The recent killing of eleven Gond tribals including three women by a landlord to forcefully occupy his alleged 90 bighas of land has shaken the national conscience.Landlord Yagyadutt Bhurtiya, who is also the Pradhan of the Umbha Gram Panchayat in Sonbhadra District, Uttar Pradesh (UP), along with h...
Chennai has been facing a severe water crisis. There has been a 40% cut in piped water supply. All four reservoirs outside the city have dried up. In several parts of the city, the cost of water has doubled. According to reports from the Central Water Commission, a rainfall deficit of 41% in Tamil N...
Jacob Khaling has been newly elected as the political advisor to the Chief Minister of Sikkim, Prem Singh Tamang (Golay). He is one of the main founders of Sikkim Krantikari Morcha which has formed the government in the state. He has been instrumental in taking his party to great heights. He is also...
Prem Singh Golay representing Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) has taken over as the sixth Chief Minister of Sikkim. He has successfully broken the 25-year long magic run of Pawan Kumar Chamling, who was the longest serving chief minister of the country. SKM bagged 17 of the 32 assembly seats, w...
Asia’s largest tulip garden to be soon opened for visitors in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. 12 lakh tulip bulbs of different varieties have been planted in this garden....
Migrant workers are a special feature of the economy of Kerala. The state has both high outward and inward migration of labour. While there’s a lot of attention paid to outward migration and its economic implication, inward migration is a relatively less explored. For Keralites, migration to the G...
AGRI HORTICULTURE SOCIETY OF INDIAimage 1: From (L-R) : Alexey Idamkin, Firhad Hakim, Parno Mitra, Sunil Kanoria, Avani Kanoria, Dr. H. P. Kanoria and Sunita Kanoriaimage 2: Visitors to the flower show enjoying a pleasurable moment at the Tea Tree Cafe...
Rajasthan, the biggest state of modern India has been historically famous for its military entrepreneurship. From the beginning of the 16th century, many famous Rajasthani kings like Himu, Rana Hamir Singh, Rana Kumbha and Rana Pratap protected this land from waves of foreign invasions. However, aft...
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...
The West Bengal government organised the fifth Bengal Investment Summit on February 7-8, 2019, with great fanfare. According to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the business meet has been able to generate investment proposals of around Rs. 2.84 lakh crore. The total investment proposal in the la...
