As Maharashtra celebrates its 63rd Foundation Day, some politicians in the state are causing controversy over the location of a petroleum refinery at Barsu village in the Sindhudurga district. Nothing highlights the hypocrisy and doublespeak of the Shiv Sena, the principal opposition party in the state, more vividly than this. A forward-looking Maharashtra is being…
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur (L) and Union Minister for Communication Ashwini Vaishnaw (2nd from right) release postal stamps to mark the 100th episode of Mann ki Baat, in New Delhi on Wednesday. ANI Click Here
For obvious reasons, Karnataka Assembly elections have become extremely important. Voting is just around 20 days away, and it is pertinent to ensure that voters are empowered to make an enlightened choice. In the pre-2000 era, people used to routinely say that post-acquisition of power, all parties govern in a similar fashion. The performance of…
Although the 2024 Lok Sabha election is almost one year away, opposition parties have started confabulations, exploring the possibility of a united front to take on the BJP. While there is absolutely nothing surprising about these efforts, the feasibility of disparate opposition parties – most of them confined to just one state – coming together…
“Kuchh baat hai ki hasti, mit-ti nahin hamari” — wrote poet Muhammad Iqbal decades ago. He wondered why and how Indian civilisation, unlike its Persian or Roman counterparts, survived waves of invasions. Predictably, there are multiple ways of answering this question. But a consensus response could be that our philosophy has empowered us…
Suva, the capital of Fiji, is hosting the 12th World Hindi Conference between February 15 and 17. According to the Ministry of External Affairs’ officials, India has achieved limited progress at the United Nations regarding Hindi. The UN has now made a provision to provide all the important messages and press releases in Hindi, just…
India hosting Civil Society 20 is important because the authentic civil society concept in the country is intertwined with the spirit of voluntarism. Click Here
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 519 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21/11/2016 QUESTION Steps to get rid of pollution 519. DR. VINAY P. SAHASRABUDDHE: Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state: (a) to what extent,…