culture and literature
Makar Sankranti
Makar Sankranti is celebrated on a fixed date that is 14 January every year. It also marks the termination of the Winter season and the beginning of a new harvest season. It is dedicated to […]
Year: 2021
culture and literature
Lohri: The Bonfire Festival
Like most other festivals in India, Lohri is also related to the agricultural activities of the farmers. It marks the harvesting season in Punjab and the end of the winter season. Lohri usually falls on […]
India
‘India pursues independent foreign policy’: MEA on US warning against S-400 purchase from Russia
New Delhi (TIP): India has been pursuing an independent foreign policy based on national security interest which also applies to its defence acquisition and supplies, Ministry of External Affairs said on Friday, after US warned […]
India
Sonia slams govt over fuel price hike, farmer stir, says country standing at crossroads
New Delhi (TIP): Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday, Jan 7, attacked the Modi government over the ongoing farmer agitation and the hike in fuel prices, and said the country was today standing at the […]
India
Covishield, Covaxin to be available very soon in India: Health minister
New Delhi (TIP): Ahead of the Covid-19 vaccine dry run on 8 January, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan met the health ministers of states and Union Territories on Thursday, January 7. Guiding the state health […]
India
Centre sounds alert as bird flu cases spread to 6 states
New Delhi (TIP): As a Bhopal-based laboratory confirmed that 437,000 poultry birds in Haryana died because of bird flu, the Centre on Friday, January 8, asked the six states where deaths because of the disease […]
India
India to chair UNSC panels on counter-terrorism, sanctions
New Delhi (TIP): India will chair the Taliban and Libya sanctions committees and the Counter-Terrorism Committee of the UN Security Council during its tenure as non-permanent member of the powerful 15-nation UN body. India, which […]
India
10 newborns die in hospital fire in Maharashtra’s Bhandara
Ten newborn babies died after fire broke out in the Special Newborn Care Unit of a hospital in Maharashtra in the wee hours on Saturday, January 9, doctors said. The infants were aged between a […]
India
To defuse crisis, Centre plans to turn to Akal Takht jathedar
Jalandhar (TIP): With talks deadlocked, the Centre has started roping in heads of religious sects in Punjab to break the impasse on the farm laws. While Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar met Baba Lakha […]
Frontpage News
Mohinder Kaur files plaint against Kangana
Bathinda (TIP): Mohinder Kaur of Bahadurgarh Jandian village here, who hit the headlines after Kangana Ranaut tweeted her picture claiming that she was the same “Dadi” who was part of the Shaheen Bagh protest, has […]
India
Opposition slams govt: Show compassion to farmers, not rules
New Delhi (TIP): As the eighth round of talks between the government and farmer’s unions ended inconclusively, the Opposition on Friday, January 8, hit out at the government, accusing it of trying to tire out […]
Asia
Indonesian cleric linked to 2002 Bali bombings walks free after 10 years in jail
Sukoharjo, Indonesia (TIP): Indonesian Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, the suspected mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people, walked free from prison on Friday after serving 10 years for setting up a […]
Asia
Main accused in Hindu temple vandalism arrested in Pakistan
Peshawar (TIP): Pakistani police on Friday claimed to have arrested the main accused in the vandalisation of a Hindu temple by a mob led by members of a radical Islamist party in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. […]
Asia
3 men sentenced to death for blasphemy in Pakistan
Islamabad (TIP): A Pakistan court here on Friday sentenced three men to death, while a fourth was awarded 10 years imprisonment for committing blasphemy. Judge Raja Jawad Abbas of an Islamabad-based Anti-Terrorism Court announced the […]
Asia
UAE to reopen all entry points with Qatar
Dubai (TIP): The United Arab Emirates announced on Friday that it would reopen its borders and airspace to Qatar after boycotting the tiny energy-rich country alongside its Gulf allies since 2017. The decision to restart […]
World
Bolsonaro warns US-like political crisis could happen in Brazil
Brasilia (TIP): Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday the lack of trust in the vote count in the US election led to Wednesday’s mob attack on Congress and warned that the same could happen […]
World
Iraq issues arrest warrant for Trump over Soleimani killing
Baghdad (TIP): An arrest warrant was issued on Thursday for outgoing President Donald Trump in connection with the killing of an Iranian general and a powerful Iraqi militia leader last year, Iraq’s judiciary said. The […]
World
South Korea to dispatch diplomat for Tehran talks after Iran seizes tanker
Seoul (TIP): South Korea is dispatching a delegation to Iran as early as on Tuesday to seek the release of a tanker seized in the Gulf waters by Iranian forces, with a senior diplomat set […]
World
Third lockdown begins in UK, stay-at-home order till mid-February
London (TIP): Britain began its third Covid lockdown on Tuesday with citizens under orders to stay at home and the government calling for one last major national effort to stem the virus before mass vaccinations […]
World
Four migrants found dead on boat in Tenerife
Madrid (TIP): Four migrants were found dead and three were treated for acute sunburn after their boat reached the Canary island of Tenerife on Tuesday, Spanish coastguards said. A total of 47 migrants were on […]
World
Hong Kong arrests 53 for plot to overthrow govt
Hong Kong (TIP): The Hong Kong police arrested 53 people in dawn raids on democracy activists on Wednesday in the biggest crackdown since China last year imposed a new security law which opponents say is […]
World
Chinese Communist Party clamps new rules for its members; bans public dissent
Beijing (TIP): As China’s ruling Communist Party gears up to celebrate its centenary year, it has revised rules for its 92 million members, stipulating that no public expression of dissent will be tolerated. But party […]
World
Iran bans Covid-19 vaccines from US, UK
Dubai (TIP): Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday banned Iran from importing of American Pfizer-BioNTech and Britain’s AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines. “The import of US and British vaccines into the country is forbidden. I have […]
Perspective
Reading Hannah Arendt in Joe Biden’s America
Afflicted with an escalating novel coronavirus pandemic, an ailing economy, racial discrimination, and a climate crisis rebuffed by millions, Mr. Biden’s America has four long years to undo the tragic consequences of intolerance and division […]
Editorials
A hegemony upended by a Frankenstein
The clipping of the wings of the authoritarian and populist Right in the U.S. at the national level heralds genuine change for liberal democratic positions worldwide, at least on some issues – climate change and […]