Dr. Manoj Vora, who climbed Mount Everest in 2013 on his second attempt, has started a campaign to rebuild the village of Kurima, near Mt. Everest in Nepal, which was flattened in the devastating earthquake. “They helped me to reach the summit and it is my turn to help them. Only 32 families live there,†Dr. Vora, a physician at the L...
The thoughts and ideas of Indian diplomats who have collectively put in more than 1,150 years in the Indian Foreign Service, understanding the ins and out of wealth creation, a story of a Parsi man and an exciting tale about the battle between man and nature: this is what IANS has to offer to its readers this ...
But he has not been spared from within. Critical voices within his party and the sangh parivar have begun to raise their decibel level....
As Greenpeace India struggles to stay afloat, the real reason why the government wants to shut down the global environmental NGO hasn’t got much attention: Coal, the single biggest source of primary energy in India, is at the heart of the Narendra Modi government’s ambitious plans to ramp up industrial production in the country....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's China visit has come at a time when his government is completing his first year in power and global strategic equations are fast rearranging. At a time when India's economy is gaining strength and global economists are hailing Modi's one year in power as the best India has had economically, Modi walks in China as t...
The overseas small screen is calling for Bollywood talent. From Priyanka Chopra, Nimrat Kaur and Tina Desai to veterans like Anupam Kher and Shabana Azmi - Indian actors are landing plum roles in international TV shows. And they're truly loving it....
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Muslim rule in Hindustan was mainly Turkish rule - from Mahmud to Babur all Turkish conquerors or rulers - interspersed with episodes of Afghan rule as under the Lodhis and Sher Shah Suri. But we the denizens of the Fortress of Islam - the confused begetters of holy enterprises like Jehad-e-Afghanistan - what have we in common with those warrior...
Late Cardinal Francis George said a few years ago: "I expect to die in bed, my successor will die in prison and his successor will die a martyr in the public square."...
It all started over the matter of succession, after Prophet Muhammad passed away, almost 14 centuries ago. Since neither Prophet Muhammad, nor the Holy Quran addressed this matter, it has caused a lot of bloodshed through the history of Islam. ...
