Saudi Arabia launches women-only sports centre
byRiyadh, June 4 (IANS/AKI) A pioneering “women-only” sports centre has opened in Saudi Arabia’s eastern city of Khobar. The sports centre plans to recruit…
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Andhra reconstitutes women’s commission
byHyderabad, June 3 (IANS) After a gap of five years, Andhra Pradesh Monday re-constituted the state women’s commission. Former state minister and social activist…
A NATION OF SPECTATORS
byIll winds over our fair & lovely land blow Each scam as it surfaces, kicks up a storm, The big ones to hurricane intensity…
China: dazzling economy or shrewd statecraft
byDefying global recession, what is it that makes the economy of China beat the blues while other giants like USA and Europe are humbled?…
Legalize Marijuana in India, in Himachal
by“Babu Ji maal khatm hai” informed a small time shop owner on the outskirts of Shimla when asked about the availability of Marijuana (Charas),…
UP asked to explain female child marriages
byNew Delhi, June 3 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Monday asked the Uttar Pradesh government to explain if 73 percent females in…
Activists plant potatoes in potholes in Russia
byMoscow, June 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A group of activists in the central Russian city of Yaroslavl have planted potatoes in street potholes across the…
Villagers poisoning tigers in Uttarakhand
byDehra Dun : This year till June 1, nine tigers were killed. Fifteen were killed in 2012 and 24 in 2011. All of them,…
Freida Pinto bats for girl empowerment in Ethiopia
byAddis Ababa, June 2 (IANS) “Slumdog Millionaire” actress Freida Pinto, the global ambassador of the Because I am A Girl Campaign (BIAAG), visited Ethiopia…
IPL saga: India’s gladiator games
byThe nature and scale of the crisis engulfing Indian cricket, the country’s passion and also described as its only secular religion, makes one cast…