Higher education is at a critical juncture in India. The widening gap between education and employability has been a persistent problem of the Indian higher education system for some time now. Despite numerous governmental initiatives, the unemployment crisis in India is far from being resolved.Acco...
An important feature of the very high rate of growth of higher education in India, particularly since the beginning of the 1990s, is an alarming growth of the private higher education sector. The size of the private education sector is about twice that of the public sector in terms of the number of ...
As of now, the contribution of the services sector in producing the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of India is more than 50%. Agriculture contributes around 14% and industry and manufacturing sector contribute the rest.There is an economic perception that every economy has to pass through different ph...
A convoy comprising of around 2500 Indian CRPF jawans and officers were struck by a car bomb on February 14, 2019 leading to the death of more than 44 CRPF jawans. Terrorist outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed claimed responsibility soon after. It identified the suicide bomber as Adil, a resident of the Pulwama...
According to Daniel Lieberman, Chair of the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard, over the course of millions of years, apes living in the forests of Africa changed to modern humans. We humans were hunter-gatherers, moved frequently, lived at very low population densities, and usually...
Family tradition, regional heritage, organic farming and a penchant to preserve the local tasty cuisine are some of the driving forces which resulted in two unique brands of pickles and allied products. The difference between these limited range of home-made products and mass-produced ones is that t...
...............contd. from previous issueOne can, I will repeat time and again, make critical analysis of ideas and actions –works of Gandhiji on solid grounds. A critical analysis of one’s ideas cannot weaken them or shrink their significance. Rather, a critical analysis of one’s thoughts, or...
The West Bengal Federation of United Nations Association (WEBFUNA) organised a candlelight vigil march to the UNICEF office, Kolkata on February 19, 2019. The procession started from WEBFUNA’s Kolkata office in Shakespeare Sarani. Their representatives submitted a memorandum addressed to the Secre...
Dear Readers,Enlightenment is a journey within through service. Enlightened sants, rishis and individuals have realised ‘I’ and then ‘He’. “If you know ‘I’ then, you know ‘Him’” – said Lalan Fakir. Service to Humanity and creation of God is worship of God. - Shri Ramakrishna Pa...
The 11th edition of the World Confluence of Humanity Power and Spirituality was concluded on December 21 and 22, 2018, at The Westin Hotel Kolkata, India. This spiritual gathering was jointly organised by Srei Foundation and Kanoria Foundation and the theme for this year was ‘Spirituality and Huma...