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October 2024 News Links

Updated!!!

Himanta thanks Modi for classical language status of Assamese

“PM Modi to visit Russia from Oct 22-23 to attend BRICS”

Dissatisfied Liberal MPs plan to ask PM Trudeau to step aside”

 “June 2022 India requested Canada to extradite members of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang”

“India hitting back? Canada’s border police officer named in terror case”   

“33 hoax bomb threats received by airlines in 4 days in India”

India’s domestic air passenger traffic to touch 300 million by 2030: Naidu

“Communal conflagration in Uttar Pradesh”

21 cops hurt in Amravati violence over Hindu seer’s remarks

“NC-Congress alliance stakes claim to form govt in J-K”

 “Punjab: Farmers block roads, squat on rail tracks to protest ‘tardy’ paddy purchase”

Removing 50 per cent cap on resrvation necessary to protect Constitution: Rahul Gandhi

Congress is being run by gang of urban Naxals: PM Modi

Bollywood mourns industrialist Ratan Tata’s demise

Punjab Police busts major trans-border drug network in Amritsar

Cyber attacks have emerged as major threat to national security: President Murmu

 India acts East”

Congress demands Sitharaman’s resignation over extortion

Lanka parties busy forming alliances to face Nov election

Nepal to organise Yoga Retreat to enhance physical, spiritual health

“20 killed in attack on miners in Pakistan”

“Pakistani separatist group claims bombing that killed 2 Chinese near Karachi airport”

“US is worried about China’s ‘dangerous’ actions in disputed sea”

Brazilians vote in local elections

Britain’s last coal-fired electricity plant closing

Austria’s Freedom Party secures first far-right national election win since World War II

France’s new govt pledges hardline stance on migration

“Cuba endured worst day of blackouts with over half of the island suffering”

One year of Gaza war

Culture

  “Multi Talented Young Girl | Playing Flute”

“Yogi Vemana Versity Students Exhibits Their Fine Arts”

Senegal, the bastion of the region’s Francophonie, French is giving way to local language

India

 “Amaravati faces a renewed political assault”

“Naidu (@ncbn) inaugurates centralised kitchen in Tirumala”

“Delhi: Woman finds hidden cameras in rented home, landlord’s son held”

“Punjab Farmers Protest: Throwing Grains Over Low Crop Prices”

 “How India is spreading itself across the chip-making value chain”

“Will Indian Courts Tame Wikipedia?”

“GSTCouncil has significantly reduced…(GST) rate on cancer drugs “

 “India is planning to build a fleet of 40-50 “Bharat Small Reactors” to provide heat & power”

Railways Minister: “Holding talks with state govts, police to prevent train sabotage

“Women carried out a torch rally in Imphal valley earlier today over recent violence in the state”

Subcontinent

 “How the Baloch Struggle Went Mainstream”

  “In Bangladesh…extremists have attacked 1,068 houses & businesses of minorities”

Potential Rise of a Radical Political Pariah in Bangladesh”

“How China Soured on Nepal”

“Who is Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Sri Lanka’s new Marxist president “

Asia

Japan parliament elects Shigeru Ishiba as the new prime minister

For global influence, China turns to fake news

 “Israel launches ground invasion into Southern Lebanon”

Lebanon says Israeli strikes kill 100 people

World

“More rivers spill banks in central European floods, death toll rises”

““Texas declares Venezuela-based gang a ‘terrorist group

12 people have been killed in coordinated attacks in violent Mexican city

NATO’s eastward march threatens Asian stability

Military juntas in 3 West African nations investigate a French journalist over jihadi analysis

In exile: how Jews became a perpetually persecuted people

Rwanda Struggles To Halt Spread Of Marburg Virus “

Scores Dead As Boat Capsizes in DR Congo “

September 2024 News Links

Updated!!!

“AndhraPradeshFloods | NDRF teams rescued 350 people and evacuated 15,000”

Cabinet approves new moon mission Chandrayaan-4

J and K heading for ‘historic’ assembly elections

 “Netflix India Content Head Summoned over ‘IC 814’ Row”

Arvind Kejriwal resigns as Delhi chief minister

“Adani warns of legal action for Kenya fake threat news”

 “Government to begin farmer registration for Aadhaar-style IDs

 “Danish court rejects India extradition request in arms case”

“Green Hydrogen Mission”

 “K P Sharma Oli addresses Nepal Infrastructure Summit 2024”

“Jamaat genie out of bottle: How Yunus has failed to tame radicalism in Bangladesh”

War crimes tribunal set up by Sheikh Hasina initiates probe against her

“Balochistan has seen a series of insurgencies for over 7 decades”

“The Rise, Decline, and Possible Resurrection of China’s Confucius Institutes”

“Vietnam typhoon death toll rises to 233”

Meta bans Russian news agencies over ‘foreign interference”

 “Britain set out new legislation to stop water companies from leaking sewage into rivers”

 “Macron appoints Michel Barnier, the European Union’s former Brexit negotiator”

Hundreds of migrant women face sex attacks in Darien Gap

“How I was assaulted by Rahul Gandhi’s team in Dallas”

BAPS Swaminarayan Temple vandalised in New York; Indian Consulate alerts US officials

“U.S. Navy will sideline 17 vessels due to a “manpower shortage”

 “Algeria declares President Tebboune election winner with 95%”

“Severe flooding in #Nigeria has claimed 30 lives”

Culture

Bollywood films show India in bad light

Boycott IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack: Netizens slam Anubhav

The decline of Parliamentary decorum

India

“Sub-10 nm chips likely to steer 60% of India’s semicon market by 2032”

26 NDRF teams deployed for flood rescue in Andhra, Telangana”

“Karnataka: Heavy rainfall triggers flood-like situation in Kalaburagi”

“North India likely to see heavy rainfall in September”

Gujarat sees massive flooding after heavy rain, 15 dead, 20,000 evacuated

“’Miya Bihu’ singer arrested; won’t tolerate attempt to transform our Bihu songs”

Cabinet approves assured pension for govt employees

“TMC has been in power since 2011 in West Bengal”

‘India Had Obligation to Show That It Will Help A Friend in Need’”

Centre defends Law against Triple Talaq

Warships & tanks: India to add ₹1.2L cr arsenal to combat China

“Rahul Gandhi asked…Narendra Modi to fulfil the nation’s demand for a caste census”

“‘Counter disinformation’”

“#EnforcementDirectorate on Monday arrested AAP MLA #AmanatullahKhan”

Subcontinent

Pak army shifts focus to ‘digital terrorism’

“Hockey Players Flee Pakistan, Seek Asylum In Europe”

Will Bangladesh go the way of Pakistan?

Bangladesh’s anti-Hasina mobs thrash Awami League activists in Dhaka

“Violence spirals over in #Balochistan”

Asia

Anti-nuclear energy stance fades among LDP presidential hopefuls

No rice in Japan’s supermarkets. What led to the unprecedented shortage

Video: “Pavel Durov…before his arrest in France”  

Philippine Officials Rescue 162 in Raid on Suspected Cyberscam Hub”

World

“BioNTech begins injecting mRNA into participants in a clinical trial against lung cancer”

“EU states imported more gas from Russia than from the USA”

The US military inc: Profiting from war

23% drop in Indian students going to UK

“Scores of illegal migrants swimming to the Spanish enclave Ceuta”

“ISIS claims responsibility for stabbing attack in Solingen, Germany”   

Congo Says 129 People Died During Attempted Jailbreak”

“Brazil’s S.Court panel upheld a judge’s decision to block…social media platform X”

August 2024 News Links

Updated!!!

“Four Girls of Nellore | Exhibits Massive Talent in Bharata Natyam”

Terminal decline of Bengal has been hastened by the ‘Bhadralok’

“Was Kolkata doctor raped and murdered to silence her?”

“BJP slams INDIA-Alliance, CM Mamata Banerjee over Kolkata doctor”

Kolkata rape-murder lays bare ‘medical education racket’

Bangladesh violence reinforces need for CAA in India”

“India to help Sheikh Hasina, in touch with Bangladesh  ”

 “Pannun plot is a political game: Nikhil Gupta”

“Cabinet minister Harjit Sajjan requested 100 Canadian soldiers to perform with pop star Diljit”

“drug lord Balwinder Singh alias Billa Havellian, has been ordered to be detained”

“Vinesh’s petition dismissed by the international court”

Kejriwal moves SC challenging arrest by CBI

Opposition strongly opposes Waqf bill

Rijiju defends amendments to Waqf law in Lok Sabha

All Adani group stocks tumble; Adani Energy slumps  

Hindenburg: IVCA backs Sebi Chairperson Madhabi Buch amid short-seller’s allegations

Wayanad landslides: Rescue operations continue after deadly disaster | Photos

The global crisis of over-tourism

“Mexico: Over 1,000 judges and magistrates have voted to join an indefinite nationwide strike”

“Contrary to stereotypes about #Africa as a ‘dark continent’, it is making remarkable progress”  

“ Terror Attack on Beach Hotel in Somalia”

Culture

Flavour of the City

Cosmopolitan Scrolls

Patna Patchwork

India

BRS faces existential crisis as KCR falters” 

“Drinking Water Crisis In 15 Villages In YCP Regime”

NEET exam scandal

India among major nations hit by Microsoft outage

Like Ministers in the Modi cabinet, the babus are also accountable

Religion and politics in modern India

Modi’s ‘White Paper’ shows a mirror to UPA’s misgovernance and corruption

“The NAC-drafted Communal Violence Bill  was enacted to Criminalise Hindus” 

“Colonialism 3.0”

Congress’ Colonial Gene”

Why the Khalistan Separatist Movement Is Neither Sikh Nor Liberal

India’s Afghan Sikh 2021 evacuation plan was nixed by Canadian antics

123 killed in Wayanad landslides, rescue ops on

Subcontinent

Protest in Quetta and Khuzdar against violence in Balochistan”

“Afghan Sikhs, Hindus angered after MPs ‘sneak out to India,’”

“’American dreams’ of Afghan Hindus, Sikhs delay airlift”

Sri Lanka to hold presidential election on Sept. 21″

Asia

“Magnitude 6.7 earthquake strikes off Mindanao, Philippines “

“Indian embassy in Beirut asks Indian nationals to leave the country”

Hamas says its leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated”

World

 “European Union wants to build a comprehensive database of the assets owned by all citizens”

Darkness over the Potomac

Nijjar: The terrorist who was mourned by Justin Trudeau

“Civil unrest in Southport following the deadly stabbing of several innocent children”

 “The British Countryside’s Forgotten History of Slavery”

Protests grow in Venezuela as concerns over election”

“S.Africa’s ‘Construction Mafias’ Are Scaring Away Investors, Minister Says

July 2024 News Links

Updated!!!

The Cholamandal Canon

Prabhas’ Kalki beats Hrithik’s Fighter

“Indian govt…approved 189 km outer ring road expressway for the new capital city Amaravati”

“Pattiseema Water Released To Krishna Delta”

Future 2nd Lady of the United States? “Meet Usha Chilukuri Vance”

Teaching law in regional languages can improve access to legal system

“RBI governor hints interest rates may stay higher for longer”

Unwise “seers”, improper policy: “Hindu Rashtra statute draft”

“Maharashtra has become 1st state in India to cross $500 billion economy ”

A Belief in Meritocracy Is Not Only False: It’s Bad for You

Regime change on cards in Nepal

“The threat of famine persists across the #GazaStrip”

“An #IsraeliAttack on the south of the #GazaStrip on Saturday killed 71 people”

 “Convert to Islam or die”- 1200 Hindu kids & families were warned”

“4 of Indian origin arrested in US’s Princeton in human trafficking case”

How Khalistan Resides In the Anglosphere “

Canada’s rising jobless rate pushes case for July rate cut

 “A lot of people are saying that Canada has become a safe haven for terrorists”

New British Desi MPs

“Labour pledges fresh inquiry into Thatcher’s role in 1984 Operation Blue Star”

Somalia Accuses Ethiopia of Pursuing False Claims to Seize Territory

Culture

 History: “Communalism in India”

“How Religious Freedom Reports Obscure More Than They Reveal”

Anti-Ayurveda forces are at play

 “Crisis in Handloom Industry”

India

“Telugu States CMs’ Meeting in Hyderabad | Bifurcation issues”

“Jagan Disproportionate Assets Case”

“Thousands of dead fish found floating in Pedda Cheruvu lake in Ramanthapur, Hyderabad”

ISRO’s Aditya-L1 completes first halo orbit

Flood situation prevails in Kaziranga National Park

Stampede at Religious Event in India Kills at Least 116, Mostly Women and Children”

Modi slams Rahul Gandhi over ‘Hindu’ remarks in LS

 “Sampanthan made a `tight rope walk in Tamil politics’ !

“Death toll in Kallakurichi hooch tragedy rises to 50”

“#Policymakers are again skirting the real cause of #farm distress — falling farm incomes”

“SAD reposes faith in leadership of Sukhbir Badal following revolt”

Air pollution kills 33,000 every year even in ‘clean’ Indian cities: Lancet

“Ambedkar and the economics of segregation”

“India’s richest 1% has highest concentration of wealth in decades”

 “Great game of leverage: Of Khalistan smokescreen, Deep State, and foreign interference”

Subcontinent

“Growth of 1.6%, positions Sri Lanka as ‘a nation on the move’”

“Maldives: Two Ministers Arrested For Performing Alleged ‘Black Magic’ On President Muizzu”

“Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh Pressured to Join Myanmar’s Civil War”

“The Gorkha Rifles of the Indian Army: 200 years of gallantry”

Asia

“Attack on synagogues, churches in Russia’s Dagestan: 9 killed”

“A tell-tale sign that China could be preparing for war”

“2,50,000 Gazans to be impacted by new Israeli evacuation orders in Khan Younis”

Moderate Pezeshkian wins Iran’s presidential race, interior ministry says

World

Stuck for 3 months on a ship that hit Baltimore bridge, most crew…get off board”

Paris Hilton came to talk about ‘abuse disguised as therapy.’

U.S. expels 116 Chinese migrants in first ‘large’ flight in 5 years

 “Harjit Sajjan failed Canada, and Canadians”

“A tale of two Trudeaus and Canada’s mollycoddling of Khalistani terror”

British spies and the IRA

“Marie Le Pen’s far-right party set to control France’s government”

“Sweden has gone further on ditching paper money than almost any other country in Europe”

“How bad, how cruel were Dutch to us?”

Gang violence in Mexico: 19 bodies discovered in latest grisly find

Mauritanian President Gets Another Term, Despite Claim of Fraud “

“Kenya: Fresh protests against government as protestors reject President Ruto’s appeal”

News Aggregat

June 2024 News Links

Updated!!!

“Andhra Pradesh portfolio allocation | CM N Chandrababu Naidu keeps Law and Order”

Media personality Ramoji Rao dies aged 88

“13 Died Due To Heavy Rains In Telangana”

Uttarakhand: 12 dead as tempo traveller with 26 falls into gorge in Rudraprayag

“Twenty Indian labourers, promised jobs in Thailand, have been enslaved in Myanmar”

Agenda for the Modi Government 3.0

“PM Modi to inaugurate Nalanda University new campus today in Rajgir, Bihar.”

The Nation Strikes Back

“Kanchanjungha Express Collision | Death Toll Rises 15”

“In Reasi…Islamists attacked Hindu tourists.”

“Supreme Court to hear fresh petitions seeking to cancel the NEET-UG 2024”

The Second-Majority Complex

 “Poor helpless Pakistani Hindus protest”

“Southern China Faces Heavy floods, and landslides kill at least 9”

Southern Africa Needs $5.5 Billion in Aid for Drought Crisis “

“Around 40 Indian nationals were killed in a building fire at an labour camp in Kuwait”

“Pelosi & House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, met…Dalai Lama”

 What “is trying to defang India’s counter-terror & intel apparatus” ??

“What we know about the lawsuit filed by the last survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre”

Culture

 “3 Day Art Festival in Shimla | To Explore Artistic Expression”

 “An exhibition that reveals the stories hidden within the old maps of Udaipur

Padharo Mhare Desh

A blend of architecture and artistry

  India

“NDA gets clear majority in Lok Sabha elections”

“Chandrababu Naidu and Co. sweep Andhra Pradesh”

 “YCP Faction Attacks Spreads From Rayalaseema to Vizag Via Palnadu”

AP Debt Burden Of Rs 21000 Crore”

 “Adulteration of Food Supply in Hyderabad”

Torrid summer kills 71, mostly in Bihar

Rajkot gaming zone Chars 22 people to death

Monks take out protest rally in Kolkata against Mamata”

Do not withdraw capital support for oil PSUs

“Avian flu outbreak in state-run poultry farm in Kerala’s Kottayam”

“Classical example of fraudulent secularism: illegally give Muslims OBC quotas”

Rahul using Maoist language, companies will think 50 times “

9 killed, 15 injured as bus catches fire in Haryana

Mammootty is a jihadi, alleges close associate

Economic crisis takes a backseat in elections

Girl consumes ‘smoky paan’, undergoes surgery after hole observed”

Subcontinent

“Nepal’s Media Industry Is Facing a Severe Financial Crisis”

“Another Pakistani Hindu minor girl abducted by Islamists for possible forced conversion”

“…Pakistan is No. 1 in exporting prostitutes and beggars…”

“Plot afoot for new christian state carved out of Bangladesh, Myanmar”

Asia

Nothing ‘gentlemanly’ in Chinese diplomacy

“Thailand’s Grand Reconciliation: The Shinawatras and the Establishment”

“Myanmar’s Revolution Has Entered a New, More Complicated Phase”

Israeli military takes full control of Gaza-Egypt border”

“1 dead, others injured after London-Singapore flight hit severe turbulence”

“ Around 2000 people feared buried in Papua New Guinea landslide”

World

Frenemies

“Former US President Donald Trump found guilty on all 34 felony charges”

Mexico elects Claudia Sheinbaum as president”

“Nigeria loses electricity and major airports close as unions”

‘At least 27 people shot at Akron, Ohio block party”

“No clean chit to Khalistan extremists as Australian police junk claims of ‘Hindu hand’”

Meet South Africa’s Top Presidential Contenders “

May 2024 News Links

Updated!!!

“Land Titling Act | Chances to Encroach Lands”

Economic progress in India: A reality check

Bihar ravaged by drugs deluge after liquor ban

Sam Pitroda’s controversial comments revealed Congress mindset”

“Academic Imperialism

“Colonialism 3.0 – The West’s new weapons to keep the world in line”

“A generation lacking in intellect will potentially lead to us being indirectly colonised again”

“Chinese scientists create mutant Ebola virus to skirt around biosafety rules”

“Shreyas Talpade, who suffered a cardiac arrest, wonders if it was impact of Covid vaccine”

“you must do what the WHO says, or you are breaking international law”

“Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico shot after meeting, in critical condition”

“Israel-Azerbaijan relationship relies on unholy trinity of oil, arms and intelligence”

“slamic State Khorasan’s Westward Network Expansion Into Iran, Turkey, and Europe”

“Over 300 killed in Afghanistan floods as humanitarian crisis unfolds”

Culture

Hasan Minhaj: The comedian who cried wolf

Heermandi: Enough with celebrating ‘tawaifs’

Celebrating the vibrancy of contemporary art

Indian Ceramics Triennale: Artists reimagine working with clay

Jewellery that reflects your style

India

“Vaishali is now the 3rd Indian female Grandmaster, joining Koneru Humpy and Harika”

India Election: Phase two ends, with weeks of voting ahead

further probe into Rohith Vemula death after filing closure report that claimed he was not Dalit”

Why did India pass CAA law?

With power freebies, debt comes calling

“SIT asks #PrajwalRevanna, H D Revanna to appear for probe”

Neglect spurs industry exodus in Punjab

EAM Jaishankar on actions by Khalistani extremists in Canada

Tesla lays off 14,000 or 10% of its workforce

Google sacks 28 employees for protests

Subcontinent

“Kathmandu world’s most polluted city, again” 

‘India Out’ Campaign Gathers Pace in Bangladeshi Social Media

Another minor Hindu girl enslaved by Sufi ‘saints’

“Protect young people from psychological tactics of grooming gangs”

Asia

Uyghur activists call for immediate global action against China’s ongoing genocide

China warns Philippines to be ‘sober’

Indonesia’s volcano eruption triggers tsunami alert

 “20 #Cambodian soldiers killed in #ammunition explosion at a military base”

World

Justin Trudeau to introduce ‘halal mortgage’ for Muslims in Canada

 “Islamists march in Hamburg for a caliphate in Germany”

“Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf resigns”

Number of Chinese nationals illegally crossing the U.S. southern border is up by 7,000%”

“Floods and landslides across Kenya killed 179 people since March” 

At least 56 people killed as heavy rain and flooding lashes Brazil

Resurgence of military coups across Africa

April 2024 News Links

Updated!!!

A new exhibition features master painters who humanised deities

Do you know the history of the Durga patachitras in Bengal?

“Shah Rukh Khan, idlis and ‘the Northie gaze’”

The roots of Wahhabi extremism

“Congress proxy partner in Muslim League’s hidden agenda”

Indian man who entered US illegally dies in custody

11 Indian-origin students dead in US in 2024, diaspora body tells why”

The Rich Are Getting Second Passports, Citing Risk of Instability

India’s wealth inequality is rising

Bird flu outbreak reported in ducks at two places in Kerala’s Alappuzha

Maldives thanks India for allowing export of essential commodities amid row

Navigating Indian democracy’s turbulence

Why Rajputs, other dominant castes are boycotting BJP in western Uttar Pradesh

“Pakistan: Lightning, rain fury kills 65 as April downpour doubles historical average”

Hundreds of migrant women face sex attacks in Darien Gap on their way to US”

French Troops Near Russian Border Amid Macron-Putin Faceoff”

Hamas Fires Over 9,000 Rockets; More Than 600 IDF Troops, 12000 Militants Killed

New UK documentary examines racist attacks on British Indians

 “Why South Africa is facing a turning point in May’s national election”

Culture

Exploring linguistic identities amid pluralism

Ram Rajya: Treatises on good governance

 “Sony Pictures Names Ravi Ahuja As President And COO”

‘Shakti: Fair & Fierce’ art exhibition empowers talented women artists across India 

India

“Handloom Weavers Facing Several Problems”

Parts of south Mumbai plunge into darkness due to power outage

“ Why America needs a nuanced understanding of Indian diplomacy”

 “The Way of Bengal

 “Barber Sajid Sheikh in an encounter within hours after he brutally slit the throats of two kids”

Punjab hooch tragedy: CM Mann meets families

The practice of offering freebies must stop

Apple’s Indian ecosystem emerges as top job creator, employing over 1,50,000 directly”

Subcontinent

India’s Citizenship Amendment Act and ‘power relation’ in Bangladesh

“CAA comes as relief for 35,000 Hindu migrants from Sindh”

 “Being a Nepali Dalit”

Katchatheevu between India and Sri Lanka – Let it not become a point of friction

Asia

Famine Imminent in Gaza, New Report Warns”

China’s Unquenched Territorial Greed — What is the Limit?

“Philippines’ undersea cable network to boost call center industry”

Russian detains suspects after deadly Moscow concert

World

A million children abused by Italian priests,& it barely makes the news”

“Concern Over Food & Water Supply Grows Among Europeans”

“West’s ill-informed criticism of CAA ignores similarities to US’ Lautenberg Amendment”

Racial tensions cost Germany Inc. skilled foreign labour

Why Canada should shed its Khalistan delusion

Gunmen Abduct Hundreds of Pupils in Northern Nigeria “

“Panama seized fives tonnes of illicit drugs in the Caribbean”

 “Why South Africa is facing a turning point in May’s national election”

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

Treasure called Wazwan

“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

AP as Debt Ridden State

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

“’VinFast’ will hold the ground breaking ceremony for its $2 billion integrated EV plant in Thoothukudi”

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!

The Lost Stupa

Kalinga Art Festival”

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!!!

Essence of the Upanishads

‘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

“Islamic State group claims responsibility on Thursday for two explosions in #Iran that killed nearly 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

The CAA scare

Celebrating Kerala’s 67 years of statehood

Deepfake: Troll armies’ new tool

Here’s how trapped workers spent time inside Uttarkashi tunnel

We want work-life balance but the biggest tech leaders including Jeff Bezos, Satya Nadella do not support it

“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”

Tears of Gaza

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

Pakistan: “1000-2000 young girls from minority communities are kidnapped, raped, forcibly converted “

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

India’s West Asia quandary

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”

“Arab World unites”

Canada: “Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW)

US, UK side with Canada

 “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”

ISRAEL-GAZA CONFLICT

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”

A cradle of culture”

“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

Germany’s left-green-liberal govt has approved a law allowing people to change their gender & first name once a year

“Germany is quietly building a “huge surveillance apparatus” that risks creating a denunciation culture similar to those of the Nazis” 

 “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

Visakha Music Festival

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”

 “Changing Battlefields”

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

Himalayas under threat

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”

Modi’s gift of ‘10 danas’ – the 10 donations – to Biden reflects ancient Hindu wisdom and carries a deep symbolism

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

“Indo-Scythian dynasty”

India 

“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

Data protection Bill

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

Africa News Roundup

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?

The cult of greed

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

Top wrestlers meet Thakur

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”

 “China’s false monoculture”

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan wins Turkish presidential election runoff

War Imminent in Asia?

Dam destroyed in Ukraine

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

Israel’s Democratic Decline

World

The West’s Future of Anarchy

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

Israel’s Democratic Decline

World

The West’s Future of Anarchy

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

Nepal’s political economy

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”

“The State of Israel”

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”

Gujarat drug seizure

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

  “Modern Slavery in Italy”

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

The basics of Ranjana lipi

Should Dharmic eat Halal?

Saffron & Hinduism

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”

“What Ails Joshimath”

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”

 “The Raj Revision

Giving election tickets to women against Islam, says Shahi Imam

Dread of conversions

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

December 2022 News Links

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

China threatens Bhutan for aligning with India

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”

What you do Everyday matters

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

Updated!!!

How quilt-making became a ray of hope for this Rajasthani community

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’

“The Indian bureaucracy is the true inheritor of the British imperial legacy and still thrives on the five Ps—Perks, Preservation, Process, Protocol and Procrastination”

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”

66% of pilots doze off in cockpit, reveals survey

 Honduras is the latest country to get the crypto bug

September 2022 News Links

Updated!!!

“How to overcome the beauty bias“

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”

“There is no end to history”

“’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

Hunger Riots in Bangladesh

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

Europe now Starves

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

“Telangana’s Musical Legacy”

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

New World Order Is Coming”

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

Singer Bhupinder Singh passes away

AP’s Monsoon in Full Swing

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

Language of justice

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

India’s model

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”

June 2022

Culture

“Oneness is essential for society to thrive

Support Saraswati Swara Chakra

Land of the Bhagvad Gita

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

27 Dead In Bihar Floods

“#Flood situation in #Kochi ‘distressing’: #Kerala high court“

SidhuMoosewala killing: Cops yet to identify shooters

Delhi stares at water crisis, sends SOS to Haryana

Slumisation of Chandigarh: A bugbear that’s hard to tame

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?

 “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

 “The real butchers of Punjab

Nine held after communal clash on Hanuman Jayanti in Delhi

Hindus can be declared ‘minority’ in states where their strength is lower:’ Centre

Power Crisis in India

“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

Nepal Economy Faltering

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

Updated!!!

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”

“The  British Slave Trade”

Why Cashless Economy means social exclusion

Heart-disease risk soars after COVID — even with a mild case

Culture

“Siva Temples at Repalle”

 “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?

Pune Metro Inaugurated

Casteism Explained

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

“Brawl during soccer match in Mexico leaves 22 injured

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

Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar passes away at 92′

January 2022 News Links

Updated!!!

Telangana: Arrangements on for Medaram jatara

Culture

Cane Helmet of Arunachal

How Social Media works

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

Major Quake in Western China

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

Tense talks over Ukraine

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

National Rangoli Contest

Sirivennela Passes away 

Living with Less Plastic

India

Why are Farmers suffering?

#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

Omicron variant now in India

India is only 24% vaccinated”. Why resilience after Delta variant?

“It’s politics not science”

The real reason for the Farm Laws

4th gen warfare: Non state actors have made civil society new frontier of war

Twitter’s new CEO

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“

Racial Bias in Britain

Flying cars in 2024? This tech CEO says it’s commercially possible

November 2021 News Links

Culture

Mural Arts of Jharkhand

Hand-knitted Eluru Carpets of Andhra

How history is manufactured

“Classic Tamizh Song”

WWIII in the offing??

India

Flawed Agro Model is being circulated

“In this vicious and toxic game of majority communalism vs minority communalism”

Bird Flu in Rajasthan

“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

Android Malware on 23 Apps

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

Landslides in Western Canada

October 2021 News Links

Culture

An Assamese Musical Instrument

Saura Painting & Pattachitra of Odisha

Manipur’s Nanichuri Dance

Canada -America Telugu Literature Conference Held Virtually

“Hindutwa is not Hinduism “

God is Owner of Temple Land, Not Priest-Supreme Court

India

YS Viveka murder case: CBI arrests yet another key accused in the case

“Innocent civilians, not extremists, were killed in Aug. 29 U.S. drone strike”

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”

“Tilak’s Arctic theory”

“‘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”

“Future of Tourism in Bhutan”

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”

Big Tech VS The State

“The biometric trap “

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

How Odissi was Redefined

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

Karnataka’s new CM

PV Sindhu Medals again at Olympics

Landslides in Himachal

#Visakhapatnam Steel Plant workers’ Delhi dharna evokes enormous response

Murder case of Jagan’s Uncle continues to raise questions

Ladakh Border Build Up Update

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

Nepal’s Mural Culture

Asia

Tokyo logs 5,042 new daily coronavirus cases, an all-time high as infections surge in the capital hosting the Games.

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

Wildfires plague Turkey

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!!!

Food shortages coming?

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”

Devastating Floods in Germany

Passing of famous Anti-Virus creator under cloud

Culture

Pan-Indian biggie #RRR sticking to…theatrical release date, October 13th.

Dance India @ 75

Bharatanatyam and its impact

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

Telugu Girl to go to Space

#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

War in Punjab Congress Party

Beware Covid Testing Scams

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

How to Think Clearly

Literary guru on AIR Vijayawada

Bammera Pothana Digital Museum with bilingual content in Telugu & English

The meaning of Rasa & Bhaava

Bundi Painting of Rajasthan

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

AMLO & Mexican Elections

The New American Aristocracy

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

“Corporatisation of Garba “

President Kovind: Respect Regional Languages

“How a Bihari lost his mother tongue to Hindi”

Priorities for RM

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

Rishikesh

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

Stay away from “Blue Whale”!

Subcontinent

“What Bhutan can teach the world about the benefit of having 1 cow per 25 acres “

Nepal Elections in 2 Phases

Sri Lanka’s “Firebrand Monk”

 “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

P.V.R.K.Prasad Passes Away

Sufism and Khusro summed up

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

The BRICS Are Beginning to Crumble

“Can Anything Stop Rural Decline?”

Row between Macedonia and Serbia

Culture

Baahubali signals a revolt against Cultural Marxism in Indian cinema

Promoting the Rajasthani language

Wedding in Garhwal

Sacred Mahimnapar Sutras from Kashmir

Are you a non-Kannadiga & want to learn spoken Kannada? Here is a free e-book  

No Beef in Vedas!

 “Composite culture”

“Cultural Appropriation of Holi by Hipsters”

“Hindi beats Mandarin comfortably as the most spoken language globally.”

Bengaluru micro-brew adds Ragi

Chennai Art Festival

Learning history as fact, and not fiction

TTD’s ‘Pothana Bhagavatham’ book

India

Uttarakhand faces risk in War with China

ABCD of Telugu Cinema

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”

 “Who is Tanuji Malusare?”

Neem works its magic on urea

Telangana moves to total segregation. First Dalit only University

Was Nizam really Secular?

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

“India’s Groundwater crisis”

“Nun faces arrest for child trafficking, abuse and conversion racket in orphanage”

Subcontinent

Plight of the Pakistani Hindu

 “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”

Laser Weapons a Reality

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

Letter from a Hindu Girl

10 self defence key points

From farmer’s son to President, Ram Nath Kovind’s story is Dalit empowerment

“Truth beyond the Brotherhood”

India’s consumer caste  

“20 million Bangladeshis are reliably estimated to have slipped into the country”

Ladakh’s Sonam Wangchuk

“Future Wars will be Complex”

“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

BHU Literary Festival

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

The Case against Sugar

“#SavitriShaming and how drinking harms women”

Cultural Marxism

Bonalu Festival Celebrated

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”

100 Days of CM Yogi in UP

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

“Portuguese ruined Jaffna”

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!!!

Venerating the Cow

Odisha’s Raja Parba Festival

“modern girls”

“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

GST Basics

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

Mini-Grids for Africa & Asia?

Egypt Is Falling Apart. Will It Explode?

Syrian Air Force Jet downed

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”

Evidence Based Psychiatry

Is tipping a hoax?

Fossil Fuels are now “Legacy”

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

Kadapa Kaaram dosa

India

NDTV Case-Against Freedom or Against Fraud?

India cancels plan for coal plants as solar at record lows

Why India went Nuclear

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

 AMU & Secular Hypocrites

Foreign Expertise & India’s Jets

“Coolest Geeks in India”

Subcontinent

Nepal’s Ex-Maoist Child Soldier Shares Plight of His 3,000 Peers

Colombo-Kashi Flight supported by Sri Lanka

Attacks continue in Kabul

Asia

China gets its own Nalanda

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

Gold Surges, Global Stocks Slide As “Super Thursday” Risks Loom

“Trump Understands That ‘The West’ Is Broken”

“Understanding the h1-b visa”

Silicon Valley in Rural America?

“Are the UK Polls Skewed?”

Gentleman’s Agreement in Nigeria

Intervention in Venezuela?

“Armageddon Approaches”

Blockchain the new Linux? Or something else?

Stephen Hawking: ‘Greed and Stupidity is what will End the Human Race’

The Incompetence Doctrine

“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

Nepal PM Prachanda resigns

India & Japan pushback against OBOR

“Slave Husbands of Hong Kong”

Border heats up

“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”

Baahubali Facts via Video

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

“Why Paranjape Is Wrong”

India

 Baahubali crosses 700 crores!

“horror story from Saudi Arabia: Hyderabad woman sold…for Rs 3 lakh, faces torture

Telangana : State Funding Of Religious Instruction

Andhra Pradesh Tourism Video

“Be ready for war: Indian Air Force chief to commanders”

Merits of Millet

“Kerala fertile ground for Love Jihad & ISIS”

Pak-sponsored Khalistani atrocities

Centre “promoting Hindi, not imposing it”

The Story of Aadhar

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’

Mixed record of Moneylenders

Plight of Indian Farmers

Subcontinent

How Bangladeshi Hindus are treated

Sri Lanka keen to boost economic ties with India: Ranil Wickremesinghe

Exploitation of Nepal

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”

Largest Gold Mine Ever?

“A Decade of Economic Destruction”

“Climate change pronouncements by Nostradamuses of science”

Macron: European Union Must Reform or Face Possible ‘Frexit’

“Gambia Faces a Severe Task”

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”

“Is your Job Robot-ready?”

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

Swadeshi Indology

“How harmful is Ajinomoto?”

“Sri Ramayana, Epic as a Poetry”

“I, Krishnadevaraya”-“An Emperor smitten”

National Filmfare Awards

On Kalidasa’s Meghaduta

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”

“Say no to Westinghouse”

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”

The Yogi of Uttar Pradesh

CBI proble against Leela Samson for Kalaakshetra irregularities

“Why Indian ‘intellectuals’ seem to hate native Indic culture”

Dhoni’s Aadhar info Leaked

Aadhar Secure for Citizens?

H1B Applications Cap Reached

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

Soviet spooks in 80s India

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”

Japan to Counter-act N.Korea

“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

The Degree that Rules Britain

“Corruption costs EU ‘up to €990 billion a year'”

“Break up the Liberal City”

Book that predicted the Morphing of the Left

“Amusing Ourselves to Death”

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”

SPB-Ilaiyaraja Royalty row

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

ED to Question Sekhar Reddy

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”

Water as Weapon

“Not with our Daughters”

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

Fragmentation in the Netherlands

French prosecutors want Central Africa abuse case dismissed

Be careful with these Beauty care Products

The Story on Statins

Facebook’s Townhall Feature

Culture

Good advice from the Gita

CNN Show with biased host misrepresents Varanasi as “city of the dead”

Everyday English words that have Sanskrit origins

Kuchipudi Village – Dance Village

The fame of Raagi Sankati

“Record Crowd for Basant Utsav”

Report on Swadeshi Indology conference 2

Bengaluru Fashion Week

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

BJP to Stake Claim in Manipur

Amit Shah to pick UP CM

Parrikar appointed Goa CM

“When will India start celebrating its non-cricketing heroes?”

Campus violence ominously similar to pre-strife Syrian Varsity Unrest

Avalanche Threat in Himachal

Home minister honours fallen jawans from Sukma

Subcontinent

Nepal’s Blue Gold

Pakistan’s Baloch Insurgency

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

Brief history of Blockchain

“Vernacular Building Techniques that are Disappearing”

February 2017 News Links

Updated!!!

Tollywood better than Bollywood

Art Grabs Global Attention

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

Sena wins BMC Elections

Kejriwal “keeps Votebank”

“Assault on Kerala Hindus”

USA Today: “Pakistani Hindus lose daughters to forced Muslim marriages”

“China’s Post-Cold War Strategies”

Who are the real experts?

“The End of Identity Liberalism”

Great danger of Tactical N Weapons

Italy splits into Oblivion

Angola says Portugal decision to charge vice president a ‘serious attack’

“BRITAIN’S RAPE OF INDIA”

English Language Nationalism

Human Cycles of History

Culture

Study of National Character

Buy from your local bookstores and you could end up saving more than one business

Visakha Book Fair

Amaravati Global Music & Dance Festival from Feb 10-13th

Queen Naikidevi of Gujarat

Bollywood Hypocrites

Padmavati: The symptom of sinister maladies

“Veena’s Whiz Kid”

Language Extinction

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

AIADMK Crisis

Post-Chennai: How oil spills are controlled across the world?

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

“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”

Spy ring for Pak busted

Subcontinent

Nepal Local Polls to Begin

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

“China’s Debt-Trap Diplomacy”

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”

Venezuela Health Crisis

Sudan’s buried past

Ten Things that Require Zero Talent

“Multiple Multiverses May be One and the Same”

“Amusing Ourselves to Death”

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

Puneet Issar on Stage

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“

The Confused Modern Hindu

“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

Chinese Tech, India PC buyers

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

Musical Slokas for Children

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

Odissi Event in Pune

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

Malegaon Coverup

“Uni can provide an outline, to give the learner a direction. The rest one has to do”

Earthquake Jolts Tripura

Remembering Veerapandiya Kattabomman

“Why Right to Education Act is Evil”

“How Green was my Bengal”

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”

Pakistan’s Mian Mithu

Humans settled in Tibet at least 7,400 years ago: study

Asia

Lanka rally against lease in Hambantota

Leverage on Tibet

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

“War With Russia?”

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

Blockchain externalities

To Win

The Growing Urban-Rural Divide Around the World

The Coming Crackdown On Free Speech

December 2016 News Links

Updated!!!

Art for the Soul

Artist Sridhar Poluru from Bhattiprolu

Bammera Pothana’s birthplace in Miserable Condition

Schedule for Chennai Carnatic Festival

Mahalakshmi Ashtakam

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

Guntur gears up for Makeover

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”

Trifurcation may Calm Kashmir

“Decoding China’s Game against India”

“Time to Return to Krishna’s Way”

Balochistan: Pakistan’s Hell on Earth

Bhutan to limit Tourist Numbers

The Indo-Pacific Potential

“Something Wicked this Way Comes”

Italy Proves That Banks Are Not The Risk-Free Fantasy We’re Told

“We’re going to have Financial Chaos”

“Watch Ukraine”

Geert Wilders Warns “Political Revolution Is Brewing In Europe”

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

Ideal Acharya

“Mahavira: Emperor of Inner Virtues”

Perugu Ramakrishna: Poetry on a global frontier

“Sanskrit has had profound Impact on World Langauges”

Kanjeevaram makes a Comeback

Dance to a different beat

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

Seeing the light but dimly

‘Love Jihad Is Not A Simple Crime, Targets Our Daughters Specifically’–Chetna Sharma

Rohingyas being Settled in Jammu?

KCR’s Palace

“Does India’s Right Wing have any Ideas?”

TN CM Panneerselvam takes office after Jayalalithaa’s passing

Subcontinent

Obstruction in Nepal Parliament

“National Hero of Sindh”

“Imagining South Asia without Pakistan”

Why zero coverage for atrocities on Pak Hindus?

Asia

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

“Stocks Are Going to Crash”

“The Illusion of Reality”

“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

Pizzagate

“Colombia defies opponents on Peace Deal”

Senegal calls for U.N. Security Council meeting over Gambia

Urban Agriculture

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

Middle-Class Hinduphobia

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

“India’s Currency Debacle”

“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

“Learning from Tragedy”

7.4 Magnitude Earthquake in Japan. Frequency, power increasing?

Earthquake Prep

“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

“Intellectual Yet Idiot”

Telugu Charms its Way

The Ancient Capital of Kumrahar

India needs to better Preserve its Cultural Heritage

Construction of Tribal Museum for Tribal Culture

Bodo Culture

“Building a Worthy Tribe”

Bringing Khadi Back

“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”

The Battle for Tata

“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

JNU Hypocrisy

“How Sikkim became the cleanest State”

Israel to Assist India with Cyber Security Plan?

Subcontinent

“LTTE: A Failed Christian Conspiracy”

Siva Senai in Sri Lanka

The Price of Pakistaniyat

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

“China’s Succession Games”

Is China seeking to make a weapon of water?

Japanese Exceptionalism

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?

Global rise in STD’s?

“Don’t let the Media control you”

Social Media leading to Psychological Issues

Solar surpasses coal

October 2016 News Links

Updated!!!

Sanskrit Learning Channel

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”

“Karl Marx on india”

“Kshatrani don’t play with Barbie dolls”

Mushkil for Ae Dil Hai Mushkil

India’s Submarine Crisis

“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”

BRIC reduced to a Talk Shop

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

Bollywood Sleepers

Art of Abhishek Singh

Migrants from India settled in Australia 4,000 years ago

Royal watching in Udaipur

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

Art of the Bubble Economy

Terracotta gems of Bengal

India

“Army Vs AntiNationals”

Terrorist attack on Baramulla

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?

Toxic lake near Hyderabad

Exodus of Hindu families from Kairana a reality, finds NHRC probe report

Plot to re-kindle Punjab fire

The Ladakh Paradox

NLF Tripura

“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

The Real Misogyny

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

POK protests

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

Why Colombia’s Peace Deal Failed

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“

Greed is an Hellish Emotion

“Romanticism about technology, democracy, secularism, science..etc all have ruined us…”

September 2016 News Links

Updated!!!

Annual festive treat to rasikas”

Trendy Odisha Fashion

“Tribute to the Master”

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

AAP a shattered dream

“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”

View on Pact

Attack on Army Headquarters in J&K

AFSPA: The Army needs it!

Housing Society Issues

“Muslim couple faces social boycott for protecting Hindu temple”

Missionaries

“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

Reactionary Philosophy

Solar Industry Braces for Glut

Culture

“Globally the Indian art scene has never been so vibrant”

Preceptor as patron of arts

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 India failed at Rio 2016

“Why the higher judiciary Appointment Process Needs Urgent Reform”

SC crossing “lakshman rekha” of hindu beliefs?

“Taming India’s Elite”

The real Azad

“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

Redrawing New Silk Road: China ‘to Shift Its Focus to Russia, India’

Ukraine invasion in the offing?

What Happens if North Korea Collapses?

World

Gabon’s president accuses challenger of fraud, power grab

Brazil President Impeached

Tropical storm Newton makes second landfall in Mexico

Salon Magazine:“The West’s big lie about Mother Teresa”

Amnesty’s “vitriol”

“Brutal truth of the British empire”

“Most intolerant wins”

“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

Indigo Dye: A Recent History

Gautama Buddha Paintings

Sakshi Malik wins bronze to end India’s Rio medal drought

Rio Olympics Medal Count

Guru Gopi made Indian badminton count

Dictorship of Scroll Magazine

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

Leftist “Culture”

“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

America’s Drug Epidemic

Brexit and Rushing to Exit

EU Special Status to UK?

“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”

“What good are Hedge Funds?”

Culture

Journey up the Seven Hills

An Evening for the Emperor of Tales

Handloom Initiatives in Andhra

The wonder kid of Odissi.

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

Krishna Pushkaralu this month

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

Gujarat’s New CM

The scholar PM

Restoring Bharat

Securing the Indus Water Treaty

The Making of Indian Diplomacy

India’s “bitterest enemy”

Arabization of Kerala

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

Water crisis in the West?

Africa to “Save West”?

“Mirage of a Rules Based Order”

“Was Democracy just a moment?”

“Brexit and the End of Globalization”

“progressive…modern…global citizen”

Securing National Character

July 2016 News Links

Culture

Relishing Andhra Flavours

Odia Food for all Tastes

“Ballad of Banda Bairagi”

On the Pichwai Trail

“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”

Modi Cabinet Reshuffle

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

This man is a sitting MP

Telangana judicial officials to rejoin duty

Example of Casteism corroding AP

5 Nepal historical sites restored with financial help of Indian Govt

Subcontinent

“Change Nepal Needs now”

“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

Asia’s Best CEOs

“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”

Oil Plunge hits Russia hard

World

“The Trouble with GDP”

India to reinvigorate ties with African nations

South Africa media giant rides global web wave

Is Colombia’s Long War Over?

Researchers Weigh Risks of Zika at Rio Olympics

“As Europe goes down, we need to be prepared for consequences”

Donald Trump and America

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”

Myth of the Global Citizen

Money Talks, Even on Twitter

“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”

100% FDI in Key sectors

Gram Panchayats and Fibre Optic Mapping

Indigenous Cattle Farming in Maharashtra

Punjab’s War on Drugs

“Raghuram Rajan son of a ‘Kaoboy'”

Former Nepal PM Bhattarai Launches Party

War-Traumatized Sri Lanka

Hindu Temple vandalised in Malaysia

“A Comparison of Chinese and American Military Culture”

Japan’s ‘New Approach’ to Russia

Turkey’s Hidden War

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”

Problems with Neo-liberalism

Living Wisely: A Plan for Food Self-Sufficiency

“The Malaise of Materialism”

Culture

Pot Pourri of Music

Millennial musicians

Indus Valley Older than previously Thought?

Udta Punjab

Paratha Paradise

EMP Syndrome

“For Gujaratis, enterprise is virtually a cultural obligation”

Veteran Gujarati Actress Padmarani Passes Away

Indian Summer Coolers to Beat the Heat

Childhood games in India on the verge of extinction

Cultural Orphans of India

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

Modi’s 2016 trip to the US

Journalists bullying Officers online

AAP leader loses control after AAP Corruption exposed

“Raheel Khursheed Is Fomenting Separatism Via Twitter”

Steep costs of Selective Silence

Goan dual citizenship to end

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

“Sad story of Sadhvi Pragya”

Collegium clash and Judiciary

Bonded Labor in TN

Lt.Col Purohit Framed?

Godhra train fire Congress conspirator Arrested

Sabotage at Ammo dump?

Subcontinent

Needless Battle over Buddha

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

On a gourmet trail to Bhutan

Hindus from Pak & Bangladesh finally get to claim Citizenship

Attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh increase

“Pakistan becoming Chinese client State”

Balochistan

Asia

“Cultural genocide in Tibet”

“Religion that Iranian Mullahs fear the Most”

Spring in Chabahar

India and Vietnam: Going beyond Brahmos

Australia’s Careful Dance in the South China Sea

“Do Not Misunderstand China”

World

“Economics Has Failed America”

Return of Political Economy

“Secret Meeting on Synthetic Genome”

Columbia drug Battles

Morocco slames Human Rights Report

Oman an Oasis of Stability

Women banned from Christian shrine

Britain’s Pedophile Problem

The Dark Side of Hollywood

France’s political elite told to stop groping female staff

“Khalistan terror camp in Canada plotting attacks in Punjab”

Drill begins: Cascadia Rising earthquake

“Make your own Earthquake Preparedness Kit”

Mainstream Media and Politics

Secrets of Great Teamwork

“Saving your Eyesight”

Salma Hayek: ‘Sex loses its Charm if you do it Every Day’

May 2016 News Links

Updated!!!

The Story of Khadi

“Who Owns Shastric Authority?”

The Weavers of Barabanki

“Four Tier Model of Purva Paksa”

Dance fest: Of grace and grandeur

K.N. Rao: Committed to literature

State Assembly Election Results

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

Violence at AMU

India’s Diverse Cow Breeds

Resisting Peer Pressure and Fashionability makes financial sense

“Kejri Saving Sonia”

Sonia Congress’ and “Goodwill Terror”

Sonia’s “Saffron Terror”

“Balochistan suffers Pak genocide”

India State Visit to Nepal

6.8 Magnitude Earthquake in Ecuador

Japan’s Stealth Jet

Conflict between West and Russia?

“Sex trafficking on American Indian reservations”

Europe Has Had Enough of Turkey

Privacy and Social Media

Why you need to cultivate your talents, else it’s Garbage in Garbage out

Culture

Master Draper Kalpana Shah

“The Deepest Orientalist”

Andhra influence on Gandhara art

Why Bollywood stinks

In tune with the times

Rs 2,675-cr push to traditional medicines sought

Gujarati Cuisine

“Economics needs a new Paradigm”

“Don’t blame Men alone for ‘Colourism'”

Rajiv Malhotra’s New Book: Hinduphobia

“Internal sabotage of the Battle for Sanskrit and Sanskriti”

India

“How India sees the World”

“Indians seem a confused lot”

P.V.Sindhu ready to conquer

“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”

Karnataka stock house for IM?

“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”

The Radiance of Tejas

Right To Education and 93rd Amendment

Subcontinent

Nepal 1 year after quake

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”

China’s Mediterranean Odyssey

Chabahar Agreement finalised

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

“Armenian migrants in Turkey live in shadow of century-old massacre

Zimbabwe Braces for Turmoil

Maduro and the Art of Clinging to Power

Nearly half of Europeans in poll want own votes on EU, like UK

Bitcoin creator goes public

Dirty Debt and Defaults

Mercury rising with Planetary Alignment this week

The San Andreas Fault Is On The Brink Of A Devastating Earthquake

“Make your own Earthquake Preparedness Kit”

April 2016 News Links

Updated!!!

Math answering the toughest questions of Music?

“Assault on India and its Ancient Culture”

Ragini Sharma’s Riposte supporting R.Malhotra against ‘Strawman Fallacy’

“Push for Mission Kakatiya”

Economic Potential of India

Kashmiri Hindus: Driven out and insignificant

How Media Foments Caste Hatred, Divides Hindu Society

“India Rising”

India and its Undersea Deterrent

“Never Forget: Mohammed Tanzil Ahmed”

India has 17 Judges for a Million people

The Kollam Tragedy and the aftermath

Rent and the Gandhi-Vadras

Choosing the right Brand Ambassador for India

The “Get Modi” campaign continues

Dilma Roussef and the Impeachment battle

“Implications of China’s Military Reforms

US Air Force plane intercepted by Russian jet”

“Saudi Arabia warns economic fallout if US congress passes 9/11 bill”

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”

Back to the roots

Sikh martial art Gatka

The unexplored terracotta gem of Bengal

“To destroy Architecture is to attack the cultural identity of a Nation”

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”

Importance of Muggu

National Film Awards Winners

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

“Khalistanis funding AAP”

“Restoring our Universities as Temples of Learning”

Political workers targetting Hindu Temples Again

Reservation in Private Sector?

“Addressing the Quota Demand”

Women in Combat Roles. The other view

Patanjali will overtake Colgate and Unilever: Baba Ramdev

“Rural Consumption Shrinks”

PM Modi’s Rurban Mission

India’s Biggest Mafia

Indian media in a global age

Media Starts Cover Up In Pankaj Narang Lynching

“Who Killed Kingfisher?”

J&K govt formation: After BJP snub, pressure high on PDP

Aadhar and Right to Privacy

Engineering Student arrested for Internet Blackmail again

Rohith Vemula a non-Dalit: Telangana mantri

AP aims to become IoT hub

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

Oli goes to China for Oil

Pakistan’s Ailing National Airline

After Lahore: The Truth About Terrorism and Pakistan

Protests in Bangladesh over plan to scrap state religion

Asia

“China’s Phantom SCS Claims”

“China shielding Terrorists”

“Why Abenomics is Failing”

Japan says India MOU on N-plant binding

PILs by Foreign Funded NGOs

Kyrgyzstan Crackdown on NGOs

Magnitude 6.1 quake jolts western Japan

U.S., Japan, South Korea warn North Korea over ‘provocations’

War China, Russia, ISIS and Beyond

World

What’s your chance of an Earthquake in 2016?

“Make your own earthquake preparedness kit”

“Exploitation fueling Madagascar Sapphire Trade”

Palmyra & Brussels

“Beyond Brussels”

“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

Automation reduces hiring

The world is near a ‘major turning point’ in the currency wars

“Milky Way being sucked in by the Great Attractor”

“Gates prescribing Costly foreign drugs”?

March 2016 News Links

Updated!!!

Problems with Indian History Textbooks

SaveOurChildren – an initiative to correct our Education System”

“Land that reveres Sanskrit”

The Poetics of Art

On Tamil Theatre

“Of forms and folds”

Decoding Syama Sastri

“The Problem with Pollock”

Why the World Culture Festival matters

Agriculture and Rural Push apparent in Budget

Student who almost lost his career for shouting anti-Barkha Dutt slogans

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

“Money Talks and Walks – Even in the Virtual World”

Advice when using Social Media

Changing demographics turning Western UP into Tinderbox?

“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

“Globalization has had political Consequences”

The Populist surge and why

Stagnating Global Trade

The EU Brexit vote and Demographics

Water & Soil Degradation will take Decades to clean up at Fukushima

Culture

History of Lepakshi & Festival

The dancing couple

“Nellore: Garlands of Andal”

Government move to encourage Sanskrit

Debate on Battle for Sanskrit begins

Urdu imposition contributed to political tensions

Medaram Tribal Festival

Odissi: In service of the Art

NMDF Odisha

Indian American keen to make neglected Gujarati food famous

Coimbatore’s fashion star

Rich artistic traditions of Dungarpur, Rajasthan

India

Indian Economy for Dummies

India’s “war on two fronts enters decisive phase”

“Poisoning Kids”

Telangana-Maharashtra Irrigation deal

“Aggrieved Dalits press for action”

“The Hyderabadi Jehadist”

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

Ugly Narrative in circulation

“Fake currency- More arrests from Malda, West Bengal”

“Bleeding India by Proxy War”

Bank Bad debt endangers national stability

Rohtak riots backstory

e-Rickshaw in Bengaluru?

“Raw deal for Armed Forces in Budget”

Government to develop 300 rural clusters

“How the Ulema are perpetuating male hegemony”

India’s Space Ambitions

“Harvesters of death as saviours”

50 more farmer suicides in Marathwada this February

Railways: Braille enabled new coaches

“On Afzal Guru issue, JNU students play into hands of unseen forces”

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

Mum’s the word in Myanmar

“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”

“Arab Racism”

Argentina-IMF relations thaw after a 10-years

“Arrest of Brazil’s ‘maker of presidents’ could unmake Rousseff”

Nigeria and corruption

Front for money-laundering?

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

Updated!!!

A text of vision

In the land of its origin, the Ongole bull is on the verge of extinction

Unsung Heroines of Kuchipudi

Showcase of Ladakh culture in Delhi

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

“Hope for Pakistan’s Hindus”

“‘Is Separatism Congress’ Patriotism?’ asks Shah”

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

“Why has South India’s Catholic Church re-inducted a convicted child molester priest?”

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

“China bolsters state hacking powers”

“Former Dallas Fed President calls out Central Banks”

Why selloff by European Banks is Ominous

Europe in 2016

Getting the Culture Right is Important for Any Organisation (or State)

“No to Facebook as Gatekeeper”

Culture

World Culture Festival 2016: Odisha

“Need to set up national institute for promotion of Telugu”

Making of Dance

“How the Left is Polluting Classical Arts with its Ideology”

ASI making changes at Bhojshala

Sanskrit is the unifying language

Conversations with Rajiv Malhotra on Sanskrit & More”

“Packing a gamut of Emotion”

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

“China’s European Century”

Costly Corridor

India’s International Fleet Review: Building Bridges on Shifting Sands

Japan on High Alert for North’s Planned Rocket Launch

Malaysia After the Scandal

Russia accuses Turkey over Syria as donors pledge aid

World

Zika Virus Is Real

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

Updated!!!

Renowned Classical Dancer Mrinalini Sarabhai passes away

Academia and Sanskritphobia

HC privileging “Tehzeeb” above Sanskriti. Why?

AIT is Dead. Long Live OIT

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

No end to bombs in W.Bengal

50 ISI moles arrested in India since 2013

“India’s Nepal Problem”

“China’s military is getting leaner and more lethal”

1 Million Migrants to Europe

Trouble Brews in Bulgaria 

Why the market’s drop may just be getting started

More bad news for 2016

Worrying risks of smartphones

Culture

An Ode to Hindi

A Telugu Garden in California

Regional cuisine ruled the Gastronomic world in 2015

Temples ring in Dress code

Prithvi Jayanthi celebrated by Nepalis

High design ethnic Indian wear

Indian Music Mathematically Deep

‘Kannadigas are the Paradigm of Tolerance’

Sanskrit and the Secularists

What Bollywood is really doing

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

AP to borrow 2,000 crores

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

Heroes from Pathankot saluted

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”

National Herald Scam Part 2

IIT, IISC professors against Free Basics

Irresponsible Mainstream Media

Dawood’s gang killed BJP leaders in Gujarat

‘From solar power to bars’

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

Economic Collapse in 2016?

Fear and Loathing in the Maldives

‘New wrinkles in Maritime warfare’

Saudi-Iran crisis to Escalate?

World

Earthquake Preparedness

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

Australia’s Pivot North

Oregon wildlife refuge Occupied

‘Time for Business Schools to de-Globalise?’

Europe to protect teens from Facebook

Does the UN do any good?

December 2015 News Links

Updated!!!

Students taught in Mother Tongue perform better in school

The uniqueness of Dhokra

Paintings of Artist Keshav

Konark Dance Festival

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”

TAPI Pipeline nears reality

India hints it may reconsider stand on key security pacts with US

“India and Japan’s relationship has greatest potential in the world”

Will IS affect Subcontinent?

“Beligium is a Failed state”

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

“The Carrington Event”

Culture

“Why Kumbh Mela is at Risk”

5 Translators work to make ‘Veyi Padagalu’ in English happen

Fools think art is meant only for joy; wise realize it inspires change

What Bollywood is actually doing

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

Pay hike for central staff

“IS getting funds from Hyderabad”

Secularism in action?

What Arabs think of Indians…for “gelf” fans

Akbar speech infuence on Areeb

Facebook account group block after journalist exposes abuse

Cults and Conscience

COP21 and Cornering India in Carbon

World can’t ignore India’s Narrative

CBN reviews situation in South Kosta/Rayalaseema

Asia

Treading Carefully in Nepal

“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

Arab caste system at work

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

France & Africa: Colonial Tax

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

Tragedy in California

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

Updated!!!

Diwali 2015 in Photos

Nepal’s Tihar festival

Sabarimala all set for pilgrims

What Happened after Haldighati?

World Telugu Museum to be opened on Nov.19

Telangana stares at debt trap

Rain-caused flooding results in toll of 79

Open Treachery by Congress apparatchiks?

“Colonel martyred in Kupwara”

“Ayodhya movement Architect no more”

“Nipping in the bud a dangerous idea”

BJP after Bihar

“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?”

Time for a New Narrative?

After Mumbai’s 26/11, Paris’s 13/11

Wall St. to get trump card to block regulations?

“Abenomics sputters in Japan”

UN Vote on Burundi killings

Culture

“On the Garba Dance of Vadodara”

“AP is rich in culture”

Aruna Sairam answers questions on Carnatic

“Bhubaneswar saw dancers and musicians pay homage through their craft”

Reviving Sanskrit

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

“India’s Coolie Economy”

Anatomy of a Liberal

A response to Aakar Patel’s call to action to Bollywood

“Fashion of India and Hinduism bashing in Foreign”

“Unsuitable Men”

Porkfest organisers booked. “Beef only” secularism?

Indian National Congress: A Party in Crisis

Award-returnees are frustrating people’s will

ISIS threat in South

“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

The degenerate British elite

‘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”

“Marijuana is not harmless”

October 2015 News Links

Updated!!!

Bathukamma celebrated with great fervour

Rajamahendravaram returns!

Traditional Indian crafts meet Calligraphy

“Kalidas Charita” in Bengali

Traditional Chinese medicine gets Nobel. Why not Ayurveda?

Literary mafia

Selective Outrage

Cow activist killed? Whither media outrage?

“Fraudulent Akademists”

“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”

New “OROP” issue for BJP?

Owaisi again faces arrest over hate speech

Petition against PK insulting Hindus: Notice issued to Aamir Khan

Saudi chops off Indian maids arm

Jobs and the “Gulf Mirage”

“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

“Breaking [Carnatic]”?

“See the Music, Hear the Dance”

Lavani: Maharashtrian Dance form

Insight into the Rajasthani School of Art

“The Glory of Tamil”

India

PM Modi & Silicon Valley Trip Highlights

2720 Acres set aside for AP DRDO Project

Dengue crisis continues

Who will win Bihar?

Justice catches up with terrorists

Asiya Andrabi and Beef Politics

Beef Wars

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”

A relook at Nepal

Pak Atrocities in POK

Book on Pakistan and it’s Politics

“Urbanization and Migration in Developing Asia”

Xi Jinping’s visit to the US

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”

The Real Misogyny

“Is Facebook making us Lonely?”

“How close are we to a fully Bionic Body?”

September 2015 News Links

Updated!!

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”

“Blood and Lust”

“All you need to know about Dengue Fever”

Manipur’s turbulent summer

OROP: Pro View

OROP: Con View

Blast from the Past

Why young people must be careful on social media

Retro RBI

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

DPJ: Beginning of the End?

“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

Sanskrit in New Light

India

Gen.Suhag: India must be ready for short wars

Politics over Special Status

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

OROP: Pro View

OROP: Con View

SENSEX hits 14 Month Low…time to invest in hard assets?

Need to improve India’s China studies

Time for a “secular” calendar

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

Afghan-Pak relations worsen

Story behind China stock intervention

Yuan devaluation

Malaysia push for PM Najib’s resignation

Russian jets in Syrian skies

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”

Australia at crossroads

Brazil Minister to step down amid economic problems

Could Hackers take down a City?

European market plunge continues

August 2015 News Links

Updated!!!

Artist Achudan captures raw beauty in his Water Colours

Sanskrit as Unifying factor

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

Twin blasts in China

Tough times ahead for Indonesian Navy

“Should Nepal be Secular?”

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

UK’s Lost Decade

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

Madrid celebrates Holi

Decolonising Indology

“APJ Abdul Kalam was an exemplar of Plural India”

“My Journey from Businessman to Philanthropist”

Art: War of dharma revisited

India

Remembering the “Missile Man of India”

India wins Patent war

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

Who will lead Vietnam next?

Strategic Impact of the Iran deal

Turkey creeping toward Civil War?

World

End of Ukraine’s Peace process?

Mexico’s economy is flopping

“End of Capitalism has begun”

Can the Yuan overtake the Dollar?

“Uber regulatory challenge to democracy”

Germany being tested by refugee influx

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