MoS for Jal Shakti Bishweswar Tudu”
“BJP MP moves private bill on Uniform Civil Code, govt backs him “
“Purpose of charity should not be religious conversion: SC ”
““The Myth of a Casteless Bengal”
“Mammoth crisis threatens India’s IITs and IIMs”
“48 workers died while cleaning septic tanks in 2022, highest in Haryana”
The Hypocrisy of Shah Rukh Khan
“Pakistan: Every day three minor Hindu girls are abducted, gang-raped, converted ”
“A nun’s story: sex, affairs and priests you can’t refuse”
“The reckoning: rape culture and the crisis in British schools”
“Chinese action violates 1993, 1996, and 2013 border agreements”
“Brazil: Supporters of Jair Bolsonaro clash with police in Brasilia”
“Peru president dissolves congress, which then ousts him”
“At least 100 people killed by floods in capital of Congo”
“Pakistan-based Khalistani terrorist Harvinder Singh Rinda dies in Lahore hospital “
“Jagmeet Singh’s comments on Khalistan risk undermining Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy”
Culture
“Rethink India’s nationally protected monuments list”
“A new, exhaustive book on Carnatic singer Balamuralikrishna “
Maharashtra Cuisine’s Bakarwadi
Visakha Music Academy 53rd Annual Music Festival Successfully Completes
India
“AP Faces Debt Burden of Rs 8.71 lakh Crore”
Historic 1st, AP & Telangana settle on Srisailam
“RBI in final stages of retail CBDC pilot rollout”
“With GM mustard, risks outweigh rewards”
“Socialism for the rich and capitalism for the poor”
“Airport: All you need to know about Bengaluru’s Kempegowda”
Bengal: “Three killed, several injured in blast near venue “
“Mangalore blast ‘act of terror’
“India tops list of most inclusive nation for religious minorities, US ranked 5th”
“Delhi AIIMS server hacking: Main servers likely to be hacked from Hong Kong”
“India’s envoy calls on Canada to crack down on Canadian funding of Khalistan “
“Paswan gave shelter to Sikhs during 1984 riots, he was also attacked”
“EWS Reservation News: Quotas can’t be for ever, need to fix time limit “
“Akal Takht pronounces ‘tankhah’ to former SAD minister “
“Vizhinjam police station attack: Cases against 3,000”
“Police complaint against ‘unknown persons’ over anti-Brahmin slogans”
Subcontinent
“Over 22 lakh Hindus in Pakistan, says national database report “
“Islamic State Is Alive and Well in South Asia”
“10 killed in bombing of Afghan religious school”
Nepal: “UML maintains lead in PR vote tally“
“President Ranil Wickremesinghe has appointed a committee of public & private sectors“
Asia
“Iranian general acknowledges over 300 dead in unrest”
“8 held for killing Indian-origin teen in Israel”
“China uses corrupt leaders to make inroads into economically weaker countries”
“2000-year-old Ashoka stupa restored in China”
“Saudis tell US that Iran may attack the kingdom”
World
”40,000people..without electricity in N.Carolina after 2power substations..damaged by gunfire”
“Mearsheimer predicts the world is headed for a massive conflict between the US, China”
“Satanism and devil worship is on the rise, according to census data”
“South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa will not resign over ‘Farmgate’ scandal”
“‘Brain-like computing’ possible at molecular level, reveal scientists”
“Brazil’s Bolsonaro, voted out, challenges election results”
“Musk says Twitter personnel may have interfered with Brazil’s election”
“Opinion: The strange loyalties of Jagmeet Singh”
“Death toll in landslide on Italian resort island hits 11”
“England and Wales no longer majority Christian nations, census reveals”
November 2022 News Links
Updated!!!
“Government completes mother tongue survey of 576 languages “
“‘Forced Conversion a Very Serious Issue’ | Supreme Court”
“Why the three-capital model for Andhra Pradesh may not work“
“Punjab govt bans 10 insecticides for 60 days”
2,498 farmers ended their lives in 11 months of 2021 in Maharashtra:
“How can state govt justify salary to pastors, asks HC”
“Delhi Murder: Aftab used to SLAP the severed head of Shraddha kept in fridge”
Be wary of Online dating apps & unknown suitors
“Bengal’s Murshidabad shows demography is destiny”
“No Hindutva or RSS extremism involved in Leicester violence”
“Coimbatore car blast: It was a terror attack”
“Turkey: 17 charged over bombing in Istanbul that killed 6”
“Iran protests enter third month with deadly clashes”
“State media: Gunmen attack bazaar in Iran, killing 5 “
Skeletal remains ‘confirm ancient Greeks engaged in human sacrifice’
“China reports highest Covid cases, Beijing’s record infections”
“The truckers and farmers have joined the protests against the election in Brazil“
“Flash floods in Australia’s southeast cut off inland towns”
UK faces biggest fall in living standards on record
“100,000 Russian troops killed or injured in Ukraine, US says”
Culture
Visakha Music Academy: The 53rd Annual Festival of Music
A popular Garhwali dish, Phanu makes a regular appearance in pahadi meals
“12th-century Kannada inscription discovered in Maharashtra”
“Elon Musk Plans To Lay Off 50% Twitter Employees | Roll Back Work-From-Anywhere”
“Jeff Bezos sued by former employee over long working hours, racial bias”
India
“Declassify Operation Bluestar, 1984 anti-Sikh pogrom documents”
TDP Leader Ayyanna arrested in forgery case, later released on bail
“Indian aerospace ecosystem seeing unprecedent growth towards becoming self-reliant“
“Amidst nuclear threat looming large & changing world order, India stands on its own“
“#Gujarat government has suspended #Morbi municipality chief officer “
“Yogi Adityanath government to begin drive to remove encroachment “
“Hidden history of the Owaisis: What MIM doesn’t want you to know”
“Blame the British Raj on bankers”
“Meet Jagat Seth – The Richest Family Of Bengal Who Gave Loans To British”
“Bharat Jodo Yatra of the Congress party resumes “
“Vehicles curbs from Saturday; Delhi mulls odd-even as air quality plunges”
Subcontinent
“Pakistan: Every day three minor Hindu girls are abducted, gang-raped, converted”
“Imran Khan injured in ‘assassination attempt’”
“Nepal’s Oli vows balanced ties with China, India if returned to power”
“Three more airlines to resume operations to Sri Lanka ”
Asia
“Death Toll of Iran Protests Surpasses 230”
Netanyahu returns to power in Israel
North Korea keeps up missile barrage with suspected intercontinental ballistic missile
China imposes zero-COVID lockdown of 800K people in Wuhan
“The demolition of shrines in Medina“
World
What is COP27 and why is it so important?
Ethiopia peace talks have begun on Tigray
Global diesel shortage threatens Energy Security
“U.S. can get to 100% clean energy with wind, water, solar & zero nuclear”: Stanford
Lula becomes President of Brazil for 3rd time amid Protests
Bank of England expects UK to fall into longest ever recession
“Why Did British Police Ignore Pakistani Gangs Abusing 1,400 Rotherham Children?”
“hate crimes against Hindu Americans has jumped by more than 500 percent”
“Sikh independence referendum in Canada leads to angry clashes”
Barbados Independence Movement from Britain
October 2022 News Links
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Water Storage in E.Godavari, Andhra Pradesh
“Companies start implanting microchips into workers’ bodies”
Boston University CREATES new Covid strain that has an 80% kill rate
“Indigenous Peoples Day Comes Amid a Reckoning Over Colonialism “
“Rishi Sunak becomes first British PM of colour and also first Hindu“
“How the British impoverished India”
“What Leicester really signifies“
“180 Hindu bodies sign letter to UK PM requesting help for ‘community under siege’”
“Khalistan on the Pacific: How the gangs of Punjab were born in Canada”
“India demarches Canada over Nov 6 Khalistan referendum”
“2 women killed in ‘human sacrifice’ in Kerala, 3 held ”
“Caste atrocity | 12 members of a Dalit family convert to Buddhism in Rajasthan”
“Emiratis are still Arabs when they’re not Muslims, but what would that make Pakistanis”
“Pakistan’s Worst Nightmare: Indian Kashmir Thrives“
“Iran Gives Russia Help From the Air”
“Chinese government asked TikTok for stealth propaganda account”
“Xi and These Six Men Will Reshape the Future of China”
“US Army’s 101st Airborne is practicing for war with Russia“
“Giorgia Meloni sworn in as first woman Italian premier”
Culture
108 Veenas Fill the Air with Music in Madurai on Dussehra
“Telugu films needn’t just be for Telugu-speaking people, it can grow beyond that”
‘The Sindhis — Selling Anything, Anywhere’
The making of Sikh scripture – Guru Granth Sahib
India
“Andhra govt moves SC against HC order on Amaravati as sole state Capital”
Ambani soon to collect state road tolls for Gujarat & Andhra Pradesh
75 years of Hyderabad’s liberation to be celebrated in year long commemorations: Centre
“From Max Muller to Audrey Truschke:Bigotry&lies in the guise of academic freedom”
“Government Deducts From Pension Funds to Collect Garbage Tax“
“2,498 farmers ended their lives in 11 months of 2021 in Maharashtra”
“Ankita murder: NH 58 blocked in protest”
“Aamir Khan’s brother Faisal Khan claims Sushant Singh Rajput was ‘murdered’
“Why discuss Aarakshan with an immoral upper class?”
“Supreme Court Upholds Validity Of Haryana Sikh Gurudwara (Management) Act 2014 “
“Delhi starts vaccination drive to curb spread of lumpy skin disease “
“Tale of two hijackers: BN Pandey & Gajinder Singh”
Subcontinent
Sri Lanka’s Story of Sovereign Default
“Leicester violence: Britain’s journey towards ghettoes and partition”
“‘Baloch armed resistance has stopped CPEC from becoming operational’”
“5Hindu girls converted to Islam,& another Hindu gang-raped in Tharparkar,Sindh”
“Power Grid Collapse In Bangladesh Leaves 140 Million People In Dark”
Asia
Uzbekistan’s Ethnic Minorities: Out of Sight, But Not Out of Mind
Political Changes in Saudi Arabia
Commercial Espionage by China around the world
China’s Arms Sales In Africa Fueling Conflict, Forcing Millions To Displace
World
“Biden: Nuclear ‘Armageddon’ risk highest since ’62 crisis“
Russia mobilises 300,000 conscripts for Ukraine War escalation
“Italians Didn’t Exactly Vote for Fascism”
“How UK Islamist jihadists are openly preaching violence against Hindus”
“Jihadi rebels attack key military base near Mali’s capital”
‘Modern slavery on the rise globally; touched 50 million in 2021’
Runoff Election on October 30 in Brazil
“Sept.19 Cursed in Mexico? | Three Major Earthquakes on That Day”
September 2022 News Links
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Plant-Based Doesn’t Always Mean Healthy
“Zoroastrians confront depletion of their faith”
“Omani Sultans banked on Kutchi moneybags”
“Jammu & Kashmir: Ghulam Nabi Azad floats own party, to decide on ‘Hindustani name’ “
Off-centre: The Hyderabad communal cauldron: The role of the Owaisis
“the man arrested for leading the ‘sar tan se juda’ protests in Hyderabad”
“‘Grooming gang’ targeting tribal, Dalit girls in Jharkhand: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey”
“Kartavya Path is a mirror for those trapped in time of slavery”
Kolkata streets turn into war zone as violence shrouds BJP’s protest march
“NIA raids at 50 locations expose the dirty nexus between ISI, Khalistanis and gangsters”
“Taliban stop Afghan Sikhs from leaving for India with Holy Book”
“After the floods: Will Pakistan go under?”
“Chinese drones are Pak’s faceless terrorists in India”
China steps up bid to woo Nepal’s Buddhists
“International Relations Theory Suggests Great-Power War Is Coming”
“’I cannot mourn’: Former colonies conflicted over the queen”
“Anti-Hindu rampage in UK: Muslim gangs terrorising Hindus, vandalising property”
“Mars, Nestlé and Hershey to face child slavery lawsuit in US”
“A rival ethnic group has killed at least 30 villagers in western Cameroon”
Culture
“Bollywood cannot change: We must look for alternatives “
“Sangita Kalanidhi: Musicians’ hall of fame”
“Rhythm of an ominous beat: Rabbi Shergill on what ails Punjabi music”
“NSD returns to stage with Kalidasa’s classic “
India
“Farmers’ suicides increase by 19 % in Andhra Pradesh: NCRB”
“Govt ignoring High Court Directive on Amaravati”
“In a first, India refers to ‘militarisation’ of Taiwan Strait by China”
“Govt projects record foodgrain production, lower wheat output in 2021-22”
“Free temples… and then give them to whom”??
“India’s CBDC roll-out likely this fiscal with wholesale businesses”
“Worries of grain shortfall mount as godowns clear wheat stocks in Punjab”
“How Sufism works in tandem with Wahhabism“
“What the West gets wrong about India even after 75 years of independence”
“Hundreds of farmers reach Delhi to take part in ‘mahapanchayat’ “
Lal Singh Chaddha officially Flops
“18 rapes per day: Every 10th rape in country reported in MP in 2021 “
“Karnataka minors’ rape case: Notice issued to survivors”
Subcontinent
“Sri Lanka: Timeline of a crisis”
“Pakistan Sponsored Terror Next Door. Now, It’s Back to Roost”
“Death toll in Pakistan floods near 1,100; international aid trickles in”
Asia
“Millions Locked Down in China’s Chengdu over Covid outbreak”
“The Fall From Grace of One of Kazakhstan’s Gray Cardinals“
“Thai protesters say PM reaches term limit, must step down”
“Islam in China must be Chinese in orientation, says Xi Jinping”
World
“Russia launches war games with China amid tensions with US “
“Researchers Show How a Car’s Electronics Can Be Taken Over Remotely”
“Ethiopia, Eritrea forces launch Tigray offensive”
“At 170 carats, pink diamond, unearthed in Angola, is world’s largest in 300 years “
“British dock workers latest to join summer of strikes”
“Dept of Justice investigating the Southern Baptist Convention over…sex abuse complaints”
“ Australia: Staffer allegedly raped in minister’s Parliament House office”
“Vatican says they’re gifts; Indigenous groups want them back”
“Latin America territories record up to 358% surge in civil unrest
August 2022 News Links
Culture
“Visakhapatnam artist Srinivasa Rao Kanumuri wins international online competition “
“With the hope to make Telugu theatre a sustainable career option“
“Lata Mangeshkar’s connect with the Carnatic world “
“Tribute to musicologist M.B. Vedavalli “
“RRR is a potboiler, not a history lesson“
India
India’s first Tribal (Santhali) President, Draupadi Murmu, takes office
“Zubair is not a journalist — and even if he were one, he should not be allowed to create chaos“
“How the narrative of Muslim victimhood is pushed to promote political Islam in India “
“Nitish Kumar to take oath as Bihar CM for 8th time”
“Enough evidence to show Satyendar Jain, aides used ‘hawala’ funds to buy agricultural lands ”
“Rice acreage down 13% till Aug 5 due to rain shortfall”
“Himachal apple farmers stage protest, demand rollback of hiked GST”
“Tamil Nadu: Massive amount of water released from Kallanai dam”
Idiot Indian Students want to Study in China on eve of War
“Khasi outfit ‘threatens’ Shillong Sikhs on housing demand”
“Gangster Maninder Dhaliwal, friend killed in shootout in Canada“
“Delhi man who tested positive for monkeypox…attended ‘stag party’ in Himachal’s “
“Gujarat hooch tragedy: 2,500 people arrested across state as death count reaches 42“
“Ruling Party Leaders Are Looting Public Money Through the Liquor Business”
“Local police, government officials favoured UP gangster Vikas Dubey: SC Inquiry”
Should party MLAs do caste-quota on “Brahmin Gangster” Encounters?
Subcontinent
“India gifts 75 ambulances, 17 school buses to Nepal”
“Fair-weather ally? How Sri Lanka, Pakistan fell into Chinese ‘debt trap’”
“Sri Lanka to restart bailout talks with IMF in August: President”
“Makeshift brothels crop up in Sri Lanka as economic hardship pushes women“
“The last thing the subcontinent needs is turmoil in Bangladesh”
“US eliminates Zawahiri in drone strike: Did Pakistan sell him out for IMF bailout? ”
Asia
“The chip pendulum is swinging West”
“China reaffirms threat of military force to annex Taiwan”
“Lebanese face long ‘insulting’ queues to buy bread”
“Turkey’s imperial vision and its ramifications “
“Iran targets its Baha’i community with arrests and home demolitions”
“Kim Jong Un says ‘ready to mobilise’ nuclear weapons ”
World
“World one step from ‘nuclear annihilation’, UN chief warns”
“Libya official: Renewed militia clashes in Tripoli kill 13”
“Pope Francis lands in Canada, set for apologies to Indigenous groups”
“At least 32 people killed after bandits set homes on fire in Madagascar ”
“Libya’s power cuts enrage citizens, spurring protest “
“Pay attention to what’s happening to Dutch livestock farmers“
“Explainer: Causes and consequences of Amazon fires and deforestation “
July 2022 News Links
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“Singer Bhupinder Singh passes away”
“A bait to regime of blasphemy“
“AjmerDargah cleric nabbed in Hyderabad for beheading slogans”
“Delhi police registers case against controversial documentary ‘Kaali’”
“AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi among multiple people booked by Delhi Police over hate messages“
“Mann sorry for nana’s siropa to Dwyer”
Rajapaksa resigns and flees to Maldives, then Singapore
“Beyond Sri Lanka, economic cyclone bears down on South Asia“.
“Wheat stock in central pool close to minimum threshold amid low procurement “
“Value of rupee declined by 25% since December 2014, Centre tells Parliament“
“Turkey blocks access to Deutsche Welle and Voice of America“
“World mourns Abe’s assassination“
“Imperialist China’s challenges in Pak“
“5 countries suffering in Europe’s heat wave “
“UK OK’s extradition of Assange to US”
PM Boris on the outs in the UK. Rishi in the running
“Calling for abolition of monarchy is still illegal, UK justice ministry admits”
“International Criminal Court marks 20th anniv“
‘Turn out the lights, brace for Russian gas cutoff,’ says France’s Macron
Brazil joins the Netherlands Farmers Protests
“Child malnutrition soars in Ethiopia as drought worsens”
Culture
“Waheeda Rehman shows off her painting skills“
“Time for a ‘credibility revolution’ in Agriculture”
“Leadership is not a title, it’s a behavior”
“Lakota elders helped a white man preserve their language. Then he tried to sell it back”
“Tamannaah Bhatia on north-south cinema debate: We have created these strange differences”
India
“AP has become a Playground for Corrupt Politicians“
Alluri Sitaramaraju Jayanti Celebrations
“Bhagwant Mann Cabinet expansion likely on Monday
‘‘No future for us,’ say Afghan Sikhs after temple attack“
“After farmers, youth suffering from govt decisions: Tikait on Agnipath “
“Agniveers will be 50% of Army by 2032“
“Maharashtra Political Crisis “
“Ajmer cleric, two others held for ‘beheading call”
“Prophet remarks row: Two dead in protest in Jharkhand’s Ranchi”
Double standards of Hyderabad razakars on ‘Hate Speech’
“Hyderabad minor gang-raped in car; all 5 accused, including MLA’s son”
“Reconciliation cannot be a one-way process!”
“Pakistani citizens acquiring the unique numbers meant only for residents in India”
“Death toll in #Manipurlandslide rises to 37, more rains affect search for missing 25“
Subcontinent
“Pakistan’s Negotiations With Terrorists”
“Hindu temple priest’s house in Pakistan’s Karachi attacked, vandalised by mob “
“Bangladesh’s Dangerous Islamist Appeasement – And What It Portends”
“2 dead after explosions hit Kabul gurdwara, India ‘monitoring’ situation”
“Islamists storm India-backed yoga event in Maldives “
Asia
“Chlorine gas leak kills 12, injures 251 at Jordan port“
“Chinese Air Force maintaining 20-25 frontline fighters near Eastern Ladakh”
“China and Cambodia break ground at naval base”
Is North Korea moving nukes to its border?
“Japan’s JERA says it shut down a 500 MW power plant due to fire“
“Turkey changes name to Türkiye to stop confusion with bird and ‘flop’”
World
South Africa says 21 teens found dead at tavern
Food Shoplifting and Riots as Supply Chain Desperation sets in
“Ghislaine Maxwell sentenced to 20 years in prison for sex trafficking“
“The WEF and the Liberals’ agenda for Canada”
“Why US is no longer heading for a recession but is actually in a recession”
“How Elon Musk evinced interest in buying Twitter”
“Battle Creek was an epicenter of the American eugenics movement”
“German federal court rejects bid to remove antisemitic relic”
“Uncovering the brutal truth about the British empire | Marc Parry“
“Sunset or new dawn for the British monarchy after Elizabeth II?”
“UN: Sahel violence could drive more refugees toward Europe“
“Argentina economy minister, IMF deal architect, quits as government crisis builds”
Culture
“Oneness is essential for society to thrive“
Support Saraswati Swara Chakra
India
“massive fire broke out at a godown of a shipping company in #Visakhapatnam“
“Hyderabad gang-rape case: Police arrest fourth”
“report on religious intolerance in this country fails the smell test”
“‘Caste-based count’ in a set time frame, says Nitish. RJD claims victory”
“Uttar Pradesh Dalit girl was raped, strangulated, confirms post-mortem”
“#Flood situation in #Kochi ‘distressing’: #Kerala high court“
“India beat Indonesia 3-0 to lift maiden Thomas Cup trophy, make history “
“Allahabad HC rejects plea for opening 22 closed doors of #TajMahal”
“Mukesh Ambani Isn’t Leaving India, But Why Are So Many Millionaires Fleeing The Country?“
Subcontinent
“Modi’s ongoing visit to Nepal signifies a turning point in bilateral relations”
“Pakistan’s Relations With Taliban Regime Worsen
‘35 killed, more than 450 injured in Bangladesh container depot fire”
Asia
“Putin warns West: Russia will strike harder if longer-range missiles supplied”
“China successfully launches crewed mission to complete space station”
“Philippines raises alert level at restive volcano after spewing cloud of ash “
“North Korea fires volley of missiles after U.S., South Korea stage drills “
World
“Brazil storm death toll rises to 100“
“ world is already in the grip of what can be called as the third global food crisis”
“WPI inflation in April jumps to 15.08%, highest in 17 years”
“A quarter of Britons say they’ve skipped meals due to rising cost of living”
“DeSantis Takes On Disney With Taxpayers in the Middle”
“Canada’s Future Prime Minister Needs to Come Clean About Her Nazi…”
“12% of all traffic originating from #Twitter is made up of bots”
May 2022
Culture
“Toxic Twitter set to become even more noxious?”
“Conservation of Telugu language is key to conservation of culture”
“Bhubaneswar: Traditional handicraft products displayed in Odisha“
India
“High Court Seeks Status Report on Amaravati Capital Works Progress“
AP: 500-year-old sculptures in run-down temple
“Appointment of Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia, Justice JB Pardiwala as #SupremeCourt #judges
Hyderabad: Wife’s kin held for killing Hindu youth
“Cyclone won’t make #landfall in #Odisha or AP but move parallel to coast“
“Indians conflate talk with action, too easily impressed by…MEA Jaishankar’s remarks”
“Modi pitches for use of local language in courts to bridge gap between citizens & judiciary“
How the Sindhi community made Bengaluru their home post-Partition
“Khalistan flags hung at entrance of Himachal Pradesh assembly gate“
“Pakistan-sponsored terrorism forced 64,827 Kashmiri Pandit families to leave Kashmir valley”
Subcontinent
“Religious Minorities Experiencing Genocide in Pakistan”
“Sri Lanka’s Opposition rejects President Rajapaksa’s offer“
“Afghanistan issues a decree ordering adult women to wear all-covering burqa in public “
Bangladesh shows why CAA was passed
Asia
“Beijing COVID outbreak proves stubborn, mass tests become routine “
“Russia Expels 40 German Diplomats in Tit-For-Tat Move”
Trouble brewing in Solomon Islands
“Extreme uncertainty: What the year holds for Toyota, Nissan and Honda“
World
Emergency Preparedness Week declared amid Global Nuclear Threats
“Russian TV presenter threatens to ‘drown’ UK with underwater nuclear tsunami attack“
“US reports its first human case of H5 bird flu“
“A person in UK has been diagnosed with the rare viral infection Monkeypox“
California faces a grim summer of dangerous heat and extreme drought
“Zimbabwe suspends bank lending in bid to arrest currency decline“
“Second Ebola patient dies in northwestern Congo, WHO says”
“Grim search in blown-out Havana hotel, death toll at 26“
“Sinn Fein calls for united Ireland debate after historic election win“
April 2022 News Links
Culture
“Celebrating India’s Rich Cultural Heritage”
Treasure trove of the past: Sikh Research Centre at Khalsa College, Amritsar
”Kashmir Files’ against terrorism, not religion’
“Online sales extend a helping hand to Kondapalli toy makers”
“A rare glimpse of the golden period of Nathdwara painting”
India
“How Bombay’s Parsis cracked the opium trade”
Jagan snubs court, decides to stick to 3 capitals plan
“Clashes break out on Hanuman Jayanti in Andhra’s Kurnool“
Nine held after communal clash on Hanuman Jayanti in Delhi
“Hindus can be declared ‘minority’ in states where their strength is lower:’ Centre
“India calls out West’s hypocrisy”
“Christopher Jaffrelot’s Modi’s India, an unreal analysis of the country“
“Rishi Sunak questioned over Infosys presence in Moscow”
“Social media accounts can’t be arbitrarily suspended: Govt
Subcontinent
Sri Lanka president loses majority as protests mount over crippling economic crisis
What Imran Khan’s exit could mean for India-Pakistan relationship
Asia
Grocery shelves Empty in China as residents fear Lockdown over new Covid spread
“Japan immigration center mistreated Sri Lankan before her death”
“Turkey sentences Erdogan critic Kavala to life in jail “
“Clashes erupt in Jerusalem, as Israel responds to Gaza rockets with airstrikes”
“Chornobyl observes the 36th anniversary of the world’s worst nuclear disaster”
“N.Korea parades ICBMs, vows to boost nuclear arsenal”
World
“Russia’s Lavrov warns of ‘real’ danger of World War III”
“‘Finland, Sweden to apply for Nato entry in May’”
“Blast at illegal Nigerian oil refinery kills more than 100 people”
“Crisis in America’s Food Supply – CNBC”
“19,000 children have been sexually groomed in England in the past year”
“Jamaicans shun UK royal visit, demand slavery reparations”
“#LeavingTwitter trends online after Elon Musk buys it“
“EU aims to end use of Russian oil, gas by 2027, Gentiloni tell newspaper”
“Thousands of farmers stage anti-tax protest in Argentine capital”
March 2022 News Links
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“This theatre festival in Assam is set amidst nature “
“Babus readying plan for Amaravati works”
“Old soldiers don’t die, they just fade away.”
“(MSME) sector in Maharashtra has contracted by 30 lakh in 2021”
“Tata Sons Chief N.Chandrasekaran Appointed Chairman of Air India“
“Row Erupts Over Brahmin Corp Office “
SGPC members call for Badals’ ouster
“Birbhum: Is Bengal the Centre of Political Killings”
“Why is India losing faith in the West? “
“Boeing 737 carrying 133 crashes in China, casualties unknown”
“Come Down Hard On Religiophobia“
“Over 200 people vandalise, loot ISKCON Radhakanta temple in Dhaka”
“The Quad needs India just as much as India needs the Quad”
“India to introduce e-passport. How will the chip-based passport work?”
“India Flew 22,500 Citizens From Ukraine | Helped 18 other Countries “
“2.5 million refugees have fled Ukraine”
“Why Cashless Economy means social exclusion”
“Heart-disease risk soars after COVID — even with a mild case”
Culture
“Buddha to sit tall at Dev in Mori “
From Sindh, So Near Yet So Far
Andhra
“Amaravati is Andhra’s capital, govt has no right to enact law for 3 capitals: HC”
Nirmala Sitharaman: “PM treats Jagan like Father treats Son”
“National handloom expo in Vijayawada“
India
“Anand Subramanian arrested by CBI in NSE co-location case “
“How Family companies are taken over”
Russia-Ukraine crisis: Here’s what will get more expensive in India
Airlift effort of 20,000 Indian students in Ukraine continues
“From Justin Trudeau and Rana Ayyub to now Ukraine“
Can Stalin keep BJP out of Tamil Nadu?
A high court asked India to appoint a lawyer for death-row prisoner KulbhushanJadhav
Subcontinent
“Western Media’s Racist Coverage“
“India will send 8,000 Tonnes of wheat in March to Afghanistan”
Sri Lanka on ‘Brink of Economic Collapse’
“Pakistan’s ruling Party under attack from Within”
Impeachment motion against CJ Rana registered with consensus of ruling coalition
Asia
“North Korea fires “unidentified projectile,” says South Korea‘s military“
“Chinese city of Qingdao reports Omicron outbreak among students“
Chinese Citizens Running out of Food essentials amid harsh covid 19 Curbs
“Japan still unable to set nuclear policy direction, 11 years on from disaster”
World
“There’s still no accountability.”
“ Egyptians have been living off the grid since infancy“
Racism in Ukraine against Africans (and Indians)
“Geopolitical consequences of Russia-Ukraine confrontation: WWIII”
Technocracy: The Operating System For The New International Rules-Based Ord
Consequences of SWIFT exclusion and other Sanctions
Canadian Minister Freeland’s ‘Nazi’ Banner Highlights Ukrainian Right Wing
February 2022 News Links
Updated!!!
Threat of WWIII and Nuclear War facing World??
Canada cracks down on Covid Protests. Hypocrisy??
Time for Citizens to start stocking up on food and water in case of Blackouts/Lockdowns
Bird flu in China, UK, US, and now India
Praveen Sobti known for his role as Bheem in BR Chopra’s Mahabharat passes away
UP, UK, Punjab and other States at the Polls
Andhra Pradesh: Revenue Deficit Crosses 900% in State
“Buddha to sit tall at Dev in Mori “
Former Member: RSS discriminates against Dalits
Probe over Crash Death of Punjabi Actor-Activist Deep Sidhu
This person was Vice-President of India
“Increasing Islamisation of Bangladesh puts Hindus at risk”
Balochistan flares up as Pak Army’s death toll rises
Russian forces around #Ukraine on February 18th
“SouthChinaSea or Arunachal Pradesh – #China is using lawfare to expand territory“
“Death toll from severe flooding in Brazil‘s Petropolis rises to 78“
“Mozambique scrambles to stem a rising tide of drug addiction”
Risks of Microwave and microwaving Plastics
Culture
India
“Just as cases drop, comes worry from long Covid”
Centre to establish 6 nuclear reactors in Andhra Pradesh
Why are Profitable, Strategic PSUs being Sold??
Western narrative on Subhas Chandra Bose suffers from poor scholarship…& hypocrisy
Punjab Elections: “Congress government destroyed entire state: Parvinder“
Emerging religiophobia like anti-Hindu, anti-Buddhist and anti-Sikh need attention of UN: India
True Story of Galwan clash between India & China
“Rogues can be dressed as Priests”
“Why there’s a sudden surge in international efforts to destabilise Modi government”
AIMIM’s Waris Pathan calling for ‘Genocide’ of Hindus
“This was one of the most shameful decisions of Supreme Court of #India“
Subcontinent
Hinglaj Mata temple destroyed in Pakistan’s Sindh, 11th such incident in 22
World
‘A perfect storm’: supply chain crisis could blow up world economy
Canadian Military refuses to evict Trucker Health Freedom Convoy
U.S. to Send 3,000 Troops to Europe Amid Ukraine Fears
Will Ukraine Crisis Spark World War III?
German Navy Chief Said What We All Knew
“Cost-of-Living Crisis Comes to Life in Expensive Day for Britons”
France closes mosque after ‘unacceptable’ preaching
Burkina Faso President overthrown by Soldiers
Costa Ricans head to polls, largely undecided, as runoff expected
January 2022 News Links
Updated!!!
Telangana: Arrangements on for Medaram jatara
Temple priest allegedly denies dalits entry to Temple
Kerala Archbishop controversially acquitted in Kerala Nun rape case
“Incidents of pre-poll violence have already rocked Manipur in the past couple of weeks”
“Jamia, Oxfam among thousands of NGOs lose foreign funding permit“
Gujarat Industry lobbies for China imports. Whither nationalism??
Sarabjit Kaur is the new Chandigarh mayor
“Pakistan now infiltrating its Army personnel into India“
“China locks down third city raising affected to 20 million”
Jinping’s fallback on cultural nationalism
Kazakhstan: “Local Politics and Chaos in Almaty”
“Biden on Russia:’If they invade, they’re gonna pay … will not be able to deal with dollars“
“CISA issues cybersecurity alert amid #Ukraine cyberattack.“
British “democracy”: “Royals vetted more than 1,000 laws via Queen’s consent”
“France’s vaccine passport will come into force on Monday, announces PM Castex”
Concerns grow over potential food shortages in Ontario
“Greece Bans Halal Slaughter For Being Inhumane “
Strike paralyzes Lebanon amid worsening economic conditions
“deadly explosion razes hundreds of buildings in western Ghana”
Culture
Challapalli Fort in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh
India
“Sikh groups laud Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intent, but not happy with ‘Veer Baal’“
Supreme Court agreed to set up probe of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s #securitybreach“
“Govt blocked 9,849 social media URLs in 2020”
Report & condemn “pages on fb targeting Hindu women”
Casteist Trads Harming Dharma with their Selfish agenda?
“Atrocities on Dalits and tribals up by 70% in Gujarat“
“Twitterati call out Tamil actor Siddharth for ‘sexual innuendo’ against SainaNehwal“
“WhatsApp is reportedly planning to revamp its chat list design in future update“
“12 incredible facts about UP politics “
“Foxconn India iPhone plant to reopen on Wednesday“
Subcontinent
“Can India Lead South Asia by Example in 2022?”
Mainstream Media finally acknowledging Suffering of Hindus in Pakistan
“Sri Lankan lawmaker calls on China’s Xi Jinping to stop its ‘economic invasion”
Nepal: “King to pay tribute to Great King Prithivi Narayan Shah tomorrow”
Asia
“North Korea fires a suspected ballistic missile off its east coast“
“The Kazakhstan Crisis: A View From Kyrgyzstan“
China Is Building Entire Villages in Another Country’s Territory
30 People Killed in Myanmar’s Kayah State
World
“World food prices hit 10-year peak in 2021”
“ Europe’s healthcare groans under Omicron’s swift spread“
“French parliament approves Macron’s vaccine pass “
“Fentanyl From China Is Killing Americans in Record Numbers“
Britain House of Lords scandal
“UK court recognizes Guaidó but Venezuela gold case rolls on”
Switzerland to hold referendum on outlawing mandatory vaccinations
Fire at South Africa Parliament
December 2021 News Links
Updated!!!
“Andhra Pradesh: 13th century temple found in Guntur district“
“Sweden…presents an implanted chip that can”conveniently”hold your vaccination status “
“Is amendment to Marriage Act a precursor to Uniform Civil Code?”
“Who is Miss Universe 2021 Harnaaz Sandhu?”
“Upper caste students boycott midday meal cooked by Dalit woman in Uttarakhand”
“Indian math genius Nikhil Srivastava just solved a 62-year-old problem”
“ Karnataka Assembly passed the contentious anti-conversion bill“
Pak: “10-year-old Roshni Meghwar, converted to Islam and married to man“
“Manchurian resistance against Chinese Communist Party’s occupation”
“city of Xian in northwest China…with some 13 million residents went into a lockdown“
“Japan’s Tepco to build underwater tunnel for Fukushima water release“
“on the emergence of a New World Order”
“Rothschilds Sell Last Piece of Austrian Empire After 200 Years”
“Over 100 dead after attacks in Mali, Niger”
“More than 3000 flights delayed worldwide as airlines cite COVID-19 staffing issues“
“laws will give Australian courts the power to order social media giants to identify trolls”
Culture
Punjabi folk singer Gurmeet Bawa passes away at 77
“Etikoppaka craftsmen in limbo after bar on transport of wood“
India
#AndhraPradesh | More than 30 people have died due to the floods so far
“AP High Court Begins Fresh Hearing of Three Capitals Case”
“India now has 1,020 women for every 1000 men“
“India is only 24% vaccinated”. Why resilience after Delta variant?
The real reason for the Farm Laws
“4th gen warfare: Non state actors have made civil society new frontier of war“
“India-Russia to ink several pacts“
Subcontinent
“India to supply 20% more power to Bangladesh“
“@yogrishiramdev‘s launch of TV channels in Nepal faces opposition“
Extremist Pak mob burns a Sri Lankan factory manager to death
“Rajapaksa has blamed the previous government for destroying national security“
Asia
“3 injured as Myanmar soldiers ram car into protest“
“Indonesia volcanic eruption: Smoldering debris from Semeru”
“Project of One Belt One Road One Debt”
““some irresponsible nations” with.. hegemonic tendencies are coming up “
World
WWIII in the offing on Ukraine border?
Australia decouples from China
Traditional Indigenous American Food
New laws force social media giants to unmask trolls
“Microchip Containing Your Vaccine Passport Info Can Now Be Embedded In Your Hand“
“Egypt Set To Unveil 3,000-year-old Avenue Of Sphinxes To The World“
Flying cars in 2024? This tech CEO says it’s commercially possible
November 2021 News Links
Culture
Hand-knitted Eluru Carpets of Andhra
India
Flawed Agro Model is being circulated
“In this vicious and toxic game of majority communalism vs minority communalism”
“Rajasthan foray: Owaisi’s AIMIM takes another step towards going national”
“TRS workers throw eggs at BJP leader’s convoy in Telangana”
Why are orthodox archakas allying with CM Jagan?
“TDP bags five out of eight wards in #AndhraPradesh’s #Prakasam district“
“#Punjab: Job quota not viable, will oppose move, says industry “
“#Haryana brings back ’95 order on OBC creamy layer”
“Election Commission gets application for Capt Amarinder Singh’s party”
“Ahmedabad 4th Gujarat city to push non-veg food carts off main roads”
Purvanchal Highway Inaugurated
Historic Rains continue in Tamil Nadu and Kerala
Subcontinent
“BJP has fulfilled its resolution of providing citizenship to Hindu, Parsi, Sikh, Christian”
“Sri Lankan president’s excessive reliance on the military to govern”
” Nepal Army Chief General Prabhu Ram Sharma, on his 4-day visit to India “
Pakistan blocks Afghanistan food shipment from India
“Bangladesh cricket fans not impressed as Pakistan players carry national flag to training ground”
Asia
“CHINA-INDIA BORDER…risk of renewed border skirmishing, if not outright war, is increasing”
“The son of late Philippines strongman Ferdinand Marcos has emerged “
“Kishida Places Japan’s Business Interests at the Forefront of Climate Policy”
Taskent moves towards Eurasian Union
World
“The World is fed up with China’s Belligerence”
“Tens of thousands protest in #Melbourne against new pandemic law“
“Two explosions rock Ugandan capital Kampala”
Ethiopia capital about to fall??
“Malign corporate influence in politics is an existential threat to American democracy”
Quebec and France cancelling cancel culture
October 2021 News Links
Culture
An Assamese Musical Instrument
“Saura Painting & Pattachitra of Odisha“
“Canada -America Telugu Literature Conference Held Virtually“
“God is Owner of Temple Land, Not Priest-Supreme Court“
India
“YS Viveka murder case: CBI arrests yet another key accused in the case “
“Lakhimpur Kheri incident: Retired HC judge-led Commission of Enquiry“
“Owaisi booked for hate speech in Uttar Pradesh “
‘RSS taking Hindus on path of destruction’
“Over 50pc agricultural families in debt with average loan of Rs 74,121 in 2019: Survey”
“Petrol and Diesel prices across the country soared to all-time high levels “
“Innocent civilians, not extremists, were killed in Aug. 29 U.S. drone strike”
“Pakistan pushing communalism on the global stage”
“20 killed, over 300 injured in earthquake in Pakistan’s Balochistan province”
“Adani Group…to build a container terminal at the strategic Colombo port.“
Asia
“The fortune of the richest two Lebanese families exceeds half of Lebanon’s GDP”
Japan’s New Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida
“North Korea said that a US-Australia submarine deal…could cause an “arms race.”
“China’s Belt and Road Initiative…is leaving a bad taste with the locals”
World
“Bavarian…Court, declares 2020 pandemic curfews retroactively unconstitutional”
“Social Democrats have won the biggest share of the vote in Germany’s national election”
“ 330,000 children victims of church sex abuse“
“80 alleged cases of sex abuse during the U.N. health agency’s response to…Congo.”
“Europe’s energy crisis deepens“
“Even the rich think it will take a ‘miracle’ to retire.”
“The world’s 25 richest families are now worth $1.7 trillion, a 22% increase”
September 2021 News Links
Updated!!!
“Why bitcoin is unlikely to get the nod in India”
“Telangana Liberation Day: All you need to the evolution of this day”
“AP, Karnataka, Telangana usher in world of…caste politics”
“‘Love and narcotic jihad’ remarks by Pala Bishop Joseph”
“CHARANJITCHANNI to be #Punjab’s first Dalit CM “
“Why are farmers disappointed with Rabi MSP announcement?”
“CM urges PM to provide humanitarian assistance to Myanmar nat’ls coming to Mizoram”
” ‘e-Ravans’ with training and money are sitting on social media”
“Nepal stuck between rock and hard place“
“Afghan Sikh, Hindu families living in Amritsar still awaiting Indian citizenship”
“Ward described how a member of her CNN crew was nearly pistol-whipped by a Taliban”
“IMF chief accused of altering #WorldBank report in #China’s favour”
“Chinese #astronauts returned…after a 90-day stay aboard their nation’s first #SpaceStation”
“High prices on household durables lead to worst buying conditions since 1980”
IQ is Over-rated: “A Harvard psychologist says humans have 8 types of intelligence”
Mass Evacuation at Canary Islands following Volcano Eruption
“panel rejected a plan to offer Pfizer booster shots against COVID-19 to most Americans. “
“Thousands of Haitian migrants have assembled near a bridge in a small Texas border “
Culture
“Papads, pickles and Partition: A Sindhi reminiscence”
“Man on mission to make rural Telangana cuisine popular”
“Empowering entrepreneurship & self-employment of artisans”
“Crafts of India – An ode to Bhuj”
India
Why did the Tirupati ‘orthodox’ priest call AP’s evangelical CM ‘Vishnu avatar’?
Andhra Pradesh Faces Debt Burden of Rs.79,191 Crore | CAG Report
“farmers dump veggies as sign of protest”
“Kisan mahapanchayat sees thousands gather: ‘Govt selling out to corporates”
“Nipah victim’s contact list extends to 188 persons”
Mountbatten diaries blocked. Cui Bono?
Infosys : “IT firm was in cahoots with “anti-national forces””
“India’s national security challenges becoming complex, says Rajnath Singh”
“Will India soon have its own Central Bank Digital Currency?”
” Uttar Pradesh writing new story of development: CM Yogi Adityanath
Nation’s best ever showing at 2020 Tokyo Paralympics
Subcontinent
“Sri Lanka food and forex crisis:”
Food Shortages Loom in parts of Nepal as well. Other countries to follow?
Nepal: “More than half of Salyan district still without electricity”
UN Petition for Hindu Human Rights in AfPak & BD
“Taliban have returned…Far from a victory, that could ultimately be a setback for Pakistan.”
“The Taliban’s top political leader has returned to Afghanistan after 20 years in exile”
Asia
“Thai Leader Survives No-Confidence Motion, but Political Liabilities Remain”
China’s cultural genocide of Tibet continues
“Cambodian court has sentenced a prominent labor union leader… to two years in prison”
Japanese PM Suga resigns. New leadership in the offing
“Lebanon: the UN estimates that 82% of the population lives in poverty“
World
“Tunisia’s powerful union calls to change political system”
“‘Human toll was tremendous’: Ida’s death count rises”
More than 2100 people died in Haiti Earthquake
“Guinea’s new military rulers aimed to tighten their grip on power”
Australia and China levy tariffs on each other
Paris paralyzed as 1000s protest against COVID health passes-200 Protests Across France
“court in Belarus has sentenced two leading opposition activists to lengthy prison terms”
August 2021 News Links
Updated!!!
Lothal “is probably the oldest known dockyard in the world”
“e-Rupi: The cons of digital payment“
Outcry as 20 Cows die in 30 days at Simhachalam Temple
“Rao alleged that it was a conspiracy by BJP govt to weaken their agitation” for Vizag Steel
Law & Order in UP coloured by political Casteism
“Government silent on removing 50% cap even as OBC bill gets nod“
“Mumbai: Amid opposition, civic panel clears Rs 205cr O2 plant contract“
“India proves Critics Wrong on Kashmir”
“Over 40 feared buried under debris in Kinnaur landslide“
Sri Lanka Raises Interest Rates
“Nepal seeks India’s help to conduct flight test at Bhairahawa“
Pak Hindu girl “Reena Meghwar, saying; “I want to go to my home“
Kabul falls again to Taliban. Thousands evacuated, many still waiting
“China’s crackdown on religion“
“Chinese media calls online gaming ‘spiritual opium’“
“How Australia’s COVID Policy Backfired“
Active Wildfires in Western Canada and US
“[B]usinesses are suing NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio & the city over its vaccine mandate”
“Chaos erupts in the Italian parliament over new “Green Pass” rules“
“The death toll from a massive earthquake in Haiti soars past 2,000.“
5g and ostensible health risks
Culture
23-year-old Durga’s passion for Kuchipudi
“How Yakshagana is adapting to modern times”
“The conservative challenge to Hindutva”
Keeping brain active may delay dementia #Dementia #Alzheimer
India
PV Sindhu Medals again at Olympics
“#Visakhapatnam Steel Plant workers’ Delhi dharna evokes enormous response“
Murder case of Jagan’s Uncle continues to raise questions
India’s new e-Rupi Cashless System & Implications
“Pastor George Ponniah arrested in TN for creating communal unrest, threatening Hindus“
“Casteist” RSS shows its true face
“Fake case filed against Nambi Narayanan at behest of ISI to stall ISRO’s cryogenic engine“
Farmers should be Wary of Fake Seeds
“Water of death: how arsenic is poisoning rural communities in India“
India Men’s Team wins first Olympic Hockey Medal in 40 Years
Subcontinent
“ImranKhan‘s official residence has been put up for rent…severe #financialcrisis” in Pak
“Each year 1000 Sindhi Hindu minority girls in Pakistan kidnapped, forced to convert“
Sri Lanka’s democracy in Decline
Asia
The Collapse of Malaysia’s Middle Class
Wuhan “The lab-leak hypothesis has gained credence, sending a disquieting signal to China“
Military Build Up in South China Seas
“Israel has escalated its response to rockets fired from Lebanon“
World
“‘Things are going to get worse’, warns Dr Anthony Fauci”
France mandates COVID Passport
“Public, private vaccine requirements threaten to create back-door mandate“
“ Ammunition shelves bare as U.S. gun sales continue to soar“
“Mexico’s president says he will call on the National Guard to protect gas delivery trucks“
Zoom’s $115 million dollar Settlement for Violating User Privacy
“Why it seems like everyone hates the English abroad”
“Jeff Bezos’ joyride to space and back”
Thick cloud of Smoke surrounds Parthenon in Greece
“Sydney suffers deadliest day of pandemic as lockdown nears seventh week “
July 2021 News Links
Updated!!!
Co-Founder: “Nobody should trust Wikipedia”
Guntur Sainik attains Veergathi
At least 25 killed as rains trigger landslide, wall collapses in Mumbai
“Pakistan government seals the Gurdwara Shaheed Bhai Taru Singh amid a land dispute”
On eve of Tokyo Olympics, first Covid Positive Athletes announced
“Chinese hydropower dams along #Mekong cause severe damage…affect…millions”
Costs of corporate governance in South Africa
Terrible riots in South Africa. Many ethnic Indians affected
“Thousands of people marched around France to protest mandatory vaccinations”
“Ocean on fire in #GulfofMexico, flames erupt due to #gasleak near Pemex Oil Platform”
“30,000 missing Indigenous children might be in…graves at Catholic schools in Canada”
Passing of famous Anti-Virus creator under cloud
Culture
Pan-Indian biggie #RRR sticking to…theatrical release date, October 13th.
14th Century Deep Well found at Kondaveedu
Is Meritocracy possible in world of Expensive Private Schools & Elite Networks?
India
“Why do NYT need journalists with ‘anti-India’, ‘venomous mindset’ in Delhi“
“Complaint against Twitter MD for spreading ‘communal hatred’“
“ Open Network for Digital Commerce aimed at preventing digital monopolies“
“#Telangana illegally drawing water from #Srisailam“
“Andhra #farmers suffer heavy losses as #lemon prices plummet “
“Allegations Of Post Poll Violence In West Bengal Prima Facie True“
“Why Are Indians So Angry at Bill Gates?“
“The President has cleared key appointments, 8 states get new governors. “
Rural India sinks deeper into debt as Covid-19 wipes out work
“Drone Attacks on Military Installation Rattle India’s Security Establishment“
“India to evacuate nationals from Afghanistan as security situation worsens“
Subcontinent
Bagram evacuated without a whisper
Forced conversions of Sindhi Hindu girls Continues in Pakistan unabated
Largest Hydropower station in Nepal commences operation
Illegal Immigrants from Bangladesh sneaking into Andhra
Nepal political crisis continues
Restrictions on Lanka forex Extended
Asia
PM Modi greets Dalai Lama on his 86th birthday
“Japan Mudslide: Death toll rises to three as…80 people still remain unaccounted”
“Brief History of UFOs in Japan”
“China as a digital authoritarian regime, and Taiwan as a digital democracy.“
“Duterte’s pivot to China yet to deliver promised billions“
“Russia backs ASEAN plan on tackling Myanmar crisis “
“Lebanon is ‘days away’ from social explosion, PM Diab warns“
World
“Delta variant…in 96 countries; will become dominant in coming months –@WHO“
How Media & Fashion dictate beauty & self-image
South Africa ex-President Zuma facing Arrest for corruption
“35 per cent of Australians say the population is getting too big for the country to handle“
Native Tribe “Genocide” in Canada
“Statues of …Queen Elizabeth II toppled in Canada over deaths of Indigenous children“
“EU says will step up legal action if UK does not respect agreement“
“Risks linked to UK’s $2.8 trillion debt mountain are growing“
“German security officials announced more than 750 arrests and the seizure of… drugs“
Miami Condo Collapse toll continues to increase
June 2021 News Links
Updated!!!
Dance of India Virtual Competition
Kabirdas Jayanthi, Time & Significance
India Archives declassification
“Turkey-Pakistan nexus…working on to create disturbances in Afghanistan & Kashmir”
Report on Tigray: 350,000 face famine
Anti-Government Protests continue in Colombia
Piratical British Navy driven out of Russian waters with Warning
Second site for Mass Graves of Indigenous Tribe 751 Infants, etc found in Canada. Genocide?
Farm Subsidies deal in Europe…but no MSP for India farmers is reform??
Bill Gates now the Largest farmland owner in America with 250,000 acres
Horrifying Human Zoos of the Western World
Culture
Inflation skyrocketing in pandemic era
Literary guru on AIR Vijayawada
Bammera Pothana Digital Museum with bilingual content in Telugu & English
Musical Documentary on Rabindranath Tagore
It’s Time to Break Up the Ivy League Cartel
India
Significance of this Year’s Eclipse
Doctor has set an example by performing last rites of a poor man who died of #COVID19
Amaravati capital shift protests continue due to indebted Farmers
Targeting to control illegal cattle trade
India and Kuwait have signed an MoU that brings Indian domestic workers
The Supreme Ct ordered postponement of the AIIMS’ Entrance Test-INICET exams, by a month
Subcontinent
Nepali Congress staking claim for Govt amid instability in Himalayas
Commemoration & Mourning of Hindu Genocide in 1971
Asia
Should the Tokyo Olympics go ahead?
Boten: the Renaissance of Laos’s Golden City
#China has passed a new legislation that bans #defamation of military
The Withdrawal from Afghanistan by US and Allied Forces
Kazakhstan: Please Don’t ‘Politicize’ the Eurasian Economic Union
Iran sends warships to Atlantic amid Venezuela concerns
World
In Tigray, food is often a weapon of war as famine looms
A Belief in Meritocracy Is Not Only False: It’s Bad for You
What we can learn from Australia’s Sikh Community
September 2017 News Links
Updated!!!
Amaravati, the city with dedicated areas starts shaping up
First ASEAN-India Artist’s Camp gets underway at Udaipur
President Kovind: Respect Regional Languages
“How a Bihari lost his mother tongue to Hindi”
Maharashtra to Go Completely Cashless
Real nature of self-appointed language saviours
“In Gurugram, cattle mafia shoots at British NRI woman trying to stop smuggling”
“Gender justice and the Feminazi”
“Report on how Assam has been overrun by Bangladeshi immigrants”
The Case against Rohingya asylum
Rohingyas ask for asylum in India while Rohingyas persecute Hindus in Myanmar
Lashkar radicalizing Rohingyas
Article for India’s “New Generation” Technophiles
India and Japan, Modi & Abe’s Big Plan
Risks of Himalayan War Between Indian and China (and Pakistan) Rising
“Pakistan gets 1st Chinese as deputy MD of its Stock exchange”
Local Indian Community helps with Houston Flood Relief
Aftermath of Hurricane Irma in Florida. More Hurricanes headed to US
225 killed in 7.1 Mexican Earthquake. More to Come around the World?
“The Importance of Having a Liberal Arts Major”
Culture
First 3D Sanskrit Film will be Released
“Sanskrit is mother of all languages”
Desaj, A Festival celebrating the Diverse Cultural Traditions of Bharat, 11-13 Sep 2017
“Durgadas Rathod: An embodiment of valour”
“On Akshay Kumar’s 50th birthday, here’s how this outsider continues to make it big”
These are days of formula films: K. Viswanath
India
Jalayagnam: YSR’s Rs 90,000 crore let’s-all-loot scam
“Telangana sets up first school for Rohingya Refugees”
TS to recruit 2,000 forest staff
ISB pooling talent to improve quality
“Army plans to induct women into military police”
“Taxmen to snoop on Social Media sites to trace Black Money”
Why more Indians are retiring poor and in Debt
TimesNow news channel on attempts by jamaatis to coercively convert Hindu girls
Why is India “to house the very Rohingya terrorists who are killing Hindus in Myanmar”?
“Kerala Govt to Takeover More Than 1000 Temples in Malabar”
Meghalaya Tribals protest persecution of their faith by Christian Evangelicals
Subcontinent
“What Bhutan can teach the world about the benefit of having 1 cow per 25 acres “
“Bangladesh plans to move reluctant Rohingya Muslims to remote island”
“US Shuts Pakistan’s Habib Bank Over Terror Financing Concerns…Sharia Banking Risks”
Asia
“Rohingya attack Hindus in Rakhine Myanmar.” At least 7 killed
“China to ban sale of fossil fuel cars”
“China doesn’t have a national army; rather the party has an army”
Japan recognises Ainu as Indigenous People for the First Time
Japan the most Pessimistic of 4 Asian Democracies
Iraqi parliament rejects Iraqi Kurdish referendum: lawmakers
World
“Don’t Be Scared About The End Of Capitalism”
“Remember the debilitating crisis of 2008? Something scarier is heading your way”
Brexit law passes hurdle in reprieve for British PM May
In volatile Kenya, MP and former senator detained
Mexico’s strongest earthquake in a century
Cities of the 21st Century will be Defined by Water
Houston Hurricane Flood Disaster
Irma, Jose and Katia: The Three Major Storms in the Atlantic
In Florida, 7.4 million without power
“How your brain decides what is beautiful”
August 2017 News Links
Updated!!!
Srimad Bhagvatam with Commentary
Krishna flute Music by Hariprasad Chaurasia
North East India Indigenous Groups Conference
“Colonel Purohit’s Case-Did UPA Manufacture Political Conspiracy Of ‘Hindu Terror’?”
“Lenovo Caught (3rd Time) Pre-Installing Spyware on its Laptops”
China denying required Hydrological Data to India. Assam Floods?
Risk of Himalayan War rising between India and China
“Govt fears Chinese phonemakers may be stealing info, sends them notice”
Cambodia kicks out meddling NGO
Hurricane Harvey strengthens, threatens US with most powerful storm in 12 years
Row between Macedonia and Serbia
Culture
Baahubali signals a revolt against Cultural Marxism in Indian cinema
Promoting the Rajasthani language
Sacred Mahimnapar Sutras from Kashmir
Are you a non-Kannadiga & want to learn spoken Kannada? Here is a free e-book
“Cultural Appropriation of Holi by Hipsters”
“Hindi beats Mandarin comfortably as the most spoken language globally.”
Bengaluru micro-brew adds Ragi
Learning history as fact, and not fiction
TTD’s ‘Pothana Bhagavatham’ book
India
Uttarakhand faces risk in War with China
Venkaiah Naidu elected VP of India
Venkaiah Naidu: A South Indian Who Loves Hindi
Supreme Court denies Justice to Kashmiri Pandits
BJP to alter 35A on Permanent Residents in J&K
“Panel examines inclusion of Tulu, Kodava in Eighth Schedule: Kiran Rijju”
Telangana moves to total segregation. First Dalit only University
India’s nuclear power promise is fading
Homegrown Nuclear Power for India
Why Indian business leaders are soon likely to find themselves at the edge of ruin
India’s farmers spending more than they Earn
“Nun faces arrest for child trafficking, abuse and conversion racket in orphanage”
Subcontinent
“Can Nepal be another Switzerland?”
Sri Lanka gives majority stake in Hambantota port to China
Asia
China Ready for ‘War’ With India
PRC Propaganda & Mendacity coming to Light
A Mountain of Debt: Is China’s Economy Going To Crash?
“North Korea’s 2nd ICBM test puts much of US in range: Experts “
Indo-Japanese North South Trade Corridor
Iraqi Clerics Fuel Dispute Over Kurdish Independence
World
Venezuela: This Is What Life Is Really Like In A Post-Collapse Society
In Kenya, an Electorate Divided by Tribe
“The False Idol of Modern Sports in America”
Plight of the Indigenous Canadian
British Empire’s Dirty Secrets covered up
Ukrainian women trafficked as brides
“Microchip implants for employees”
Prudence: Calculated & Wise Risk Taking
July 2017 News Links
Updated!!!
Ram Nath Kovind will be India’s next President, garners over 7 lakh votes
Qualities that make one Divine
“Water Crisis looms over Telangana”
“Appropriation of Hindu Culture”
Cultures being erased in the name of Global Monoculture
Temple Priest attacked in Haryana by Razakars
From farmer’s son to President, Ram Nath Kovind’s story is Dalit empowerment
“Truth beyond the Brotherhood”
“20 million Bangladeshis are reliably estimated to have slipped into the country”
“China ready to attack India, claims Mulayam in Lok Sabha“
China’s Bhutan Land grab aimed at Bigger Target
Gilgit-Baltistan: Part of POK Forgotten by India
How Iran capitalizes on its Culture
Grenfell Tower: A Symbol of Broken Britain
“The First Reversal of Urbanization”
New Natural Meat Substitute: “Jackfruit is the new Kale”
The Limits of “Science as Basis for Truth”
On the impact of Elite self-selection and Cultural Capital on Education
Culture
Harappa Curry same as Modern Curry
Students taught in Mother Tongue perform Better at Primary School Level
“Telugu cinema gradually taking over mainstream Bollywood films in terms of business”
“There is an absence of India in Indian discourse”
Saathi: Healthcare startup makes biodegradable pads from banana fiber
“#SavitriShaming and how drinking harms women”
India
“World’s Biggest Solar Power Plants. Kurnool Ultra Mega Solar Park 1000 MW at top”
How a farmer’s son took to the badminton court and emerged champion
“Once Walked Door-to-Door Selling Coal Now Moves in Convoy of Audi & Mercedes”
Rohingyas being settled in Jammu and other Parts of India
Communal Violence breaks out Again in West Bengal. Mamta under scanner
“Indian Pak spy who implicated other Indian army officers confess his guilt & wrong doing”
It’s time India use Trade against China
Theft in Sri Padmanabha Swami Temple
Indian Nurse from Karnataka pushed in to Saudi slavery
Subcontinent
Bangladeshi remittances home total nearly $13 bn
Bhutan slams China on PLA Border Violation and Road Construction
Sindhi Hindu Protests against Pak
Jamaati Radicalism increasing in Maldives Tourist Haven
Sri Lanka government to go ahead with drafting Constitution enabling autonomy to Tamils
Asia
Israel, India sign seven agreements across sectors
Obscuring its aggression against Bhutan, China has conflated 3 issues to focus on India
“Iran Guards chief calls Saudi ‘terrorist state'”
Qatar, isolated by neighbours, plans gas output boost
Conflict Brewing in South China Sea
World
Joint Statement from meeting of President Trump and Prime Minister Modi
US warns China on trade with NKorea if it wants US trade
Lungu invokes emergency powers in Zambia after market blaze
History of Slavery in Australia
Pro-government militia storm Venezuela congress, injuring lawmakers
Mexican gang war reportedly kills 26
“Why Steve Jobs didn’t let his kids use iPads”
Facebook and Twitter are being used to manipulate public opinion
June 2017 News Links
Updated!!!
“Mother My Tongue”…a Return to the Kashmiri Language
“Haryana may start Telugu courses for children of Telangana migrants”
Why Goddess Kali Dances on Shiva
Why Outsourcing Prospects to Get worse in Coming years
“How Indian women are trafficked to Saudi Arabia and exploited as sex slaves.”
China’s Military Looks to Future “Intelligentized” Warfare
Egypt Is Falling Apart. Will It Explode?
Irish Face Up to Brexit Talks With Prime Minister of Indian descent
The U.K. Inches Toward a Security State
“not just the country’s economy&political system that are sick, but society itself”
Culture
‘Ancient Indian knowledge taken out, plagiarized’
The lost Sanskrit treasures of Tibet
“Don’t use caste to erase Indian Civilization”
The Biggest Indian Movie isn’t from Bollywood
IIT Kanpur chooses Indian-wear for Convocation
India
NDTV Case-Against Freedom or Against Fraud?
India cancels plan for coal plants as solar at record lows
Pro-Khalistan slogans raised in Golden Temple complex
UPSC Topper from Kannada Medium
Acute Water Scarcity in parts of Odisha
CBN: ‘Congress Must Apologise to People’
Emphasizing the Environment in Telangana
Foreign Expertise & India’s Jets
Subcontinent
Nepal’s Ex-Maoist Child Soldier Shares Plight of His 3,000 Peers
Colombo-Kashi Flight supported by Sri Lanka
Asia
PRC’s Road Initiative ‘like a Colonial Enterprise’
‘A Liberal Triumphs in South Korea: Who Is Moon Jae-in?’
Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates cut diplomatic ties with Qatar
World
Silicon Valley in Rural America?
Gentleman’s Agreement in Nigeria
Blockchain the new Linux? Or something else?
Stephen Hawking: ‘Greed and Stupidity is what will End the Human Race’
“researchers reprogram genetic code to create digital circuitry inside living cells”
May 2017 News Links
Updated!!!
The real meaning of being a Brahmin
“Sri Ramanuja: The Great Integrator”
Mother Tongue or English? What should be the Language of Education?
IIT Kharagpur to start ‘Vastu Shastra’ classes for architecture students
Singapura brings home Sanskrit’s wide influence
“KT IAS officer who was killed mysteriously was going to expose massive scam in food”
Five Families from Kerala join ISIS
India Headhunters: 200,000 Engineers to be laid off Annually for Next 3 years
India & Japan pushback against OBOR
“Survey Shows A Majority Of European Youth Would Participate In Uprising”
Blockchain consortium raises 107 Million
“8 Reasons to deactivate your Facebook Account”
Spiritual Crisis, Modern Economy
“What Nassim Taleb Can Teach Us”
Culture
“536 million users to log onto the Internet in Indian languages by 2021”
Story of Princess Charumati requesting Maharana Raj Singh of Mewar to rescue her
Ramanujacharya’s 1000th Birth Anniversary
“Influence of Indian Music on Jazz”
“Current Conflict is between Global and Local”
“Mahakali aids the process by destroying the recalcitrant & untransformable”
Indians mocked for charcoal as tooth powder by the very same ppl who are using it today
India
“horror story from Saudi Arabia: Hyderabad woman sold…for Rs 3 lakh, faces torture
Telangana : State Funding Of Religious Instruction
“Be ready for war: Indian Air Force chief to commanders”
“Kerala fertile ground for Love Jihad & ISIS”
Pak-sponsored Khalistani atrocities
Centre “promoting Hindi, not imposing it”
What students are really learning at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)
10 Things to Do when you are in Imphal
‘Why the India US nuclear deal is turning out to be a dud’
Subcontinent
How Bangladeshi Hindus are treated
Sri Lanka keen to boost economic ties with India: Ranil Wickremesinghe
Nepal and China Conclude Military Drills
Asia
Turkmenistan’s Ongoing Gas Quandary
“Concern over New Security Law in Japan”
Japan “reverse-engineering itself” out of existence
Sino-Russian Cooperation on North Korea
World
Sub-Prime 2.0: Is This The Needle That Will Burst the Bubble?
“War between US & China a practical Reality”
“A Decade of Economic Destruction”
“Climate change pronouncements by Nostradamuses of science”
Macron: European Union Must Reform or Face Possible ‘Frexit’
How the Like Button ruined Facebook
How to keep an Introvert at Work
Are you an Extrovert-Introvert?
Oxford Comma Case: Why Punctuation Matters
April 2017 News Links
Updated!!!
Actor Abhay Deol roasts SRK & co for fairness cream ads
Telangana’s expanded Reservations “not grounded in facts”
“Millets win-win option for the farmers and consumers”
Protecting and preserving native games
“Ajmer blast: Clean chit for Sadhvi Pragya, Indresh Kumar”
Small-scale Organic farming the best way to feed the World
Karnataka Dry Summer without Monsoon
Ban against Cow slaughter: Need for a Constitutional Mandate
How Indian scientists detect Solar Storms
“Solar flare spewing from mega hole in the Sun could cause blackout mayhem”
Japan’s labor shortage imperils economic growth
Sri Lanka to offer India port development opportunity
“Nuclear Power’s Original Mistake”
“Rainwater storage can ease local water shortages”
Thousands of fish found dead in Rewalsar lake in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh
Harvard Psychologist: “ADHD largely a Fraud”
“Pharmaceutical giant planned to destroy stocks of cancer drugs to force price hike”
Medieval London was Disgusting
“Reasons to Deactivate Facebook”
“Companies start implanting microchips into workers’ bodies”
Culture
“Sri Ramayana, Epic as a Poetry”
“I, Krishnadevaraya”-“An Emperor smitten”
Carnatic Classical Instruments
Hindustani Vocalist Kishori Amonkar passes away
Why Dharmic Vegetarian is better for you than Western “Vegan”
Why Sastras advise taking cold showers
Telugu Diaspora in South East Asia
India
“Hyderabad: Biometric attendance devices spark fights”
New canyon system close to Kovvada
“Non-bailable warrant” against Madhu Kishwar at behest of“Pro-secessionist journalist”
“Akshay Kumar’s idea gets life: Donation portal for [armed forces] martyrs”
CBI proble against Leela Samson for Kalaakshetra irregularities
“Why Indian ‘intellectuals’ seem to hate native Indic culture”
Assam to make Sanskrit mandatory
North East India’s most Scenic Village
Rohingyas in Jammu set off Alarm Bells
40,000 Rohingya entered India illegally, “being trained as terrorists: MP”
“Portuguese India & Mughal Relations” claims Jodhabai was in fact a Portuguese woman
“a cultural centre highlighting Maharashtra’s culture and pride should be built.”
Author says, enough of Foreign Saviours
Subcontinent
“Migrant workers exploited en route to Arab Gulf”
Nepal Govt withdraws Constitutional Amendment
Truth Commission to be Setup in Lanka
Bangladesh PM Gets Warm Welcome in India
“New Cold War Politics in Afghanistan”
Asia
“China’s high-speed rail vision“
“War with China a Practical Reality”
Russia warns of Serious Consequences for Syria Strike
“North Korea Lashes out at US Fleet Move”
“Vietnam’s Left Behind Urban Migrants”
World’s Tallest Solar Tower in Israel
Brazil & Indonesia sign Defense Pact
World
Global Debt now 215 Trillion Dollars
“Corruption costs EU ‘up to €990 billion a year'”
Book that predicted the Morphing of the Left
How French Intellectual ruined the West
Spiritual Crisis in the Modern Economy
Africa & China: The Real Story
Hardcore Fundoo Suburbs sprout in France
“Soon printing Solar cells will be the Cost of a Newspaper”
“The Algorithm is watching You”
March 2017 News Links
Updated!!!
Cultural “Talent, not Tokenism”
Global Bharatiya diaspora conference in Trinidad
Sirpur more Developed than Harappan Township
“Aadhar to be made mandatory for filing I-T return, applying for PAN card”
“Dead and Dying Rivers of Meghalaya”
India’s place in the Emerging Solar Alliance
Unjust Sectarian Funding in Telangana
BJP worker”hacked to death in Bengaluru”
UP Has Spoken: “No More Kairanas”
Bangladesh “No Hindus will be left after 30 years”
“Deconstructing Pakistan’s Strategic Culture”
Nun & Priest accused of covering up case surrender in Kannur
Syrian army sends reinforcements to Hama province
Winds of War Are Blowing on Israel’s Borders
French prosecutors want Central Africa abuse case dismissed
Be careful with these Beauty care Products
Culture
CNN Show with biased host misrepresents Varanasi as “city of the dead”
Everyday English words that have Sanskrit origins
Kuchipudi Village – Dance Village
“Record Crowd for Basant Utsav”
Report on Swadeshi Indology conference 2
India
Harika Dronavalli wins Bronze at World Chess Championship
More measures for Indians to Stay Safe in US
Telangana Govt. wastes Rs.10,000 crore in funds each year
AP and UP becoming Hub for Smartphone Manufacturing. Externalities?
Tanvi foods processing plant in AP
Taking Music and Meditation Closer
Sufis trying to invent claims on Holi
After Kashmiri Pandit ethnic cleansing, Jammu demographics being changed
India’s Solar Tariff finds new Floor
Hindu Exodus from Assam village
“When will India start celebrating its non-cricketing heroes?”
Campus violence ominously similar to pre-strife Syrian Varsity Unrest
Home minister honours fallen jawans from Sukma
Subcontinent
Seychelles bans plastic bags and plates
Asia
“A rising power with no allies”
Vietnam’s South China Sea Strategy
Hun Sen’s Crackdown in Cambodia
Japan to offer Saudi aid in shift from Oil-dependent Economy
Russia to export jets to Serbia amid Balkan tensions
World
“Guidelines for Indians to stay safe in US”
NYTimes:”Fears of a Deep State in America”
$4.1 Trillion in Consumer Debt. Collapse?
“Britain’s repugnant ruling class”
“Allegations shake Catholic Church in Italy”
“Europe must plan to Defend itself”
Malian government, armed groups to return authorities to north
Venezuela’s Crisis, Measured By Drastic Weight Loss
“Vernacular Building Techniques that are Disappearing”
February 2017 News Links
Updated!!!
Tollywood better than Bollywood
Festive Facts – All about Thaipusam
A Tradition of National Sacrifice
India’s Solar Capacity Crosses 9GW
Why Indians Abroad Must be careful: Engineers Shot in US
India’s ‘Brand Ambassador’ Purchased by Peugeot
Child Immunization drive in India
USA Today: “Pakistani Hindus lose daughters to forced Muslim marriages”
“China’s Post-Cold War Strategies”
“The End of Identity Liberalism”
Great danger of Tactical N Weapons
Angola says Portugal decision to charge vice president a ‘serious attack’
Culture
Buy from your local bookstores and you could end up saving more than one business
Amaravati Global Music & Dance Festival from Feb 10-13th
Padmavati: The symptom of sinister maladies
India
Hyderabad: Tech students arrested in ‘printed’ Rs 2,000 note scam
Telangana govt to launch exclusive IT SEZ for minority industrialists
India’s tallest Sky Tower to come up in Vizag
National Women’s Parliament, with theme of ‘Empowering Women’, begins in AP
Post-Chennai: How oil spills are controlled across the world?
“Remembering Satyendranath Bose”
“Narayana Murthy’s advice contradicts how he made his own money”
“Islamic banking to start in Gujarat: What is it all about?”
Fundamentalists Stop Saraswati Puja in W.Bengal
“Our Future if we Don’t Wake Up”
Violence in Nagaland: Modi backs CM Zeliang; asks protesters to maintain peace
Why Indians need Original thinking not just Read and “Copy-Paste”
“India Vaccination Program cuts links with Bill Gates Foundation over conflict of interest”
Subcontinent
Referendum on Sri Lanka’s new Constitution
POK Locals stage protest against Islamabad’s atrocities
“Every day, 20 Pakistani Hindus girls are seized by gangs and forced to marry Muslims”
Asia
Fukushima’s Nuclear Plant Reactor Still Leaking high amount of Radiation
Can Tibet’s Non-violence work against Communism?
Information Sharing in the Indo-Pacific
World’s Tallest Solar tower in Israel
“Assad calls torture report Fake News”
Ukraine, Russia, and Recent Fighting
World
“World leaders duped by Global Warming data”
Britain Funding “Propaganda War”
“War between U.S. & China a Practical Reality”
Ten Things that Require Zero Talent
“Multiple Multiverses May be One and the Same”
Spiritual Crisis of the Modern Economy
10 things the middle class won’t tell you
AI Software Learns to Make AI Software
January 2017 News Links
Updated!!!
Odisha’s Civilizational connection with Indonesia
Gudiya Sambhrama:The Bengaluru Temple Dance festival! Jan 21-Feb 19.
Carnatic Music Fusion of Thyagaraja Keerthana
“Telangana government to bring bill for 12% quota for Muslims”
Kashmiri Pandit exodus: Convert, leave or be killed
“Death of Hindu preacher due to Kejriwal’s friendship with radicals: Sukhbir Singh Badal“
“Modern” Indians dumping parents in retirement homes
Private sector Defence contracts
“expose by NIE on how Sonia was ruling India without responsibility.”
Asia on the Natural Disaster Frontline
US concerns grow over Chinese chip expansion
“A bleak Winter for Communism”
Russia-NATO cat and mouse games to escalate?
Victorian exploitation of poor girls isn’t included in history
“From Parsee Priests to Profits”
Story of the Roma: Europe’s Most Discriminated Group
“Conspiracy theorists think Cern scientists are about to unleash ‘hell on Earth'”
When people lose sense of the sacred, everything goes
Culture
TTD translation of Gita into English
Sikhs revive 10th Guru’s history on his 350th Birth Anniversary
Assam and the need to Restore Folk Mediums
Gautamiputra Satakarni Trailer
Rudra manifested during Ati Rudra yagya in Pune
“Developing Indianness is a part of making stronger India”
Homage in the honor of Late Dr Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna
The Ratna Simhasana used by the Vijayanagara emperors
Telugu is at least 2400 years old
Jangarh Singh Shyam was 1st Gond artist to use canvas
India
TS second in farmers’ suicides
“Most Comprehensive” Database…on Public?
English medium to replace Telugu in Andhra Pradesh Municipal Schools
Strategic Approach for India’s Global Trade
“Uni can provide an outline, to give the learner a direction. The rest one has to do”
Remembering Veerapandiya Kattabomman
“Why Right to Education Act is Evil”
Testimonials on Ayurveda Doctor treatment of Cancer
“Battle of Colachel: A Forgotten Hindu Victory”
“Dangal box office collections: Something wrong? Cinemas hardly full”
Bad intentions behind Jallikattu ban?
Over 260 buildings including 35 schools damaged during unrest in Kashmir
Kashmiri Hindus still in Exile, but foreigners being Imported
“Beef-eating Dalits, where are they?”
Nungshiba Dolls Have Become a Means of Empowerment For Naga Women
Subcontinent
Interview of Former MP of Nepal
Nepal’s cultural properties being trafficked
“Two Front War is Real Scenario”
Humans settled in Tibet at least 7,400 years ago: study
Asia
Lanka rally against lease in Hambantota
Indian Sailors stranded on leaking UAE ships
“What’s the Point in Trying to be Friendly with China”
Indonesia to set up agency to tackle fake news
New Turkey attack kills two as Istanbul gunman hunted
World
Global Debt Hits 325% Of World GDP, Rises To Record $217 Trillion
Trump vs China: Will things change after inauguration day?
At least 33 killed in Brazil prison: Government
Venezuela’s March Toward Default
Namibia indigenous groups sue Germany for alleged genocide
Harvard Scandal embarrasses alumni
“Women unfit for combat says Marine”
Scientists Model Spread of Zombie Apocalypse
The Coming Crackdown On Free Speech
December 2016 News Links
Updated!!!
Artist Sridhar Poluru from Bhattiprolu
Bammera Pothana’s birthplace in Miserable Condition
Schedule for Chennai Carnatic Festival
Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav at Varanasi
5-day Hindu Spiritual & Service Fair-2016 at Bengaluru
Need to respect Indigenous Culture
“TWISTING FACTS TO SUIT THEORIES & OTHER SELECTIONS FROM VOXINDICA”
The Importance of Self-Respect
Market is full of Genetically Modified Foods
Rohingyas being settled and Mainstreamed in Telangana
“Telangana youth attempting to join ISIS deported from Turkey”
Cyclone Vardah leaves behind a Trail of Destruction in Chennai
“Contain Zakir Naik for peace and harmony: Centre to tell Tribunal”
“Decoding China’s Game against India”
“Time to Return to Krishna’s Way”
Balochistan: Pakistan’s Hell on Earth
Bhutan to limit Tourist Numbers
“Something Wicked this Way Comes”
Emotional Intelligence: the Skills you weren’t taught
Resilience is not about how much you Endure but how your Recharge
Culture
Vedic Culture: As Relevant Today as Ever
7,000 artists from 18 nations for Kuchipudi fest, says Palle
“Mahavira: Emperor of Inner Virtues”
Perugu Ramakrishna: Poetry on a global frontier
“Sanskrit has had profound Impact on World Langauges”
India
Cyclone Vardah: Coastal districts on high alert
State committed to promoting Telugu
Rajarshi of Cochin – A Misunderstood Dharmika
I see Modi in my grandfather’s shoes: Narasimha Rao’s grandson
“RSS earns Lok Ninda in ‘Lok Manthan – 2016′”
“Wanted to create Cashless Society”
India promotes digital transactions to encourage cashless economy
‘Love Jihad Is Not A Simple Crime, Targets Our Daughters Specifically’–Chetna Sharma
Rohingyas being Settled in Jammu?
“Does India’s Right Wing have any Ideas?”
TN CM Panneerselvam takes office after Jayalalithaa’s passing
Subcontinent
Obstruction in Nepal Parliament
“Imagining South Asia without Pakistan”
Why zero coverage for atrocities on Pak Hindus?
India, Vietnam sign civil nuclear pact, three other agreements
“Fukushima power plant’s cleanup fees are now almost double the 2013 estimate”
Why China Thinks It Can Build a Utopian World Order
South Korean parliament votes overwhelmingly to impeach President Park
Syrian government forces press attack in east Aleppo
World
“Cash Is No Longer King: The Phasing Out Of Physical Money Has Begun”
Private Debt-Economic Crisis Analysis by former Barclays bank executive
The Colonial Opium Trade’s inheritors
“Colombia defies opponents on Peace Deal”
Senegal calls for U.N. Security Council meeting over Gambia
Be Prepared for a Rainy Day or Emergency
November 2016 News Links
Updated!!!
Maharana of Mewar on Udaipur’s Future
“Mughals also colonized India”. Meaning of “Colonization” too Limited.
Translating to Cultural Hegemony
Kashmiri Cuisine and the Turnip
Balamurali Krishna: His Life and Legend
“Why India should brace for Unrestricted Warfare”
Richest Indians now own 58% of Wealth
Public stands by Modi over Demonitisation
“The War on Cash Is Going to Send Gold to $5000 or Higher”
“RBI’s idea to bring Sharia Banking into the fray is deeply flawed”
Documentary on Persecution of Pak Hindus
7.4 Magnitude Earthquake in Japan. Frequency, power increasing?
“Northern Ireland Must Get Special Status Within the EU”
Indian-American Nikki Haley picked as US Ambassador to UN
“Individuals and not science make moral judgements”
Worker bees, queen bees have identical genes but are very different
Against “knowingness” and know-it-alls
Global Wealth Update: 0.7% Of Adults Control $116.6 Trillion In Wealth
“The Dark Side” of Dependence on Algorithms
Google’s AI Invented its own Language?
Man’s material pride leading him to gene manipulation?
Culture
The Ancient Capital of Kumrahar
India needs to better Preserve its Cultural Heritage
Construction of Tribal Museum for Tribal Culture
“Innovation is a Second Language”
A new Framework for Education and Culture
Mythologists – Decoders Of Existing Myths Or Creators Of New Ones?
India
“Why Telangana is getting divided a second time”
Survivor gives account of Razakars
Another step to “Cashless Society”
Govt Announces Measures to Ease Demonetization Cash Crunch
“How one Indian city is beating Air Pollution”
“Indian Software dies at 17 from Failure to Grasp the Future”
Pawan Kalyan likely to contest from Anantapur
NDTV “Live Coverage put National Security in Jeopardy”
AAP Is a Myth that is combusting
Man spreads fake story because “he hates Hindus”
Jamaati Terror continues in TN and Kerala
10 Narratives Pushed by Desh Drohis
“How Sikkim became the cleanest State”
Israel to Assist India with Cyber Security Plan?
Subcontinent
“LTTE: A Failed Christian Conspiracy”
Hit by surgical strike, Pakistan on overdrive mode with psychological warfare
“Hindu villages come under attack again in #Bangladesh”
Asia
Tibet still among world’s best regions in environment: Report
Myanmar probes ‘controversial’ Chinese Dam
Is China seeking to make a weapon of water?
Reform or Revolution for Laos?
World
Rare Supermoon appears across the World
“There is no such thing as western civilization”
Protests in the United States after Election of Trump
5 Indian Origin Political Candidates win in US elections
“Amnesty International’s [Radicalism] Problem”
Fatalities reported in major New Zealand Quake. More to come?
“Don’t let the Media control you”
Social Media leading to Psychological Issues
October 2016 News Links
Updated!!!
PHOTOS: National Tribal Carnival 2016
Astronomical Observatory found in Telangana dating to 5000 BCE
Maoists threaten to target Naidu, Lokesh
AP leading in development of ‘Solar Parks’ across the country
“The Indian prime minister’s response to Pakistani provocations well balanced.”
RTI on Gandhi’s status as “Father of the Nation”
“Kshatrani don’t play with Barbie dolls”
Mushkil for Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
“AAP Implodes As Den of Sexual Exploitation”
Gaushala in Palakkad Kerala Gets Death Threats
Give us UCC or Give us…Personal Laws
Tears, temper and tantrums mar Samajwadi Party meet
Pakistan is bluffing about Surgical Strikes
Human Chain to boycott Chinese Products in India
“Why China made firecrackers can script a dangerous Diwali for you”
Will Duterte End the US-Philippines Military Alliance?
What a China Hard Landing Means for Vietnam
“why central bankers can’t solve the world’s problems?”
“The truth behind the truth serum “
“Purposelessness” of Modern Humanity
Be wary of breast cancer causing chemicals in beauty products
Culture
Migrants from India settled in Australia 4,000 years ago
Punjab’s only Sanskrit school charges no fee, provides free accommodation
Nubians believe they are the victims of an “Arabisation” effort to wipe out their culture
Correct version of Raghupati Raghava
India
Surat Business man does charity by hosting wedding for 111 fatherless young women
Here’s why Andhra Pradesh should be on your travel map
Now 30 Districts for Telangana?
Exodus of Hindu families from Kairana a reality, finds NHRC probe report
“Rise of the Bengal Caliphate”?
Razakars forcibly converting Hindu girls in Kerala
Rohith Vemula committed suicide for personal reasons: govt-appointed panel
Film Executive Cooked up Story of Harassment by Gau Rakshaks
Time Has Come To Break The Government Hold On Education
Subcontinent
India-Sri Lanka will sign ETCA by year end
Nepal: Khanal seeks tri-party unity for Constitution implementation
Pakistani atrocities in Balochistan past boiling point
New Strategic Reality on Indian Subcontinent?
Asia
How Water Scarcity Could Fuel Another Sino-Indian War
South China Sea: China Activates First Desalination Plant on Woody Island
“The Genius of Japanese Civilization”
Taiwan’s White Terror and the Search for Transitional Justice
1st US Warships Port at Cam Ranh Bay Since End of Vietnam War
Bomb blast kills at least 16 Turkish-backed rebels in northern Syria
Iran Guards warn Saudis over Gulf war games
World
Spain’s 26th Human Tower Competition
Millions urged to flee as Hurricane Matthew nears U.S.
“philanthropy is a social and conventional attitude, a kind of magnified egoism which is not love“
“Romanticism about technology, democracy, secularism, science..etc all have ruined us…”
September 2016 News Links
Updated!!!
“Annual festive treat to rasikas”
Countering Absurd Interpretations of Hinduism
Bollywood having a Crisis. Regional Cinema Better?
Hyderabad Flooding due to Rains
“a war of conquest by money rather than by arms”
“Banks are preparing for an Economic Nuclear Winter”
Race Course Road will now be called Lok Kalyan Marg
“Is Indian govt ready for zombie attack? Man files RTI”
“Kashmir Not a disputed Territory”
Balochistan remarks causing Earthquakes across the Border
Pakistan rejected UN Security Council Resolution
“Antony responsible for Military’s Plight”
Attack on Army Headquarters in J&K
“Muslim couple faces social boycott for protecting Hindu temple”
“Why is media afraid to call them ‘Christian terrorists’?”
A Pennsylvania Town Fights Predatory Water Extraction
Did first Americans take coastal route?
Mega-mergers that affect your food
“Check labels. And read up on ingredients. Eat natural. Eat safe.”
13 Chicago bulls fly to Mumbai to boost milk production in India
Solar Industry Braces for Glut
Culture
“Globally the Indian art scene has never been so vibrant”
Why Dharma is important even while doing Achara
Problems facing Indian Textbooks
Rakhigarhi and the real age of Sindhu-Sarasvati Civilization
“Everyone has a ‘sacred cow’: Horse slaughter banned in US”
Annual festive treat to rasikas
“Don’t like this temple? Choose another”
“Forget SRK and Salman, Bollywood’s biggest superstar will be Akshay Kumar”
India
Katha-2015 released with collection of Telugu Short Stories
We won’t accept September 17 as Hyderabad Liberation Day: TRS
Real purpose behind new districts?
PM Modi Agrees to Special Status for AP?
“Why the higher judiciary Appointment Process Needs Urgent Reform”
SC crossing “lakshman rekha” of hindu beliefs?
“We live with Partition effects on a day to day basis”
Electrification of 1,450 Uttar Pradesh villages under lens
“India To Face Massive Unemployment, Social Unrest Amid Demographic Boom”
“Monsanto Cancels Plan to Launch Next Gen Cotton Seeds in India”
India ready on Cyber crime front?
Policeman Vilas Shinde Murdered, Media plays politics
Self-serving Interpretations of History
Lack of journalistic Ethics in MSM news sites
“Water crisis set to become nightmare for North India”
Subcontinent
An Uphill Climb for Nepal’s Prachanda
Balochistan and the Khan of Kalat
“Pakistan army committing tsunami of rights violations, says top Balochistan leader”
Forced conversions in Pakistan: a dark reality
Sri Lanka and Australia’s Strategic Defense Interests
Asia
“China must recognise South China Sea ruling”
Xi Jinping’s reshuffle of Key Posts
World
Gabon’s president accuses challenger of fraud, power grab
Tropical storm Newton makes second landfall in Mexico
Salon Magazine:“The West’s big lie about Mother Teresa”
“Brutal truth of the British empire”
“The Islamist war against Sikhs is arriving in Europe”
“Don’t Send Your Kid to the Ivy League”
Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies
Prepare for the coming global depression
“All monetary economics theories have collapsed”
August 2016 News Links
Updated!!!
Trichur Brothers Carnatic Concert in Chennai, August 18
Sakshi Malik wins bronze to end India’s Rio medal drought
Guru Gopi made Indian badminton count
Scroll and the Breaking India Nexus
Amnesty International’s relationship with Radicals
Hindu worker hacked to death in Congress Karnataka
Delhi needs dams to replenish groundwater
“Journalists caught inventing incidents and data around caste atrocity”
Reply to Leftist Fundamentalists
“Kashmir Separatism is by another name”
Baloch Support Modi’s call. Balochistan to go to UN?
Fukushima radiation-groundwater leak not contained
Starving Subcontinentals stranded in Saudi Arabia
Comparison of Chinese and American Military Cultures
“German minister says nothing to regret about report alleging Turkey a hub for Islamists”
“Venezuela crushes 2,000 guns in public, plans registry of bullets”
Culture
An Evening for the Emperor of Tales
Handloom Initiatives in Andhra
Hindu Spiritual and Service Fair a Success
Brahmaputri’s Daughters of Assam
Assam’s Nati Dance on the Path to Regaining Respect
Veteran Marathi Actor Nandu Pol passes away
India
Massive Nuclear Plant Push in Andhra Pradesh endangers coast
Telangana partners with ISRO to monitor water resources
KCR expects a windfall from Modi during his maiden visit to TS
AP Govt and Tirumala Surplus Funds
Securing the Indus Water Treaty
The Making of Indian Diplomacy
Communal colour to violence against women undeniable
Why do we forget our non-high caste heroes?
Religion and Terror attack in Assam
“Monsoon brings Maximum City to Halt”
“Eminent Historians” no need for facts?
Subcontinent
Megaquake coming in Bangladesh?
Nepal’s unending Political Instability
“Sindhudesh Republican Army attacks Pak Rangers”
100 Hindus & others forcibly Converted in Pak
Asia
Tibet, Xinjiang, and China’s Strong State Complex
“How Turkey became a Petri Dish”
The Mideast Crisis and the Centrality of Water
Israel joins list of countries restricting “NGOs”
World
Apocalypse Now: A Year of Crises, Shocks and Fear
Zika Virus spreads from Central America to America (Miami)
Three billion watched Rio Olympics opening ceremony
The end of Germany’s golden age
“Mirage of a Rules Based Order”
“Was Democracy just a moment?”
“Brexit and the End of Globalization”
“progressive…modern…global citizen”
July 2016 News Links
Culture
“Coming Soon: Sanskriti Schools”
Cultural Events from ATA 2016 in Chicago
“Ganjifa – An Indian Card Game is Revived”
Learn Ethics from the Ramayana
Hari Singh Nalwa – Protector of Peshawar
“Kumrahar – Sole Reminder of an Ancient Capital”
Structural Integrity of Puri Temple in Question
India
“Lord Jagannath’s rath yatra commences”
“Indians predated Newton by 250 years”
FIR against AAP man for slight to Guru Granth Sahib
“Sonia Gandhi did everything to belitte P.V.Narasimha Rao”
Smriti Irani targetted by Sexist attacks on Social Media
“Duvvuri Subbarao: The Insider who Turned Rebel”
“Rs 71 for Sikh Girl, Rs 51 for a Brahmin”
Precautions to be taken by Girls, Women, & Parents
105 Razakars arrested for Ambur riots
Twitter suspends Parody account that Mocked AAP-leaning Media Outlet
Punjab on high alert, terrorists may enter Delhi via the State
Uttarakhand cloudburts: Rescue operations wound up at most places
Telangana judicial officials to rejoin duty
Example of Casteism corroding AP
5 Nepal historical sites restored with financial help of Indian Govt
Subcontinent
“India to construct $300 million rail line in Sri Lanka”
“Terrorists killed her for being a Hindu“
Why Afghan Sikhs and Hindus are Leaving Home
Asia
“China threatens to take down SCS”
China’s target is the Indian Ocean
“Japan scrambled jets against China a record 199 times in April-June”
“Myanmar’s Astonishing Sights”
World
India to reinvigorate ties with African nations
South Africa media giant rides global web wave
Researchers Weigh Risks of Zika at Rio Olympics
“As Europe goes down, we need to be prepared for consequences”
Britain becoming a Zombie State
“What Brexit means for Europe and the World”
Australia’s Small Parties and Discontent
“Catholic priests in Montreal banned from being alone with children”
“Closed Mind of Richard Dawkins”
Colonialism-A Contracting Universe
“Dad deprivation is Eroding Modern Society”
June 2016 News Links
Updated!!!
Revisiting the great University of Vikramshila
Western Evangelists being promoted as historians and “Indologists”
Why the Kumbha Mela is in Danger
India’s only Sanskrit Band spreads wings
“Unexplored Terracotta gem of Bengal”
Call of the Earth for Young Professionals
“Why Right to Education Act is Evil”
Gram Panchayats and Fibre Optic Mapping
Indigenous Cattle Farming in Maharashtra
“Raghuram Rajan son of a ‘Kaoboy'”
Former Nepal PM Bhattarai Launches Party
Hindu Temple vandalised in Malaysia
“A Comparison of Chinese and American Military Culture”
Japan’s ‘New Approach’ to Russia
Congo declares yellow fever epidemic, 1,000 suspected cases
“Sex Crimes committed by Women on the Rise”
Allegations of Anti-Hindu Bias at BBC
“Apocalypse” dawns in Venezuela?
“Brexit Is Being Driven by English Nationalism”
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Indus Valley Older than previously Thought?
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Veteran Gujarati Actress Padmarani Passes Away
Indian Summer Coolers to Beat the Heat
Childhood games in India on the verge of extinction
Conservation lessons from Ancient India
India
India’s first reusable Shuttle Launched from Sriharikota
How KCR crushed Opposition in Telangana
“Poor status of Water Supply in AP”
AP Solar Capacity tops in Country
Journalists bullying Officers online
AAP leader loses control after AAP Corruption exposed
“Raheel Khursheed Is Fomenting Separatism Via Twitter”
Steep costs of Selective Silence
How closely foreigners study you using Market Research
250 Hindu Familes Forced to flee from W. UP Town
Kashmiris threatened to rape Hindu girls at NIT Srinagar
Godhra train fire Congress conspirator Arrested
Subcontinent
Composer of Nepal’s national anthem Amber Gurung cremated with state honours
Hindu state identity for Nepal, says RPP-N chief
Several NGOs trying to discourage Perahera tradition: Lanka
Hindus from Pak & Bangladesh finally get to claim Citizenship
Attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh increase
“Pakistan becoming Chinese client State”
Asia
“Religion that Iranian Mullahs fear the Most”
India and Vietnam: Going beyond Brahmos
Australia’s Careful Dance in the South China Sea
World
“Economics Has Failed America”
“Secret Meeting on Synthetic Genome”
Morocco slames Human Rights Report
Women banned from Christian shrine
France’s political elite told to stop groping female staff
“Khalistan terror camp in Canada plotting attacks in Punjab”
Drill begins: Cascadia Rising earthquake
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Salma Hayek: ‘Sex loses its Charm if you do it Every Day’
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Government boots out Unproductive Babus
“Charges against Sadhvi Pragya dropped”
Demographic Collapse in Western UP?
Kashmiri Fundamentalists say Kashmiri Hindus not allowed
Evangelical Fundamentalists Attack Hindu Temple
Resisting Peer Pressure and Fashionability makes financial sense
Sonia Congress’ and “Goodwill Terror”
“Balochistan suffers Pak genocide”
6.8 Magnitude Earthquake in Ecuador
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“Sex trafficking on American Indian reservations”
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Culture
Andhra influence on Gandhara art
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Rajiv Malhotra’s New Book: Hinduphobia
“Internal sabotage of the Battle for Sanskrit and Sanskriti”
India
“Poor forced to shop for Water in Telangana”
“Tirupati set to turn into City of Lakes”
Indian Science and Problems with Scientism
Babus sabotaging Modi’s Agenda?
80 Families lost dwellings in Arunachal Floods
“Punjab gangs a threat to national security”
Indian Army cleans up Mt.Everest
“Rajdeep caught in an Uncomfortable situation”
Shankaracharya acquitted. False charges?
“‘Hindu terror’ part of Pak GHQ campaign against India”
“7 deadly sins of Indian Journalism”
How P.V.Narasimha Rao became PM
Kolkata’s “Mini-Pakistan” as dubbed by W.Bengal’s Urban Minister
“Only 4% Indians filed tax returns in 2015-16”
From Kitchen waste to Green Parks
“Govt. to Urdu writers: refrain from anti-National content”
“Sorry CJI Thakur, it is the Judiciary that needs Auditing”
Right To Education and 93rd Amendment
Subcontinent
Bhutan and India reinforce Ties
Nepal Govt. makes fresh appeal to Madhesis
Kathmandu Valley faces petrol shortage again
Panama Papers leak pressures Pak’s Nawaz
Hindu tailor hacked to death in Bangladesh
Asia
China’s growing might: Implications for India
China poised to take provocative action in SCS?
India’s defence relationship with Russia
“India and Vietnam Can Rescue Asia’s Balance of Power”
Cool Japan and its Target Market
World
“Tragedy of foreign policy elites”
The End of Globalisation as we know it
Nigeria replaces Saudi as India’s largest Oil supplier
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Maduro and the Art of Clinging to Power
Nearly half of Europeans in poll want own votes on EU, like UK
Mercury rising with Planetary Alignment this week
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April 2016 News Links
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Math answering the toughest questions of Music?
“Assault on India and its Ancient Culture”
Ragini Sharma’s Riposte supporting R.Malhotra against ‘Strawman Fallacy’
Kashmiri Hindus: Driven out and insignificant
How Media Foments Caste Hatred, Divides Hindu Society
India and its Undersea Deterrent
“Never Forget: Mohammed Tanzil Ahmed”
India has 17 Judges for a Million people
The Kollam Tragedy and the aftermath
Choosing the right Brand Ambassador for India
The “Get Modi” campaign continues
Dilma Roussef and the Impeachment battle
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Earthquake in Japan now Ecuador. More to come?
Fawning coverage can’t cover up British legacy
Culture
Advocate files petition in Telugu, enters record books
“Japanese art in Bhubaneshwar”
The unexplored terracotta gem of Bengal
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Crowdfunding on the rise among Marathi filmmakers
“Renowned” Historian distorting history for own ends?
Are India topics on Wikipedia controlled by a few editors?
Aditi Banerjee’s Response To Shatavadhani Ganesh’s Review
“Sheldon Pollock’s Aestheticization of Power”
Netflix and the creation of global monoculture
India
Modi creating Strategic Petroleum Reserve for India
Army to get 50,000 new bullet-proof vests; needs 3.5 lakh
Delhi, beware of Kejriwal’s misleading Budget
“Restoring our Universities as Temples of Learning”
Political workers targetting Hindu Temples Again
Reservation in Private Sector?
Women in Combat Roles. The other view
Patanjali will overtake Colgate and Unilever: Baba Ramdev
Media Starts Cover Up In Pankaj Narang Lynching
J&K govt formation: After BJP snub, pressure high on PDP
Engineering Student arrested for Internet Blackmail again
Rohith Vemula a non-Dalit: Telangana mantri
Subcontinent
Problems Continue to Plague Sri Lanka’s Northern Province
Pakistan’s “Kill and Dump” continues in Balochistan
India to expand Railroad links with Nepal
Pakistan’s Ailing National Airline
After Lahore: The Truth About Terrorism and Pakistan
Protests in Bangladesh over plan to scrap state religion
Asia
Japan says India MOU on N-plant binding
Magnitude 6.1 quake jolts western Japan
U.S., Japan, South Korea warn North Korea over ‘provocations’
War China, Russia, ISIS and Beyond
World
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“Europe’s Illiberal Democracies”
French girl’s tale of Facebook and Terror
Tanks headed for Eastern Europe?
Burundi says ‘fine’ with request for U.N. police deployment
Brazil’s biggest party quits ruling coalition, Rousseff isolated
Zika mosquito’s habits force new strategy by U.S. cities, states
Trump predicts “Very Massive Recession” in the U.S.
Stagflation bearing down on economy
The world is near a ‘major turning point’ in the currency wars
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“Gates prescribing Costly foreign drugs”?
March 2016 News Links
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Problems with Indian History Textbooks
“SaveOurChildren – an initiative to correct our Education System”
Why the World Culture Festival matters
Agriculture and Rural Push apparent in Budget
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Shenanigans of the Left and how to See through them
“Political killings in Kannur”
Why Niticentral didn’t survive
Terrorists were planning to target Somnath Temple in Gujarat
Uttarakhand Speaker serves notice to 9 rebel Cong MLAs
“Entitled Middle Class Princess Syndrome”
Hindu Girls still being forcibly converted in Pakistan
Shortage of 9,000 officers in Army
Shiva Ayyadurai and the Invention of Email
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Advice when using Social Media
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“Implications of China’s Military Reforms”
A Resurgent Japan and Global Peace
Brazil Government Tries to Regroup After Huge Protests
Refugee crisis has changed German Politics
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The EU Brexit vote and Demographics
Water & Soil Degradation will take Decades to clean up at Fukushima
Culture
History of Lepakshi & Festival
Government move to encourage Sanskrit
Debate on Battle for Sanskrit begins
Urdu imposition contributed to political tensions
Indian American keen to make neglected Gujarati food famous
Rich artistic traditions of Dungarpur, Rajasthan
India
India’s “war on two fronts enters decisive phase”
Telangana-Maharashtra Irrigation deal
“Aggrieved Dalits press for action”
Telangana at risk as food production records steep fall
Indians don’t realise value of freedom, sacrifice: Soldiers
BJP joins international union of Conservative Parties
“Raids dig up Empire of PC’s son”
A list of scams by the Gandhis
Good Idea? Indian military to allow women in combat roles
India’s Largest Landowners, foreign and domestic
Collapse of the Left in W.Bengal
“Fake currency- More arrests from Malda, West Bengal”
Bank Bad debt endangers national stability
“Raw deal for Armed Forces in Budget”
Government to develop 300 rural clusters
“How the Ulema are perpetuating male hegemony”
“Harvesters of death as saviours”
50 more farmer suicides in Marathwada this February
Railways: Braille enabled new coaches
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Subcontinent
“Oli must set Nepal House in order”
Panel to decide Nepal provinces delineation
“Brief history of Balochistan”
“Ancient Hindu temple in Peshawar being ‘secretly’ demolished”
Hindu priest decapitated in Bangladesh
Former Sri Lankan President’s Son Arrested for Alleged Corruption
Militarization in Sri Lanka Continues
Asia
“100 Million Chinese on the Roof of the World”
China’s thirst and Asia’s fate
Singapore headed for Recession?
“Iran & Russia to co-produce Su-30 fighter”
Vietnam invites India to South China Sea for exploration
“Water city : Obayashi unveils futuristic concept inspired by Tokyo’s past”
“China may soon rock global financial system”
World
France tells UK migrants will flow to Britain after EU exit
“Apple refuses to unblock iPhone”
Argentina-IMF relations thaw after a 10-years
“Arrest of Brazil’s ‘maker of presidents’ could unmake Rousseff”
UK:”BBC in the dock over ‘monstrous’ sexual abuse culture”
Be Prepared for a Rainy day or Emergency
“UN Activities should be aligned with National development”
February 2016 News Links
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In the land of its origin, the Ongole bull is on the verge of extinction
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Bharat Rang Mahotsva in Amdavad
Gujarati Actress Padmarani passes away
Pawan Kalyan speaks out on Kapu Quota
Chattisgarh village eradicates open defecation
Nepal & India: Two Nations, One Civilization
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CPI hacks to death BJP worker in Kerala before parents
Reminder on UPA’s “achievements”
Headley spills beans on 26/11 & Ishrat : Sickulars run for cover
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Wall Street Journal on how Indian media united to ensure no report on its corruption
Sedition case slapped on Afzal’s backers”
“How Pakistan subverts India’s elites”
India & Russia revive fighter jet talks“
“Hindu’s in Sindh, Pakistan Continue to Face Extreme Discrimination”
Reality of the South China Sea Dispute
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Why selloff by European Banks is Ominous
Getting the Culture Right is Important for Any Organisation (or State)
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Culture
World Culture Festival 2016: Odisha
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ASI making changes at Bhojshala
Sanskrit is the unifying language
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India
10 soldiers dead/missing in Siachen Avalanche
Centre justifies President’s rule in Arunachal Pradesh
“Clueless on fighting Zika virus”
Focus on studies, says Warangal police chief
“Hyderabad Old City is den of illegal Foreign nationals”
“Website Scroll.in fomenting Student disaffection in India?”
“Kerala made in the middle east, staring at the abyss”
‘Cops left behind Tanzanian girl at mob’s mercy’
“After I said I am Hindu, they burnt me’”
Review: Airlift a great movie by Akshay
Sensitising “India, that is Bharat”
“India, the Perennial Soft State”
Centre encouraging Hindi use at official level for unity
“If you’re a wronged man, this is the lady to contact”
“Why the ‘right to pray’ debate is stupid”
Illegal sand miners behind Kudligi Deputy Superintendent’s transfer?
Sadhu dies after 115-day fast to save Ganga
Asia
Saeed threatens India with terror attacks
Cooperation for Regional Order
Balochistan: Pakistan’s information black hole
India’s International Fleet Review: Building Bridges on Shifting Sands
Japan on High Alert for North’s Planned Rocket Launch
Russia accuses Turkey over Syria as donors pledge aid
World
Mexico, Central American countries OK plan for stranded Cubans
“Roma in Czech Republic find hope in Indian Diaspora”
More than 10,000 Migrant Children ‘Missing’ in Europe
China Rejects Latest US FONOP in the South China Sea
Stock Market Crash of 2016: The Countdown Begins.”
“Swedish gov’t says UN panel finds Assange detention unfair”
More sex abuse by UN troops alleged in C. African Republic
“White Savior Industrial Complex”
Waterless Urinal to help Save Environment?
January 2016 News Links
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Renowned Classical Dancer Mrinalini Sarabhai passes away
HC privileging “Tehzeeb” above Sanskriti. Why?
Beauty and the Beast of Sufism
Kashmiri Pandits protest continuing lack of resettlement
Who are India’s biggest Drinkers
“Aamir Khan damaged India’s Brand Identity”
Male dominance,exploitation & hypocrisy in Malayalam film industry
Millions of Peshwa records await to be read
The legitimacy of AppWapsi and Boycott Dilwale protests
50 ISI moles arrested in India since 2013
“China’s military is getting leaner and more lethal”
Why the market’s drop may just be getting started
Culture
Regional cuisine ruled the Gastronomic world in 2015
Prithvi Jayanthi celebrated by Nepalis
High design ethnic Indian wear
Indian Music Mathematically Deep
‘Kannadigas are the Paradigm of Tolerance’
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Thavil Artist Venugopala Pillai
India
‘One Lakh Corporates in control of all Natural Resources’
HC raps Telangana for ‘inaction’ in Akbar Owaisi hate speech cases
Amaravati land lease for Singapore extended from 33-99 yrs
Defence Minister admits gaps in security as Pathankot op ends, 6 terrorists killed
Strong Quake hits Northeast; Manipur the epicenter
Violence again in W.Bengal. Mini-Pakistan in Malda?
PM Modi scores point over Congress in Kerala
Vidarbha creation needs consensus
“Anti-Nationals helping Pakistan”
IIT, IISC professors against Free Basics
Irresponsible Mainstream Media
Dawood’s gang killed BJP leaders in Gujarat
Asia
Should India worry about Nepal’s special relations with China?
Pakistani printers removed article in NYT International Edition
Blast at Indian consulate in Afghanistan
China Halts Stock Trading as Market Lurches Down Again
China’s assertiveness pushes Vietnam to US
Abe visit to India was Historic
Fear and Loathing in the Maldives
‘New wrinkles in Maritime warfare’
Saudi-Iran crisis to Escalate?
World
Brazil stripped of investment grade rating as crisis deepens
Polish Leader Jaroslaw Kacynski
Ukraine to probe suspected Russian cyber attack on grid
France: A country shaken to its core
Greece’s border a Test for Europe
The Darfur conflict’s deadly gold rush
Oregon wildlife refuge Occupied
‘Time for Business Schools to de-Globalise?’
Europe to protect teens from Facebook
December 2015 News Links
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Students taught in Mother Tongue perform better in school
Preserving Bishnupur’s Heritage
Lasyakalpa Foundation presented Sattriya and Kuchipudi recitals to mark 3rd anniversary
Akshay Kumar donates Rs. 1 Crore to Chennai flood relief
80 Temples Vanished in J&K since 2009
Death threats issued to Kamlesh Tiwari
The hullaballo about the National Herald
“Congress is cutting India’s nose to spite its face”
India hints it may reconsider stand on key security pacts with US
“India and Japan’s relationship has greatest potential in the world”
The reality of Science and Scientific Fact
“Beware Indians, the ISI may steal your passport”
After Kerala & Bihar, Jamaat demands prohibition in Telangana
Legislation introduced to cut H1B visas by 15,0000
Culture
5 Translators work to make ‘Veyi Padagalu’ in English happen
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Bajirao’s descendants object to portrayal in “movie”
“Passion Perseverance Personified”
“Satya Sriram’s High Calibre Show”
TS to have Telangana Dictionary Soon
Kancheepuram weavers take to Indigenous technology
Aesthetic debut by Ankita Goenka
Tracing the Evolution of Tamizh Sculpture
India
Chennai floods: Over 9,000 rescued
Rural distress worsens across India
Narendra Modi in Chennai announces More Support for Tamil Nadu
BJP weathers Gujarat polls Storm
“IS getting funds from Hyderabad”
What Arabs think of Indians…for “gelf” fans
Akbar speech infuence on Areeb
Facebook account group block after journalist exposes abuse
COP21 and Cornering India in Carbon
World can’t ignore India’s Narrative
CBN reviews situation in South Kosta/Rayalaseema
Asia
“ISI unleashes cultural terror wing”
Japan defense budget likely to top 5 trillion yen for first time
Russia & India: A Course Correction
China seeks Naval base in Djibouti
Amid feud with China, Philippines gets jets
Malaysia approves security law slammed by critics
A “hard landing” for the world’s second-largest economy.
“Will not forget jet downing: Vladimir Putin”
World
ECB Moves trigger global sell-off
Europe plans to speed up deportation of Pakistanis
Regional mediation key to preventing Burundi war: U.S. envoy
Bulgaria warns Germany on Migrants
Danish referendum takes step away from EU, including Europol
Impeachment proceedings opened against Brazil’s president
Australia riding coal train despite climate pleas
US & UK universities are becoming irrelevant because of leftist stranglehold
Spiked baseball bats found around San Francisco
What Chennai teaches us about essentials for emergencies: Stock up!
“How Modern Technology is Stealing Souls”
Ideal Solution for an Ideal World
The Story of How I Overcame My Addiction
November 2015 News Links
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Sabarimala all set for pilgrims
What Happened after Haldighati?
World Telugu Museum to be opened on Nov.19
Rain-caused flooding results in toll of 79
Open Treachery by Congress apparatchiks?
“Ayodhya movement Architect no more”
“Nipping in the bud a dangerous idea”
“Editors mostly function as Gatekeepers”
Unacceptable: “Dalit boy forced to remove excreta”
“A Dream that Remains unfulfilled”
Loyalty to the Nation is Non-negotiable
Serious History Neglected and Distorted”
“Is Rahul Gandhi a British Citizen?”
After Mumbai’s 26/11, Paris’s 13/11
Wall St. to get trump card to block regulations?
Culture
“On the Garba Dance of Vadodara”
Aruna Sairam answers questions on Carnatic
“Bhubaneswar saw dancers and musicians pay homage through their craft”
Fiesta of Indian classical dance
“Our culture wars are more a clash of lifestyles than ideas”
India
Final battle for Bihar ends today
“Indian media is the new fringe”
Amaravati all set to create history
Why CBN didn’t press for Special Status
Telangana to have 24 districts
A response to Aakar Patel’s call to action to Bollywood
“Fashion of India and Hinduism bashing in Foreign”
Porkfest organisers booked. “Beef only” secularism?
Indian National Congress: A Party in Crisis
Award-returnees are frustrating people’s will
“Who is stoking Sikh radicalism?”
After Kashmir and Punjab, ISI plays the Hindu card
Asia
Nepal: India unfazed by China card
“The truth about China’s interference in Malayasia’s Politics”
China’s ‘Militarization’ of the South China Sea
State of Emergency in Maldives
Maps of India Pakistanis love to dream about
States may be allowed to grant citizenship with rise in Hindu refugees
“Balochistan: The Bloodiest War you’ve never heard of”
“Bangladesh’s terrorist problem?
“Suu Kyi eyes post above President”
World
Russian civilian jet down…what now?
Justin Trudeau sworn in as Canada’s new prime minister
German, French raids against human smuggling operations
Crises drive Europe disintegration
‘India-Africa partnership will keep China in check’
US not headed in right direction, some biz owners say
First State Legalizes Taser Drones for Cops
“preparing for a catastrophic solar flare”
“NASA reveals Antarctica is actually gaining more ice than it is losing”
October 2015 News Links
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Bathukamma celebrated with great fervour
Traditional Indian crafts meet Calligraphy
Traditional Chinese medicine gets Nobel. Why not Ayurveda?
Cow activist killed? Whither media outrage?
“Top lies spread by the media in 2015”
India is about symbolism of power instead of substance of power
Whitefly destroys 2/3rds of Punjab Cotton crop
“Aadhar may have lethal impact on existence of India”
Owaisi again faces arrest over hate speech
Petition against PK insulting Hindus: Notice issued to Aamir Khan
Saudi chops off Indian maids arm
“Nepal’s constitution and lessons for India”
China to sell 8 submarines to Pak
“Vietnam is changing and so is the balance of power”
Integral humanism vs Individualism
UK’s “chilling immigration plan”
Culture
“The Slow Death of Bhojpuri and Awadhi”
“Smuggling Indian Antiquities”
Telugu culture flourishing in Andamans
“See the Music, Hear the Dance”
Lavani: Maharashtrian Dance form
Insight into the Rajasthani School of Art
India
PM Modi & Silicon Valley Trip Highlights
2720 Acres set aside for AP DRDO Project
Justice catches up with terrorists
Asiya Andrabi and Beef Politics
Unwarranted Hysterectomies, Unnecessary Caesarians and other things
“Can India build its own Silicon Valley”
Freedom of Speech only for Chosen few?
Bengal’s bomb-making cottage industry
“Demolishing the Aurangzeb Apologist Cabal”
Asia
“Indian media must stop selling J&K as Kashmir”
Book on Pakistan and it’s Politics
“Urbanization and Migration in Developing Asia”
Chinese billionaire loses 85 per cent wealth in stock crash
Geo-strategic push: Inaugural India-Indonesia bilateral maritime exercise from Oct.17
“Russia: Superpower or Proxy?”
“Why the House of Saud gets away with sex crimes and murder”
World
Huge bubble? Commodity price slump sends ripples around world
“Obama to look for new gun measures, says ‘talk’ is main tool”
Turkey getting closer to Civil war?
Record 522K Migrants Arrive In Europe By Sea In 2015
Fmr. Brazilian President to be questioned in Corruption case
Bombings in Nigerian Capital kill 15
Prudent Disaster relief: How to Prep for an Earthquake
Ukraine, Syria and Russia: A Moment for Sobriety
“We’re living in an Ayn Rand Economy”
“Is Facebook making us Lonely?”
“How close are we to a fully Bionic Body?”
September 2015 News Links
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M.S. Subbulakshmi: A life in Music and Movies
Why Sanskrit is becoming popular among China’s Intellectuals
Pictures from Ganesh Chaturthi 2015
AP Links Godavari and Krishna Rivers in National First
Significance of Naxal encounter in Telangana
“Netaji didn’t die in plane crash”
“All you need to know about Dengue Fever”
Why young people must be careful on social media
Pub culture descends upon Temple Town Madurai
Outrage and Violence after Nepal Parliament refuses to restore Hindu status
Atrocities against Baloch by Pakistan’s Army worsen
India and China face off in Ladakh over watch tower
“Migrant Crisis” and Malaise in Europe
Powerful Quake strikes Chile. More ahead?
Prudent Disaster relief: How to Prep for an Earthquake
Market manipulations in Global Bonds?
“Fed has to deal with its own Zombie Apocalypse”
Stock sell off continues, underscoring Global worries
Culture
Of Thiruvalluvar and his couplets
India should not move away from traditional scripts
Bitter Bengal-Odisha war over…Rosogollas
Treasure trove for Telugu Musicians
PM to attend meet on Indic Thought
Discussing Bharata’s Natya Sastra at World Sanskrit Conference
Rajamouli credits Amar Chitra Katha for storytelling success
India
Gen.Suhag: India must be ready for short wars
Man’s tweet to EAM saves sister from Dubai traffickers
Aurangzeb road renamed to Abdul Kalam Marg
Four Marathwada districts in crop loss alert
PM Modi: Non-state actors provoking violence
SENSEX hits 14 Month Low…time to invest in hard assets?
Need to improve India’s China studies
BJP sweep of Rajasthan Civic Polls: Future Group to manage Public food distro
India cancels Greenpeace foreign funding amid scrutiny
Asia
Sri Lanka vote reemphasizes balance in Indian Ocean
Death toll rose in Nepal Violence
Nepalis urge dropping of “secular” to protect heritage
Story behind China stock intervention
Malaysia push for PM Najib’s resignation
US Military Base in Japan rocked by blast
World
World Markets Plunging…Economic Depression?
“Germans begin the looting of Greece”
UK, EU, and Europe’s refugee crisis
Nigeria seeks join efforts in Gulf of Guinea
Migrants and Hungary’s “Freedom Train”
Brazil Minister to step down amid economic problems
Could Hackers take down a City?
European market plunge continues
August 2015 News Links
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Artist Achudan captures raw beauty in his Water Colours
India facing “many sophisticated Chota Shakeels”
CM Anandiben takes the lead on Right to Property for Tribals
Rahul Gandhi gets a Adil Shahryar 101
Bangkok blast at Hindu Shrine in Thailand
Tough times ahead for Indonesian Navy
Pakistan violates ceasefire in Jammu
Pak needs to change its approach on Afghanistan
Russia, China, Pakistan: New Emerging Axis?
What’s Cooking in the Middle East
Hackers stole user data of 25 million Americans
Post Capitalism: The End of Capitalism has Begun
Culture
“[C]ulture on a larger canvas”
Sadasiva Sastri’s Carnatic performance steeped in devotion
“APJ Abdul Kalam was an exemplar of Plural India”
“My Journey from Businessman to Philanthropist”
India
Remembering the “Missile Man of India”
Not just Baahubali, Rana says Leader 2 also in works
“Viacom18’s new English accent”
K.P.S.Gill: “If we don’t wake up, we’ll see more such attack in Punjab”
Has India put an end to its longest Insurgency?
Asia
Pak’s continuing War against Indian Civilization
China to build new artificial islands near India?
China equity bubble correction
Japan’s strategy for Central Asia
Strategic Impact of the Iran deal
Turkey creeping toward Civil War?
World
End of Ukraine’s Peace process?
Can the Yuan overtake the Dollar?