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In a country obsessed with cricket, it is time for our national game. Hockey.For the first time, India ended its 49 year waiting period at the Olympics by qualifying for a semi final after 3-1 win over Britain in the quarter final at Tokyo 2020. History has been rewritten in Tokyo as India have qualified […]
In March 2020, I was visiting a friend in Goa when the lockdown was announced. What was meant to be a week-long visit suddenly turned into a ten-week stay. Those who’ve been through such an experience would know this doesn’t bode well for a friendship. First of all, it breaks down the distancing required for […]
Friendship, what is the definition of this particular word? It is one thing that you cannot live without, friendship defines a lovely bonding between two people no matter how far they are. This virtual friendship that I will be describing today is a friend who is not in my society, school or even grade. My […]
In pandemic enforced times, our first thoughts are those of fear, deprivation, death, grief and a range of emotions over which we have no control. Traumas of different kinds come to reside in our beings. These intense experiences should not be taken lightly. However, in the annals of literature, we find various ways of coping […]
I was wondering what would be an appropriate first article for a parenting column? Perhaps it’s wise to start from the very beginning? Once upon a time, there was an egg and a sperm. No, I’m just kidding. There is no need to go that far back. But I do see value in addressing this […]
Khabar Lahariya is India’s only women’s news organization. Based in Uttar Pradesh, its journalists passionately believe in reporting rural issues through a feminist lens. The Women’s News Organization is the subject of an award-winning documentary. Filmmakers have portrayed her character as strong and courageous. The woman narrates how a group of four men broke into […]
Kimaya Rana The public demonstrations of support for the LGBTQIA+ community is a fairly recent practice in India. However, homophobia and transphobia still prevail. It has been an issue for a long time. Not many people talk about this issue. Being a part of the LGBTQIA+ community in India is considered “abnormal” and “inhuman”. Terms […]
“There is no greater illusion than fear.” ⁃ Lao Tzu A mouse was extremely worried that a cat would catch and kill her. Her fear was so great that she never ventured out at all. “How I wish I were a cat. I would then have nothing to fear,” she thought. A genie who was […]
India’s star weight lifter Chanu Saikhom Mirabai opened India’s account on the first day of Tokyo Olympics 2020, on July 24, by bagging a silver medal. Chanu gained her ticket to Tokyo in 2020 after earning a bronze medal at the Asian Championship in Tashkent in April 2021. The diminutive lifter from Manipur, Chanu lifted 84 […]
Mary Kom, the world’s No.1 female light-flyweight by the International Boxing Association(AIBA) and Manpreet Singh, captain of India men’s field hockey team, are the flag bearers in the parade and mark India’s entry in Tokyo Olympics 2020. India is the 21st country to join the Tokyo Olympics 2020. The Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony began at […]
Adani Group partners India’s Olympic Contingent Amit Panghal, Deepak Punia & Rani Rampal among 7 top athletes at the Tokyo Olympics supported by the Adani Group’s Garv Hai initiative, as part of the Group’s long-term sports incubation Garv Hai is the Adani Group’s long-term incubation programme to nurture India’s next generation of sporting champions. 19 athletes […]
An 11-year boy from Haryana was admitted to the All India Institute Of Medical Science in Delhi on July 2 after he was diagnosed with leukemia and pneumonia died of the H5N1 avian influenza on Tuesday. It is the first such death registered in India in 2021, as reported by PTI. The news agency further […]
Saajanben, an Adivasi woman stripped and paraded in town for eloping with her lover. Saajanben is about 23 years old. She is a mother to a year old infant. She hardly has any milk in her breasts, yet she tries to feed him because her family hardly has any money to buy milk from the […]
Cedric Prakash, a human rights activist from Ahmedabad pays homage to late Fr. Stan Swamy and says that it has been ten days now since Fr. Stan Swamy left us but the plain truth is that the legacy he has left us is alive even today and we must do all we can to protect and […]
On June 24, the Union Labour and Employment Ministry told the parliamentary standing committee on labour that it did not have any data on female labour force participation in the country. “We are waiting for the data. The ministry said it would need 10 days to compile this,” Lok Sabha member from Odisha Bhartuhari Mahtab, […]
It was a lazy summer day. I was having cornflakes with my favourite strawberry shake. As I was about to take a sip, a velvety phoenix swooped in and dropped my juicy shake. Before I could do anything, my glass was on the floor that ended up being a mess. In a fit of rage, […]
Given that the prevalence of the Delta variant caused a surge in Covid-19 cases across the country during the second wave, the fear that the additional mutation to the pre-existing variant signals the arrival of the third wave is widespread. Experts, however, assert that not only the fear is unfounded, but jumping the gun is […]
Time at hand with a work-from-home situation and the low hang of equity markets seems to have proven rather inviting for several people, many women among them, propelling them into stock trading embracing the risks and rewards of a highly dynamic index. In Kolkata, Sukanya Das, a 29-year-old executive with Cognizant Technology, snapped up the […]
IIT Gandhinagar has developed an anti-viral coating material that can easily be applied to any material. The distinctive invention can help prevent viral infections. The IIT Researchers’ team who invented this anti-viral surface coating includes Professor Emila Panda, Associate Professor, Materials Engineering; Professor Abhay Raj Singh Gautam, Assistant Professor, Materials Engineering; Professor Virupakshi Soppina, Ramalingaswami […]
When Pankti Jog, a resident of Ahmedabad asked the local police as to whether we lived in an authoritarian or feudal State and whether Ministers were Kings that the Praja (the citizens) had to live under their diktats and not democratic principles, she meant it. Literally. Local police in Gujarat in Ahmedabad, issued instructions to […]
