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Positive parenting vital for protecting children: NCPCR

Staff Reporter National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) Member Pragna Parande has said that positive parenting holds key in protecting children and fathers should also be included in child care programmes. Addressing a workshop relating to the importance of first thousand days of the child from conception organised by UNICEF and others in … Continue reading Positive parenting vital for protecting children: NCPCR →

Google Doodle Honours Poet, Freedom Fighter Subhadra Kumari Chauhan

Kerala Governor appeals jewellers to refrain from using photographs of brides to further their sales

AMN Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan today appealed to jewellers to refrain from using the photographs of brides to further their sales. He was speaking to media persons after delivering the convocation address at the Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies in Kochi. He observed that such photographs create an impression that to be … Continue reading Kerala Governor appeals jewellers to refrain from using photographs of brides to further their sales →

Harrapan City in Gujarat ‘Dholavira’ inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List

NEWS DESK Harrapan City in Gujarat ‘Dholavira’ has been inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List. This recognition is surely an acknowledgement of India’s rich history, unique cultural & architectural heritage. Dholavira was an important urban centre and is one of our most important linkages with our past. It is a must visit, especially for those … Continue reading Harrapan City in Gujarat ‘Dholavira’ inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List →

Kakatiya Rudreshwara Temple inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage Site

NEWS DESK The Kakatiya Rudreshwara (Ramappa) Temple, Telangana has been inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. With this addition India has become home to 39 World Heritage Site. The decision was taken at the 44th session of the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO on Sunday July 25. Ramappa temple, a 13th century engineering marvel … Continue reading Kakatiya Rudreshwara Temple inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage Site →

Govt forms board to promote medical tourism in India

Medical tourism is a type of tourism undertaken to get medical treatment for ailments, and usually, people try to go to certain countries which have expertise in particular ailments. ANDALIB AKHTER Union Ministry of Tourism has taken several steps to promote India as a Medical and Health Tourism Destination. In order to provide dedicated institutional … Continue reading Govt forms board to promote medical tourism in India →

If you are thirty plus, visit Nagaland……look for the wonder drug

Nirendra Dev in Kohima 1990 In the business of pharmaceuticals, it is probably recording the highest growth sale. Suddenly a variety of over-the-counter aggressively advertised ‘energy rechargers’ are flooding the market, all aimed at the urban Indian male over 30.Aphrodisiac health tonic or whatever it is marketed as, most of the pills contain the stimulae … Continue reading If you are thirty plus, visit Nagaland……look for the wonder drug →

Campaign to bury Bahadur Shah Zafar at Mehruli

By Syed Ali Mujtaba There is a nationwide campaign being built to bring back the remains of Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar from Rangoon to Mehrauli (Delhi) where he wished to be buried. In 1857, Bahadur Shah Zafar was exiled to Rangoon by British Government and he breathed his last at the age of 87, on … Continue reading Campaign to bury Bahadur Shah Zafar at Mehruli →

Jamsetji Tata tops global list of top 10 philanthropists from last 100 yrs

WEB DESKJamsetji Nusserwanji Tata, founder of the Tata Group, has topped the EdelGive Hurun Philanthropists of the Century. The report pegs the current value of his donation – mainly to education and healthcare – at $102.4 billion with the start of his key endowments way back in 1892. Tata is the only Indian in the … Continue reading Jamsetji Tata tops global list of top 10 philanthropists from last 100 yrs →

Taj Mahal reopen, 650 visitors allowed at a time

AMN / Agra The iconic Taj Mahal reopened for visitors today. Only 650 people have been allowed to enter the premises at a time, officials said adding that monument premises will be sanitized three times in a day.. Most of the centrally protected monuments, museums and sites closed for around two months due to the … Continue reading Taj Mahal reopen, 650 visitors allowed at a time →