Superstar Amitabh Bachchan has donated Rs 2 crore/ 20 million rupees for the Covid-care center at Rakab Ganj Gurdwara in Delhi, scheduled to operate from Monday, said Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee president Manjinder Singh Sirsa
The Political Biography of a Former Chief Minister: A Life That Mirrors Mizoram
The enduring lesson of Mizoram is not that the state won and the insurgents lost. It is that both sides eventually found a political space in which neither needed to win everything. That is the essence of accommodation and perhaps the most enduring lesson Lal Thanhawla’s life offers India.
The Empty Chair at Islamabad: When Taliban Saw Women's Rights Subordinated by Islamic Law
The Taliban, therefore, is not challenging whether Islam should shape women’s rights. Both the OIC and the Taliban begin from that premise. The disagreement is over what Islamic rights mean and, more importantly, who has the authority to define them.
Who Defines Where Home is? Confronting Partition Trauma and its Aftermath Eight Decades Later
As of January this year, at least 296 Bangladeshis have died in border areas over the past decade, as India’s Border Security Forces (BSF) pushes “illegal Bangladeshis” across the border in the dead of night.
'The Election Commission Expose': A Seminal Moment for Indian Journalism
It is true that only a handful of newspapers have the resources and persistence to pursue big stories of the kind that came alive in the EC exposé. Nevertheless, to the extent that it inspires others to pursue even smaller news stories with steadfastness this could potentially redeem the otherwise sordid state of affairs in the Indian media.
More on Soft Power, Culture, Society and Gender
Of sex work and Ray's women: A nuanced look on the maestro's birth centenary
The representation of the sex worker in Indian celluloid seldom displays an attempt at non-voyeurism. Satyajit Ray, on the other hand, took a more nuanced look at the sex worker
Nepalese Kami Rita summits Everest record 25th time
Kami Rita Sherpa has become the only person to summit the 8848.86 meters tall Mt. Everest for the 25th time, breaking his own record set in 2019
British envoy ends up collecting trash during morning walk in Pakistan’s capital
A top British diplomat went for an early morning walk in the green-capped Margalla Hills in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad hoping to catch some fresh air, but came back with two bags full of garbage he collected on the trail
Sana Ramchand first Pakistani Hindu woman to become Assistant Commissioner
Sana Ramchand has become Pakistan’s first Hindu woman to be appointed as an Assistant Commissioner, Daily Pakistan reported
Sri Lanka offers to host IPL
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) – the apex supervisory body of the sport in the island nation - has offered to host the remaining matches of the cash-rich Indian Premier League, which has been suspended due to Covid outbreak among players and support staff
Virat Kohli, Anushka Sharma raise over USD 491.000 for Covid relief in less than 24 hours
An online fundraising campaign initiated by Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli and his Bollywood actress wife Anushka Sharma to help India in its battle against the Covid 19 pandemic has raised Rs 3.6 crore (USD 4,91,437.44) in less than 24 hours, the star couple disclosed on Saturday
Pakistani actress says her stepfather raped her as a child
Pakistani actress Eshal Fayyaz has made public that she was abused as a child, with the culprit being no other than her then stepfather
Australian cricketers in IPL 2021 moved to Maldives from India
A day after the abrupt postponement of IPL 2021 due to the COVID-19 crisis, the Australian cricket players involved in the tournament have been "safely transported" to the Maldives, Cricket Australia (CA) confirmed on Thursday
Shakib, Mustafizur will have to undergo 14-day quarantine on return from India
Bangladesh authorities have asked cricketers Shakib Al Hasan and Mustafizur Rahman to undergo a 14-day institutional quarantine at a hotel on their return after playing in the cash-rich Indian Premier League which has now been postponed due to an outbreak of Covid 19, bdnews24.com reported
Pakistan women cricketers to get year-long maternity leave
Pakistan’s women cricketers will be entitled to yearlong paid maternity leave, in addition to the option of switching to a non-playing role, as they approach an advanced stage of pregnancy, the country’s cricket board has announced
Australian cricket board not to seek government exemption for return of players from India
The Australian cricket board and its players’ body have made it clear that they would not seek exemptions from the government to bring back Aussie cricketers stranded in India after the BCCI postponed the Indian Premier League (IPL) indefinitely after a Coronavirus outbreak among the players and support staff
Mixed fortunes for glam candidates in Bengal polls
West Bengal voters refused to get swayed by the glamour and oomph of candidates in the just-concluded state assembly elections
Nothing is more important than saving human lives: Shoaib Akhtar on BCCI's decision to cancel IPL
Former Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Akhtar on Wednesday reacted to the Board of Control for Cricket in India's decision to cancel the cash-rich Indian Premier League's 2021 season midway and said nothing is more important than saving human lives amid COVID-19 crisis in India
Six girls from Assam develop biodegradable yoga mat, may save lakes from water hyacinth menace
A biodegradable and compostable yoga mat developed from water hyacinth by six young girls from a fishing community in Assam could turn this water plant from a nuisance to wealth
