November 2024 News Links
Updated!!!
“How global powers exploit democratic ideals”
“Pushpita Prasad & Rishabh Sarswat write about recent attacks on Hindu temples in Canada”
“CBC and @cbcfifth have chosen to silence criticism by turning off comments”
“Indian files on Hardeep Nijjar is of a murder of a Hindu priest, Kamaldeep Sharma”
“How Did the ‘Butcher of Hyderabad’ Hand Over the Party to Owaisi?”
“Hindu girls- convert to Islam …happening in Delhi’s Jamia Milia Islamia”
“Why has Congress become a Muslim-first party?”
“First-of-its-kind course on dam safety in India at IIT Roorkee “
“Indian solar firms stare at cost hikes as China cuts rebates on key components”
“Minimal for India due to China’s opaque trade practices: GTRI”
“Shigeru Ishiba formally re-elected Japan’s Prime Minister”
“Putin signs new doctrine lowering the threshold for using nuclear weapons”
Khalistani? “Father stabbed to death…after asking man to not vape near his toddler”
“Brazil’s federal police indicted former President Jair Bolsonaro”
“Dutch foreign minister says Netanyahu would be arrested on ICC warrant if he travels “
Culture
“Brampton, Canada: One of the participants of the solidarity rally”
“Cultural identity shapes behaviour”
“The Unbelievable Story of the Elizabeth Holmes of Yoga”
‘Transforming India Conclave’ creates waves with outstanding thought leaders
Andhra
“𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗵𝗿𝗮 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻 𝗨𝘀𝗵𝗮 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝘂𝗸𝘂𝗿𝗶 𝗩𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲…𝘁𝗵𝗲 1st 𝗛𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀”
“Sri Ramappa Temple, Palampet, Telangana”
“Villagers Worried Uranium Mining | Kappatralla”
India
“RBI keeps policy rate unchanged for 10th time in a row”
“Wake-up call against rising plastic pollution”
“India’s nutrition paradox: Tackling hidden hunger amid food sufficiency”
“No real Tamil-speaking leaders in TN!”
PSUs: “Focus shifts to prudent public wealth management”
“Right-wing and challenge for Indian Muslims: The path to reform and reconciliation”
“India moving towards secular civil code: Modi”
“Apple Exported $6 Billion Worth of India-Made iPhones”
“Young Engineer Left Software Job | Doing ATM Kind of Paddy Farming”
“Transforming lives of the Indian farmers”
“Over 150 Injured In Fireworks Accident At Kerala Temple Festival”
“Population Census takes off in 2025”
Subcontinent
“CJI presides over signing of MoUs to enhance..legal cooperation between India & Bhutan”
“India gives relief material to Nepal”
“Hindus targeted whenever there is instability in Bangladesh”
“Explosion outside Pakistan’s Karachi airport kills 2 Chinese”
Asia
“Setback for China’s BRI as Brazil follows India’s lead, rejects participation”
“Ishiba dissolves Japan’s lower house”
“Israel, Iran in mortal combat”
World
“Trump wins the U.S. election by a landslide”
“US plans to end Google monopoly”
“Crisis at food banks is reality check of the Canadian dream”
“Canadian cop suspended after attending Khalistani protest at Hindu Temple”
“UK sanctions Russia for use of ‘inhumane’ chemical weapons’
“Nigeria’s power grid partially collapses again, causing blackouts”
“Brazil surprised by Venezuela’s ‘offensive tone’ as diplomatic row escalates
October 2024 News Links
Updated!!!
“Amaravati Railway Line Survey Completed”
“PM Modi to visit Russia from Oct 22-23 to attend BRICS”
“Dissatisfied Liberal MPs plan to ask PM Trudeau to step aside”
“June 2022 India requested Canada to extradite members of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang”
“India hitting back? Canada’s border police officer named in terror case”
“33 hoax bomb threats received by airlines in 4 days in India”
“India’s domestic air passenger traffic to touch 300 million by 2030: Naidu”
“Communal conflagration in Uttar Pradesh”
“21 cops hurt in Amravati violence over Hindu seer’s remarks”
“NC-Congress alliance stakes claim to form govt in J-K”
“Punjab: Farmers block roads, squat on rail tracks to protest ‘tardy’ paddy purchase”
“Removing 50 per cent cap on resrvation necessary to protect Constitution: Rahul Gandhi”
“Congress is being run by gang of urban Naxals: PM Modi”
“Bollywood mourns industrialist Ratan Tata’s demise”
“Punjab Police busts major trans-border drug network in Amritsar”
“Cyber attacks have emerged as major threat to national security: President Murmu”
“Congress demands Sitharaman’s resignation over extortion”
“Lanka parties busy forming alliances to face Nov election”
“Nepal to organise Yoga Retreat to enhance physical, spiritual health”
“20 killed in attack on miners in Pakistan”
“Pakistani separatist group claims bombing that killed 2 Chinese near Karachi airport”
“US is worried about China’s ‘dangerous’ actions in disputed sea”
“Brazilians vote in local elections“
“Britain’s last coal-fired electricity plant closing”
“Austria’s Freedom Party secures first far-right national election win since World War II”
“France’s new govt pledges hardline stance on migration”
“Cuba endured worst day of blackouts with over half of the island suffering”
Culture
“Multi Talented Young Girl | Playing Flute”
“Yogi Vemana Versity Students Exhibits Their Fine Arts”
“Senegal, the bastion of the region’s Francophonie, French is giving way to local language”
Andhra
“Amaravati faces a renewed political assault”
“Naidu (@ncbn) inaugurates centralised kitchen in Tirumala”
“Look beyond laddu adulteration, Pawan Kalyan appeals to SC”
India
“Delhi: Woman finds hidden cameras in rented home, landlord’s son held”
“Will Indian Courts Tame Wikipedia?”
“Punjab Farmers Protest: Throwing Grains Over Low Crop Prices”
“How India is spreading itself across the chip-making value chain”
“India is planning to build a fleet of 40-50 “Bharat Small Reactors” to provide heat & power”
Railways Minister: “Holding talks with state govts, police to prevent train sabotage”
“GSTCouncil has significantly reduced …(GST) rate on cancer drugs “
“Women carried out a torch rally in Imphal valley earlier today over recent violence in the state”
Subcontinent
“How the Baloch Struggle Went Mainstream”
“In Bangladesh…extremists have attacked 1,068 houses & businesses of minorities”
“ Potential Rise of a Radical Political Pariah in Bangladesh”
“Who is Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Sri Lanka’s new Marxist president “
Asia
Japan parliament elects Shigeru Ishiba as the new prime minister
“For global influence, China turns to fake news”
“Israel launches ground invasion into Southern Lebanon”
“Lebanon says Israeli strikes kill 100 people “
World
“More rivers spill banks in central European floods, death toll rises”
“Texas declares Venezuela-based gang a ‘terrorist group ”
“12 people have been killed in coordinated attacks in violent Mexican city”
“NATO’s eastward march threatens Asian stability”
“Military juntas in 3 West African nations investigate a French journalist over jihadi analysis”
“In exile: how Jews became a perpetually persecuted people”
“Rwanda Struggles To Halt Spread Of Marburg Virus “
“ Scores Dead As Boat Capsizes in DR Congo “
Updated!!!
September 2024 News Links
“AndhraPradeshFloods | NDRF teams rescued 350 people and evacuated 15,000”
“Cabinet approves new moon mission Chandrayaan-4”
“J and K heading for ‘historic’ assembly elections ”
“Netflix India Content Head Summoned over ‘IC 814’ Row”
“Arvind Kejriwal resigns as Delhi chief minister”
“Adani warns of legal action for Kenya fake threat news”
“Government to begin farmer registration for Aadhaar-style IDs
“Danish court rejects India extradition request in arms case”
“K P Sharma Oli addresses Nepal Infrastructure Summit 2024”
“Jamaat genie out of bottle: How Yunus has failed to tame radicalism in Bangladesh”
“War crimes tribunal set up by Sheikh Hasina initiates probe against her”
“Balochistan has seen a series of insurgencies for over 7 decades”
“The Rise, Decline, and Possible Resurrection of China’s Confucius Institutes”
“Vietnam typhoon death toll rises to 233”
Meta bans Russian news agencies over ‘foreign interference”
“Britain set out new legislation to stop water companies from leaking sewage into rivers”
“Macron appoints Michel Barnier, the European Union’s former Brexit negotiator”
“Hundreds of migrant women face sex attacks in Darien Gap”
“How I was assaulted by Rahul Gandhi’s team in Dallas”
“BAPS Swaminarayan Temple vandalised in New York; Indian Consulate alerts US officials”
“U.S. Navy will sideline 17 vessels due to a “manpower shortage”
“Algeria declares President Tebboune election winner with 95%”
“Severe flooding in #Nigeria has claimed 30 lives”
Culture
“ Bollywood films show India in bad light”
“Boycott IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack: Netizens slam Anubhav”
“The decline of Parliamentary decorum”
Andhra
“Airdropping of food, water begins in flood-hit #Vijayawada”
“26 NDRF teams deployed for flood rescue in Andhra, Telangana”
“Sub-10 nm chips likely to steer 60% of India’s semicon market by 2032”
India
“Karnataka: Heavy rainfall triggers flood-like situation in Kalaburagi”
“North India likely to see heavy rainfall in September”
“Gujarat sees massive flooding after heavy rain, 15 dead, 20,000 evacuated”
“’Miya Bihu’ singer arrested; won’t tolerate attempt to transform our Bihu songs”
“Cabinet approves assured pension for govt employees “
“TMC has been in power since 2011 in West Bengal”
“‘India Had Obligation to Show That It Will Help A Friend in Need’”
“Centre defends Law against Triple Talaq”
“Warships & tanks: India to add ₹1.2L cr arsenal to combat China”
“Rahul Gandhi asked…Narendra Modi to fulfil the nation’s demand for a caste census”
“#EnforcementDirectorate on Monday arrested AAP MLA #AmanatullahKhan”
Subcontinent
“Pak army shifts focus to ‘digital terrorism’”
“Hockey Players Flee Pakistan, Seek Asylum In Europe”
“Will Bangladesh go the way of Pakistan?”
“Bangladesh’s anti-Hasina mobs thrash Awami League activists in Dhaka”
“Violence spirals over in #Balochistan”
Asia
“Anti-nuclear energy stance fades among LDP presidential hopefuls”
“No rice in Japan’s supermarkets. What led to the unprecedented shortage”
Video: “Pavel Durov…before his arrest in France”
“Philippine Officials Rescue 162 in Raid on Suspected Cyberscam Hub”
World
“BioNTech begins injecting mRNA into participants in a clinical trial against lung cancer”
“EU states imported more gas from Russia than from the USA”
“The US military inc: Profiting from war”
“23% drop in Indian students going to UK”
“Scores of illegal migrants swimming to the Spanish enclave Ceuta”
“ISIS claims responsibility for stabbing attack in Solingen, Germany”
Congo Says 129 People Died During Attempted Jailbreak”
“Brazil’s S.Court panel upheld a judge’s decision to block…social media platform X”
August 2024 News Links
Updated!!!
“Four Girls of Nellore | Exhibits Massive Talent in Bharata Natyam”
“Terminal decline of Bengal has been hastened by the ‘Bhadralok’”
“Was Kolkata doctor raped and murdered to silence her?”
“BJP slams INDIA-Alliance, CM Mamata Banerjee over Kolkata doctor”
“Kolkata rape-murder lays bare ‘medical education racket’“
“Bangladesh violence reinforces need for CAA in India”
“India to help Sheikh Hasina, in touch with Bangladesh ”
“Pannun plot is a political game: Nikhil Gupta”
“Cabinet minister Harjit Sajjan requested 100 Canadian soldiers to perform with pop star Diljit”
“drug lord Balwinder Singh alias Billa Havellian, has been ordered to be detained”
“Vinesh’s petition dismissed by the international court”
“Kejriwal moves SC challenging arrest by CBI ”
“Opposition strongly opposes Waqf bill ”
“Rijiju defends amendments to Waqf law in Lok Sabha”
“All Adani group stocks tumble; Adani Energy slumps “
Hindenburg: IVCA backs Sebi Chairperson Madhabi Buch amid short-seller’s allegations”
“Wayanad landslides: Rescue operations continue after deadly disaster | Photos”
“The global crisis of over-tourism”
“Mexico: Over 1,000 judges and magistrates have voted to join an indefinite nationwide strike”
“Contrary to stereotypes about #Africa as a ‘dark continent’, it is making remarkable progress”
“ Terror Attack on Beach Hotel in Somalia”
Culture
Andhra
“Drinking Water Crisis In 15 Villages In YCP Regime”
“BRS faces existential crisis as KCR falters”
“AP Govt Formed Committee For YCP Leaders Land Encroachment”
India
“India among major nations hit by Microsoft outage”
“Like Ministers in the Modi cabinet, the babus are also accountable”
“Religion and politics in modern India”
“Modi’s ‘White Paper’ shows a mirror to UPA’s misgovernance and corruption”
“The NAC-drafted Communal Violence Bill was enacted to Criminalise Hindus”
“Why the Khalistan Separatist Movement Is Neither Sikh Nor Liberal“
“India’s Afghan Sikh 2021 evacuation plan was nixed by Canadian antics”
“123 killed in Wayanad landslides, rescue ops on”
Subcontinent
“Protest in Quetta and Khuzdar against violence in Balochistan”
“Afghan Sikhs, Hindus angered after MPs ‘sneak out to India,’”
“’American dreams’ of Afghan Hindus, Sikhs delay airlift”
“Sri Lanka to hold presidential election on Sept. 21″
Asia
“Magnitude 6.7 earthquake strikes off Mindanao, Philippines “
“Indian embassy in Beirut asks Indian nationals to leave the country”
“Hamas says its leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated”
World
“European Union wants to build a comprehensive database of the assets owned by all citizens”
“Nijjar: The terrorist who was mourned by Justin Trudeau “
“Civil unrest in Southport following the deadly stabbing of several innocent children”
“The British Countryside’s Forgotten History of Slavery”
“Protests grow in Venezuela as concerns over election”
“S.Africa’s ‘Construction Mafias’ Are Scaring Away Investors, Minister Says“
July 2024 News Links
Updated!!!
“Prabhas’ Kalki beats Hrithik’s Fighter”
“Indian govt…approved 189 km outer ring road expressway for the new capital city Amaravati”
“Pattiseema Water Released To Krishna Delta”
Future 2nd Lady of the United States? “Meet Usha Chilukuri Vance”
“Teaching law in regional languages can improve access to legal system “
“RBI governor hints interest rates may stay higher for longer”
Unwise “seers”, improper policy: “Hindu Rashtra statute draft”
“Maharashtra has become 1st state in India to cross $500 billion economy ”
“A Belief in Meritocracy Is Not Only False: It’s Bad for You”
“Regime change on cards in Nepal”
“The threat of famine persists across the #GazaStrip”
“An #IsraeliAttack on the south of the #GazaStrip on Saturday killed 71 people”
“Convert to Islam or die”- 1200 Hindu kids & families were warned”
“4 of Indian origin arrested in US’s Princeton in human trafficking case”
“How Khalistan Resides In the Anglosphere “
“Canada’s rising jobless rate pushes case for July rate cut”
“A lot of people are saying that Canada has become a safe haven for terrorists”
“Labour pledges fresh inquiry into Thatcher’s role in 1984 Operation Blue Star”
“Somalia Accuses Ethiopia of Pursuing False Claims to Seize Territory”
Culture
History: “Communalism in India”
“How Religious Freedom Reports Obscure More Than They Reveal”
“Anti-Ayurveda forces are at play “
Andhra
“Telugu States CMs’ Meeting in Hyderabad | Bifurcation issues”
“Jagan Disproportionate Assets Case”
“Thousands of dead fish found floating in Pedda Cheruvu lake in Ramanthapur, Hyderabad”
“Sim Swapping & Sim Cloning Fraud Cases Raised”
India
“ISRO’s Aditya-L1 completes first halo orbit”
“Flood situation prevails in Kaziranga National Park”
“ Stampede at Religious Event in India Kills at Least 116, Mostly Women and Children”
“Modi slams Rahul Gandhi over ‘Hindu’ remarks in LS”
“Sampanthan made a `tight rope walk in Tamil politics’ !”
“Death toll in Kallakurichi hooch tragedy rises to 50”
“#Policymakers are again skirting the real cause of #farm distress — falling farm incomes”
“SAD reposes faith in leadership of Sukhbir Badal following revolt”
“Air pollution kills 33,000 every year even in ‘clean’ Indian cities: Lancet”
“Ambedkar and the economics of segregation”
“India’s richest 1% has highest concentration of wealth in decades”
“Great game of leverage: Of Khalistan smokescreen, Deep State, and foreign interference”
Subcontinent
“Growth of 1.6%, positions Sri Lanka as ‘a nation on the move’”
“Maldives: Two Ministers Arrested For Performing Alleged ‘Black Magic’ On President Muizzu”
“Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh Pressured to Join Myanmar’s Civil War”
“The Gorkha Rifles of the Indian Army: 200 years of gallantry”
Asia
“Attack on synagogues, churches in Russia’s Dagestan: 9 killed”
“A tell-tale sign that China could be preparing for war”
“2,50,000 Gazans to be impacted by new Israeli evacuation orders in Khan Younis”
“Moderate Pezeshkian wins Iran’s presidential race, interior ministry says”
World
“Stuck for 3 months on a ship that hit Baltimore bridge, most crew…get off board”
“Paris Hilton came to talk about ‘abuse disguised as therapy.’ “
“U.S. expels 116 Chinese migrants in first ‘large’ flight in 5 years”
“Harjit Sajjan failed Canada, and Canadians”
“A tale of two Trudeaus and Canada’s mollycoddling of Khalistani terror”
“Marie Le Pen’s far-right party set to control France’s government”
“Sweden has gone further on ditching paper money than almost any other country in Europe”
“How bad, how cruel were Dutch to us?”
Gang violence in Mexico: 19 bodies discovered in latest grisly find
“ Mauritanian President Gets Another Term, Despite Claim of Fraud “
“Kenya: Fresh protests against government as protestors reject President Ruto’s appeal”
June 2024 News Links
Updated!!!
“Andhra Pradesh portfolio allocation | CM N Chandrababu Naidu keeps Law and Order”
“Media personality Ramoji Rao dies aged 88”
“’From ‘CEO CM’ to kingmaker: You can’t write off the TDP boss”
“13 Died Due To Heavy Rains In Telangana”
“Uttarakhand: 12 dead as tempo traveller with 26 falls into gorge in Rudraprayag”
“Twenty Indian labourers, promised jobs in Thailand, have been enslaved in Myanmar”
“Agenda for the Modi Government 3.0”
“PM Modi to inaugurate Nalanda University new campus today in Rajgir, Bihar.”
“Kanchanjungha Express Collision | Death Toll Rises 15”
“In Reasi…Islamists attacked Hindu tourists.”
“Supreme Court to hear fresh petitions seeking to cancel the NEET-UG 2024”
“Poor helpless Pakistani Hindus protest”
“Southern China Faces Heavy floods, and landslides kill at least 9”
“Southern Africa Needs $5.5 Billion in Aid for Drought Crisis “
“Around 40 Indian nationals were killed in a building fire at an labour camp in Kuwait”
“Pelosi & House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, met…Dalai Lama”
What “is trying to defang India’s counter-terror & intel apparatus” ??
“What we know about the lawsuit filed by the last survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre”
Culture
“3 Day Art Festival in Shimla | To Explore Artistic Expression”
“An exhibition that reveals the stories hidden within the old maps of Udaipur”
“A blend of architecture and artistry”
Andhra
“Chandrababu Naidu and Co. sweep Andhra Pradesh”
“YCP Faction Attacks Spreads From Rayalaseema to Vizag Via Palnadu”
AP Debt Burden Of Rs 21000 Crore”
“Contaminated Drinking Water Cause of People Deaths | Vijayawada & Guntur”
“Adulteration of Food Supply in Hyderabad”
India
“NDA gets clear majority in Lok Sabha elections”
“Torrid summer kills 71, mostly in Bihar”
“Rajkot gaming zone Chars 22 people to death”
“Monks take out protest rally in Kolkata against Mamata”
“Do not withdraw capital support for oil PSUs”
“Avian flu outbreak in state-run poultry farm in Kerala’s Kottayam”
“Classical example of fraudulent secularism: illegally give Muslims OBC quotas”
“Rahul using Maoist language, companies will think 50 times “
“9 killed, 15 injured as bus catches fire in Haryana”
“Mammootty is a jihadi, alleges close associate”
“Economic crisis takes a backseat in elections”
“Girl consumes ‘smoky paan’, undergoes surgery after hole observed”
Subcontinent
“Nepal’s Media Industry Is Facing a Severe Financial Crisis”
“Another Pakistani Hindu minor girl abducted by Islamists for possible forced conversion”
“…Pakistan is No. 1 in exporting prostitutes and beggars…”
“Plot afoot for new christian state carved out of Bangladesh, Myanmar”
Asia
“Nothing ‘gentlemanly’ in Chinese diplomacy”
“Thailand’s Grand Reconciliation: The Shinawatras and the Establishment”
“Myanmar’s Revolution Has Entered a New, More Complicated Phase”
“Israeli military takes full control of Gaza-Egypt border”
“1 dead, others injured after London-Singapore flight hit severe turbulence”
“ Around 2000 people feared buried in Papua New Guinea landslide”
World
“Former US President Donald Trump found guilty on all 34 felony charges”
“Mexico elects Claudia Sheinbaum as president”
“Nigeria loses electricity and major airports close as unions”
‘At least 27 people shot at Akron, Ohio block party”
“No clean chit to Khalistan extremists as Australian police junk claims of ‘Hindu hand’”
“ Meet South Africa’s Top Presidential Contenders “
May 2024 News Links
Updated!!!
“Land Titling Act | Chances to Encroach Lands”
“Economic progress in India: A reality check”
“Bihar ravaged by drugs deluge after liquor ban”
“Sam Pitroda’s controversial comments revealed Congress mindset”
“Colonialism 3.0 – The West’s new weapons to keep the world in line”
“A generation lacking in intellect will potentially lead to us being indirectly colonised again”
“Chinese scientists create mutant Ebola virus to skirt around biosafety rules”
“Shreyas Talpade, who suffered a cardiac arrest, wonders if it was impact of Covid vaccine”
“you must do what the WHO says, or you are breaking international law”
“Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico shot after meeting, in critical condition”
“Israel-Azerbaijan relationship relies on unholy trinity of oil, arms and intelligence”
“slamic State Khorasan’s Westward Network Expansion Into Iran, Turkey, and Europe”
“Over 300 killed in Afghanistan floods as humanitarian crisis unfolds”
Culture
“Hasan Minhaj: The comedian who cried wolf”
“Heermandi: Enough with celebrating ‘tawaifs’ “
“Celebrating the vibrancy of contemporary art”
“Indian Ceramics Triennale: Artists reimagine working with clay”
“Jewellery that reflects your style”
Andhra
“Discover the vibrant tradition of Terracotta from Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh”
“Vaishali is now the 3rd Indian female Grandmaster, joining Koneru Humpy and Harika”
“further probe into Rohith Vemula death after filing closure report that claimed he was not Dalit”
India
India Election: Phase two ends, with weeks of voting ahead
“With power freebies, debt comes calling”
“SIT asks #PrajwalRevanna, H D Revanna to appear for probe”
“Neglect spurs industry exodus in Punjab”
“EAM Jaishankar on actions by Khalistani extremists in Canada”
“Tesla lays off 14,000 or 10% of its workforce”
“Google sacks 28 employees for protests”
Subcontinent
“Kathmandu world’s most polluted city, again”
‘India Out’ Campaign Gathers Pace in Bangladeshi Social Media
“Another minor Hindu girl enslaved by Sufi ‘saints’ “
“Protect young people from psychological tactics of grooming gangs”
Asia
“Uyghur activists call for immediate global action against China’s ongoing genocide “
“China warns Philippines to be ‘sober’ “
“Indonesia’s volcano eruption triggers tsunami alert”
“20 #Cambodian soldiers killed in #ammunition explosion at a military base”
World
“Justin Trudeau to introduce ‘halal mortgage’ for Muslims in Canada”
“Islamists march in Hamburg for a caliphate in Germany”
“Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf resigns”
“Number of Chinese nationals illegally crossing the U.S. southern border is up by 7,000%”
“Floods and landslides across Kenya killed 179 people since March”
“At least 56 people killed as heavy rain and flooding lashes Brazil“
“Resurgence of military coups across Africa”
April 2024 News Links
Updated!!!
“A new exhibition features master painters who humanised deities”
“Do you know the history of the Durga patachitras in Bengal?”
“Shah Rukh Khan, idlis and ‘the Northie gaze’”
“The roots of Wahhabi extremism”
“Congress proxy partner in Muslim League’s hidden agenda”
“Indian man who entered US illegally dies in custody”
“11 Indian-origin students dead in US in 2024, diaspora body tells why”
“The Rich Are Getting Second Passports, Citing Risk of Instability”
“India’s wealth inequality is rising”
“Bird flu outbreak reported in ducks at two places in Kerala’s Alappuzha”
“Maldives thanks India for allowing export of essential commodities amid row”
“Navigating Indian democracy’s turbulence”
Why Rajputs, other dominant castes are boycotting BJP in western Uttar Pradesh”
“Pakistan: Lightning, rain fury kills 65 as April downpour doubles historical average”
“ Hundreds of migrant women face sex attacks in Darien Gap on their way to US”
“French Troops Near Russian Border Amid Macron-Putin Faceoff”
“Hamas Fires Over 9,000 Rockets; More Than 600 IDF Troops, 12000 Militants Killed”
New UK documentary examines racist attacks on British Indians
“Why South Africa is facing a turning point in May’s national election”
Culture
“Exploring linguistic identities amid pluralism”
“Ram Rajya: Treatises on good governance”
“Sony Pictures Names Ravi Ahuja As President And COO”
“‘Shakti: Fair & Fierce’ art exhibition empowers talented women artists across India ”
Andhra
“Handloom Weavers Facing Several Problems”
“Telangana: At least 4 dead in explosion at chemical factory”
“Election will be between two ideologies”
India
“Parts of south Mumbai plunge into darkness due to power outage ”
“ Why America needs a nuanced understanding of Indian diplomacy”
“Barber Sajid Sheikh in an encounter within hours after he brutally slit the throats of two kids”
“Punjab hooch tragedy: CM Mann meets families”
“The practice of offering freebies must stop”
“Apple’s Indian ecosystem emerges as top job creator, employing over 1,50,000 directly”
Subcontinent
“India’s Citizenship Amendment Act and ‘power relation’ in Bangladesh “
“CAA comes as relief for 35,000 Hindu migrants from Sindh”
Katchatheevu between India and Sri Lanka – Let it not become a point of friction
Asia
“Famine Imminent in Gaza, New Report Warns”
China’s Unquenched Territorial Greed — What is the Limit?
“Philippines’ undersea cable network to boost call center industry”
“Russian detains suspects after deadly Moscow concert”
World
“A million children abused by Italian priests,& it barely makes the news”
“Concern Over Food & Water Supply Grows Among Europeans”
“West’s ill-informed criticism of CAA ignores similarities to US’ Lautenberg Amendment”
“Racial tensions cost Germany Inc. skilled foreign labour”
“Why Canada should shed its Khalistan delusion”
“ Gunmen Abduct Hundreds of Pupils in Northern Nigeria “
“Panama seized fives tonnes of illicit drugs in the Caribbean”
“Why South Africa is facing a turning point in May’s national election”
March 2024 News Links
Updated!!!
“9th incident of such an attack in US on a person of Indian origin in 2024”
“Kavitha Arrest: KTR Gets Backlash for Using CBN!”
“Combating the rise of cyberbullying”
“Airbnb bans indoor security cameras for all its listings”
“SPB’s Son Goes To Court Over Father’s Voice”
“Actress of depth and versatility”
“How to win an Oscar: Guneet Monga details networking, money, extensive PR”
“India’s semiconductor quest amid geopolitical dynamics”
“Govt launches portal for those seeking Indian citizenship ”
“More Indian travelers are taking extreme road trips to see the world”
“India inks ‘watershed’ $100 billion free trade deal with four non-EU nations”
“Haryana BJP president Nayab Saini to be sworn in as CM”
“India, Mauritius natural partners in dealing with challenges ”
“China eroding #Tibetan language, religion”
“In Haiti, as Elsewhere, Elections Alone Are Not the Answer”
“How did western intelligence agencies pave the way for Iranians”
“Victims of Catholic nuns…overlooked in the clergy sex abuse crisis”
“Missouri mother burns baby to death inside oven”
“UK is the second-most miserable nation in the world”
“Neo-liberal policies cause for crisis in agriculture sector”
“mayor of Edmonton’s rise to power from a prison in India”
“Ethiopia Amhara Conflict Threatens Another Civil War”
Culture
“India’s heritage sites finally see a ray of hope”
“Why Marathas had a problem with the late Babasaheb Purandare”
“ Akal Takht slams BJP interference, SGPC says RSS eyeing gurdwara “
” India & Thailand historically has a shared heritage”
Andhra
“Roads Situation Miserable in Rural Areas”
“Public Facing Problems With Drinking Water Crisis”
India
“Explosion at Bengaluru’s Rameshwaram Cafe caught on CCTV camera”
“Racism against Indians is normalized in social media”
“Wheat from other states smuggled into Punjab for MSP”
“India faces WTO pressure on farm subsidies amid protests”
“Modi to launch world’s largest co-operative sector grain storage plan to empower..farmers”
“Shanta Sharma..in W.Bengal’s Hooghly,with the help of her lover..killed her son”
“Major milestone: Cryogenic engine for Gaganyaan ”
“Multidimensional Poverty Index”
Subcontinent
“Sri Lanka and India have signed a contract for a Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems”
“Many in Myanmar consider fleeing to Thailand to escape conscription ”
“Bangladesh: Massive fire kills 44 people at Bailey Road building in Dhaka”
Asia
“Chinese President Xi has called for the mass production of humanoid robots by 2025”
“How Tehran Became the World’s Nose Job Capital”
“Palestinian death toll rises to 29,410”
“Tokyo Metropolitan government paving the way for solar future”
“Thailand will ban recreational use of marijuana”
“Breakaway Moldovan region of Transnistria asks Russia for “protection”
World
“UK Conservatives suspend a lawmaker..he accused London’s mayor of being controlled by Islamists”
“On rising Christian nationalism in America”
“U.S. federal agents arrest journalist Steve Baker in handcuffs for his reporting”
“Former Canada’s Prime Minister #BrianMulroney passed away on Thursday.”
“Corruption scandals cast a shadow over Portugal’s early general election”
“Ghana’s parliament passed a bill that imposes jail terms on people who identify as LGBTQ”
“Over 100 killed in Gaza as chaos erupts during food distribution”
“Drone footage captured the extent of the damage in the Brazilian municipality of #Brasielia”
February 2024 News Links
Updated!!!
“Teachers Stage Protest | Across State”
“Heritage left unattended, history threatened”
“Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh: Devotees throng Sri Suryanarayana Swamy Temple”
“Punjab Economy Remains On Debt-Bed “
“BJP stalwart L K Advani to be awarded Bharat Ratna”
“FM did not say single word on unemployment ”
“Odisha: Jashipur police station seized 120 kg of ganja”
“ED files first charge sheet against Chinese smartphone “
“Social commerce in India booming”
“Nepalis want to visit Ram Temple Ayodhya”
“Sri Lanka has plans to establish a free trade agreement with India”
“17,871 Bangladeshi migrant workers died in GCC countries between 2017 and ’22: Report”
“Lunar New Year of the Dragon flames colorful festivities across Asian nations”
“it was Native Americans who first set the foundation for Chicago”
“UK’s economy contracted for a second quarter at the end of 2023”
“Japan in recession, loses third largest economy tag to Germany”
“Soros fund poised to take control of 2nd-largest chain of radio stations in the United States”
“Violent clashes between Eritrean migrants and the police in The Hague”
“Senegal’s president defends delaying elections in exclusive interview as protests erupt”
“Brazilian leftist leader Lula da Silva compares Israel’s actions in Gaza to Adolf Hitler’s”
Culture
“Ram Lalla Consecration Ceremony: Wait Over! ”
Andhra
Let TDP speak about alliance, says BJP
“Chandrababu and Pawan Kalyan to hold a crucial meeting”
India
“Creator of deepfake video of actor Rashmika Mandanna”
“How to Find Hidden Cameras in Hotels and House Rentals “
Punjab: “Farmers protest, lay siege to Kathunangal toll plaza”
“Four of international drug trafficking gang arrested in Bathinda “
“14.1 lakh new cancer cases, 9.1 lakh deaths in India: WHO “
“JMM MLA’s big statement on Hemant Soren“
Subcontinent
“Each year 1,000 Pakistani girls forcibly converted”
“India-Maldives row: Explaining the story so far “
“Debt-laden Sri Lanka marks Independence Day with Thai prime minister “
Asia
“China’s population drops for 2nd year, raises long-term growth concern”
“Death toll from Israeli strikes in Gaza passes 25,000, Gaza health officials say”
“Protesters in Tel Aviv call for change to Netanyahu government”
“Japan has been named one of six countries with the world’s most powerful passport for 2024”
World
“South Dakota tribe bans governor from reservation “
“UK military contractors”deployed”sophisticated psychological operations “
“Cyberattack targeting UK councils causes online disruption”
“Irish nationalist is set to lead Northern Ireland’s government”
“Forest fires raging in central Chile have killed at least 46 people”
“Namibia’s President Hage Geingob, 82, died in hospital”
January 2024 News Links
Updated!!!
“‘Minimalism’ is a powerful statement”
“ISRO in 2024: With Stars Aligned Perfectly”
“India’s heritage sites finally see a ray of hope”
“Municipal workers stage protest at Collectorate, demanding fair wages.”
“Ammonia gas leaks from Chennai fertiliser unit, people “
“Ration scam: ED officers assaulted by TMC leader’s loyal supporters ”
“NDRF Deploys G20 Procured HAZMAT Vehicles, Rescue Teams in Ayodhya…”
“ India Logs 1,378 Cases of Covid Sub-variant JN.1”
“Xi Jinping’s empty dream city shows limits”
“Myanmar… and three armed ethnic groups have formally agreed to a Beijing-brokered truce”
“Everyone Could Have Died in the Tokyo Airport Crash. Here’s Why They Didn’t.”
“Ecuador’s ongoing gang war is wreaking havoc across the nation”
““Iran Strikes Terrorist Group Bases in Pakistan” “
“Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina wins a fourth straight term”
“UK sheltering war criminals of 1971 Bangladesh genocide”
“How Western Media Exonerated Hardeep Singh Nijjar And Covered Up His Tracks”
“Honest Government Ad | Visit Canada”
“U.S. carries out new strike in Yemen after Biden vows to keep pressure on”
Culture
“encouraging all temple leaders to download the HinduAmerican temple safety guide”
“‘Garba Of Gujarat’ Declared as Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO”
“Preserving Nature: The Vedic Concern”
“Only we can reform our society”
Andhra
“Gollapudi Locals Struggled for Drinking Water”
“The Greatest Telugu Stories Ever Told”
“Hundreds of Bridges in Ruined Situation in State”
“BJP dilemma in Andhra Pradesh: To ally or not to ally”
India
“Aditya L1 LIVE: ISRO’s first Sun mission”
“Indian Toy industry witnessed a rise of 239 percent in exports in 2022-23”
“Modi in Lakshadweep: An essential travel guide to the breathtaking getaway”
“India’s GDP expected to expand by 7.3%”
“Ayodhya Ram Temple: Know all about the design”
“NATGRID rollout by early next year”
“Indian trade curbs may cut exports by $4 bn, Red Sea attacks a risk”
“The Jewish Warriors of Maratha Empire”
“Phone Calls Scam Cases Rising In India” Phone Calls Scam Cases Rising In India”
Subcontinent
“Nepal | DrSJaishankar will inaugurate 59 post-earthquake reconstruction projects”
“Are Pro-LTTE Elements Trying to Revive the Eelam Movement?”
“(BNP) is bringing out processions & conducting mass contacts across #Bangladesh to protest”
“Why is China usurping Bhutanese land?”
Asia
“K-Pop stars flying solo: Breaking boundaries or an escape from ‘slave contracts’?
“Actors say sexual abuse is a structural problem in Japan’s film industry”
“Death toll from western Japan earthquakes surpass 100”
“Turkish justice minister says 15 suspects jailed ahead of trial for spying for Israel”
“Is China running a secret propaganda operation with journalists in India?”
World
“On Bangladesh and Democracy, America’s Approach Is Undermined By History”
“Ireland is “the test case for the next phase of the global crackdown”
“Farmers in France are now throwing eggs at the police”
“Britain in serious travel disruption as major rivers burst banks, homes damaged”
“‘Britain is broken.’ Dire poverty could usher in Victorian-era inequality”
“A 24-year-old #Czech student opened fire and killed 14”
“Ethiopia Govt Wants Referendum on Amhara, Tigray Disputes”
December 2023 News Links
Updated!!!
“Srimukhalingam Temple Sculptures in Ruined Situation”
“Local products can boost exports“
“Stock up on battery devices and candles in case of grid meltdown, Britons told by UK”
“Geopolitical implications of energy transition”
“Overcoming lust, the spiritual way”
“Kashmir does not have any internal sovereignty after accession to Union of India: Supreme Court”
“Mayawati names nephew Akash as political heir”
“ The unprecedented suspension of Opposition MPs from Parliament does not augur well”
“JK Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill ”
“Balochistan: An undeclared war zone-I”
“The Philippines is battling a resurgent Islamic State threat”
“Iran-backed #Houthi terrorist group defies efforts to protect Red Sea vessels”
“Groups of “mostly Chinese men” crossing illegally into the United States”
“China: 118 people killed and over 500 injured after 6.2-magnitude #Earthquake”
“Condoning terror acts, terrorists a great disservice to human rights cause”
“’Canada committed genocide against Indigenous Peoples’”
From Bonhomie to Bluster. Changing Foreign Relations
“Ireland’s “Media Minister” calls on the public to report any “hate speech” they see online”
“Congo road to peace amid ethnic conflict”“Leaders of Venezuela and Guyana agree to avoid use of force in land dispute”
Culture
“Bhagat: Reviving the dying artform of folk drama”
“Upfs are not what marketers say”
“Looking beyond beauty stereotypes”
“Listening is an art one must learn and master”
Andhra
“Revanth Reddy delivers Telangana for Congress, stops KCR juggernaut”
“People Forcibly Vacated From Rushikonda”
“Encroachments & Illegal Constructions Along Swarnala Cheruvu in Nellore”
India
“BJP’s 3-states stunner, Congress goes home with Telangana”
“Three Khalistan supporters have been sentenced for the attempted murder”
“Adopt a realistic approach to infiltration”
“Celebrating Kerala’s 67 years of statehood”
“Deepfake: Troll armies’ new tool”
“Here’s how trapped workers spent time inside Uttarkashi tunnel”
“Making of the Indian Constitution”
“Are foreign universities best bet for better education?”
“SYL canal issue: No insight, just theatrics”
“Cyclone Michaung causes Downpour and Distruption in AP & TN “
Subcontinent
“Nepal in the throes of strategic choices”
“Bangladesh’s Make or Break Elections”
“Thailand ready to receive Myanmar war refugees”
Asia
“Japan govt will ask court to revoke legal status of Unification Church”
“Chinese Hospitals Are Housing Another Deadly Outbreak”
“The Rising Tide of ‘Imperial Han’ Nationalism in China”
“Cambodian PM Affirms Ban on Mekong Hydropower Projects”
“11 Hikers Killed As Volcano Erupts In Indonesia”
“Iran likely to face more sanctions”
World
“The worsening financial crisis in the UK post-Brexit”
“Canada has long been slammed as a ‘haven’ for ex-Nazis like Yaroslav Hunka”
“Fighting Cuts Power Supply to DR Congo’s Goma”
“Black survivors are nearly invisible in the Catholic clergy sexual abuse”
“Indians make up 3rd largest illegal immigrant population in US”
“Nine people were killed and 15 injured after armed men raided Peru’s Poderosa mine”
November 2023 News Links
Updated!!!
“Massive Fire Accident in Fishing Harbour | Vizag”
“Will India ever become a football-playing nation?”
Hyderabad: “AIMIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi threatened a police inspector”
“Beyond Taste: Ultra-Processed Foods and Their Impact”
ISRO: Propelling India’s space industry
“Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: All trapped workers safe ”
“India emerges as a voice of Global South”
“ICC suspends Sri Lanka’s membership on ground of government interference ”
“Israeli Agrees To ‘Truce’ Deal | 150 Palestinians For 50 Hostages”
“China pushes BRI, despite resistance”
“Canadian Diplomats Misusing Powers to Give Visas to Khalistan Supporters”
“‘neo-Nazis’ were at wake for Ukrainian soldier”
“Dubious agents running illicit UK visa appointments trade: Report”
“ Sudan Peace Talks Fail as War Turns ‘Homes Into Cemeteries’ “
“An explosion at the Canadian High Commission of Canada in Nigeria”
Culture
VisakhaMusicAcademy 54th Annual Festival of Music & Dance “
“‘DANA’ HAS SPIRITUAL CONNOTATIONS”
“Discover the timeless elegance and artistry of Eluru Hand-Knotted Carpets”
“Millet-based sweets: taste with health”
India
“New Delhi has asked Canadian authorities to scale up Air India flights’ security”
“Violation of Bail Conditions | Jagan’s Disproportionate Assets Case”
“#ncertbooks: “India” should be replaced with “#Bharat” in the #schooltextbooks”
“India sends humanitarian aid to Palestine amid Israel-Hamas war”
“MP: Five labourers die after inhaling suspected poisonous gas at a factory”
“Caste Census work will be taken up across country if Congress comes to power”
“PM Modi calls for rooting out casteism, regionalism”
“ISRO successfully conducts test vehicle mission ahead of human space flight ”
“Amarinder names BJP, RSS leaders involved in 1984 riot”
Subcontinent
“Thousands of garment factory workers took to the streets of Bangladesh”
“SriLanka decides to issue free visas to nationals of seven countries”
“20 houses damaged in Nepal quake“
“Ex-Pak PM Imran Khan charged in cipher case”
Asia
“Shaping up India-South Korea relationship”
‘China seeks to control Pak media’
“Why fears of another war between Armenia and Azerbaijan are growing”
“Israel announces expanded military operations in Gaza”
“2 workers at Fukushima plant hospitalized”
World
“Time for central bank digital currencies to prove their worth”
Canada: “Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW)”
“CIA now officially describes the 1953 coup it backed in Iran”
“How Khalistan Resides In the Anglosphere”
“Surge in anti-Semitism in West”
“S Africa culls nearly 2.5mn chickens in effort to contain bird flu outbreaks”
“Algeria’s state oil and gas firm Sonatrach plans $1 billion project”
“Hundreds of thousands still without power days after storm hits Brazil”
October 2023 News Links
Updated!!!
“First Coordination Meeting of TDP & Jana Sena”
” A global minimum tax on billionaires could raise $250 billion annually”
“1200 people have come back in 5 flights from Israel under Operation Ajay”
“YCP Activists Attack On TDP | Punganur”
“First Ever Rapid X Train Services in Delhi”
“Arrested ISIS terrorists conspired in Delhi riots, says Police”
“Indonesia panel to investigate ethical complaint over vote ruling”
“15 killed as strong #earthquake and several aftershocks reported in w. #Afghanistan”
“Who is running to be Taiwan’s next president?”
“Israel-Hamas War, Day 17; Death toll increases to over 6,000”
“Harman Singh Kapoor, the Sikh man from the #UK … #Khalistan radicals vandalised his car”
“Trudeau Losing Popularity | Was Voted Worst PM in 50 Years”
“Canada Is Dying | Full Movie”
“Nigeria’s paramilitary raids birthday party for gay people, 76 arrested “
“Brazen ambush leaves at least 13 local police dead in Mexico”
“#Spain’s first private rocket successfully lifts off”
Culture
“Aksharadham Temple in New Jersey”
“108-ft tall Adi Shankaracharya statue unveiled in MP”
“Waheeda Rehman to be conferred with Dadasaheb Phalke Award”
Andhra
“Financial Crisis Deepens In AP | Under YCP”
“CM Jagan Massive Scams In YCP”
“Remembering the forgotten heroes who fought to free Hyderabad from the Nizam”
India
India Best Ever Medal Haul at Asian Games
Nanded Hospital: “Case registered against Shiv Sena MP Hemant Patil ”
“ED raids AAP MP Sanjay Singh’s premises in Delhi “
“HAL hands over first LCA Tejas twin seater aircraft to IAF ”
“India to acquire more howitzers, rockets and missiles ”
“Sikkim flash flood: NDRF deploys 3 teams, rescues 7”
“Over 3,000 tourists are stranded in Lachen and Lachung…#Sikkim”
“Delhi most polluted city in India in past year: Analysis”
“ Nijjar was a killer, not a religious head, says Indian Intel”
Women’s reservation Bill – imperfect but important”
Subcontinent
“Sri Lanka’s economy is expected to grow by 1.7% in 2024”
“Buildings suffer damage in 6.2 magnitude earthquake in Nepal”
“Decades of Suffering: Baloch Missing Persons Await Justice”
Asia
” Furious China believes UK spies bugged sinking submarine”
“More than 100,000 refugees arrive in Armenia as exodus swells”
“G7 Chair Japan refuses support to Canada”
World
“Dengue will ‘take off’ in southern Europe, US, Africa this decade, WHO scientist says”
“Trudeau, Canada Speaker Rota Give Standing Ovation to Nazi Soldier ”
“Canada hand found in Sikh separatism, Tamil war, Mujibur killing”
“X turns into a bank? Social media app to start Google Pay-like services soon“
“Kenya’s president is committing his country to lead a multinational force to Haiti ”
“America Prepares for a Pacific War With China It Doesn’t Want”
“Many migrants from China arriving at the US-Mexican border “
“Blast at illegal Nigerian oil refinery kills 37 people”
“Argentina’s soy crushers face ‘disaster’ as bean shortage sharpens”
September 2023 News Links
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“Nutrition could ensure wholesome well-being”
“TDP Activists Candle Rally | Against Chandrababu Arrest”
“Punjab tender ‘scam’: ED seizes Rs 2.12-crore worth gold bullion, jewellery”
“Monsoon fury: 21 of 23 Himachal Pradesh hydel projects ‘violated’ norms “
“175 killed, 1108 injured in four months of Manipur violence”
“Income inequality in India: Top 10% upper caste households own 60% wealth”
“Why Are China’s Job Numbers So Bad?”
“South Korean lawmakers vote to lift opposition leader’s immunity “
“Tornadoes kill 10 people and seriously injure 4 others in eastern China”
“Death toll soars to 11,300 in flooding in Libya’s coastal city of Derna”
” toll from the 6.8-magnitude earthquake in Morocco has risen to nearly 3,000 “
“Talks held on the future of Nagorno-Karabakh as Azerbaijan claims full control”
“100 injured in violent clashes between Eritrean asylum seekers, security forces in Tel Aviv”
“German federal police registered more than 15,000 illegal migrants in August”
“Pharmacists in Germany expect an “intensive vaccination campaign” in autumn”
“Russia strikes cities from east to west Ukraine, starting fires “
“Hawaii State Rep. Elle Cochran questions the declining death toll on Maui”
“Khalistan Event In Canada Cancelled “
“Smugglers, gangsters wanted in India, free in Canada”
“Opinion: Justin Trudeau brings Canada’s ties with India under increasing strain”
Culture
“Narcissism and Self-Esteem Are Very Different”
“Twitter campaign lifts Pattachitra artist out of Crisis”
“Kabir, pottery and the potter
Andhra
TTD Funds Used For Development of Tirupati Municipal Corporation
“Andhra Pradesh’s $15 Billion Quest for Green Hydrogen “
India
“Aditya L1 successfully undergoes the second earth-bound maneuvre“
“Vikram lander makes soft-landing on Moon again”
“3 held with 41kg of heroin smuggled from Pakistan via Ravi river”
High Court: “Non-Muslim students cannot be forced by school to wear hijab”
Badrinath highway collapse is a warning
Changing name of opposition alliance can’t hide hatred for ‘Sanatan Dharma’: Anurag Thakur
“Are we lacking communication?”
DMK Controversy over insulting Sanaathana Dharma
“Nalanda Mahavira is a rare combination of outstanding achievements”
“Full curfew reimposed in 5 valley districts of Manipur as preventive measure“
“Maratha quota activist Jarange put on IV fluids “
Subcontinent
“Nepal resumes importing onions from India to calm rising demand“
“Businesses shut in #Pakistan’s Sindh to protest kidnappings of #Hindu #businessmen”
“Sri Lanka to probe Channel 4 video on Easter Attacks “
Asia
“Saudi Arabia, Russia plan to extend 1.3 million barrel a day oil cut “
“China Wants to Run Your Internet”
“Global Mood Sours on China’s Economy”
“The Fukushima Plant Is Still Leaking Poison After a Decade”
Indian-origin rapper jailed in #Singapore
World
“US moves to force recall of 52 million air bag inflators that can explode “
“Britain’s secretive “Counter-Disinformation Unit”
“Canada considering foreign #student visa cap to address housing shortage“
“The death toll from fierce storms and flooding in Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria increased“
“German business activity suffered the steepest decline for more than three years in August”
“Descendants ask for restitution of Paris human zoo victims: ‘People died, where are they?’
“Soros Retreats as Right Wing Gains in Europe”
“48 killed in East DR Congo anti-UN rally crackdown”
“At least 64 people killed in South Africa fire”
“Fierce storm in southern Brazil kills 21 people “
August 2023 News Links
Updated!!!
“At G20 meet, a Guinness effort to shine light on Karnataka’s Lambani craft”
“How India Became the First Country to Reach the Moon’s South Pole“
“India backs Brics expansion on consensus basis, says PM“
“Landslides in #Shimla highlight faulty urban planning, say experts “
“Biden tours ‘overwhelming’ devastation in Maui: ‘The country grieves”
“China looks to attract foreign investment as its economy struggles”
“London Continues to Nurture Khalistan Elements”
“Shooting & sword attack during a kabaddi…event in Derby,UK, where #Khalistan flags were “
“Antim Panghal And Sujeet Kalkal Move Delhi High Court, Challenge Trial Exemption “
Power Cuts continue in parts of Andhra Pradesh
“The Story of How Swahili Became Africa’s Most Spoken Language”
“Brazil’s leftist President Lula da Silva signed a decree to limit civilian access to firearms”
Argentina: “Inflation exceeds 113% and the poverty rate approaches 40%”
“Officials say a jet crash in Russia kills 10, Wagner chief Prigozhin “
“North Korea’s Kim lambasts premier over flooding “
“Tropical Storm Franklin makes landfall and dumps heavy rain on Haiti “
“Talks between regional bloc and Niger’s junta yield little “
Culture
“Elite dining: A trend that’s catching up in India”
“Kennedy:”YouTube deplatformed me… I was shut down”
“Sahitya Akademi under fire for awarding ‘below par’ authors”
Crimes of Razakar Movie Trailer is Released
“Aluru Venkata Rao Birth Anniversary: Remembering the Kannada Kulapurohita ”
Andhra
“Who are Alluri Sitarama Raju and Komaram Bheem”
“Mega Seed Hub in Kurnool’s Thangadancha”
India
“Nuh clashes: How the violence was planned”
1984 Anti-Sikh Pogrom: Tytler case ongoing, Kamal Nath next?
“India Explores Programmable CBDC, Digital Rupee with Expiry Dates”
“The Boy General who was Bhagat Singh’s hero”
“Dalit oppression in Punjab: The caste cauldron”
“W.Bengal Horror Continues: 2 tribal women stripped naked, tortured, paraded in Malda”
“Heavy rains batter Gujarat; Junagadh among worst-hit
“8 dead as heavy rains create flood-like situation in Jammu, many rivers breach danger mark”
“Commuters a harried lot as rains wash away roads in Amritsar “
Haryana govt announces compensation of Rs 15,000 per acre for crop damaged by heavy rain spell
“Tamil Nadu: Nearly 50 prisoners put up in an open-air jail at Shivaganga for cultivating farmland”
“Neither with NDA nor with ‘INDIA’:11 political parties w/ 91 MPs have not joined any alliance”
Subcontinent
“Pakistan: Hindu temple attacked with rocket launchers in Sindh”
“3 Hindu sisters in Pak’s Sindh province forced to marry Muslim men”
“Is Nepal Under China’s Thumb?”
“How the Constitutions of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh were drafted”
Asia
“Fukushima Disposal Plans Put Tokyo in Hot Water”
Singapore police to probe racial discrimination faced by Indian-origin officer before death”
World
“Abuse in Britain’s boarding schools ”
“Death toll rises to 67 in Maui wildfires”
“Nuclear threat from Ukraine war prompts Ottawa to update plans for catastrophe”
“Kenya suspends “eyeball scan” crypto project Worldcoin over safety concerns”
“Central Bank of Nigeria to add NFC, programmability features ”
“‘We are close to reaching an agreement on global minimum tax system’ ”
“First Solar to make solar panels in India; no China input: US energy secretary ”
“Riots in France and lessons for Europe”
“More than 700 sentenced to prison over French riots, minister says “
“Haiti Is on the Brink of State Failure”
July 2023 News Links
Updated!!!
“Rain fury: At least 55 people killed in Punjab, Haryana; relief work underway”
“13 Found Dead in Flooded Tunnel as South Korean Storm Toll Rises to 40”
“AP, Odisha sign MoU for Machkund projects”
“By denying Hinduphobia, western academia and media enable it”
“Liberal America refuses to recognise racism against Hindus “
“Why West Finds It Difficult To Swallow India’s Success Story ”
“A BRICS Currency Could Shake the Dollar’s Dominance”
“UK unemployment climbs as inflation weighs on economy”
“Centre imposes import restrictions on certain gold jewellery, articles”
““Why profitable strategic PSU CEL’s sale leaves scientists aghast”
“PM Modi’s France visit: Shaping a multipolar world”
“Bengaluru boy bags gold at International Mathematical Olympiad”
“Pandits’ rally to commemorate Guru Teg Bahadur’s sacrifice”
“World Sikh Organization demands Canada prove Sikh extremism is a threat”
“Canada’s Indigenous women forcibly sterilized decades after other rich countries stopped “
“Why have Bengal’s Panchayat polls turned violent?“
“Opinion | Today’s China Isn’t Real China”
“India overtakes China to become most attractive emerging market for investing”
“Bank of America to pay more than $100M for doubling fees ”
“Hague court rejects India’s objections over water treaty arbitration”
“RRR 2 confirmed, Ram Charan and Jr NTR to star but SS Rajamouli may not direct”
“Turkey’s Economy Is in Deep Trouble “
“What Turkey’s neo-Ottomanism means in 2023”
“Thailand PM Prayuth announces retirement from politics”
“The incredible story of how East African culture shaped the music of a state in India”
Culture
“Nearly 70 percent children are eating unhealthy foods, report says“
“Fentanyl is Very Deadly… Here’s Why”
“Adipurush movie writer issues public apology“
Andhra
“45.9 Kgs Ganja Seized & 11 Arrested In AP State”
2 Villages fight over Irrigation water in Kakinada
India
Caste Atrocity:” Accused Pravesh Shukla’s illegal encroachment being bulldozed”
“The depths to which politicians sink”
“524 Ayurvedic dispensaries in Punjab sans medicines for four years ”
“1984 anti-Sikh riots: Delhi court issues fresh notice to produce records of case against #Tytler “
“Ajit Pawar moves Election Commission staking claim to NCP”
“AIMPLB sends objections to Law Commission on UCC”
“India summons Canadian High Commissioner in Delhi over Khalistani extremists”
“CBDC is the future of money, RBI actively preparing for transformation ”
“No extra river water allowed to flow to Pak, says minister”
Subcontinent
“SriLankan Parliament Speaker Abeywardena calls India a “trustworthy friend””
“Pakistan’s atrocities against Balochis highlighted at UNHRC”
Bangladesh: “Dengue situation takes alarming turn“
“No benefits for Nepal from deal with China”
Asia
“Russia calls on NATO to discuss Ukraine nuclear plant at summit“
“First South Korea-U.S. Nuclear Consultative Group meeting to be held “
“Amid media row China tells last Indian reporter to leave ”
“China’s central bank digital currency takes a bigger place on WeChat’s ”
“Uyghurs commemorate Urumqi massacre,hold protest in Austria against Chinese persecution”
“On security and diplomacy, Abe’s legacy to be felt far into the future“
“How Identity issues keep India and Israel apart”
World
“Nine humanoid robots gathered at the United Nations”
“Poland moves troops to eastern border amid Wagner fears”
“As France Burns, the Far-Right Rises“
Capitalism: “The super-rich have taken it all away from others”
“Billionaire investor, philanthropist George Soros cedes control of empire ”
“Russia confirms that they are launching a BRICS currency backed by #gold”
“ Britcoin currency ‘could be used to check ages and nationalities’”
“UK YouTuber Mohd. Hijab is reportedly instigator-in-chief in Leicester violence ”
“Indian-origin MP in Canada slams posters by Khalistani supporters ”
“Colonialism was a disaster and the facts prove it”
“Colombia, Brazil presidents pledge cooperation to protect Amazon”
“Lead from gasoline blunted the IQ of about half the U.S. population “
“College Sports Are Affirmative Action for Rich White Students”
June 2023 News Links
Updated!!!
“Vegetable Prices Skyrocketing “
“Bjp Leaders Divided Over Alliance With Tdp | Vijayawada News – Times of India”
‘Corporate Boards in India : Blocked by Caste?”
“JPMorgan to pay $290 million to settle with Epstein victims “
“Punjab doesn’t have water to spare”
“India’s trade deficit with China hits $100bn for first time”
“Rishi Sunak in slanging match with predecessor Boris Johnson “
“Charting the evolving India-US relationship“
“Uneven U.S. treatment of Bangladesh and Pakistan makes little sense
“Pakistan Army aimed to change Bengali race through rape, genocide in 1971 ”
“South Africa in the spotlight over terror funding”
“ Indonesia is building a new capital? And it will cost $1 billion more”
“IMF working on global central bank digital currency platform“
“De-Dollarisation | Global Nations Steps Towards Alternative For US Dollar “
“Trump prepares for court appearance as 1st ex-president “
“Philanthropic Contributions Keep Africa Poor”
Culture
Order All Natural Lepakshi Wax Wood Toys called ‘Etikoppaka‘
“Battling cultural taboos in Uttarakhand“
“Magnificent mango delights: Irresistible recipes to savour the sweetness “
“The true purpose of [G]anga Jamuni Tehzeeb “
Andhra
“Jagan Rules Out Early Election To Assembly “
“Shah-Naidu Talks Signal Thaw In Ties “
“Union Cabinet Increases MSP Of Paddy By Rs 143”
Sabotage? “Coromandel Express Accident | CBI Files FIR In Odisha Trains Probe”
India
“From Modi to Gandhi, Indian politicians court the diaspora”
“India’s wheat output set to touch a new record of 112.74 mn ton in 2022”
“Gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari [relative of former VP Hamid Ansari] gets life term”
“Socialism for the Rich and Capitalism for the Poor”
“Gautam Adani and the New Indian Capitalism”
“SAD leader Inder Iqbal Singh Atwal, brother join BJP”
“Had Indira taken his word, Punjab wouldn’t have bled”
“Will freebies sink Karnataka?“
“Who bears the huge cost of freebies?“
Subcontinent
“Not Bengalis,Hindus were Pakistani targets in 1971 Bangladesh War”
Imran Khan vs the Army puts Pakistan’s future in question”
” Bedlam in Afghanistan and Pakistan”
“Indo-Nepal ties will flourish on trust”
Asia
“India and Vietnam will define Future of Asia”
“Recep Tayyip Erdoğan wins Turkish presidential election runoff ”
World
“Smoky haze blanketing US, Canada could last for days as wildfires rage
After California Temple Robbery, fear of Growing Attacks on Hindus Worldwide
Not just India. Central Bank Digital Currency soon to be World Wide Reality
“A digital pound must never be introduced by stealth”
“Visa, Microsoft and others join Brazilian CBDC pilot”
UK: Three ministers ‘on list of 56 MPs accused of sexual misconduct’
“20 #richest #countries account for over half of 50 #million #people in ‘modern slavery’”
“Agriculture: Climate Change – Policies must prioritise water-food-energy triad”
“Nigeria Loses Legal Battle Against Shell in Oil Spill Case “
May 2023 News Links
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“Three Malaysian nationals arrested in East Godavari fake loan app case “
“Apsrtc: Andhra Pradesh HC convicts APSRTC chief Dwaraka Tirumala Rao”
“An expert said shooter particularly hated Indians”
“Fresh Violence Erupts In Manipur | 74 Killed”
‘Farm to flop’ scenario across India
“India sees 18% surge in weekly cyberattacks in Jan-Mar 2023”
“Union Minister Hardeep Puri rules out alliance with SAD for 2024”
“Human trafficking racket busted in Punjab’s Pathankot, 2 held”
“Haryana tomato growers stare at losses as prices fall below ₹5/kg”
“Lithium reserves traced in Rajasthan’s Nagaur, capacity higher than J&K reserves”
“BrahMos engineer accused of spying for Pakistan’s ISI granted bail”
“15 killed in clash between 2 tribes over delimitation of coal mine in northwest Pakistan”
“ Anti-Hindu hate flies under the radar in the UK “
“Revealed: royal family has power to censor BBC coronation coverage”
Khalistani drug nexus in Canada
“Consumer companies hit hard as summer products take a rain check”
“Analysis: Xi, not Trump, started on path to decoupling”
“ DR Congo In Mourning For Flood, Mudslide Victims “
“ President-Elect Tinubu to Refine Nigeria Transition Plan in UK “
“Detained US reporter ‘violated’ Russian law, says Kremlin”
Culture
“Global rice shortage is set to be the biggest in 20 years“
“Ayodhya Ram temple to be ready by September this year: Official”
“Talking over mobile for more than 30 minutes linked to developing hypertension”
“Georgia becomes 1st US state to pass resolution condemning Hinduphobia”
Andhra
“AP: Heritage tourism circuit in the pipeline ”
“Telangana BJP president released from jail”
“Cm Seeks Spl Wing To Tackle Cyberbullying “
“Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams steps up battle against fake websites“
India
“50,000 Dalit Hindus likely to embrace Buddhism in Gandhinagar”
“Dalit woman dies after being raped, set afire in Rajasthan”
“Video: Sikh restaurant owner ‘receives’ threats over anti-Khalistan video “
“India’s stretched health care fails millions in rural areas”
“Effluent Mess: Fix gaps, set aside Rs 1,500 cr, NGT tells Haryana”
“Politicising of wrestlers’ issue regrettable: Puri”
“For Akalis, Prakash Singh Badal leaves behind a grand legacy — & a void “
“Punjab: Gas leak at Ludhiana factory, 9 killed, 11 injured”
“CBI team at ex-JK guv Satya Pal Malik’s Delhi residence ”
““Behind the anti-conversion violence in Bastar is a fight for tribal identity”
“SIMI aims Islamic rule in India, doesn’t believe in Constitution: Govt to SC”
“Islam and nation-state: Are they compatible?“
“In Gujarat, training camps for illegal US crossovers”
Subcontinent
“Bhutan, Bitdeer plan $500 million green crypto fund“
SouthKorea to provide USD 3 billion financing support to Bangladesh for metro
“Sri Lanka to establish new International civil airport, area identified “
Nepal’s economic condition continues to deteriorate
Asia
“Over 100 feared killed in airstrikes on Myanmar village “
“Defence Ministers of India, Russia, China and other member nations of the SCO deliberated”
“China records world’s first human death from H3N8 bird flu”
“Japan to quadruple cyber defense forces, meeting threats head-on”
World
Riotous Pension Protests in France
Global Economics Crisis Worsens
“Australia PM says ‘frustrated’ over continued detention of WikiLeaks founder”
“BBC chief quits amid furor over role in Boris Johnson loan”
“U.S. makes first arrests for operating an illegal Chinese police station on its territory”
“17 arrested in connection with 11 gang-related Sikh shootings in Northern California”
“On May Day, workers rally for better labor conditions”
“Opinion: Caste bill would harm California’s South Asian communities”
“Chicken Prices May Surge As Heat Takes Toll On Birds “
April 2023 News Links
Culture
*capitalist exoticism: corporatisation, control, & cultural critique
“Ten songs by MM Keeravani that show his musical range”
“Twitter Files reveal Hindu nationalists were targeted”
Andhra
“Vijayawada temple to crack whip on corrupt staff”
Telangana: “BJP’s Bandi Sanjay Arrest “
“Clashes Between YCP Leaders At Anakapalli “
“Leaders Grabbing Lands Illegal In Rajahmundry”
India
“Bihar | There was a bomb blast in Sasaram”
“Five of top 10-firms lose Rs 86,447 cr in m-cap; Infosys, TCS, SBI hit hard”
“Violent Sikh Separatism Is Repeating as Farce”
“Amritpal Singh trained by ISI in Georgia, linked to SFJ: Intel”
“Ensure Himachal’s law and order does not collapse ‘like in Punjab’”
“Khalistan referendum has no legal standing, Australia’s respect for India’s sovereignty ”
“Proactive civil society vital for healthy democracy”
“NCERT drops texts on Mahatma Gandhi, Hindu-Muslim unity, RSS ban“
“Mustard selling below MSP, farmers cry for help”
“Farmers suicides not new, happening for many years: Maha agriculture minister”
“Gujarat saw drug seizures worth Rs 5300cr in 18 months, 102 arrests”
Subcontinent
“Post Doklam misgivings, India hikes aid to Bhutan“
“From Pak Punjab to Scotland first minister, Humza Yousaf “
“IMF treating Pakistan like a ‘colony’: Maryam Nawaz“
“Govt intends to make Sri Lanka the region’s first green economy“
Asia
“Hopes for Renewal Disappointed Again in Kazakhstan”
“Bird flu is so bad that Japan’s running out of land to bury chickens”
“China seethes as US chip controls threaten tech ambitions”
“South Korea’s ‘Three Axis’ Defense System Is in Trouble”
World
“Nvidia set to reveal new AI technologies at annual conference”
“ Husband of ex-Scottish leader arrested“
“Former President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts”
“Ukraine trains 40,000 storm brigade troops for counter-offensive”
“African Union criticises Tunisia over ‘racialised hate speech ”
“Mexico complains to China about US pressure over fentanyl“
“Jaded with education, more Americans are skipping college”
March 2023 News Links
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“Rajamahendravaram gets Poetess Molla’s statue”
“At 80, retired Andhra Pradesh official gets 1-year jail term in graft case”
“Andhra Pradesh tables Rs 2.79 lakh crore budget ”
“Outstanding debt of Telangana stands at Rs. 2.83 lakh crore: Centre “
“Centre-state rivalry fuelling chaos in Punjab”
“Who Is Propping Up Amritpal Singh?”
Canadian NRI stabbed to death in brawl at Hola Mohalla festival
“Khalistan backers force closure of Indian consulate in Brisbane”
“Conrad Sangma stakes claim to form govt in Meghalaya”
“Karnataka hijab ban: SC to set up bench to hear plea”
“In election year, Rajasthan gets 19 new districts”
“Sisodia carried out major destruction of digital evidence”
“Maharashtra reports 2 H3N2 deaths, 361 flu cases; minister advises use of mask”
“SC tells govt to demolish mosque inside Allahabad HC complex within 3 months”
“Is BJP Getting It Wrong In Tamil Nadu?”
“Mamata-Akhilesh to work on Opposition alliance without Congress”
“Conflict between India, Pak, China likely: US intel”
“14 killed, over 100 injured as #explosion rocks seven-storey #building in #Bangladesh”
“SVB, First Republic CEOs involved in lobbying pre–banking crisis”
“Tens of Thousands of Dutch Farmers Protest in The Hague”
“UK is grappling with vegetable shortages. How did it happen?”
“unpalatable truths about Britain’s slave trade”
“UN: Fresh gang violence in Haiti leaves 187 dead in 11 days“
“Who owns Majority Land I South Africa ?”
Culture
23 Signs You’re Secretly a Narcissist Masquerading as a Sensitive Introvert
“On the internet, nobody knows you’re a human”
How media slants crimes against hindu women by minority men
“Himalayan styles are not static, it is ever-evolving tyle and substance”
Andhra
“Justice for Preethi gains social media momentum”
“Is Telangana heading for a hung Assembly?”
“ Telugu student in US battling for life after car accident”
“Good Response For 33rd Book Festival At Vijayawada”
“Telangana set to give judicial powers to Wakf Board”
India
“Hyderabad was liberated by India”
“Tripura: BJP-IPFT alliance wins 31 seats”
“Prices fall, growers destroy cauliflower crop”
“India to join controversial US-led energy-intensive agribusiness initiative”
Puri Shankaracharya wrongly claims Varna made by Pundits. Gita says Krishna created it
“2,500 people, primarily women, were killed across the country over accusations of witchcraft”
“Value education should be included in curriculum: President Droupadi Murmu”
“Exodus of babus from Punjab amid ‘Khalistan’ uproar”
“Conversation between BP Koirala and the American Consul in Calcutta “
“Green Hydrogen Mission gets Cabinet nod“
“Global governance has failed, developing nations now facing consequences: Modi
“List of prominent global Indian social entrepreneurs launched”
“Efforts on to revive ancient stitched ship technology”
Subcontinent
“At least 14 Hindu temples attacked in Bangladesh “
“55 Sikh, Hindu refugees from Afghanistan arrive in Delhi”
“Remembrance and revival of Udhauli”
“Bangladesh opens first metro line in traffic-choked capital Dhaka ”
Asia
“Vietnam’s Parliament Selects Vo Van Thuong as New President “
“Malaysia claims 200,000 Myanmar Rohingyas refugees”
“Japan Suspects Chinese Spy Balloons Violated Its Airspace
“‘China violated nations’ sovereignty across 5 continents’”
World
“CNN ex-boss Jeff Zucker told staff not to probe ‘lab leak’ theory…“
Embassy in Belgium issues a security alert, warning of a “possible metro attack” in Brussels
“South Africa is on the verge of “collapse” amid rolling blackouts”
“Suriname’s Unrest Is a Warning“
“Onion shortage threatens a new chapter in world food crisis”
“U.S. food additives banned in Europe:Expert says what Americans eat is…making them sick”
“Head of Paris Fashion Week model found in soup pot”
“Europeans saw nothing wrong with cannibalism until the 1900s”
“Millions in Britain are choosing between heating and eating”
February 2022 News Links
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“Unidentified people vandalised the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) office”
“Former Supreme Court Judge S Abdul Nazeer Appointed New Andhra Pradesh Governor”
“Hyderabad was Bhagnagar, but politicians still differ “
“States with a Christian Chief Minister”
“‘Jagan’s conversion drive on fast track’”
“Dissident claims Chinese Communist Party pays Vatican $2 billion annually “
“Portugal Catholic clergy sexually abused nearly 5,000 minors: inquiry “
“The collegium system needs improvement“
“‘Mughals had nothing to do with Mughal Gardens at Rashtrapati Bhavan’ “
“Assam Police arrests 1,800 people in massive crackdown on child marriage”
“Is ‘Caste’ Being Weaponized Against The Indian Diaspora?”
“‘Thakurvad’ pales in front of Brahmin elitism”
“Violence breaks out in Melbourne over ‘Khalistan referendum’, many Sikhs detained “
“A Sikh family in Sri Nankana Sahib, Pak attacked on Jan 21”
“Married Pak Hindu girl abducted, raped for refusing to embrace Islam “
“Pakistan looks to rival India to save its economy “
“Reviving Nepal’s community forestry success story”
“India sends 7th flight of relief supplies to Turkey, Syria“
“Bird flu death in Cambodian child sparks global alarm“
“Japan, Philippines agree to sharply boost defence ties”
“Economic reality check on China”
“A horrific environmental disaster is happening in Ohio”
“Mexico files 2nd lawsuit against arms dealers in US”
Culture
“Andhra Pradesh: 1st century Buddhist rock-cut cave collapses due to neglect”
Andhra
Aruna Miller keeps Telugu Roots
“How Can State Govt Justify Salary To Pastors, Asks Hc”
“Reservation for Kapu community gets Centre’s nod”
“No special category status for Andhra Pradesh, Centre makes it clear in Parliament”
India
“Adani Enterprises to be dropped from Dow Jones“
“Drug Hotspots: In Moga village, 400 booked for smuggling in 3 decades”
“BBC Documentary on Modi: ‘Colonial mindset blatantly visible’”
“Most BJP-ruled states skip eggs in mid-day meal, cite vegetarian sentiment”
“51% of adolescent girls underweight in Gujarat ”
“Hit By Layoffs, Thousands Of Indian IT Professionals Struggle”
“Why Indian players need to be more aware of caste privilege and oppression”
“Rajasthan: Sons waited for 31 years to avenge dad’s death | Ajmer News”
1932 Srinagar Anti-Hindu Riots
Court discharges Sharjeel Imam in Jamia violence case
“Liberal fallacy of connecting India’s plurality with a Muslim Prime Minister”
Subcontinent
“Pakistan hit by nationwide power outage after grid failure”
“Pakistan flour crisis worsens; prices skyrocket amidst wheat shortage, stampedes ”
“Three Nepali women escape their coercive Chinese employers in Laos”
“Nepal and Bangladesh lobby India for corridor to trade electricity”
“Ex-Maldives leader gets 11 years for money laundering, bribe”
Asia
“Japan to introduce semiconductor tech export control“
“Mass detentions, unprecedented protests, Covid pivot: Is China’s Xi losing grip on power?”
“WHO advisers call for ‘realistic’ data from China “
“Small but mighty – the rise of newly rich ‘micro-regions’”“Iran hires crime gangs to murder dissidents in UK”World
“Extreme Israeli group takes root in US with fundraising bid”
US downs PRC weather balloon on its coast. Another sighted in Latin America
“Public urination is a growing menace in #London”
“Ukraine interior minister, top officials among 14 killed in copter crash”
“Anti-democracy riots jolt Brazil ”
“Senegal Bus Accident: 40 killed in Senegal bus disaster ”
“California trying to find, compensate sterilization victims”
“China’s ByteDance admits using TikTok data to track journalists”
January 2023 News Links
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“India’s richest 1% own more than 40% of total wealth”
“high-class muscle man for big business, for Wall Street and for bankers”
“From plate to plough: Over Rs 45 lakh crore plundered from farmers”
“India’s forgotten land at Mt Kailash”
“How new Ambedkarites are busy undermining Ambedkar and his legacy”
“Air India Urination Case | Accused Shankar Mishra Arrested in Bangalore |”
“Is Punjab economy inching towards debt trap, and why it is cause for worry”
“Protests rock PoK as Gilgit Baltistan demands reunion with India”
“Sri Lanka given 6 more months to repay Bangladesh’s $200m loan”
“China’s surge: should Nepal be worried?”
“Chinese are turning to black market for Indian Covid drugs amid surge”
“K-pop Soft power is really about the power of attraction as a method of influence”
Slave Contracts: Exploitation Rife in K-Pop
20,000 arrested and 522 dead in Ongoing Iran Protests
“Two girls found beheaded, dumped in Syrian detention camp”
“At 4% of UK’s population, Muslims make up 18% of criminals in jail”
How Religious Grooming Gangs in UK prey on unsuspecting women
“Guardian’s cartoon of Priti Patel shows the West’s duplicity on racism”
America:” Where Will This Political Violence Lead? Look to the 1850s”
“Indian-origin Leo Varadkar set to become Ireland’s prime minister for second time “
“EU corruption scandal: Eva Kaili claims innocence, says she feels betrayed “
“Europeans saw nothing wrong with cannibalism until the 1900s”
“ What Nigerian Voters Are Looking For in Upcoming Polls “
“Jacinda Ardern RESIGNS as New Zealand Prime Minister “
Culture
“What powers the Boycott Bollywood movement and why is it working?”
“The Khasis: A Matrilineal Society in India’s Northeast”
“RRR’s Naatu Naatu Make It To Shortlist Nominates to Oscars 2023”
“A recipe for poornalu, with love from an Andhra home”
“Anti-Hindu attacks grow, from N.Y. to a California Taco Bell”
Andhra
“Veteran Telugu actor Kaikala Satyanarayana passes away”
“AP Debts Continue in Over Drafts”
“25 Nanded villages seek merger with Telangana”
“AIMIM’s Asaduddin Owaisi and KCR are looting Telangana together”
“Anantapur | Illegal Sand Mafia Along Penna River”
India
“Google, Meta lead Big Tech layoffs. All you need to know”
“PM’s mother Heeraben passes away”
“Central Vista redevelopment project: L&T to construct Executive Enclave”
“Leicester violence: UK think tank rejects report of RSS, Hindutva groups’ Involvement”
“Giving election tickets to women against Islam, says Shahi Imam”
“Bhadralok and the myth of casteless West Bengal politics”
“Kerala | #BirdFlu outbreak in parts of Kottayam”
“With #Green #Revolution having outlived its utility, it’s time to move to the next stage”
“Chargesheet Against MLC Kavitha & YCP MP Magunta | Delhi Liquor Scam Case”
“Salesforce cuts about 10% of its workforce”
“Priest held for theft at Jain temple in Ankleshwar “
Subcontinent
“Mauritius Telecom CEO, who leaked Indian team visit, under lens, for China links”
“Can Nepal Achieve Political Stability?”
“Pakistan: Hindu man dies after he was chased away from hospital”
“Six killed in firing by Afghan forces on Pakistan border”
“Bangladesh on razor’s edge: Why India must wake up to the looming economic crisis”
Asia
Time to Boost natural Immunity again? “China is likely seeing 5,000 deaths a day”
Protests against Turkey’s Erdogan for misusing Judiciary against Presidential rival
“At Least 100 Members Sentenced To Death | Anti Hizab Protests in Iran”
“Saudi foreign minister: ‘All bets off’ if Iran gets nuclear weapon ”
World
Higher Food Prices worsen World Hunger in Developed & Developing World alike
“The History of the Royals Is Tangled and Bloody”
“Prime Minister Mark Rutte apologized for Netherlands’ slavery past”
“Gangs control about 60% of Haiti’s capital”
“San Francisco police seek permission for its robots to use deadly force”
“Civil war will break out in US, Elon Musk would become President, predicts Putin aide”
“Truck with liquified gas explodes in South Africa, 8 killed”
“Peru declares a state of emergency nationwide for 30 days per decree amid civil unrest”
“Argentina’s VP Cristina Fernandez guilty in graft case, gets 6 years “
“Soccer Legend Pelé Dead at 82”
‘Epic’ winter storm wallops US, leaving 1.5 million without power”
“Scot Sikh accused of involvement in targeted killings sues UK ”
December 2022 News Links
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“Delhi HC dismisses with Rs 25K costs plea seeking to make Twitter’s Elon Musk party”
“A ragi recipe to honour the International Year of Millets”
“Netherlands to close up to 3,000 farms to comply with EU rules“
“55,000 farmers are protesting at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan”
“Delhi air quality worsens, 24-hour average index recorded at 262”
“Groundwater level in Punjab worrisome: MoS for Jal Shakti Bishweswar Tudu”
“BJP MP moves private bill on Uniform Civil Code, govt backs him “
“Purpose of charity should not be religious conversion: SC ”
““The Myth of a Casteless Bengal”
“Mammoth crisis threatens India’s IITs and IIMs”
“Andhra Pradesh | Police personnel seized 140 kg of ganja worth Rs 10 lakhs”
The Hypocrisy of Shah Rukh Khan
“Pakistan: Every day three minor Hindu girls are abducted, gang-raped, converted ”
“A nun’s story: sex, affairs and priests you can’t refuse”
“The reckoning: rape culture and the crisis in British schools”
“Why Audrey Truschke should stop inventing history to suit her vicious agenda”
“Chinese action violates 1993, 1996, and 2013 border agreements”
“China threatens Bhutan for aligning with India”
“Brazil: Supporters of Jair Bolsonaro clash with police in Brasilia”
“Peru president dissolves congress, which then ousts him”
“At least 100 people killed by floods in capital of Congo”
“Pakistan-based Khalistani terrorist Harvinder Singh Rinda dies in Lahore hospital “
“Jagmeet Singh’s comments on Khalistan risk undermining Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy”
Culture
“Rethink India’s nationally protected monuments list”
“A new, exhaustive book on Carnatic singer Balamuralikrishna “
Maharashtra Cuisine’s Bakarwadi
Visakha Music Academy 53rd Annual Music Festival Successfully Completes
Andhra
“AP Faces Debt Burden of Rs 8.71 lakh Crore”
“Nearly 18 Thousand Kg Drugs Siezed in AP For Yr 2021-22”
Historic 1st, AP & Telangana settle on Srisailam
India
“RBI in final stages of retail CBDC pilot rollout”
“With GM mustard, risks outweigh rewards”
“Socialism for the rich and capitalism for the poor”
“Airport: All you need to know about Bengaluru’s Kempegowda”
Bengal: “Three killed, several injured in blast near venue “
“Mangalore blast ‘act of terror’
“India tops list of most inclusive nation for religious minorities, US ranked 5th”
“Delhi AIIMS server hacking: Main servers likely to be hacked from Hong Kong”
“India’s envoy calls on Canada to crack down on Canadian funding of Khalistan “
“Paswan gave shelter to Sikhs during 1984 riots, he was also attacked”
“EWS Reservation News: Quotas can’t be for ever, need to fix time limit “
“Akal Takht pronounces ‘tankhah’ to former SAD minister “
“Vizhinjam police station attack: Cases against 3,000”
“Police complaint against ‘unknown persons’ over anti-Brahmin slogans”
Subcontinent
“Over 22 lakh Hindus in Pakistan, says national database report “
“Islamic State Is Alive and Well in South Asia”
“10 killed in bombing of Afghan religious school“
Nepal: “UML maintains lead in PR vote tally“
“President Ranil Wickremesinghe has appointed a committee of public & private sectors”
Asia
“Iranian general acknowledges over 300 dead in unrest”
“8 held for killing Indian-origin teen in Israel”
“China uses corrupt leaders to make inroads into economically weaker countries”
“2000-year-old Ashoka stupa restored in China”
“Saudis tell US that Iran may attack the kingdom”
World
”40,000people..without electricity in N.Carolina after 2power substations..damaged by gunfire”
“Mearsheimer predicts the world is headed for a massive conflict between the US, China”
“Satanism and devil worship is on the rise, according to census data”
“South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa will not resign over ‘Farmgate’ scandal“
“‘Brain-like computing’ possible at molecular level, reveal scientists”
“Brazil’s Bolsonaro, voted out, challenges election results”
“Musk says Twitter personnel may have interfered with Brazil’s election”
“Opinion: The strange loyalties of Jagmeet Singh”
“Death toll in landslide on Italian resort island hits 11”
“England and Wales no longer majority Christian nations, census reveals”
November 2022 News Links
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“Government completes mother tongue survey of 576 languages “
“Delhi Murder: Aftab used to SLAP the severed head of Shraddha kept in fridge”
Be wary of Online dating apps & unknown suitors
“Bengal’s Murshidabad shows demography is destiny”
“No Hindutva or RSS extremism involved in Leicester violence”
“Coimbatore car blast: It was a terror attack”
“‘Forced Conversion a Very Serious Issue’ | Supreme Court”
“Why the three-capital model for Andhra Pradesh may not work“
“Punjab govt bans 10 insecticides for 60 days”
“2,498 farmers ended their lives in 11 months of 2021 in Maharashtra”
“How can state govt justify salary to pastors, asks HC”
“Turkey: 17 charged over bombing in Istanbul that killed 6”
“Iran protests enter third month with deadly clashes”
“State media: Gunmen attack bazaar in Iran, killing 5 “
Skeletal remains ‘confirm ancient Greeks engaged in human sacrifice’
“China reports highest Covid cases, Beijing’s record infections”
“The truckers and farmers have joined the protests against the election in Brazil”
“Flash floods in Australia’s southeast cut off inland towns”
UK faces biggest fall in living standards on record
“100,000 Russian troops killed or injured in Ukraine, US says”
Culture
A popular Garhwali dish, Phanu makes a regular appearance in pahadi meals
“12th-century Kannada inscription discovered in Maharashtra”
“Elon Musk Plans To Lay Off 50% Twitter Employees | Roll Back Work-From-Anywhere”
“Jeff Bezos sued by former employee over long working hours, racial bias”
Andhra
TDP Leader Ayyanna arrested in forgery case, later released on bail
Visakha Music Academy: The 53rd Annual Festival of Music
“Jana Sena Leaders Seek Nsg Cover For Pawan“
India
“Declassify Operation Bluestar, 1984 anti-Sikh pogrom documents“
“Indian aerospace ecosystem seeing unprecedent growth towards becoming self-reliant”
“Amidst nuclear threat looming large & changing world order, India stands on its own”
“#Gujarat government has suspended #Morbi municipality chief officer “
“Yogi Adityanath government to begin drive to remove encroachment “
“Hidden history of the Owaisis: What MIM doesn’t want you to know”
“Blame the British Raj on bankers”
“Meet Jagat Seth – The Richest Family Of Bengal Who Gave Loans To British”
“Bharat Jodo Yatra of the Congress party resumes “
“Vehicles curbs from Saturday; Delhi mulls odd-even as air quality plunges”
Subcontinent
“Pakistan: Every day three minor Hindu girls are abducted, gang-raped, converted”
“Imran Khan injured in ‘assassination attempt’“
“Nepal’s Oli vows balanced ties with China, India if returned to power“
“Three more airlines to resume operations to Sri Lanka “
Asia
“Death Toll of Iran Protests Surpasses 230“
Netanyahu returns to power in Israel
North Korea keeps up missile barrage with suspected intercontinental ballistic missile
China imposes zero-COVID lockdown of 800K people in Wuhan
“The demolition of shrines in Medina“
World
What is COP27 and why is it so important?
Ethiopia peace talks have begun on Tigray
Global diesel shortage threatens Energy Security
“U.S. can get to 100% clean energy with wind, water, solar & zero nuclear”: Stanford
Lula becomes President of Brazil for 3rd time amid Protests
Bank of England expects UK to fall into longest ever recession
“Why Did British Police Ignore Pakistani Gangs Abusing 1,400 Rotherham Children?”
“hate crimes against Hindu Americans has jumped by more than 500 percent”
“Sikh independence referendum in Canada leads to angry clashes”
Barbados Independence Movement from Britain
October 2022 News Links
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“How quilt-making became a ray of hope for this Rajasthani community”
Water Storage in E.Godavari, Andhra Pradesh
“Companies start implanting microchips into workers’ bodies”
Boston University CREATES new Covid strain that has an 80% kill rate
“Indigenous Peoples Day Comes Amid a Reckoning Over Colonialism “
“Rishi Sunak becomes first British PM of colour and also first Hindu“
“How the British impoverished India”
“What Leicester really signifies“
“180 Hindu bodies sign letter to UK PM requesting help for ‘community under siege’”
“Khalistan on the Pacific: How the gangs of Punjab were born in Canada”
“India demarches Canada over Nov 6 Khalistan referendum”
“2 women killed in ‘human sacrifice’ in Kerala, 3 held ”
“Caste atrocity | 12 members of a Dalit family convert to Buddhism in Rajasthan”
“Emiratis are still Arabs when they’re not Muslims, but what would that make Pakistanis”
“Pakistan’s Worst Nightmare: Indian Kashmir Thrives“
“Iran Gives Russia Help From the Air“
“Chinese government asked TikTok for stealth propaganda account”
“Xi and These Six Men Will Reshape the Future of China”
“US Army’s 101st Airborne is practicing for war with Russia”
“Giorgia Meloni sworn in as first woman Italian premier”
Culture
108 Veenas Fill the Air with Music in Madurai on Dussehra
“Telugu films needn’t just be for Telugu-speaking people, it can grow beyond that”
‘The Sindhis — Selling Anything, Anywhere’
The making of Sikh scripture – Guru Granth Sahib
Andhra
“Andhra govt moves SC against HC order on Amaravati as sole state Capital”
Ambani soon to collect state road tolls for Gujarat & Andhra Pradesh
“How Bhairanpally was plundered”
75 years of Hyderabad’s liberation to be celebrated in year long commemorations: Centre
India
“From Max Muller to Audrey Truschke:Bigotry&lies in the guise of academic freedom”
“Government Deducts From Pension Funds to Collect Garbage Tax”
“2,498 farmers ended their lives in 11 months of 2021 in Maharashtra”
“Ankita murder: NH 58 blocked in protest”
“Aamir Khan’s brother Faisal Khan claims Sushant Singh Rajput was ‘murdered’
“Why discuss Aarakshan with an immoral upper class?”
“Supreme Court Upholds Validity Of Haryana Sikh Gurudwara (Management) Act 2014 “
“Delhi starts vaccination drive to curb spread of lumpy skin disease “
“Tale of two hijackers: BN Pandey & Gajinder Singh”
Subcontinent
Sri Lanka’s Story of Sovereign Default
“Leicester violence: Britain’s journey towards ghettoes and partition”
“‘Baloch armed resistance has stopped CPEC from becoming operational’”
“5 Hindu girls converted to Islam, & another Hindu gang-raped in Tharparkar,Sindh”
“Power Grid Collapse In Bangladesh Leaves 140 Million People In Dark”
Asia
Uzbekistan’s Ethnic Minorities: Out of Sight, But Not Out of Mind
Political Changes in Saudi Arabia
Commercial Espionage by China around the world
China’s Arms Sales In Africa Fueling Conflict, Forcing Millions To Displace
World
“Biden: Nuclear ‘Armageddon’ risk highest since ’62 crisis“
Russia mobilises 300,000 conscripts for Ukraine War escalation
“Italians Didn’t Exactly Vote for Fascism”
“How UK Islamist jihadists are openly preaching violence against Hindus”
“Jihadi rebels attack key military base near Mali’s capital”
‘Modern slavery on the rise globally; touched 50 million in 2021’
Runoff Election on October 30 in Brazil
“Sept.19 Cursed in Mexico? | Three Major Earthquakes on That Day”
“66% of pilots doze off in cockpit, reveals survey”
Honduras is the latest country to get the crypto bug
September 2022 News Links
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“How to overcome the beauty bias“
Plant-Based Doesn’t Always Mean Healthy
“Zoroastrians confront depletion of their faith”
“Omani Sultans banked on Kutchi moneybags”
“Jammu & Kashmir: Ghulam Nabi Azad floats own party, to decide on ‘Hindustani name’ “
Off-centre: The Hyderabad communal cauldron: The role of the Owaisis
“the man arrested for leading the ‘sar tan se juda’ protests in Hyderabad”
“‘Grooming gang’ targeting tribal, Dalit girls in Jharkhand: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey”
“Kartavya Path is a mirror for those trapped in time of slavery”
Kolkata streets turn into war zone as violence shrouds BJP’s protest march
“NIA raids at 50 locations expose the dirty nexus between ISI, Khalistanis and gangsters”
“Taliban stop Afghan Sikhs from leaving for India with Holy Book”
“After the floods: Will Pakistan go under?”
“Chinese drones are Pak’s faceless terrorists in India”
China steps up bid to woo Nepal’s Buddhists
“International Relations Theory Suggests Great-Power War Is Coming”
“’I cannot mourn’: Former colonies conflicted over the queen”
“Anti-Hindu rampage in UK: Muslim gangs terrorising Hindus, vandalising property”
“Mars, Nestlé and Hershey to face child slavery lawsuit in US”
“A rival ethnic group has killed at least 30 villagers in western Cameroon”
Culture
“Bollywood cannot change: We must look for alternatives “
“Sangita Kalanidhi: Musicians’ hall of fame”
“Rhythm of an ominous beat: Rabbi Shergill on what ails Punjabi music”
“NSD returns to stage with Kalidasa’s classic “
Andhra
“Farmers’ suicides increase by 19 % in Andhra Pradesh: NCRB”
“Water Resources Department is Responsible for Delay in Polavaram”
“Govt ignoring High Court Directive on Amaravati”
India
“In a first, India refers to ‘militarisation’ of Taiwan Strait by China“
“Govt projects record foodgrain production, lower wheat output in 2021-22”
“Free temples… and then give them to whom”??
“India’s CBDC roll-out likely this fiscal with wholesale businesses”
“Worries of grain shortfall mount as godowns clear wheat stocks in Punjab”
“How Sufism works in tandem with Wahhabism“
“What the West gets wrong about India even after 75 years of independence”
“Hundreds of farmers reach Delhi to take part in ‘mahapanchayat’ “
Lal Singh Chaddha officially Flops
“18 rapes per day: Every 10th rape in country reported in MP in 2021 “
“Karnataka minors’ rape case: Notice issued to survivors“
Subcontinent
“Sri Lanka: Timeline of a crisis”
“Pakistan Sponsored Terror Next Door. Now, It’s Back to Roost”
“Death toll in Pakistan floods near 1,100; international aid trickles in”
Asia
“Millions Locked Down in China’s Chengdu over Covid outbreak”
“The Fall From Grace of One of Kazakhstan’s Gray Cardinals“
“Thai protesters say PM reaches term limit, must step down”
“Iran’s hardline newspapers praise Salman Rushdie’s attacker”
“Islam in China must be Chinese in orientation, says Xi Jinping”
World
“Russia launches war games with China amid tensions with US “
“Researchers Show How a Car’s Electronics Can Be Taken Over Remotely”
“Ethiopia, Eritrea forces launch Tigray offensive”
“At 170 carats, pink diamond, unearthed in Angola, is world’s largest in 300 years “
“British dock workers latest to join summer of strikes”
“Dept of Justice investigating the Southern Baptist Convention over…sex abuse complaints”
“ Australia: Staffer allegedly raped in minister’s Parliament House office”
“Vatican says they’re gifts; Indigenous groups want them back”
“Latin America territories record up to 358% surge in civil unrest”
August 2022 News Links
Culture
“Visakhapatnam artist Srinivasa Rao Kanumuri wins international online competition “
“With the hope to make Telugu theatre a sustainable career option“
“Lata Mangeshkar’s connect with the Carnatic world “
“Tribute to musicologist M.B. Vedavalli “
“RRR is a potboiler, not a history lesson“
Andhra
“Amaravati Will be Completed if Center Concentrates”
“Ruling Party Leaders Are Looting Public Money Through the Liquor Business”
“Dilapidated Roads Due to Lack of Repair | Eluru-Kaikalur Route”
India
India’s first Tribal (Santhali) President, Draupadi Murmu, takes office
“Zubair is not a journalist — and even if he were one, he should not be allowed to create chaos“
“How the narrative of Muslim victimhood is pushed to promote political Islam in India “
“Nitish Kumar to take oath as Bihar CM for 8th time”
“Enough evidence to show Satyendar Jain, aides used ‘hawala’ funds to buy agricultural lands ”
“Rice acreage down 13% till Aug 5 due to rain shortfall”
“Himachal apple farmers stage protest, demand rollback of hiked GST”
“Tamil Nadu: Massive amount of water released from Kallanai dam”
Idiot Indian Students want to Study in China on eve of War
“Gangster Maninder Dhaliwal, friend killed in shootout in Canada“
“Khasi outfit ‘threatens’ Shillong Sikhs on housing demand”
“Delhi man who tested positive for monkeypox…attended ‘stag party’ in Himachal’s “
“Gujarat hooch tragedy: 2,500 people arrested across state as death count reaches 42“
“Local police, government officials favoured UP gangster Vikas Dubey: SC Inquiry”
Should party MLAs do caste-quota on “Brahmin Gangster” Encounters?
Subcontinent
“India gifts 75 ambulances, 17 school buses to Nepal”
“Fair-weather ally? How Sri Lanka, Pakistan fell into Chinese ‘debt trap’”
“Sri Lanka to restart bailout talks with IMF in August: President”
“Makeshift brothels crop up in Sri Lanka as economic hardship pushes women”
“The last thing the subcontinent needs is turmoil in Bangladesh”
“US eliminates Zawahiri in drone strike: Did Pakistan sell him out for IMF bailout? ”
Asia
“The chip pendulum is swinging West”
“China reaffirms threat of military force to annex Taiwan”
“Lebanese face long ‘insulting’ queues to buy bread”
“Turkey’s imperial vision and its ramifications “
“Iran targets its Baha’i community with arrests and home demolitions”
“Kim Jong Un says ‘ready to mobilise’ nuclear weapons ”
World
“World one step from ‘nuclear annihilation’, UN chief warns”
“Libya official: Renewed militia clashes in Tripoli kill 13”
“Pope Francis lands in Canada, set for apologies to Indigenous groups”
“At least 32 people killed after bandits set homes on fire in Madagascar ”
“Libya’s power cuts enrage citizens, spurring protest “
“Pay attention to what’s happening to Dutch livestock farmers“
“Explainer: Causes and consequences of Amazon fires and deforestation “
July 2022 News Links
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“Narcissism and Self-Esteem Are Very Different”
“Singer Bhupinder Singh passes away”
“A bait to regime of blasphemy“
“AjmerDargah cleric nabbed in Hyderabad for beheading slogans”
“Delhi police registers case against controversial documentary ‘Kaali’”
“AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi among multiple people booked by Delhi Police over hate messages“
“Mann sorry for nana’s siropa to Dwyer”
Rajapaksa resigns and flees to Maldives, then Singapore
“Beyond Sri Lanka, economic cyclone bears down on South Asia“.
“Wheat stock in central pool close to minimum threshold amid low procurement “
“Value of rupee declined by 25% since December 2014, Centre tells Parliament“
“Turkey blocks access to Deutsche Welle and Voice of America“
“World mourns Abe’s assassination“
“Imperialist China’s challenges in Pak“
“5 countries suffering in Europe’s heat wave “
“UK OK’s extradition of Assange to US”
PM Boris on the outs in the UK. Rishi in the running
“Calling for abolition of monarchy is still illegal, UK justice ministry admits”
“International Criminal Court marks 20th anniv“
‘Turn out the lights, brace for Russian gas cutoff,’ says France’s Macron
Brazil joins the Netherlands Farmers Protests
“Child malnutrition soars in Ethiopia as drought worsens”
Culture
“Waheeda Rehman shows off her painting skills“
“Time for a ‘credibility revolution’ in Agriculture”
“Leadership is not a title, it’s a behavior”
“Lakota elders helped a white man preserve their language. Then he tried to sell it back”
“Tamannaah Bhatia on north-south cinema debate: We have created these strange differences”
Andhra
Fluoride devastating Village with Kidney disease
“Vijayawada Water bodies shrink after encroachments”
“AP has become a Playground for Corrupt Politicians”
Alluri Sitaramaraju Jayanti Celebrations
India
“Bhagwant Mann Cabinet expansion likely on Monday
”No future for us,’ say Afghan Sikhs after temple attack”
“After farmers, youth suffering from govt decisions: Tikait on Agnipath “
“Agniveers will be 50% of Army by 2032“
“Maharashtra Political Crisis “
“Ajmer cleric, two others held for ‘beheading call”
“Prophet remarks row: Two dead in protest in Jharkhand’s Ranchi”
Double standards of Hyderabad razakars on ‘Hate Speech’
“Hyderabad minor gang-raped in car; all 5 accused, including MLA’s son”
“Reconciliation cannot be a one-way process!”
“Pakistani citizens acquiring the unique numbers meant only for residents in India”
“Death toll in #Manipurlandslide rises to 37, more rains affect search for missing 25” “Nupur Sharma’s suspension: Why BJP’s decision is a rational one”
Subcontinent
“Pakistan’s Negotiations With Terrorists”
“Hindu temple priest’s house in Pakistan’s Karachi attacked, vandalised by mob “
“Bangladesh’s Dangerous Islamist Appeasement – And What It Portends”
“2 dead after explosions hit Kabul gurdwara, India ‘monitoring’ situation”
“Islamists storm India-backed yoga event in Maldives “
Asia
“Chlorine gas leak kills 12, injures 251 at Jordan port”
“Chinese Air Force maintaining 20-25 frontline fighters near Eastern Ladakh”
“China and Cambodia break ground at naval base“
Is North Korea moving nukes to its border?
“Japan’s JERA says it shut down a 500 MW power plant due to fire”
“Turkey changes name to Türkiye to stop confusion with bird and ‘flop’”
World
South Africa says 21 teens found dead at tavern
Food Shoplifting and Riots as Supply Chain Desperation sets in
“Ghislaine Maxwell sentenced to 20 years in prison for sex trafficking”
“The WEF and the Liberals’ agenda for Canada”
“Why US is no longer heading for a recession but is actually in a recession”
“How Elon Musk evinced interest in buying Twitter”
“Battle Creek was an epicenter of the American eugenics movement”
“German federal court rejects bid to remove antisemitic relic”
“Uncovering the brutal truth about the British empire | Marc Parry“
“Sunset or new dawn for the British monarchy after Elizabeth II?”
“UN: Sahel violence could drive more refugees toward Europe”
“Argentina economy minister, IMF deal architect, quits as government crisis builds”
June 2022
“Oneness is essential for society to thrive“
Support Saraswati Swara Chakra
Andhra
“massive fire broke out at a godown of a shipping company in #Visakhapatnam”
“Andhra Pradesh accounts for 10% of all human trafficking crimes in India “
“Hyderabad gang-rape case: Police arrest fourth”
“Pawan Kalyan hints at Jana Sena-TDP alliance”
India
“report on religious intolerance in this country fails the smell test”
“‘Caste-based count’ in a set time frame, says Nitish. RJD claims victory”
“Uttar Pradesh Dalit girl was raped, strangulated, confirms post-mortem“
“#Flood situation in #Kochi ‘distressing’: #Kerala high court“
‘SidhuMoosewala killing: Cops yet to identify shooters”
“Delhi stares at water crisis, sends SOS to Haryana”
“Slumisation of Chandigarh: A bugbear that’s hard to tame”
“India beat Indonesia 3-0 to lift maiden Thomas Cup trophy, make history “
“Allahabad HC rejects plea for opening 22 closed doors of #TajMahal”
“Mukesh Ambani Isn’t Leaving India, But Why Are So Many Millionaires Fleeing The Country?”
Subcontinent
“Modi’s ongoing visit to Nepal signifies a turning point in bilateral relations”
“Pakistan’s Relations With Taliban Regime Worsen
‘35 killed, more than 450 injured in Bangladesh container depot fire“
Asia
“Putin warns West: Russia will strike harder if longer-range missiles supplied“
“China successfully launches crewed mission to complete space station“
“Philippines raises alert level at restive volcano after spewing cloud of ash “
“North Korea fires volley of missiles after U.S., South Korea stage drills “
World
“Brazil storm death toll rises to 100”
“ world is already in the grip of what can be called as the third global food crisis”
“WPI inflation in April jumps to 15.08%, highest in 17 years”
“A quarter of Britons say they’ve skipped meals due to rising cost of living”
“DeSantis Takes On Disney With Taxpayers in the Middle“
“Canada’s Future Prime Minister Needs to Come Clean About Her Nazi…”
“50 people killed by militants in #Nigeria’s Borno state”
Australia’s new PM on Diplomatic tour
“12% of all traffic originating from #Twitter is made up of bots”
May 2022
Culture
“Toxic Twitter set to become even more noxious?”
“Conservation of Telugu language is key to conservation of culture”
“Bhubaneswar: Traditional handicraft products displayed in Odisha”
Andhra
“High Court Seeks Status Report on Amaravati Capital Works Progress”
“A veteran #freedom fighter, #GouthuLatchanna”
AP: 500-year-old sculptures in run-down temple
India
Hyderabad: Wife’s kin held for killing Hindu youth
“Cyclone won’t make #landfall in #Odisha or AP but move parallel to coast”
“Indians conflate talk with action, too easily impressed by…MEA Jaishankar’s remarks”
“Modi pitches for use of local language in courts to bridge gap between citizens & judiciary“
How the Sindhi community made Bengaluru their home post-Partition
“Khalistan flags hung at entrance of Himachal Pradesh assembly gate”
“Pakistan-sponsored terrorism forced 64,827 Kashmiri Pandit families to leave Kashmir valley”
Subcontinent
“Religious Minorities Experiencing Genocide in Pakistan”
“Sri Lanka’s Opposition rejects President Rajapaksa’s offer”
“Afghanistan issues a decree ordering adult women to wear all-covering burqa in public “
Bangladesh shows why CAA was passed
Asia
“Beijing COVID outbreak proves stubborn, mass tests become routine “
“Russia Expels 40 German Diplomats in Tit-For-Tat Move”
Trouble brewing in Solomon Islands
“Extreme uncertainty: What the year holds for Toyota, Nissan and Honda”
World
Emergency Preparedness Week declared amid Global Nuclear Threats
“Russian TV presenter threatens to ‘drown’ UK with underwater nuclear tsunami attack”
“US reports its first human case of H5 bird flu”
“A person in UK has been diagnosed with the rare viral infection Monkeypox”
California faces a grim summer of dangerous heat and extreme drought
“Zimbabwe suspends bank lending in bid to arrest currency decline”
“Second Ebola patient dies in northwestern Congo, WHO says”
“Grim search in blown-out Havana hotel, death toll at 26”
“Sinn Fein calls for united Ireland debate after historic election win”
April 2022 News Links
Culture
“Celebrating India’s Rich Cultural Heritage”
“A rare glimpse of the golden period of Nathdwara painting”
Treasure trove of the past: Sikh Research Centre at Khalsa College, Amritsar
”Kashmir Files’ against terrorism, not religion’
Andhra
Jagan snubs court, decides to stick to 3 capitals plan
“Clashes break out on Hanuman Jayanti in Andhra’s Kurnool“
“Andhra Pradesh: Temple priest murdered in West Godavari district”
“Online sales extend a helping hand to Kondapalli toy makers”
India
“How Bombay’s Parsis cracked the opium trade”
Nine held after communal clash on Hanuman Jayanti in Delhi
“Hindus can be declared ‘minority’ in states where their strength is lower:’ Centre tells SCOI
“India calls out West’s hypocrisy”
“Christopher Jaffrelot’s Modi’s India, an unreal analysis of the country“
“Rishi Sunak questioned over Infosys presence in Moscow”
“Social media accounts can’t be arbitrarily suspended: Govt
Subcontinent
Sri Lanka president loses majority as protests mount over crippling economic crisis
What Imran Khan’s exit could mean for India-Pakistan relationship
Asia
Grocery shelves Empty in China as residents fear Lockdown over new Covid spread
“Japan immigration center mistreated Sri Lankan before her death”
“Turkey sentences Erdogan critic Kavala to life in jail “
“Clashes erupt in Jerusalem, as Israel responds to Gaza rockets with airstrikes”
“Chornobyl observes the 36th anniversary of the world’s worst nuclear disaster”
“N.Korea parades ICBMs, vows to boost nuclear arsenal”
World
“Russia’s Lavrov warns of ‘real’ danger of World War III”
“‘Finland, Sweden to apply for Nato entry in May’”
“Blast at illegal Nigerian oil refinery kills more than 100 people”
“Crisis in America’s Food Supply – CNBC”
“19,000 children have been sexually groomed in England in the past year”
“Jamaicans shun UK royal visit, demand slavery reparations”
“#LeavingTwitter trends online after Elon Musk buys it“
“EU aims to end use of Russian oil, gas by 2027, Gentiloni tell newspaper”
“Thousands of farmers stage anti-tax protest in Argentine capital”
March 2022 News Links
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“This theatre festival in Assam is set amidst nature “
“Babus readying plan for Amaravati works”
“Old soldiers don’t die, they just fade away.”
“(MSME) sector in Maharashtra has contracted by 30 lakh in 2021”
“Tata Sons Chief N.Chandrasekaran Appointed Chairman of Air India”
“Row Erupts Over Brahmin Corp Office “
SGPC members call for Badals’ ouster
“Birbhum: Is Bengal the Centre of Political Killings”
“Why is India losing faith in the West? “
“Boeing 737 carrying 133 crashes in China, casualties unknown”
“Come Down Hard On Religiophobia“
“Over 200 people vandalise, loot ISKCON Radhakanta temple in Dhaka”
“The Quad needs India just as much as India needs the Quad”
“India to introduce e-passport. How will the chip-based passport work?”
“India Flew 22,500 Citizens From Ukraine | Helped 18 other Countries “
“2.5 million refugees have fled Ukraine” Allies Think Russia Believes It Could Win Nuclear War
“Why Cashless Economy means social exclusion”
“Heart-disease risk soars after COVID — even with a mild case“
Culture
“Buddha to sit tall at Dev in Mori “
From Sindh, So Near Yet So Far
Andhra
“Amaravati is Andhra’s capital, govt has no right to enact law for 3 capitals: HC”
Nirmala Sitharaman: “PM treats Jagan like Father treats Son”
“National handloom expo in Vijayawada”
India
“Anand Subramanian arrested by CBI in NSE co-location case “
“How Family companies are taken over”
Russia-Ukraine crisis: Here’s what will get more expensive in India
Airlift effort of 20,000 Indian students in Ukraine continues
“From Justin Trudeau and Rana Ayyub to now Ukraine“
Can Stalin keep BJP out of Tamil Nadu?
A high court asked India to appoint a lawyer for death-row prisoner KulbhushanJadhav
Subcontinent
“Western Media’s Racist Coverage”
“India will send 8,000 Tonnes of wheat in March to Afghanistan”
Sri Lanka on ‘Brink of Economic Collapse’
“Pakistan’s ruling Party under attack from Within”
Impeachment motion against CJ Rana registered with consensus of ruling coalition
Asia
“North Korea fires “unidentified projectile,” says South Korea’s military”
“Chinese city of Qingdao reports Omicron outbreak among students”
Chinese Citizens Running out of Food essentials amid harsh covid 19 Curbs
“Japan still unable to set nuclear policy direction, 11 years on from disaster“
World
“There’s still no accountability.”
” Egyptians have been living off the grid since infancy”
Racism in Ukraine against Africans (and Indians)
“Geopolitical consequences of Russia-Ukraine confrontation: WWIII”
Technocracy: The Operating System For The New International Rules-Based Ord
Consequences of SWIFT exclusion and other Sanctions
Canadian Minister Freeland’s ‘Nazi’ Banner Highlights Ukrainian Right Wing
“Brawl during soccer match in Mexico leaves 22 injured“
February 2022 News Links
Updated!!!
Threat of WWIII and Nuclear War facing World??
Canada cracks down on Covid Protests. Hypocrisy??
Time for Citizens to start stocking up on food and water in case of Blackouts/Lockdowns
Bird flu in China, UK, US, and now India
Praveen Sobti known for his role as Bheem in BR Chopra’s Mahabharat passes away
“CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy likely to shift to Visakhapatnam around Ugadi”
Andhra Pradesh: Revenue Deficit Crosses 900% in State
“Buddha to sit tall at Dev in Mori “
Former Member: RSS discriminates against Dalits
Probe over Crash Death of Punjabi Actor-Activist Deep Sidhu
This person was Vice-President of India
“Increasing Islamisation of Bangladesh puts Hindus at risk”
Balochistan flares up as Pak Army’s death toll rises
Russian forces around #Ukraine on February 18th
“SouthChinaSea or Arunachal Pradesh – #China is using lawfare to expand territory”
“Death toll from severe flooding in Brazil’s Petropolis rises to 78”
“Mozambique scrambles to stem a rising tide of drug addiction”
Risks of Microwave and microwaving Plastics
Culture
‘Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar passes away at 92′
“Intangible Cultural Heritage Traditions to Celebrate Around the Globe”
Andhra
Centre to establish 6 nuclear reactors in Andhra Pradesh
“Yogi #Vemana’s anniversary celebrated at #Kondaveedu”
“Uttam Reddy, the owner of Rayalaseema Ruchulu opens up”
“Telangana CM KCR has violated his oath of office, which is a matter of concern”
India
Why are Profitable, Strategic PSUs being Sold??
Western narrative on Subhas Chandra Bose suffers from poor scholarship…&rank hypocrisy
Punjab Elections: “Congress government destroyed entire state: Parvinder”
Emerging religiophobia like anti-Hindu, anti-Buddhist and anti-Sikh need attention of UN: India
True Story of Galwan clash between India & China
“Rogues can be dressed as Priests”
“Why there’s a sudden surge in international efforts to destabilise Modi government”
AIMIM’s Waris Pathan calling for Genocide of Hindus
“This was one of the most shameful decisions of Supreme Court of #India”
Subcontinent
Hinglaj Mata temple destroyed in Pakistan’s Sindh, 11th such incident in 22
Nepal Railways between China & India
Asia
“There are signs of unease in China’s domestic politics”
Manchurian resistance against Chinese Communist Party’s occupation
“#Turkey emerging as new #Dubai in anti-India operations: Report”
Economic Meltdown in Lebanon. Rest of world to follow??
World
‘A perfect storm’: supply chain crisis could blow up world economy
Canadian Military refuses to evict Trucker Health Freedom Convoy
U.S. to Send 3,000 Troops to Europe Amid Ukraine Fears
Will Ukraine Crisis Spark World War III?
German Navy Chief Said What We All Knew
“Cost-of-Living Crisis Comes to Life in Expensive Day for Britons”
France closes mosque after ‘unacceptable’ preaching
Burkina Faso President overthrown by Soldiers
Costa Ricans head to polls, largely undecided, as runoff expected
January 2022 News Links
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“TDP decries attacks on NTR, Ambedkar statues”
Telangana: Arrangements on for Medaram jatara
Temple priest allegedly denies dalits entry to Temple
Kerala Archbishop controversially acquitted in Kerala Nun rape case
“Incidents of pre-poll violence have already rocked Manipur in the past couple of weeks”
“Jamia, Oxfam among thousands of NGOs lose foreign funding permit”
Gujarat Industry lobbies for China imports. Whither nationalism??
Sarabjit Kaur is the new Chandigarh mayor
“Pakistan now infiltrating its Army personnel into India”
“China locks down third city raising affected to 20 million”
Jinping’s fallback on cultural nationalism
Kazakhstan: “Local Politics and Chaos in Almaty”
“Biden on Russia:’If they invade, they’re gonna pay … will not be able to deal with dollars”
“CISA issues cybersecurity alert amid #Ukraine cyberattack.”
British “democracy”: “Royals vetted more than 1,000 laws via Queen’s consent”
“France’s vaccine passport will come into force on Monday, announces PM Castex”
Concerns grow over potential food shortages in Ontario
“Greece Bans Halal Slaughter For Being Inhumane “
Strike paralyzes Lebanon amid worsening economic conditions
“deadly explosion razes hundreds of buildings in western Ghana”
Culture
Challapalli Fort in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh
Andhra
Andhra Pradesh on gem of mission: To launch hunt for diamonds
Cops initiate special drive to curb cockfights
Covid Cases Rise to Across State
India
“Sikh groups laud Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intent, but not happy with ‘Veer Baal’”
Supreme Court agreed to set up probe of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s #securitybreach”
“Govt blocked 9,849 social media URLs in 2020“
Report & condemn “pages on fb targeting Hindu women”
Casteist Trads Harming Dharma with their Selfish agenda?
“Atrocities on Dalits and tribals up by 70% in Gujarat“
“Twitterati call out Tamil actor Siddharth for ‘sexual innuendo’ against SainaNehwal”
“WhatsApp is reportedly planning to revamp its chat list design in future update”
“12 incredible facts about UP politics “
“Foxconn India iPhone plant to reopen on Wednesday”
Subcontinent
“Can India Lead South Asia by Example in 2022?“
Mainstream Media finally acknowledging Suffering of Hindus in Pakistan
“Sri Lankan lawmaker calls on China’s Xi Jinping to stop its ‘economic invasion”
Nepal: “King to pay tribute to Great King Prithivi Narayan Shah tomorrow“
Asia
“North Korea fires a suspected ballistic missile off its east coast”
“The Kazakhstan Crisis: A View From Kyrgyzstan“
China Is Building Entire Villages in Another Country’s Territory
30 People Killed in Myanmar’s Kayah State
World
“World food prices hit 10-year peak in 2021“
” Europe’s healthcare groans under Omicron’s swift spread”
“French parliament approves Macron’s vaccine pass “
“Fentanyl From China Is Killing Americans in Record Numbers”
Britain House of Lords scandal
“UK court recognizes Guaidó but Venezuela gold case rolls on“
Switzerland to hold referendum on outlawing mandatory vaccinations
Fire at South Africa Parliament
December 2021 News Links
Updated!!!
“Co-op sector sugar mills battle for survival as dues to farmers mount”
“Meal scheme workers union staged a protest alleging harassment from the YSR Congress”
“Sweden…presents an implanted chip that can”conveniently”hold your vaccination status “
“Is amendment to Marriage Act a precursor to Uniform Civil Code?”
“Who is Miss Universe 2021 Harnaaz Sandhu?“
“Upper caste students boycott midday meal cooked by Dalit woman in Uttarakhand”
“Indian math genius Nikhil Srivastava just solved a 62-year-old problem”
” Karnataka Assembly passed the contentious anti-conversion bill”
Pak: “10-year-old Roshni Meghwar, converted to Islam and married to man”
“Manchurian resistance against Chinese Communist Party’s occupation”
“city of Xian in northwest China…with some 13 million residents went into a lockdown”
“Japan’s Tepco to build underwater tunnel for Fukushima water release”
“on the emergence of a New World Order”
“Rothschilds Sell Last Piece of Austrian Empire After 200 Years“
“Over 100 dead after attacks in Mali, Niger”
“More than 3000 flights delayed worldwide as airlines cite COVID-19 staffing issues”
“laws will give Australian courts the power to order social media giants to identify trolls”
Culture
(AIR) should continue to promote arts & culture: Dr Annavarapu
“Etikoppaka craftsmen in limbo after bar on transport of wood”
Andhra
#AndhraPradesh | More than 30 people have died due to the floods so far
“AP High Court Begins Fresh Hearing of Three Capitals Case”
“18 villages evacuated as #Rayalacheruvu develops fissures”
India
“India now has 1,020 women for every 1000 men”
“India is only 24% vaccinated”. Why resilience after Delta variant?
The real reason for the Farm Laws
“4th gen warfare: Non state actors have made civil society new frontier of war”
“India-Russia to ink several pacts”
Subcontinent
“India to supply 20% more power to Bangladesh”
“@yogrishiramdev’s launch of TV channels in Nepal faces opposition”
Extremist Pak mob burns a Sri Lankan factory manager to death
“Rajapaksa has blamed the previous government for destroying national security”
Asia
“3 injured as Myanmar soldiers ram car into protest”
“Indonesia volcanic eruption: Smoldering debris from Semeru”
“Project of One Belt One Road One Debt”
“”some irresponsible nations” with.. hegemonic tendencies are coming up “
World
WWIII in the offing on Ukraine border?
Australia decouples from China
Traditional Indigenous American Food
New laws force social media giants to unmask trolls
“Microchip Containing Your Vaccine Passport Info Can Now Be Embedded In Your Hand”
“Egypt Set To Unveil 3,000-year-old Avenue Of Sphinxes To The World“
Flying cars in 2024? This tech CEO says it’s commercially possible
November 2021 News Links
Culture
Hand-knitted Eluru Carpets of Andhra
“Kartheekasomavaram- huge rush of devotees at #Srisailam in #Kurnool “
Andhra
Why are orthodox archakas allying with CM Jagan?
“TDP bags five out of eight wards in #AndhraPradesh’s #Prakasam district“
“Tension Erupts in Amaravati Farmers Padayatra in Prakasam”
“#Yogi Vemana #University professor ranked among top 2 per cent #scientists “
India
“TRS workers throw eggs at BJP leader’s convoy in Telangana”
“In this vicious and toxic game of majority communalism vs minority communalism”
“Rajasthan foray: Owaisi’s AIMIM takes another step towards going national”
“#Punjab: Job quota not viable, will oppose move, says industry “
“#Haryana brings back ’95 order on OBC creamy layer”
“Election Commission gets application for Capt Amarinder Singh’s party”
“Ahmedabad 4th Gujarat city to push non-veg food carts off main roads”
Purvanchal Highway Inaugurated
Historic Rains continue in Tamil Nadu and Kerala
Subcontinent
“BJP has fulfilled its resolution of providing citizenship to Hindu, Parsi, Sikh, Christian”
“Sri Lankan president’s excessive reliance on the military to govern”
” Nepal Army Chief General Prabhu Ram Sharma, on his 4-day visit to India “
Pakistan blocks Afghanistan food shipment from India
“Bangladesh cricket fans not impressed as Pakistan players carry national flag to training ground”
Asia
“CHINA-INDIA BORDER…risk of renewed border skirmishing, if not outright war, is increasing”
“The son of late Philippines strongman Ferdinand Marcos has emerged “
“Kishida Places Japan’s Business Interests at the Forefront of Climate Policy”
Taskent moves towards Eurasian Union
World
“The World is fed up with China’s Belligerence”
“Tens of thousands protest in #Melbourne against new pandemic law”
“Two explosions rock Ugandan capital Kampala”
Ethiopia capital about to fall??
“Malign corporate influence in politics is an existential threat to American democracy”
Quebec and France cancelling cancel culture
October 2021 News Links
Culture
“Canada -America Telugu Literature Conference Held Virtually”
“God is Owner of Temple Land, Not Priest-Supreme Court”
Andhra
“Telangana is seeing an increase in violent clashes between tribals & forest officials”
“Vijayawada-based shell company used as front to smuggle Rs 20K crore…heroin”
“Bay turns cyclone hotbed as AP sees 60 storms in 50 yrs”
“No justice for women under Disha or Nirbhaya, alleges Lokesh”
“YS Viveka murder case: CBI arrests yet another key accused in the case “
India
“Lakhimpur Kheri incident: Retired HC judge-led Commission of Enquiry”
“Owaisi booked for hate speech in Uttar Pradesh “
‘RSS taking Hindus on path of destruction’
India’s Asset Monetisation Programme considered overbold
“Over 50pc agricultural families in debt with average loan of Rs 74,121 in 2019: Survey”
“Petrol and Diesel prices across the country soared to all-time high levels “
“125 years after Swami Vivekananda called Kerala ‘lunatic asylum'” of caste
“Chinese PLA in Uttarakhand’s Barahoti, returns after damaging bridge”
Subcontinent
“Civic group marches in Kathmandu to demand amendments to constitution”
“Innocent civilians, not extremists, were killed in Aug. 29 U.S. drone strike”
“Pakistan pushing communalism on the global stage”
“20 killed, over 300 injured in earthquake in Pakistan’s Balochistan province”
“Adani Group…to build a container terminal at the strategic Colombo port.”
Asia
“The fortune of the richest two Lebanese families exceeds half of Lebanon’s GDP”
Japan’s New Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida
“North Korea said that a US-Australia submarine deal…could cause an “arms race.”
“China’s Belt and Road Initiative…is leaving a bad taste with the locals”
World
Global Supply Chain Crisis is Here
“Power outages in Puerto Rico have surged in recent weeks”
“Bavarian…Court, declares 2020 pandemic curfews retroactively unconstitutional”
“Social Democrats have won the biggest share of the vote in Germany’s national election”
” 330,000 children victims of church sex abuse”
“80 alleged cases of sex abuse during the U.N. health agency’s response to…Congo.”
“Europe’s energy crisis deepens”
“Even the rich think it will take a ‘miracle’ to retire.”
“The world’s 25 richest families are now worth $1.7 trillion, a 22% increase”
We Consume 5 gms of plastic a week…
September 2021 News Links
Updated!!!
“Thotlakonda heritage site in #Vizag: Activists welcome #HC order
“Telangana Liberation Day: All you need to the evolution of this day”
“Janasena chief PawanKalyan to visit #VizagUkku protest site
“AP, Karnataka, Telangana usher in world of…caste politics”
“Why bitcoin is unlikely to get the nod in India”
“‘Love and narcotic jihad’ remarks by Pala Bishop Joseph”
“CHARANJITCHANNI to be #Punjab’s first Dalit CM “
“Why are farmers disappointed with Rabi MSP announcement?”
“CM urges PM to provide humanitarian assistance to Myanmar nat’ls coming to Mizoram”
” ‘e-Ravans’ with training and money are sitting on social media”
“Afghan Sikh, Hindu families living in Amritsar still awaiting Indian citizenship”
“Ward described how a member of her CNN crew was nearly pistol-whipped by a Taliban”
“IMF chief accused of altering #WorldBank report in #China’s favour”
“High prices on household durables lead to worst buying conditions since 1980”
IQ is Over-rated: “A Harvard psychologist says humans have 8 types of intelligence”
Mass Evacuation at Canary Islands following Volcano Eruption
“panel rejected a plan to offer Pfizer booster shots against COVID-19 to most Americans. “
“Thousands of Haitian migrants have assembled near a bridge in a small Texas border “
Culture
Renewed efforts to promote Telugu
“Man on mission to make rural Telangana cuisine popular”
“Empowering entrepreneurship & self-employment of artisans”
“Ganesh Idol Makers Struggle at Anantapur”
“Crafts of India – An ode to Bhuj”
Andhra
Why did the Tirupati ‘orthodox’ priest call AP’s evangelical CM ‘Vishnu avatar’?
“farmers dump veggies as sign of protest”
Andhra Pradesh Faces Debt Burden of Rs.79,191 Crore | CAG Report
“Kakatiya inscription found in Prakasam”
“Youth account for majority of suicides in Vizianagaram”
India
“Kisan mahapanchayat sees thousands gather: ‘Govt selling out to corporates”
“Nipah victim’s contact list extends to 188 persons“
Mountbatten diaries blocked. Cui Bono?
Infosys : “IT firm was in cahoots with “anti-national forces””
“India’s national security challenges becoming complex, says Rajnath Singh”
“Will India soon have its own Central Bank Digital Currency?”
” Uttar Pradesh writing new story of development: CM Yogi Adityanath
Nation’s best ever showing at 2020 Tokyo Paralympics
Subcontinent
“Sri Lanka food and forex crisis”
Food Shortages Loom in parts of Nepal as well. Other countries to follow?
Nepal: “More than half of Salyan district still without electricity”
UN Petition for Hindu Human Rights in AfPak & BD
“Taliban have returned…Far from a victory, that could ultimately be a setback for Pakistan.”
“The Taliban’s top political leader has returned to Afghanistan after 20 years in exile”
Asia
“Thai Leader Survives No-Confidence Motion, but Political Liabilities Remain”
China’s cultural genocide of Tibet continues
“Cambodian court has sentenced a prominent labor union leader… to two years in prison”
Japanese PM Suga resigns. New leadership in the offing
“Lebanon: Almost three-quarters of the population living in poverty”
World
“‘Human toll was tremendous’: Ida’s death count rises”
More than 2100 people died in Haiti Earthquake
“Guinea’s new military rulers aimed to tighten their grip on power”
Australia and China levy tariffs on each other
Paris paralyzed as 1000s protest against COVID health passes-200 Protests Across France
“court in Belarus has sentenced two leading opposition activists to lengthy prison terms”
“Tunisia’s powerful union calls to change political system”
August 2021 News Links
Updated!!!
“Lepakshi temple frontrunner to get Unesco heritage tag“
Outcry as 20 Cows die in 30 days at Simhachalam Temple
” Kalamkari, the trademark art of #AndhraPradesh“
“Rao alleged that it was a conspiracy by BJP govt to weaken their agitation” for Vizag Steel
Law & Order in UP coloured by political Casteism
“India proves Critics Wrong on Kashmir”
“Over 40 feared buried under debris in Kinnaur landslide“
Sri Lanka Raises Interest Rates
“Nepal seeks India’s help to conduct flight test at Bhairahawa“
Pak Hindu girl “Reena Meghwar, saying; “I want to go to my home“
Kabul falls again to Taliban. Thousands evacuated, many still waiting
“China’s crackdown on religion“
“Chinese media calls online gaming ‘spiritual opium’“
“How Australia’s COVID Policy Backfired“
Active Wildfires in Western Canada and US
“[B]usinesses are suing New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio & the city over its vaccine mandate”
“Chaos erupts in the Italian parliament over new “Green Pass” rules“
“The death toll from a massive earthquake in Haiti soars past 2,000.“
5g and ostensible health risks
Culture
23-year-old Durga’s passion for Kuchipudi
“How Yakshagana is adapting to modern times”
“The conservative challenge to Hindutva”
Keeping brain active may delay dementia #Dementia #Alzheimer
Andhra
PV Sindhu Medals again at Olympics
“Visakhapatnam: Eruvaka Purnima festival celebrated with fervour “
Chenchu tribe members attacked over Land Dispute
Murder case of Jagan’s Uncle continues to raise questions
“#Visakhapatnam Steel Plant workers’ Delhi dharna evokes enormous response“
India
India’s new e-Rupi Cashless System & Implications
“Pastor George Ponniah arrested in TN for creating communal unrest, threatening Hindus“
“Casteist” RSS shows its true face
“Fake case filed against Nambi Narayanan at behest of ISI to stall ISRO’s cryogenic engine“
Farmers should be Wary of Fake Seeds
“Water of death: how arsenic is poisoning rural communities in India“
India Men’s Team wins first Olympic Hockey Medal in 40 Years
Subcontinent
“ImranKhan‘s official residence has been put up for rent…severe #financialcrisis” in Pak
“Each year 1000 Sindhi Hindu minority girls in Pakistan kidnapped, forced to convert“
Sri Lanka’s democracy in Decline
Asia
The Collapse of Malaysia’s Middle Class
Wuhan “The lab-leak hypothesis has gained credence, sending a disquieting signal to China“
Military Build Up in South China Seas
“Israel has escalated its response to rockets fired from Lebanon“
World
“‘Things are going to get worse’, warns Dr Anthony Fauci”
France mandates COVID Passport
“Public, private vaccine requirements threaten to create back-door mandate“
“ Ammunition shelves bare as U.S. gun sales continue to soar“
“Mexico’s president says he will call on the National Guard to protect gas delivery trucks“
Zoom’s $115 million dollar Settlement for Violating User Privacy
“Why it seems like everyone hates the English abroad”
“Jeff Bezos’ joyride to space and back”
Thick cloud of Smoke surrounds Parthenon in Greece
“Sydney suffers deadliest day of pandemic as lockdown nears seventh week “
July 2021 News Links
Updated!!!
Co-Founder: “Nobody should trust Wikipedia”
“Donations for cause of Telugu culture”
Guntur Sainik attains Veergathi
Telugu Akademi to Telugu Sanskrit Academy
“#Pakistan government seals the Gurdwara Shaheed Bhai Taru Singh amid a land dispute.”
On eve of Tokyo Olympics, first Covid Positive Athletes announced
“Chinese hydropower dams along #Mekong cause severe damage…affect…millions”
Costs of corporate governance in South Africa
Terrible riots in South Africa. Many ethnic Indians affected
“Thousands of people marched around France to protest mandatory vaccinations”
“Ocean on fire in #GulfofMexico, flames erupt due to #gasleak near Pemex Oil Platform”
“30,000 missing Indigenous children might be in…graves at Catholic schools in Canada”
Passing of famous Anti-Virus creator under cloud
Culture
Pan-Indian biggie #RRR sticking to…theatrical release date, October 13th.
14th Century Deep Well found at Kondaveedu
“Meritocracy possible in world of Expensive Private Schools & Elite Networks?”
Andhra
“#Telangana illegally drawing water from #Srisailam“
Illegal Immigrants from Bangladesh sneaking into Andhra
“Andhra #farmers suffer heavy losses as #lemon prices plummet “
“Home ministry refers rebel MP Kanumuri Raghurama Krishnam Raju’s complaint“
“Telangana plants 1 million saplings in Adilabad district“
India
“Why Are Indians So Angry at Bill Gates?“
“Complaint against Twitter MD for spreading ‘communal hatred’“
“ Open Network for Digital Commerce aimed at preventing digital monopolies“
“The President has cleared key appointments, 8 states get new governors. “
Rural India sinks deeper into debt as Covid-19 wipes out work
“Drone Attacks on Military Installation Rattle India’s Security Establishment“
“India to evacuate nationals from Afghanistan as security situation worsens“
Subcontinent
Bagram evacuated without a whisper
Forced conversions of Sindhi Hindu girls Continues in Pakistan unabated
Largest Hydropower station in Nepal commences operation
Nepal political crisis continues
Restrictions on Lank forex Extended
Asia
PM Modi greets Dalai Lama on his 86th birthday
“Japan Mudslide: Death toll rises to three as…80 people still remain unaccounted”
“Brief History of UFOs in Japan”
“China as a digital authoritarian regime, and Taiwan as a digital democracy.“
“Duterte’s pivot to China yet to deliver promised billions“
“Russia backs ASEAN plan on tackling Myanmar crisis “
“Lebanon is ‘days away’ from social explosion, PM Diab warns“
World
“Delta variant…in 96 countries; will become dominant in coming months –@WHO“
How Media & Fashion dictate beauty & self-image
South Africa ex-President Zuma facing Arrest for corruption
“35 per cent of Australians say the population is getting too big for the country to handle“
Native Tribe “Genocide” in Canada
“EU says will step up legal action if UK does not respect agreement“
“Risks linked to UK’s $2.8 trillion debt mountain are growing“
“German security officials announced more than 750 arrests and the seizure of… drugs“
Miami Condo Collapse toll continues to increase
June 2021 News Links
Updated!!!
“HC expresses displeasure over ‘inadequate’ supply of black fungus medicine to Andhra”
TeluguOne’s Telugu Grandhaalayam
India Archives declassification
“Turkey-Pakistan nexus…working to create disturbances in Afghanistan & Kashmir”
Report on Tigray: 350,000 face famine
Anti-Government Protests continue in Colombia
Piratical British Navy driven out of Russian waters with Warning
Second site for Mass Graves of Indigenous Tribe 751 Infants, etc found in Canada. Genocide?
Farm Subsidies deal in Europe…but no MSP for India farmers is reform??
Bill Gates now the Largest farmland owner in America with 250,000 acres
Horrifying Human Zoos of the Western World
Culture
Inflation skyrocketing in pandemic era
Literary guru on AIR Vijayawada
Bammera Pothana Digital Museum with bilingual content in Telugu & English
“It’s Time to Break Up the Ivy League Cartel”
Andhra
Doctor has set an example by performing last rites of a poor man who died of #COVID19
Fire broke in a newly constructed block at Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited in Vizag
Amaravati capital shift protests continue due to indebted Farmers
India
Significance of this Year’s Eclipse
Targeting to control illegal cattle trade
India and Kuwait have signed an MoU that brings Indian domestic workers
The Supreme Ct ordered postponement of the AIIMS’ Entrance Test-INICET exams, by a month
Asia
Should the Tokyo Olympics go ahead?
Boten: the Renaissance of Laos’s Golden City
#China has passed a new legislation that bans #defamation of military
The Withdrawal from Afghanistan by US and Allied Forces
Kazakhstan: Please Don’t ‘Politicize’ the Eurasian Economic Union
Iran sends warships to Atlantic amid Venezuela concerns
World
In Tigray, food is often a weapon of war as famine looms
A Belief in Meritocracy Is Not Only False: It’s Bad for You
What we can learn from Australia’s Sikh Community
September 2017 News Links
Updated!!!
Amaravati, the city with dedicated areas starts shaping up
Navaratri Festival 2017 at Srisailam, Andhra Pradesh from 21st to 30th September 2017
President Kovind: Respect Regional Languages
“How a Bihari lost his mother tongue to Hindi”
Maharashtra to Go Completely Cashless
Real nature of self-appointed language saviours
“In Gurugram, cattle mafia shoots at British NRI woman trying to stop smuggling“
“Gender justice and the Feminazi”
“Report on how Assam has been overrun by Bangladeshi immigrants”
The Case against Rohingya asylum
Rohingyas ask for asylum in India while Rohingyas persecute Hindus in Myanmar
Lashkar radicalizing Rohingyas
Article for India’s “New Generation” Technophiles
India and Japan, Modi & Abe’s Big Plan
Risks of Himalayan War Between Indian and China (and Pakistan) Rising
“Pakistan gets 1st Chinese as deputy MD of its Stock exchange”
Local Indian Community helps with Houston Flood Relief
Aftermath of Hurricane Irma in Florida. More Hurricanes headed to US
225 killed in 7.1 Mexican Earthquake. More to Come around the World?
“The Importance of Having a Liberal Arts Major”
Culture
First 3D Sanskrit Film will be Released
“Sanskrit is mother of all languages”
Bhavana Reddy in Bhama Kalapam
Desaj, A Festival celebrating the Diverse Cultural Traditions of Bharat, 11-13 Sep 2017
“Durgadas Rathod: An embodiment of valour”
“On Akshay Kumar’s 50th birthday, here’s how this outsider continues to make it big”
These are days of formula films: K. Viswanath
Andhra
Jalayagnam: YSR’s Rs 90,000 crore let’s-all-loot scam
Telangana
“Telangana sets up first school for Rohingya Refugees”
TS to recruit 2,000 forest staff
ISB pooling talent to improve quality
Andhra Pradesh
Nellore Nuclear reactors scheduled for Construction at Kavali.KG gas better option?
“Minor Dalit Girl Raped by Christian Pastor in Chittoor, AP”
Andhra Pradesh gets largest share of affordable houses sanctioned by govt
India
“Army plans to induct women into military police”
“Taxmen to snoop on Social Media sites to trace Black Money”
Why more Indians are retiring poor and in Debt
TimesNow news channel on attempts by jamaatis to coercively convert Hindu girls
Why is India “to house the very Rohingya terrorists who are killing Hindus in Myanmar”?
“Kerala Govt to Takeover More Than 1000 Temples in Malabar”
Meghalaya Tribals protest persecution of their faith by Christian Evangelicals
Asia
“What Bhutan can teach the world about the benefit of having 1 cow per 25 acres “
“Bangladesh plans to move reluctant Rohingya Muslims to remote island”
“US Shuts Pakistan’s Habib Bank Over Terror Financing Concerns…Sharia Banking Risks”
“Rohingya attack Hindus in Rakhine Myanmar.” At least 7 killed
“China to ban sale of fossil fuel cars”
“China doesn’t have a national army; rather the party has an army”
Japan recognises Ainu as Indigenous People for the First Time
Japan the most Pessimistic of 4 Asian Democracies
Iraqi parliament rejects Iraqi Kurdish referendum: lawmakers
World
“Don’t Be Scared About The End Of Capitalism”
“Remember the debilitating crisis of 2008? Something scarier is heading your way”
Brexit law passes hurdle in reprieve for British PM May
In volatile Kenya, MP and former senator detained
Mexico’s strongest earthquake in a century
Cities of the 21st Century will be Defined by Water
Houston Hurricane Flood Disaster
Irma, Jose and Katia: The Three Major Storms in the Atlantic
In Florida, 7.4 million without power
“How your brain decides what is beautiful”
August 2017 News Links
Updated!!!
Srimad Bhagvatam with Commentary
Krishna flute Music by Hariprasad Chaurasia
North East India Indigenous Groups Conference
“Colonel Purohit’s Case-Did UPA Manufacture Political Conspiracy Of ‘Hindu Terror’?”
“Lenovo Caught (3rd Time) Pre-Installing Spyware on its Laptops”
China denying required Hydrological Data to India. Assam Floods?
Risk of Himalayan War rising between India and China
“Govt fears Chinese phonemakers may be stealing info, sends them notice”
Cambodia kicks out meddling NGO
Hurricane Harvey strengthens, threatens US with most powerful storm in 12 years
Row between Macedonia and Serbia
Culture
Baahubali signals a revolt against Cultural Marxism in Indian cinema
“Cultural Appropriation of Holi by Hipsters”
“Hindi beats Mandarin comfortably as the most spoken language globally.”
Bengaluru micro-brew adds Ragi
Learning history as fact, and not fiction
Andhra
TTD’s ‘Pothana Bhagavatham’ book
Telangana
Telangana moves to total segregation. First Dalit only University
Khammam gets Highest Rainfall in Telangana
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh Assembly to be in shape of Kohinoor Diamond
Venkaiah Naidu: A South Indian Who Loves Hindi
Andhra Pradesh Rice to tackle Kerala crisis
India
Venkaiah Naidu elected VP of India
Supreme Court denies Justice to Kashmiri Pandits
BJP to alter 35A on Permanent Residents in J&K
“Panel examines inclusion of Tulu, Kodava in Eighth Schedule: Kiran Rijju”
India’s nuclear power promise is fading
Homegrown Nuclear Power for India
Why Indian business leaders are soon likely to find themselves at the edge of ruin
India’s farmers spending more than they Earn
“Nun faces arrest for child trafficking, abuse and conversion racket in orphanage”
Asia
China Ready for ‘War’ With India
PRC Propaganda & Mendacity coming to Light
A Mountain of Debt: Is China’s Economy Going To Crash?
“North Korea’s 2nd ICBM test puts much of US in range: Experts “
“Can Nepal be another Switzerland?”
Sri Lanka gives majority stake in Hambantota port to China
Indo-Japanese North South Trade Corridor
World
Venezuela: This Is What Life Is Really Like In A Post-Collapse Society
In Kenya, an Electorate Divided by Tribe
“The False Idol of Modern Sports in America”
Plight of the Indigenous Canadian
British Empire’s Dirty Secrets covered up
Ukrainian women trafficked as brides
“Microchip implants for employees”
Prudence: Calculated & Wise Risk Taking
July 2017 News Links
Updated!!!
Ram Nath Kovind will be India’s next President, garners over 7 lakh votes
Qualities that make one Divine
“Water Crisis looms over Telangana”
“Appropriation of Hindu Culture”
Cultures being erased in the name of Global Monoculture
Temple Priest attacked in Haryana by Razakars
From farmer’s son to President, Ram Nath Kovind’s story is Dalit empowerment
“Truth beyond the Brotherhood”
“20 million Bangladeshis are reliably estimated to have slipped into the country”
“China ready to attack India, claims Mulayam in Lok Sabha“
China’s Bhutan Land grab aimed at Bigger Target
Gilgit-Baltistan: Part of POK Forgotten by India
How Iran capitalizes on its Culture
Grenfell Tower: A Symbol of Broken Britain
“The First Reversal of Urbanization”
New Natural Meat Substitute: “Jackfruit is the new Kale”
The Limits of “Science as Basis for Truth”
On the impact of Elite self-selection and Cultural Capital on Education
Culture
Harappa Curry same as Modern Curry
Students taught in Mother Tongue perform Better at Primary School Level
“Telugu cinema gradually taking over mainstream Bollywood films in terms of business”
“There is an absence of India in Indian discourse”
Saathi: Healthcare startup makes biodegradable pads from banana fiber
“#SavitriShaming and how drinking harms women”
Andhra
Telangana
“M Kodandaram is acting like a Congress agent and implementing its agenda”:TRS
Osmania General Hospital drains spew biomedical toxins into River Musi
Andhra Pradesh
“World’s Biggest Solar Power Plants. Kurnool Ultra Mega Solar Park 1000 MW at top”
AP Secretariat to get a Vastu gate
India
How a farmer’s son took to the badminton court and emerged champion
“Once Walked Door-to-Door Selling Coal Now Moves in Convoy of Audi & Mercedes”
Rohingyas being settled in Jammu and other Parts of India
Communal Violence breaks out Again in West Bengal. Mamta under scanner
“Indian Pak spy who implicated other Indian army officers confess his guilt & wrong doing”
It’s time India use Trade against China
Theft in Sri Padmanabha Swami Temple
Indian Nurse from Karnataka pushed in to Saudi slavery
Asia
Israel, India sign seven agreements across sectors
Bangladeshi remittances home total nearly $13 bn
Bhutan slams China on PLA Border Violation and Road Construction
Obscuring its aggression against Bhutan, China has conflated 3 issues to focus on India
Sindhi Hindu Protests against Pak
Jamaati Radicalism increasing in Maldives Tourist Haven
Sri Lanka government to go ahead with drafting Constitution enabling autonomy to Tamils
“Iran Guards chief calls Saudi ‘terrorist state'”
Qatar, isolated by neighbours, plans gas output boost
Conflict Brewing in South China Sea
World
Joint Statement from meeting of President Trump and Prime Minister Modi
US warns China on trade with NKorea if it wants US trade
Lungu invokes emergency powers in Zambia after market blaze
History of Slavery in Australia
Pro-government militia storm Venezuela congress, injuring lawmakers
Mexican gang war reportedly kills 26
“Why Steve Jobs didn’t let his kids use iPads”
Facebook and Twitter are being used to manipulate public opinion
June 2017 News Links
Srikanth Kidambi wins Indonesian Open
“Mother My Tongue”…a Return to the Kashmiri Language
“Haryana may start Telugu courses for children of Telangana migrants”
Why Goddess Kali Dances on Shiva
Why Outsourcing Prospects to Get worse in Coming years
“How Indian women are trafficked to Saudi Arabia and exploited as sex slaves.”
China’s Military Looks to Future “Intelligentized” Warfare
Egypt Is Falling Apart. Will It Explode?
Irish Face Up to Brexit Talks With Prime Minister of Indian descent
The U.K. Inches Toward a Security State
“not just the country’s economy&political system that are sick, but society itself”
Culture
‘Ancient Indian knowledge taken out, plagiarized’
The lost Sanskrit treasures of Tibet
“Don’t use caste to erase Indian Civilization”
The Biggest Indian Movie isn’t from Bollywood
IIT Kanpur chooses Indian-wear for Convocation
Andhra
UPSC Third Ranker wrote Papers in Telugu
Telangana
“No Helmet rule takes new Turn in Hyderabad”
‘Divine dream’ triggers excavation on national highway
Emphasizing the Environment in Telangana
Andhra Pradesh
Adani set to finalise Bhavanapadu port deal
CBN: ‘Congress Must Apologise to People’
Village in the middle of the City
India
NDTV Case-Against Freedom or Against Fraud?
India cancels plan for coal plants as solar at record lows
Pro-Khalistan slogans raised in Golden Temple complex
UPSC Topper from Kannada Medium
Acute Water Scarcity in parts of Odisha
Foreign Expertise & India’s Jets
Asia
Nepal’s Ex-Maoist Child Soldier Shares Plight of His 3,000 Peers
Colombo-Kashi Flight supported by Sri Lanka
PRC’s Road Initiative ‘like a Colonial Enterprise’
‘A Liberal Triumphs in South Korea: Who Is Moon Jae-in?’
Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates cut diplomatic ties with Qatar
World
Silicon Valley in Rural America?
Gentleman’s Agreement in Nigeria
Blockchain the new Linux? Or something else?
Stephen Hawking: ‘Greed and Stupidity is what will End the Human Race’
“researchers reprogram genetic code to create digital circuitry inside living cells”
May 2017 News Links
Updated!!!
The real meaning of being a Brahmin
“Sri Ramanuja: The Great Integrator”
Mother Tongue or English? What should be the Language of Education?
IIT Kharagpur to start ‘Vastu Shastra’ classes for architecture students
Singapura brings home Sanskrit’s wide influence
Telangana government to tap water from 3 rivulets
Pollution levels high around pharma hub in Visakhapatnam
“KT IAS officer who was killed mysteriously was going to expose massive scam in food”
Five Families from Kerala join ISIS
India Headhunters: 200,000 Engineers to be laid off Annually for Next 3 years
India & Japan pushback against OBOR
“Survey Shows A Majority Of European Youth Would Participate In Uprising”
Blockchain consortium raises 107 Million
“8 Reasons to deactivate your Facebook Account”
Spiritual Crisis, Modern Economy
“What Nassim Taleb Can Teach Us”
Culture
“536 million users to log onto the Internet in Indian languages by 2021”
Ramanujacharya’s 1000th Birth Anniversary
“Influence of Indian Music on Jazz”
“Current Conflict is between Global and Local”
“Mahakali aids the process by destroying the recalcitrant & untransformable”
Indians mocked for charcoal as tooth powder by the very same ppl who are using it today
Andhra
Baahubali crosses 300 crores in 3 Days!
Telangana
Remarkable Document on PV Narasimha Rao
“horror story from Saudi Arabia: Hyderabad woman sold…for Rs 3 lakh, faces torture
Telangana : State Funding Of Religious Instruction
Andhra Pradesh
AP Government harming Telugu by Making English Medium Mandatory?
“Rayalaseema poised for Solar Energy Revolution”
India
“Be ready for war: Indian Air Force chief to commanders”
“Kerala fertile ground for Love Jihad & ISIS”
Pak-sponsored Khalistani atrocities
Centre “promoting Hindi, not imposing it”
What students are really learning at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)
10 Things to Do when you are in Imphal
‘Why the India US nuclear deal is turning out to be a dud’
Asia
How Bangladeshi Hindus are treated
Turkmenistan’s Ongoing Gas Quandary
“Concern over New Security Law in Japan”
Japan “reverse-engineering itself” out of existence
Nepal and China Conclude Military Drills
Sino-Russian Cooperation on North Korea
World
Sub-Prime 2.0: Is This The Needle That Will Burst the Bubble?
“War between US & China a practical Reality”
“A Decade of Economic Destruction”
“Climate change pronouncements by Nostradamuses of science”
Macron: European Union Must Reform or Face Possible ‘Frexit’
How the Like Button ruined Facebook
How to keep an Introvert at Work
Are you an Extrovert-Introvert?
Oxford Comma Case: Why Punctuation Matters
April 2017 News Links
Updated!!!
Telangana’s expanded Reservations “not grounded in facts”
“Millets win-win option for the farmers and consumers”
Protecting and preserving native games
“Ajmer blast: Clean chit for Sadhvi Pragya, Indresh Kumar”
Small-scale Organic farming the best way to feed the World
Karnataka Dry Summer without Monsoon
Ban against Cow slaughter: Need for a Constitutional Mandate
Actor Abhay Deol roasts SRK & co for fairness cream ads
How Indian scientists detect Solar Storms
“Solar flare spewing from mega hole in the Sun could cause blackout mayhem”
Japan’s labor shortage imperils economic growth
Sri Lanka to offer India port development opportunity
“Nuclear Power’s Original Mistake”
“Rainwater storage can ease local water shortages”
Thousands of fish found dead in Rewalsar lake in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh
Harvard Psychologist: “ADHD largely a Fraud”
“Pharmaceutical giant planned to destroy stocks of cancer drugs to force price hike”
Medieval London was Disgusting
“Reasons to Deactivate Facebook”
“Companies start implanting microchips into workers’ bodies”
Culture
“Sri Ramayana, Epic as a Poetry”
“I, Krishnadevaraya”-“An Emperor smitten”
Carnatic Classical Instruments
Why Dharmic Vegetarian is better for you than Western “Vegan”
Why Sastras advise taking cold showers
Andhra
Telugu Diaspora in South East Asia
Heat waves in Telangana & AP more likely
Telangana
“Food grains bonanza in Telangana”
Telugu Desam to mobilise ‘anti-KCR’ forces, says it is main rival
“Hyderabad: Biometric attendance devices spark fights”
Andhra Pradesh
New canyon system close to Kovvada
India
“Non-bailable warrant” against Madhu Kishwar at behest of“Pro-secessionist journalist”
“Akshay Kumar’s idea gets life: Donation portal for [armed forces] martyrs”
CBI proble against Leela Samson for Kalaakshetra irregularities
“Why Indian ‘intellectuals’ seem to hate native Indic culture”
Assam to make Sanskrit mandatory
North East India’s most Scenic Village
Rohingyas in Jammu set off Alarm Bells
40,000 Rohingya entered India illegally, “being trained as terrorists: MP”
“Portuguese India & Mughal Relations” claims Jodhabai was in fact a Portuguese woman
“a cultural centre highlighting Maharashtra’s culture and pride should be built.”
Author says, enough of Foreign Saviours
Asia
“Migrant workers exploited en route to Arab Gulf”
Nepal Govt withdraws Constitutional Amendment
Truth Commission to be Setup in Lanka
Bangladesh PM Gets Warm Welcome in India
“New Cold War Politics in Afghanistan”
“China’s high-speed rail vision“
“War with China a Practical Reality”
Russia warns of Serious Consequences for Syria Strike
“North Korea Lashes out at US Fleet Move”
“Vietnam’s Left Behind Urban Migrants”
World’s Tallest Solar Tower in Israel
Brazil & Indonesia sign Defense Pact
World
Global Debt now 215 Trillion Dollars
“Corruption costs EU ‘up to €990 billion a year'”
Book that predicted the Morphing of the Left
How French Intellectual ruined the West
Spiritual Crisis in the Modern Economy
Africa & China: The Real Story
Hardcore Fundoo Suburbs sprout in France
“Soon printing Solar cells will be the Cost of a Newspaper”
“The Algorithm is watching You”
March 2017 News Links
Updated!!!
Cultural “Talent, not Tokenism”
Global Bharatiya diaspora conference in Trinidad
Sirpur more Developed than Harappan Township
“Aadhar to be made mandatory for filing I-T return, applying for PAN card”
“Dead and Dying Rivers of Meghalaya”
India’s place in the Emerging Solar Alliance
Unjust Sectarian Funding in Telangana
BJP worker”hacked to death in Bengaluru”
UP Has Spoken: “No More Kairanas”
Bangladesh “No Hindus will be left after 30 years”
“Deconstructing Pakistan’s Strategic Culture”
Nun & Priest accused of covering up case surrender in Kannur
Syrian army sends reinforcements to Hama province
Winds of War Are Blowing on Israel’s Borders
French prosecutors want Central Africa abuse case dismissed
Be careful with these Beauty care Products
Culture
CNN Show with biased host misrepresents Varanasi as “city of the dead”
Everyday English words that have Sanskrit origins
Kuchipudi Village – Dance Village
Report on Swadeshi Indology conference 2
Andhra
Harika Dronavalli wins Bronze at World Chess Championship
More measures for Indians to Stay Safe in US
Telangana
Telangana Govt. wastes Rs.10,000 crore in funds each year
Telangana wants AP to come up with Plan to absorb Staff
Andhra Pradesh
AP and UP becoming Hub for Smartphone Manufacturing. Externalities?
Tanvi foods processing plant in AP
Taking Music and Meditation Closer
India
Sufis trying to invent claims on Holi
After Kashmiri Pandit ethnic cleansing, Jammu demographics being changed
India’s Solar Tariff finds new Floor
Hindu Exodus from Assam village
BJP wins Big in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand
“When will India start celebrating its non-cricketing heroes?”
Campus violence ominously similar to pre-strife Syrian Varsity Unrest
Home minister honours fallen jawans from Sukma
Asia
“A rising power with no allies”
Vietnam’s South China Sea Strategy
Hun Sen’s Crackdown in Cambodia
Seychelles bans plastic bags and plates
World
“Guidelines for Indians to stay safe in US”
NYTimes:”Fears of a Deep State in America”
$4.1 Trillion in Consumer Debt. Collapse?
“Britain’s repugnant ruling class”
“Allegations shake Catholic Church in Italy”
“Europe must plan to Defend itself”
Malian government, armed groups to return authorities to north
Venezuela’s Crisis, Measured By Drastic Weight Loss
“Vernacular Building Techniques that are Disappearing”
February 2017 News Links
Updated!!!
Tollywood better than Bollywood
Festive Facts – All about Thaipusam
A Tradition of National Sacrifice
Why Indians Abroad must be Careful: Telugu Engineers shot in US
India’s Solar Capacity Crosses 9GW
India’s ‘Brand Ambassador’ Purchased by Peugeot
Child Immunization drive in India
USA Today: “Pakistani Hindus lose daughters to forced Muslim marriages”
“China’s Post-Cold War Strategies”
“The End of Identity Liberalism”
Great danger of Tactical N Weapons
Angola says Portugal decision to charge vice president a ‘serious attack’
Culture
Buy from your local bookstores and you could end up saving more than one business
Amaravati Global Music & Dance Festival from Feb 10-13th
Padmavati: The symptom of sinister maladies
Andhra
Telugu Diaspora in South east Asia
Telugu Teen find new method of Desalination
Telangana
Hyderabad: Tech students arrested in ‘printed’ Rs 2,000 note scam
Telangana govt to launch exclusive IT SEZ for minority industrialists
2 Telangana ministers want whistleblower moved
Andhra Pradesh
171 remote Andhra villages in Vizag & Srikakulam districts to get solar power soon
India’s tallest Sky Tower to come up in Vizag
National Women’s Parliament, with theme of ‘Empowering Women’, begins in AP
India
Post-Chennai: How oil spills are controlled across the world?
“Remembering Satyendranath Bose”
“Narayana Murthy’s advice contradicts how he made his own money”
Islamic banking to start in Gujarat: What is it all about?
Fundamentalists Stop Saraswati Puja in W.Bengal
“Our Future if we Don’t Wake Up”
Violence in Nagaland: Modi backs CM Zeliang; asks protesters to maintain peace
Why Indians need Original thinking not just Read and “Copy-Paste”
“India Vaccination Program cuts links with Bill Gates Foundation over conflict of interest”
Asia
POK Locals stage protest against Islamabad’s atrocities
“Every day, 20 Pakistani Hindus girls are seized by gangs and forced to marry Muslims”
Fukushima’s Nuclear Plant Reactor Still Leaking high amount of Radiation
Can Tibet’s Non-violence work against Communism?
Information Sharing in the Indo-Pacific
World’s Tallest Solar tower in Israel
“Assad calls torture report Fake News”
Ukraine, Russia, and Recent Fighting
World
“World leaders duped by Global Warming data”
Britain Funding “Propaganda War”
“War between U.S. & China a Practical Reality”
Ten Things that Require Zero Talent
“Multiple Multiverses May be One and the Same”
Spiritual Crisis of the Modern Economy
10 things the middle class won’t tell you
AI Software Learns to Make AI Software
January 2017 News Links
Updated!!!
Oppose scrapping of Telugu Medium
Gudiya Sambhrama:The Bengaluru Temple Dance festival! Jan 21-Feb 19.
Carnatic Music Fusion of Thyagaraja Keerthana
“CII Partnership Summit on 27th and 28th January at Visakhapatnam”
“Telangana government to bring bill for 12% quota for Muslims”
Kashmiri Pandit exodus: Convert, leave or be killed
“Death of Hindu preacher due to Kejriwal’s friendship with radicals: Sukhbir Singh Badal“
“Modern” Indians dumping parents in retirement homes
Private sector Defence contracts
“expose by NIE on how Sonia was ruling India without responsibility.”
Asia on the Natural Disaster Frontline
US concerns grow over Chinese chip expansion
“A bleak Winter for Communism”
Russia-NATO cat and mouse games to escalate?
Victorian’ exploitation of poor girls isn’t included in history
“From Parsee Priests to Profits”
Story of the Roma: Europe’s Most Discriminated Group
When people lose sense of the sacred, everything goes
Culture
TTD translation of Gita into English
Gautamiputra Satakarni Trailer
6,117 Kuchipudi dancers put Andhra Pradesh in Guinness book
New avenue for Kuchipudi students
Rudra manifested during Ati Rudra yagya in Pune
“Developing Indianness is a part of making stronger India”
Homage in the honor of Late Dr Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna
The Ratna Simhasana used by the Vijayanagara emperors
Andhra
Telugu is at least 2400 years old
Remembering Veerapandiya Kattabomman
Telangana
TS second in farmers’ suicides
After water, TS wants its share of fish from AP
Khammam: More teens now turning to alcohol in despair
Andhra Pradesh
The 308 km Srikalahasthi-Nadikudi railway line foundation laid
“Most Comprehensive” Database…on Public?
English medium to replace Telugu in Andhra Pradesh Municipal Schools
AP Govt mulls Rayalaseema Tour circuit
India
Strategic Approach for India’s Global Trade
“Uni can provide an outline, to give the learner a direction. The rest one has to do”
“Why Right to Education Act is Evil”
Testimonials on Ayurveda Doctor treatment of Cancer
“Battle of Colachel: A Forgotten Hindu Victory”
“Dangal box office collections: Something wrong? Cinemas hardly full”
Bad intentions behind Jallikattu ban?
Over 260 buildings including 35 schools damaged during unrest in Kashmir
Kashmiri Hindus still in Exile, but foreigners being Imported
“Beef-eating Dalits, where are they?”
Asia
Interview of Former MP of Nepal
Nepal’s cultural properties being trafficked
Humans settled in Tibet at least 7,400 years ago: study
Indian Sailors stranded on leaking UAE ships
“Two Front War is Real Scenario”
“What’s the Point in Trying to be Friendly with China”
Indonesia to set up agency to tackle fake news
World
Trump vs China: Will things change after inauguration day?
At least 33 killed in Brazil prison: Government
Namibia indigenous groups sue Germany for alleged genocide
Harvard Scandal embarrasses alumni
“Women unfit for combat says Marine”
Scientists Model Spread of Zombie Apocalypse
December 2016 News Links
Updated!!!
Artist Sridhar Poluru from Bhattiprolu
Bammera Pothana’s birthplace in Miserable Condition
Schedule for Chennai Carnatic Festival
Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav at Varanasi
5-day Hindu Spiritual & Service Fair-2016 at Bengaluru
Need to respect Indigenous Culture
“TWISTING FACTS TO SUIT THEORIES & OTHER SELECTIONS FROM VOXINDICA”
The Importance of Self-Respect
Market is full of Genetically Modified Foods
Rohingyas being settled and Mainstreamed in Telangana
“Telangana youth attempting to join ISIS deported from Turkey”
Cyclone Vardah leaves behind a Trail of Destruction in Chennai
“Contain Zakir Naik for peace and harmony: Centre to tell Tribunal”
“Decoding China’s Game against India”
“Time to Return to Krishna’s Way”
Balochistan: Pakistan’s Hell on Earth
Bhutan to limit Tourist Numbers
“Something Wicked this Way Comes”
Emotional Intelligence: the Skills you weren’t taught
Resilience is not about how much you Endure but how your Recharge
Culture
Vedic Culture: As Relevant Today as Ever
7,000 artists from 18 nations for Kuchipudi fest, says Palle
“Mahavira: Emperor of Inner Virtues”
Perugu Ramakrishna: Poetry on a global frontier
“Sanskrit has had profound Impact on World Langauges”
Andhra
Cyclone Vardah: Coastal districts on high alert
Telangana
Cyberabad police seizes Rs 82.7 lakh in cash
Andhra Pradesh
Gunasekhar readies for another sensation?
State committed to promoting Telugu
Teams to spread awareness on cashless transactions
India
Rajarshi of Cochin – A Misunderstood Dharmika
I see Modi in my grandfather’s shoes: Narasimha Rao’s grandson
“RSS earns Lok Ninda in ‘Lok Manthan – 2016′”
“Wanted to create Cashless Society”
India promotes digital transactions to encourage cashless economy
‘Love Jihad Is Not A Simple Crime, Targets Our Daughters Specifically’–Chetna Sharma
Rohingyas being Settled in Jammu?
“Does India’s Right Wing have any Ideas?”
TN CM Panneerselvam takes office after Jayalalithaa’s passing
Asia
India, Vietnam sign civil nuclear pact, three other agreements
Obstruction in Nepal Parliament
“Imagining South Asia without Pakistan”
Why zero coverage for atrocities on Pak Hindus?
Why China Thinks It Can Build a Utopian World Order
South Korean parliament votes overwhelmingly to impeach President Park
World
“Cash Is No Longer King: The Phasing Out Of Physical Money Has Begun”
Private Debt-Economic Crisis Analysis by former Barclays bank executive
The Colonial Opium Trade’s inheritors
Syrian government forces press attack in east Aleppo
“Colombia defies opponents on Peace Deal”
Senegal calls for U.N. Security Council meeting over Gambia
Be Prepared for a Rainy Day or Emergency
November 2016 News Links
Updated!!!
Maharana of Mewar on Udaipur’s Future
“Mughals also colonized India”. Meaning of “Colonization” too Limited.
Translating to Cultural Hegemony
Balamurali Krishna: His Life and Legend
6,887 illegal mineral water companies in Telangana
Kashmiri Cuisine and the Turnip
“Why India should brace for Unrestricted Warfare”
Richest Indians now own 58% of Wealth
Public stands by Modi over Demonitisation
“The War on Cash Is Going to Send Gold to $5000 or Higher”
“RBI’s idea to bring Sharia Banking into the fray is deeply flawed”
Documentary on Persecution of Pak Hindus
7.4 Magnitude Earthquake in Japan. Frequency, power increasing?
“Northern Ireland Must Get Special Status Within the EU“
Indian-American Nikki Haley picked as US Ambassador to UN
“Individuals and not science make moral judgements”
Worker bees, queen bees have identical genes but are very different
Against “knowingness” and know-it-alls
Global Wealth Update: 0.7% Of Adults Control $116.6 Trillion In Wealth
“The Dark Side” of Dependence on Algorithms
Google’s AI Invented its own Language?
Man’s material pride leading him to gene manipulation?
Culture
5th World Telugu Literature Conference in Singapore
Savouring the Telangana folk art
India needs to better Preserve its Cultural Heritage
“Innovation is a Second Language”
A new Framework for Education and Culture
Mythologists – Decoders Of Existing Myths Or Creators Of New Ones?
Andhra
Hyderabad: Water loss due to old reservoirs
Telangana
“Why Telangana is getting divided a second time”
Survivor gives account of Razakars
Revanth Reddy invites leaders to rejoin TDP
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh signs pacts with Chinese cos for $1.5 bn investment
Pawan Kalyan likely to contest from Anantapur
India
Another step to “Cashless Society”
Govt Announces Measures to Ease Demonetization Cash Crunch
“How one Indian city is beating Air Pollution”
“Indian Software dies at 17 from Failure to Grasp the Future”
NDTV “Live Coverage put National Security in Jeopardy”
AAP Is a Myth that is combusting
Man spreads fake story because “he hates Hindus”
Jamaati Terror continues in TN and Kerala
10 Narratives Pushed by Desh Drohis
“How Sikkim became the cleanest State”
Israel to Assist India with Cyber Security Plan?
Asia
“LTTE: A Failed Christian Conspiracy”
Hit by surgical strike, Pakistan on overdrive mode with psychological warfare
“Hindu villages come under attack again in #Bangladesh”
Tibet still among world’s best regions in environment: Report
Myanmar probes ‘controversial’ Chinese Dam
Is China seeking to make a weapon of water?
World
Rare Supermoon appears across the World
“There is no such thing as western civilization”
Protests in the United States after Election of Trump
5 Indian Origin Political Candidates win in US elections
“Amnesty International’s [Radicalism] Problem”
Fatalities reported in major New Zealand Quake. More to come?
October 2016 News Links
Updated!!!
PHOTOS: National Tribal Carnival 2016
Astronomical Observatory found in Telangana dating to 5000 BCE
Maoists threaten to target Naidu, Lokesh
AP leading in development of ‘Solar Parks’ across the country
“The Indian prime minister’s response to Pakistani provocations well balanced.”
RTI on Gandhi’s status as “Father of the Nation”
“Kshatrani don’t play with Barbie dolls”
Mushkil for Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
“AAP Implodes As Den of Sexual Exploitation”
Gaushala in Palakkad Kerala Gets Death Threats
Give us UCC or Give us…Personal Laws
Tears, temper and tantrums mar Samajwadi Party meet
Pakistan is bluffing about Surgical Strikes
Human Chain to boycott Chinese Products in India
“Why China made firecrackers can script a dangerous Diwali for you”
Will Duterte End the US-Philippines Military Alliance?
What a China Hard Landing Means for Vietnam
“why central bankers can’t solve the world’s problems?”
“The truth behind the truth serum “
“Purposelessness” of Modern Humanity
Be wary of breast cancer causing chemicals in beauty products
Culture
Migrants from India settled in Australia 4,000 years ago
Punjab’s only Sanskrit school charges no fee, provides free accommodation
Nubians believe they are the victims of an “Arabisation” effort to wipe out their culture
Correct version of Raghupati Raghava
Kala Utsav begins on Colorful note
Andhra
Telangana
Temple Land Encroached in Telangana
Now 30 Districts for Telangana?
Andhra Pradesh
Here’s why Andhra Pradesh should be on your travel map
AP Government moves from Hyderabad into Amaravati
India
Surat Business man does charity by hosting wedding for 111 fatherless young women
Exodus of Hindu families from Kairana a reality, finds NHRC probe report
“Rise of the Bengal Caliphate”?
Razakars forcibly converting Hindu girls in Kerala
Rohith Vemula committed suicide for personal reasons: govt-appointed panel
Film Executive Cooked up Story of Harassment by Gau Rakshaks
Time Has Come To Break The Government Hold On Education
Asia
India-Sri Lanka will sign ETCA by year end
Nepal: Khanal seeks tri-party unity for Constitution implementation
Pakistani atrocities in Balochistan past boiling point
New Strategic Reality on Indian Subcontinent?
How Water Scarcity Could Fuel Another Sino-Indian War
South China Sea: China Activates First Desalination Plant on Woody Island
“The Genius of Japanese Civilization”
Taiwan’s White Terror and the Search for Transitional Justice
1st US Warships Port at Cam Ranh Bay Since End of Vietnam War
Bomb blast kills at least 16 Turkish-backed rebels in northern Syria
Iran Guards warn Saudis over Gulf war games
World
Spain’s 26th Human Tower Competition
Millions urged to flee as Hurricane Matthew nears U.S.
“philanthropy is a social and conventional attitude, a kind of magnified egoism which is not love“
“Romanticism about technology, democracy, secularism, science..etc all have ruined us…”
September 2016 News Links
Updated!!!
“Annual festive treat to rasikas”
Countering Absurd Interpretations of Hinduism
Bollywood having a Crisis. Regional Cinema Better?
Hyderabad Flooding due to Rains
6 washed away as flash floods hit Guntur
“a war of conquest by money rather than by arms”
“Banks are preparing for an Economic Nuclear Winter”
Race Course Road will now be called Lok Kalyan Marg
“Is Indian govt ready for zombie attack? Man files RTI”
“Kashmir Not a disputed Territory”
Balochistan remarks causing Earthquakes across the Border
Pakistan rejected UN Security Council Resolution
“Antony responsible for Military’s Plight”
Attack on Army Headquarters in J&K
“Muslim couple faces social boycott for protecting Hindu temple”
“Why is media afraid to call them ‘Christian terrorists’?”
A Pennsylvania Town Fights Predatory Water Extraction
Did first Americans take coastal route?
Mega-mergers that affect your food
“Check labels. And read up on ingredients. Eat natural. Eat safe.”
13 Chicago bulls fly to Mumbai to boost milk production in India
Solar Industry Braces for Glut
Culture
“Globally the Indian art scene has never been so vibrant”
Why Dharma is important even while doing Achara
Problems facing Indian Textbooks
Rakhigarhi and the real age of Sindhu-Sarasvati Civilization
“Everyone has a ‘sacred cow’: Horse slaughter banned in US”
Annual festive treat to rasikas
Andhra
Katha-2015 released with collection of Telugu Short Stories
Telangana
We won’t accept September 17 as Hyderabad Liberation Day: TRS
“New districts only to benefit KCR’s relatives”
Hyderabad’s Musi a “Giant Sewer”
Real purpose behind new districts?
Andhra Pradesh
PM Modi Agrees to Special Status for AP?
Free smartphones likely in AP…but no such thing as a free lunch…
LCA Manufacturing facility to come up in Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh Police launches pilot project on DNA profiling
India
“Don’t like this temple? Choose another”
“Why the higher judiciary Appointment Process Needs Urgent Reform”
SC crossing “lakshman rekha” of hindu beliefs?
“We live with Partition effects on a day to day basis”
Electrification of 1,450 Uttar Pradesh villages under lens
“India To Face Massive Unemployment, Social Unrest Amid Demographic Boom”
“Monsanto Cancels Plan to Launch Next Gen Cotton Seeds in India”
India ready on Cyber crime front?
Policeman Vilas Shinde Murdered, Media plays politics
Self-serving Interpretations of History
Lack of journalistic Ethics in MSM news sites
“Water crisis set to become nightmare for North India”
Asia
An Uphill Climb for Nepal’s Prachanda
Balochistan and the Khan of Kalat
“Pakistan army committing tsunami of rights violations, says top Balochistan leader”
Forced conversions in Pakistan: a dark reality
“China must recognise South China Sea ruling”
Xi Jinping’s reshuffle of Key Posts
Sri Lanka and Australia’s Strategic Defense Interests
World
Gabon’s president accuses challenger of fraud, power grab
Tropical storm Newton makes second landfall in Mexico
Salon Magazine:“The West’s big lie about Mother Teresa”
“Brutal truth of the British empire”
“The Islamist war against Sikhs is arriving in Europe”
“Don’t Send Your Kid to the Ivy League”
Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies
Prepare for the coming global depression
“All monetary economics theories have collapsed”
August 2016 News Links
Updated!!!
Krishna Pushkaralu begin with much excitement
Trichur Brothers Carnatic Concert in Chennai, August 18
Sakshi Malik wins bronze to end India’s Rio medal drought
Guru Gopi made Indian badminton count
Scroll and the Breaking India Nexus
Amnesty International’s relationship with Radicals
Hindu worker hacked to death in Congress Karnataka
Delhi needs dams to replenish groundwater
“Journalists caught inventing incidents and data around caste atrocity”
Reply to Leftist Fundamentalists
“Kashmir Separatism is by another name”
Baloch Support Modi’s call. Balochistan to go to UN?
Fukushima radiation-groundwater leak not contained
Starving Subcontinentals stranded in Saudi Arabia
Comparison of Chinese and American Military Cultures
“German minister says nothing to regret about report alleging Turkey a hub for Islamists”
“Venezuela crushes 2,000 guns in public, plans registry of bullets”
Culture
Akella Achyuta Ramam’s Repertoire
An Evening for the Emperor of Tales
Handloom Initiatives in Andhra
Balamurali Krishna garu without Musical Accompaniment
Andhra
Massive Nuclear Plant Push in Andhra Pradesh endangers coast
Telangana
Telangana partners with ISRO to monitor water resources
KCR expects a windfall from Modi during his maiden visit to TS
Andhra Pradesh
Venkaiah Naidu: ‘Congress shedding Crocodile tears over AP special status’
CBN, Jagan and the End of YSR’s Politics
AP Govt and Tirumala Surplus Funds
India
Securing the Indus Water Treaty
The Making of Indian Diplomacy
Communal colour to violence against women undeniable
Why do we forget our non-high caste heroes?
Religion and Terror attack in Assam
“Monsoon brings Maximum City to Halt”
“Eminent Historians” no need for facts?
Asia
Megaquake coming in Bangladesh?
Nepal’s unending Political Instability
“Sindhudesh Republican Army attacks Pak Rangers”
100 Hindus & others forcibly Converted in Pak
Tibet, Xinjiang, and China’s Strong State Complex
“How Turkey became a Petri Dish”
The Mideast Crisis and the Centrality of Water
Israel joins list of countries restricting “NGOs”
World
Apocalypse Now: A Year of Crises, Shocks and Fear
Zika Virus spreads from Central America to America (Miami)
Three billion watched Rio Olympics opening ceremony
The end of Germany’s golden age
“Mirage of a Rules Based Order”
“Was Democracy just a moment?”
“Brexit and the End of Globalization”
“progressive…modern…global citizen”
July 2016 News Links
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Artist: Telugu Drama in need of Natural feeling
The Biology of close relative Marriages
Astana MOU with Andhra Pradesh
“Foreign Minister” for Telangana? Nizam-Hyderabad Kingdom?
India’s Cocooned Intellectual Elites
SC returns Congress Govt. to power in Arunachal
“14,000 NGOs barred from receiving Foreign Funds”
AIMIM barred from Maharashtra Civic Polls
“Kashmir Protests provide Chilling Deja Vu for Hindus”
Terrorists hide behind mobs and lob grenades at Security forces in Kashmir
“PM Expresses Unhappiness over Media Coverage” of Kashmir
Star Dot Star Colonialism: A Contracting Universe
Naxal Attack in Bihar. 8 Security force fatalities
Interview of Sadhvi Pragya family
“In debt to Dynasty: ..Rule by Gandhis has..pushed Country towards Indebtedness”
“Insider Accounts Establish Sonia Gandhi As Leading A Political Mafia?”
“The Genius of Japanese Civilization”
Bangladesh bans preacher Zakir Naik’s ‘Peace TV’
“How India must Stand up to China’s Provocations”
Hague Tribunal Deal Blow to Chinese “claims” in South China Sea
“If Americans perceive World in Chaos, will they turn to Trump?”
Turkish cleric running Indian “secular” schools?
Dangers of Scientism: “A Nation Ruled by Science is a Terrible Idea”
“Confronting the Parasite Economy”
Culture
“Coming Soon: Sanskriti Schools”
Cultural Events from ATA 2016 in Chicago
“Ganifa – An Indian Card Game is Revived”
Learn Ethics from the Ramayana
Hari Singh Nalwa – Protector of Peshawar
“Kumrahar – Sole Reminder of an Ancient Capital”
Structural Integrity of Puri Temple in Question
Andhra
“Sonia Gandhi did everything to belittle P.V.Narasimha Rao”
Telangana, Andhra Pradesh discuss Krishna river water issue
Telangana
Telangana judicial officials to rejoin duty
“Discovery of new bacterium brings laurels to Palamuru University “
Andhra Pradesh
Singapore model gets Andhra Pradesh government nod to develop Amaravati
Jagan Mohan’s attached property to date
Example of Casteism corroding AP
India
“Lord Jagannath’s rath yatra commences”
“Indians predated Newton by 250 years”
FIR against AAP man for slight to Guru Granth Sahib
Smriti Irani targetted by Sexist attacks on Social Media
“Duvvuri Subbarao: The Insider who Turned Rebel”
“Rs 71 for Sikh Girl, Rs 51 for a Brahmin”
Precautions to be taken by Girls, Women, & Parents
105 Razakars arrested for Ambur riots
Twitter suspends Parody account that Mocked AAP-leaning Media Outlet
Punjab on high alert, terrorists may enter Delhi via the State
Uttarakhand cloudburts: Rescue operations wound up at most places
5 Nepal historical sites restored with financial help of Indian Govt
Asia
“India to construct $300 million rail line in Sri Lanka”
“Terrorists killed her for being a Hindu“
Why Afghan Sikhs and Hindus are Leaving Home
“China threatens to take down SCS”
China’s target is the Indian Ocean
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“Myanmar’s Astonishing Sights”
World
India to reinvigorate ties with African nations
South Africa media giant rides global web wave
Researchers Weigh Risks of Zika at Rio Olympics
“As Europe goes down, we need to be prepared for consequences”
Britain becoming a Zombie State
“What Brexit means for Europe and the World”
Australia’s Small Parties and Discontent
“Catholic priests in Montreal banned from being alone with children”
“Closed Mind of Richard Dawkins”
Colonialism-A Contracting Universe
“Dad deprivation is Eroding Modern Society”
June 2016 News Links
Updated!!!
Revisiting the great University of Vikramshila
Western Evangelists being promoted as historians and “Indologists”
Why the Kumbha Mela is in Danger
India’s only Sanskrit Band spreads wings
“Telugu cultural flag unfurled in Switzerland”
Call of the Earth for Young Professionals
Andhra’s first e-waste collection unit in Vizag
“Why Right to Education Act is Evil”
Gram Panchayats and Fibre Optic Mapping
Indigenous Cattle Farming in Maharashtra
“Raghuram Rajan son of a ‘Kaoboy'”
Former Nepal PM Bhattarai Launches Party
Hindu Temple vandalised in Malaysia
“A Comparison of Chinese and American Military Culture”
Japan’s ‘New Approach’ to Russia
Congo declares yellow fever epidemic, 1,000 suspected cases
“Sex Crimes committed by Women on the Rise”
Allegations of Anti-Hindu Bias at BBC
“Apocalypse” dawns in Venezuela?
“Brexit Is Being Driven by English Nationalism”
Living Wisely: A Plan for Food Self-Sufficiency
Culture
Indus Valley Older than previously Thought?
First Global Telangana meet begins in Dallas
Childhood games in India on the verge of extinction
Conservation lessons from Ancient India
Andhra
India’s first reusable Shuttle Launched from Sriharikota
AP Minister: Telugu Women being Sold to Gulf like Retail Shop
Telangana
TS takes up KRMB issue with Centre
How KCR crushed Opposition in Telangana
Andhra Pradesh
“Poor status of Water Supply in AP”
AP Solar Capacity tops in Country
“Amaravati’s first major Attraction almost ready”
Anantapur in Difficult straits
India
Journalists bullying Officers online
AAP leader loses control after AAP Corruption exposed
“Raheel Khursheed Is Fomenting Separatism Via Twitter”
Steep costs of Selective Silence
How closely foreigners study you using Market Research
250 Hindu Familes Forced to flee from W. UP Town
Kashmiris threatened to rape Hindu girls at NIT Srinagar
Godhra train fire Congress conspirator Arrested
Asia
“Pakistan becoming Chinese client State”
Hindus from Pak & Bangladesh finally get to claim Citizenship
Attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh increase
“Religion that Iranian Mullahs fear the Most”
India and Vietnam: Going beyond Brahmos
Australia’s Careful Dance in the South China Sea
World
“Economics Has Failed America”
“Secret Meeting on Synthetic Genome”
Morocco slames Human Rights Report
Women banned from Christian shrine
France’s political elite told to stop groping female staff
“Khalistan terror camp in Canada plotting attacks in Punjab”
Drill begins: Cascadia Rising earthquake
May 2016 News Links
Updated!!!
“Who Owns Shastric Authority?”
“Telugus not known to value their culture”
Dance fest: Of grace and grandeur
K.N. Rao: Committed to literature
Perpetual lease of farm lands to Singapore firms
State Assembly Election Results
Government boots out Unproductive Babus
“Charges against Sadhvi Pragya dropped”
Demographic Collapse in Western UP?
Kashmiri Fundamentalists say Kashmiri Hindus not allowed
Evangelical Fundamentalists Attack Hindu Temple
Resisting Peer Pressure and Fashionability makes financial sense
Sonia Congress’ and “Goodwill Terror”
“Balochistan suffers Pak genocide”
6.8 Magnitude Earthquake in Ecuador
Conflict between West and Russia?
“Sex trafficking on American Indian reservations”
Why you need to cultivate your talents, else it’s Garbage in Garbage out
Culture
Navodaya Publishers closes down
Andhra influence on Gandhara art
Rs 2,675-cr push to traditional medicines sought
“Economics needs a new Paradigm”
“Don’t blame Men alone for ‘Colourism'”
Rajiv Malhotra’s New Book: Hinduphobia
“Internal sabotage of the Battle for Sanskrit and Sanskriti”
Andhra
Telangana
“Poor forced to shop for Water in Telangana”
TG Budget to cross 2 lakh crore
Warangal new centre for Civic exams
Andhra Pradesh
“Tirupati set to turn into City of Lakes”
Drought hit Joharapuram in AP, turns into ghost village
Rajamahendravaram eco-tourism projects
India
Indian Science and Problems with Scientism
Babus sabotaging Modi’s Agenda?
“Punjab gangs a threat to national security”
Indian Army cleans up Mt.Everest
80 Families lost dwellings in Arunachal Floods
Shankaracharya acquitted. False charges?
“‘Hindu terror’ part of Pak GHQ campaign against India”
“7 deadly sins of Indian Journalism”
How P.V.Narasimha Rao became PM
Kolkata’s “Mini-Pakistan” as dubbed by W.Bengal’s Urban Minister
“Only 4% Indians filed tax returns in 2015-16”
From Kitchen waste to Green Parks
“Govt. to Urdu writers: refrain from anti-National content”
“Sorry CJI Thakur, it is the Judiciary that needs Auditing”
Right To Education and 93rd Amendment
Asia
Bhutan and India reinforce Ties
Nepal Govt. makes fresh appeal to Madhesis
Kathmandu Valley faces petrol shortage again
Panama Papers leak pressures Pak’s Nawaz
China poised to take provocative action in SCS?
China’s growing might: Implications for india
India’s defence relationship with Russia
Hindu tailor hacked to death in Bangladesh
“India and Vietnam Can Rescue Asia’s Balance of Power”
Cool Japan and its Target Market
World
“Tragedy of foreign policy elites”
The End of Globalisation as we know it
Nigeria replaces Saudi as India’s largest Oil supplier
“Armenian migrants in Turkey live in shadow of century-old massacre“
Maduro and the Art of Clinging to Power
Nearly half of Europeans in poll want own votes on EU, like UK
Mercury rising with Planetary Alignment this week
The San Andreas Fault Is On The Brink Of A Devastating Earthquake
April 2016 News Links
Updated!!!
Math answering the toughest questions of Music?
“Assault on India and its Ancient Culture”
Ragini Sharma’s Riposte supporting R.Malhotra against ‘Strawman Fallacy’
Telugu association honours achievers on Ugadi
Vizag Port poised to become Transhipment hub
Kashmiri Hindus: Driven out and insignificant
How Media Foments Caste Hatred, Divides Hindu Society
India and its Undersea Deterrent
“Never Forget: Mohammed Tanzil Ahmed”
India has 17 Judges for a Million people
The Kollam Tragedy and the aftermath
Choosing the right Brand Ambassador for India
The “Get Modi” campaign continues
Dilma Roussef and the Impeachment battle
“Implications of China’s Military Reforms
“US Air Force plane intercepted by Russian jet”
“Saudi Arabia warns economic fallout if US congress passes 9/11 bill”
Earthquake in Japan now Ecuador. More to come?
Fawning coverage can’t cover up British legacy
Culture
Advocate files petition in Telugu, enters record books
“To destroy Architecture is to attack the cultural identity of a Nation”
“Renowned” Historian distorting history for own ends?
Are India topics on Wikipedia controlled by a few editors?
Aditi Banerjee’s Response To Shatavadhani Ganesh’s Review
“Sheldon Pollock’s Aestheticization of Power”
Netflix and the creation of global monoculture
Melody Queen P.Suseela in Guinness Book of World Records
Andhra
Engineering Student arrested for Internet Blackmail again
History of Early Modern Andhra
Telangana
Rohith Vemula a non-Dalit: Telangana mantri
“Telangana govt borrowing heavily, debts mounting, alleges Opposition”
“TS stares at mounting debts as govt plans to borrow for 400% #salary hike for MLAs “
KCR’s PowerPoint Presentation on Irrigation Projects
Andhra Pradesh
A.P targets Rs.30000 crore investments in Chittoor district
Govt Goofup in AP; names Urdu university after Pak figure
Andhra Pradesh Budget: Govt pegs revenue deficit at Rs 4,868 cr, outlay up
India
Modi creating Strategic Petroleum Reserve for India
Army to get 50,000 new bullet-proof vests; needs 3.5 lakh
Delhi, beware of Kejriwal’s misleading Budget
“Restoring our Universities as Temples of Learning”
Political workers targetting Hindu Temples Again
Reservation in Private Sector?
Women in Combat Roles. The other view
Patanjali will overtake Colgate and Unilever: Baba Ramdev
Media Starts Cover Up In Pankaj Narang Lynching
J&K govt formation: After BJP snub, pressure high on PDP
Asia
Problems Continue to Plague Sri Lanka’s Northern Province
Pakistan’s “Kill and Dump” continues in Balochistan
India to expand Railroad links with Nepal
Japan says India MOU on N-plant binding
Magnitude 6.1 quake jolts western Japan
U.S., Japan, South Korea warn North Korea over ‘provocations’
War China, Russia, ISIS and Beyond
World
What’s your chance of an Earthquake in 2016?
“Make your own earthquake preparedness kit”
“Exploitation fueling Madagascar Sapphire Trade”
“Europe’s Illiberal Democracies”
French girl’s tale of Facebook and Terror
Tanks headed for Eastern Europe?
Burundi says ‘fine’ with request for U.N. police deployment
Brazil’s biggest party quits ruling coalition, Rousseff isolated
Zika mosquito’s habits force new strategy by U.S. cities, states
Trump predicts “Very Massive Recession” in the U.S.
Stagflation bearing down on economy
The world is near a ‘major turning point’ in the currency wars
“Milky Way being sucked in by the Great Attractor”
“Gates prescribing Costly foreign drugs”?
March 2016 News Links
Updated!!!
“Authorised Operator Port status for Kakinada”
Agriculture and Rural Push apparent in Budget
“Student who almost lost his career for shouting anti-Barkha Dutt slogans“
Shenanigans of the Left and how to See through them
Why Niticentral didn’t survive
“Entitled Middle Class Princess Syndrome”
Hindu Girls still being forcibly converted in Pakistan
Shortage of 9,000 officers in Army
Shiva Ayyadurai and the Invention of Email
“Money Talks and Walks – Even in the Virtual World”
Advice when using Social Media
Changing demographics turning Western UP into Tinderbox?
“Implications of China’s Military Reforms”
A Resurgent Japan and Global Peace
Brazil Government Tries to Regroup After Huge Protests
Refugee crisis has changed German Politics
“Globalization has had political Consequences”
The EU Brexit vote and Demographics
Water & Soil Degradation will take Decades to clean up at Fukushima
Culture
History of Lepakshi & Festival
Government move to encourage Sanskrit
Debate on Battle for Sanskrit begins
Urdu imposition contributed to political tensions
Andhra
Telangana-Maharashtra Irrigation deal
Union Budget allots just Rs 100 crore
Telangana
KCR takes Hyderabad water to Medak
“Telangana: Prostitution thrives on District highways”
Telangana at risk as food production records steep fall
Andhra Pradesh
Genco aims 2, 200 MW capacity addition in Nellore
“Aggrieved Dalits press for action”
No mention of Amaravati in Budget 2016
India
Indians don’t realise value of freedom, sacrifice: Soldiers
India’s “war on two fronts enters decisive phase”
BJP joins international union of Conservative Parties
“Raids dig up Empire of PC’s son”
A list of scams by the Gandhis
Good Idea? Indian military to allow women in combat roles
India’s Largest Landowners, foreign and domestic
Collapse of the Left in W.Bengal
“Fake currency- More arrests from Malda, West Bengal”
Bank Bad debt endangers national stability
“Raw deal for Armed Forces in Budget”
Government to develop 300 rural clusters
“How the Ulema are perpetuating male hegemony”
“Harvesters of death as saviours”
50 more farmer suicides in Marathwada this February
Railways: Braille enabled new coaches
“On Afzal Guru issue, JNU students play into hands of unseen forces”
Asia
“Oli must set Nepal House in order”
Panel to decide Nepal provinces delineation
“100 Million Chinese on the Roof of the World“
China’s thirst and Asia’s fate
“Brief history of Balochistan”
“Ancient Hindu temple in Peshawar being ‘secretly’ demolished”
Hindu priest decapitated in Bangladesh
Singapore headed for Recession?
“Iran & Russia to co-produce Su-30 fighter”
Vietnam invites India to South China Sea for exploration
“Water city : Obayashi unveils futuristic concept inspired by Tokyo’s past”
“China may soon rock global financial system”
World
France tells UK migrants will flow to Britain after EU exit
“Apple refuses to unblock iPhone”
Argentina-IMF relations thaw after a 10-years
“Arrest of Brazil’s ‘maker of presidents’ could unmake Rousseff”
UK:”BBC in the dock over ‘monstrous’ sexual abuse culture”
Be Prepared for a Rainy day or Emergency
“UN Activities should be aligned with National development”
February 2016 News Links
Updated!!!
Post-Grad Course in Telangana Telugu in the offing
60% of the students in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana not employable?
SIACHEN BRAVEHEART Mustaq Ahmed laid to rest in Parnapalle
In the land of its origin, the Ongole bull is on the verge of extinction
Pawan Kalyan speaks out on Kapu Quota
Chattisgarh village eradicates open defecation
Nepal & India: Two Nations, One Civilization
“‘Is Separatism Congress’ Patriotism?’ asks Shah”
CPI hacks to death BJP worker in Kerala before parents
Reminder on UPA’s “achievements”
Headley spills beans on 26/11 & Ishrat : Sickulars run for cover
“Why has South India’s Catholic Church re-inducted a convicted child molester priest?”
Wall Street Journal on how Indian media united to ensure no report on its corruption
Sedition case slapped on Afzal’s backers”
“How Pakistan subverts India’s elites”
India & Russia revive fighter jet talks“
“Hindu’s in Sindh, Pakistan Continue to Face Extreme Discrimination”
Reality of the South China Sea Dispute
“China bolsters state hacking powers”
“Former Dallas Fed President calls out Central Banks”
Why selloff by European Banks is Ominous
Getting the Culture Right is Important for Any Organisation (or State)
“No to Facebook as Gatekeeper”
Culture
“Need to set up national institute for promotion of Telugu”
“How the Left is Polluting Classical Arts with its Ideology”
ASI making changes at Bhojshala
Sanskrit is the unifying language
“Conversations with Rajiv Malhotra on Sanskrit & More”
Andhra
Telugu recipients of Padma Awards
Focus on studies, says Warangal police chief
“Clueless on fighting Zika virus”
Telangana
NITI Aayog sorts out pending issue of Telangana with ministries
“Hyderabad Old City is den of illegal Foreign nationals”
Andhra Pradesh
AP to introduced ‘Priest at your Doorstep’
“Vijayawada: LPG blast victims can claim insurance”
Kerchief gang in Tuni violence
India
10 soldiers dead/missing in Siachen Avalanche
Centre justifies President’s rule in Arunachal Pradesh
“Kerala made in the middle east, staring at the abyss”
‘Cops left behind Tanzanian girl at mob’s mercy’
“After I said I am Hindu, they burnt me’”
Review: Airlift a great movie by Akshay
Sensitising “India, that is Bharat”
“India, the Perennial Soft State”
Centre encouraging Hindi use at official level for unity
“If you’re a wronged man, this is the lady to contact”
“Why the ‘right to pray’ debate is stupid”
Illegal sand miners behind Kudligi Deputy Superintendent’s transfer?
Sadhu dies after 115-day fast to save Ganga
Asia
Saeed threatens India with terror attacks
Cooperation for Regional Order
Balochistan: Pakistan’s information black hole
India’s International Fleet Review: Building Bridges on Shifting Sands
Japan on High Alert for North’s Planned Rocket Launch
Russia accuses Turkey over Syria as donors pledge aid
World
Mexico, Central American countries OK plan for stranded Cubans
“Roma in Czech Republic find hope in Indian Diaspora”
More than 10,000 Migrant Children ‘Missing’ in Europe
China Rejects Latest US FONOP in the South China Sea
Stock Market Crash of 2016: The Countdown Begins.”
“Swedish gov’t says UN panel finds Assange detention unfair”
More sex abuse by UN troops alleged in C. African Republic
“White Savior Industrial Complex”
Waterless Urinal to help Save Environment?
January 2016 News Links
Updated!!!
Telangana boy and girl win National Bravery Award
Veteran Radio & Theatre Personality Jeedigunta honoured
Beauty and the Beast of Sufism
Kashmiri Pandits protest continuing lack of resettlement
Who are India’s biggest Drinkers
“Aamir Khan damaged India’s Brand Identity”
Male dominance,exploitation & hypocrisy in Malayalam film industry
Millions of Peshwa records await to be read
The legitimacy of AppWapsi and Boycott Dilwale protests
50 ISI moles arrested in India since 2013
“China’s military is getting leaner and more lethal”
Why the market’s drop may just be getting started
Culture
Regional cuisine ruled the Gastronomic world in 2015
High design ethnic Indian wear
Indian Music Mathematically Deep
‘Kannadigas are the Paradigm of Tolerance’
Andhra
Story behind Deportation of Telugu students
‘One Lakh Corporates in control of all Natural Resources’
Telangana
TRS says will win GHMC polls with Andhra vote
Crop Loss in Telangana at 3000 crore
HC raps Telangana for ‘inaction’ in Akbar Owaisi hate speech cases
Andhra Pradesh
Amaravati land lease for Singapore extended from 33-99 yrs
Super-specialty hospitals to dot Amaravati
Microsoft to set up excellence center in Vizag
India
Strong Quake hits Northeast; Manipur the epicenter
Violence again in W.Bengal. Mini-Pakistan in Malda?
PM Modi scores point over Congress in Kerala
Vidarbha creation needs consensus
“Anti-Nationals helping Pakistan”
IIT, IISC professors against Free Basics
Irresponsible Mainstream Media
Dawood’s gang killed BJP leaders in Gujarat
Asia
Should India worry about Nepal’s special relations with China?
Pakistani printers removed article in NYT International Edition
Blast at Indian consulate in Afghanistan
China Halts Stock Trading as Market Lurches Down Again
China’s assertiveness pushes Vietnam to US
Abe visit to India was Historic
Fear and Loathing in the Maldives
‘New wrinkles in Maritime warfare’
Saudi-Iran crisis to Escalate?
World
Brazil stripped of investment grade rating as crisis deepens
Polish Leader Jaroslaw Kacynski
Ukraine to probe suspected Russian cyber attack on grid
France: A country shaken to its core
Greece’s border a Test for Europe
The Darfur conflict’s deadly gold rush
Oregon wildlife refuge Occupied
‘Time for Business Schools to de-Globalise?’
Europe to protect teens from Facebook
December 2015 News Links
Updated!!!
Students taught in Mother Tongue perform better in school
Akshay Kumar donates Rs. 1 Crore to Chennai flood relief
80 Temples Vanished in J&K since 2009
Death threats issued to Kamlesh Tiwari
The hullaballo about the National Herald
“Congress is cutting India’s nose to spite its face”
India hints it may reconsider stand on key security pacts with US
“India and Japan’s relationship has greatest potential in the world”
The reality of Science and Scientific Fact
“Beware Indians, the ISI may steal your passport”
After Kerala & Bihar, Jamaat demands prohibition in Telangana
Legislation introduced to cut H1B visas by 15,0000
Culture
5 Translators work to make ‘Veyi Padagalu’ in English happen
Fools think art is meant only for joy; wise realize it inspires change
What Bollywood is actually doing
Bajirao’s descendants object to portrayal in “movie”
“Passion Perseverance Personified”
“Satya Sriram’s High Calibre Show”
Andhra
Rudhramadevi’s statue unveiling
Water levels in Telugu states alarming
Thousands throng to Vemulawada
Telangana
Warangal to be developed as Second Capital
TS to have Telangana Dictionary Soon
“IS getting funds from Hyderabad”
Bharat Forge to ‘Make in Telangana’
Andhra Pradesh
CBN reviews situation in South Kosta/Rayalaseema
Shouldn’t our language be priority 1?
Vijayawada also under Flood threat
India
Chennai floods: Over 9,000 rescued
Rural distress worsens across India
Narendra Modi in Chennai announces More Support for Tamil Nadu
BJP weathers Gujarat polls Storm
What Arabs think of Indians…for “gelf” fans
Akbar speech infuence on Areeb
Facebook account group block after journalist exposes abuse
COP21 and Cornering India in Carbon
World can’t ignore India’s Narrative
Asia
“ISI unleashes cultural terror wing”
Japan defense budget likely to top 5 trillion yen for first time
Russia & India: A Course Correction
China seeks Naval base in Djibouti
Amid feud with China, Philippines gets jets
Malaysia approves security law slammed by critics
A “hard landing” for the world’s second-largest economy.
“Will not forget jet downing: Vladimir Putin”
World
ECB Moves trigger global sell-off
Europe plans to speed up deportation of Pakistanis
Regional mediation key to preventing Burundi war: U.S. envoy
Bulgaria warns Germany on Migrants
Danish referendum takes step away from EU, including Europol
Impeachment proceedings opened against Brazil’s president
Australia riding coal train despite climate pleas
US & UK universities are becoming irrelevant because of leftist stranglehold
Spiked baseball bats found around San Francisco
What Chennai teaches us about essentials for emergencies: Stock up!
“How Modern Technology is Stealing Souls”
Ideal Solution for an Ideal World
November 2015 News Links
Updated!!!
World Telugu Museum to be opened on Nov.19
Chittoor Mayor gunned down in broad daylight
“Nipping in the bud a dangerous idea”
“Editors mostly function as Gatekeepers”
Unacceptable: “Dalit boy forced to remove excreta”
“A Dream that Remains unfulfilled”
Loyalty to the Nation is Non-negotiable
Serious History Neglected and Distorted”
“Is Rahul Gandhi a British Citizen?”
After Mumbai’s 26/11, Paris’s 13/11
Wall St. to get trump card to block regulations?
Culture
Aruna Sairam answers questions on Carnatic
Miniaturist TK Bharani unfold sacred world in grains
Andhra
Amaravati all set to create history
Making the most out of water weed
It’s KCR’s turn to hold a mega ritual
Telangana
Sany Group signs MoU with Telangana
Telangana to have 24 districts
Andhra Pradesh
“AP boxed in by Bauxite Maoists”
Why CBN didn’t press for Special Status
India
Final battle for Bihar ends today
“Indian media is the new fringe”
A response to Aakar Patel’s call to action to Bollywood
“Fashion of India and Hinduism bashing in Foreign”
Porkfest organisers booked. “Beef only” secularism?
Indian National Congress: A Party in Crisis
Award-returnees are frustrating people’s will
“Who is stoking Sikh radicalism?”
After Kashmir and Punjab, ISI plays the Hindu card
Asia
Nepal: India unfazed by China card
“The truth about China’s interference in Malayasia’s Politics”
China’s ‘Militarization’ of the South China Sea
State of Emergency in Maldives
Maps of India Pakistanis love to dream about
States may be allowed to grant citizenship with rise in Hindu refugees
“Balochistan: The Bloodiest War you’ve never heard of”
“Bangladesh’s terrorist problem?
“Suu Kyi eyes post above President”
World
Russian civilian jet down…what now?
Justin Trudeau sworn in as Canada’s new prime minister
German, French raids against human smuggling operations
Crises drive Europe disintegration
‘India-Africa partnership will keep China in check’
US not headed in right direction, some biz owners say
First State Legalizes Taser Drones for Cops
“preparing for a catastrophic solar flare”
“NASA reveals Antarctica is actually gaining more ice than it is losing”
October 2015 News Links
Updated!!!
Bathukamma celebrated with great fervour
Traditional Indian crafts meet Calligraphy
Lepakshi crafts in Telangana renamed to “Golconda”
Traditional Chinese medicine gets Nobel. Why not Ayurveda?
Cow activist killed? Whither media outrage?
“Top lies spread by the media in 2015”
India is about symbolism of power instead of substance of power
Whitefly destroys 2/3rds of Punjab Cotton crop
“Aadhar may have lethal impact on existence of India”
Owaisi again faces arrest over hate speech
Petition against PK insulting Hindus: Notice issued to Aamir Khan
Saudi chops off Indian maids arm
“Nepal’s constitution and lessons for India”
China to sell 8 submarines to Pak
“Vietnam is changing and so is the balance of power”
Integral humanism vs Individualism
UK’s “chilling immigration plan”
Culture
Telugu culture flourishing in Andamans
“Smuggling Indian Antiquities”
Review of Kalaamtho Karachaalanam
Kuchipudi Performance in Hyderabad
“See the Music, Hear the Dance”
Andhra
AP& TS fight over delay in Power bonds
16 lakh trucks go off roads in Telangana, AP
Telangana
Telangana’s Signature tower to be tallest
Telangana declares first Drought
GHMC re-egineered in light of upcoming polls
“Telangana – Turning Into An Intolerant State?“
Andhra Pradesh
“Foundation stone schedule bad for Andhra Pradesh: Astrologers”
“Sexual violence on women at famous healing dargah in AP”
2720 Acres set aside for DRDO Project
India
PM Modi & Silicon Valley Trip Highlights
Justice catches up with terrorists
Asiya Andrabi and Beef Politics
Unwarranted Hysterectomies, Unnecessary Caesarians and other things
“Can India build its own Silicon Valley”
Freedom of Speech only for Chosen few?
Bengal’s bomb-making cottage industry
“Demolishing the Aurangzeb Apologist Cabal”
Asia
“Indian media must stop selling J&K as Kashmir”
Book on Pakistan and it’s Politics
“Urbanization and Migration in Developing Asia”
Chinese billionaire loses 85 per cent wealth in stock crash
Geo-strategic push: Inaugural India-Indonesia bilateral maritime exercise from Oct.17
“Russia: Superpower or Proxy?”
“Why the House of Saud gets away with sex crimes and murder”
World
Huge bubble? Commodity price slump sends ripples around world
“Obama to look for new gun measures, says ‘talk’ is main tool”
Turkey getting closer to Civil war?
Record 522K Migrants Arrive In Europe By Sea In 2015
Fmr. Brazilian President to be questioned in Corruption case
Bombings in Nigerian Capital kill 15
Prudent Disaster relief: How to Prep for an Earthquake
Ukraine, Syria and Russia: A Moment for Sobriety
“We’re living in an Ayn Rand Economy”
“Is Facebook making us Lonely?”
“How close are we to a fully Bionic Body?”
September 2015 News Links
Updated!!!
M.S. Subbulakshmi: A life in Music and Movies
Why Sanskrit is becoming popular among China’s Intellectuals
Retaining Amaravati as an Ancient Town
Significance of Naxal encounter in Telangana
“All you need to know about Dengue Fever”
Why young people must be careful on social media
Pub culture descends upon Temple Town Madurai
Outrage and Violence after Nepal Parliament refuses to restore Hindu status
Atrocities against Baloch by Pakistan’s Army worsen
India and China face off in Ladakh over watch tower
“Migrant Crisis” and Malaise in Europe
Powerful Quake strikes Chile. More ahead?
Prudent Disaster relief: How to Prep for an Earthquake
Market manipulations in Global Bonds?
“Fed has to deal with its own Zombie Apocalypse”
Stock sell off continues, underscoring Global worries
Culture
Treasure trove for Telugu Musicians
PM to attend meet on Indic Thought
Discussing Bharata’s Natya Sastra at World Sanskrit Conference
Rajamouli credits Amar Chitra Katha for storytelling success
Andhra
Protection of Telugu Language demanded
Telangana
“Telangana faces test with 12 percent Muslim Quota”
Mahindra plans expansion in Telangana
Andhra Pradesh
Land Pooling to continue in AP
Work on Natya Pushkarini begins at Kuchipudi village
India
Gen.Suhag: India must be ready for short wars
Man’s tweet to EAM saves sister from Dubai traffickers
Aurangzeb road renamed to Abdul Kalam Marg
Four Marathwada districts in crop loss alert
PM Modi: Non-state actors provoking violence
SENSEX hits 14 Month Low…time to invest in hard assets?
Need to improve India’s China studies
BJP sweep of Rajasthan Civic Polls: Future Group to manage Public food distro
India cancels Greenpeace foreign funding amid scrutiny
Asia
Sri Lanka vote reemphasizes balance in Indian Ocean
Death toll rose in Nepal Violence
Nepalis urge dropping of “secular” to protect heritage
Story behind China stock intervention
Malaysia push for PM Najib’s resignation
US Military Base in Japan rocked by blast
World
World Markets Plunging…Economic Depression?
“Germans begin the looting of Greece”
UK, EU, and Europe’s refugee crisis
Nigeria seeks join efforts in Gulf of Guinea
Migrants and Hungary’s “Freedom Train”
Brazil Minister to step down amid economic problems
Could Hackers take down a City?
August 2015 News Links
Updated!!!
AP Endowments Dept.: Temples not State Property
Artist Achudan captures raw beauty in his Water Colours
India facing “many sophisticated Chota Shakeels”
CM Anandiben takes the lead on Right to Property for Tribals
Rahul Gandhi gets a Adil Shahryar 101
Bangkok blast at Hindu Shrine in Thailand
Tough times ahead for Indonesian Navy
Pakistan violates ceasefire in Jammu
Pak needs to change its approach on Afghanistan
Russia, China, Pakistan: New Emerging Axis?
What’s Cooking in the Middle East
Hackers stole user data of 25 million Americans
Post Capitalism: The End of Capitalism has Begun
Culture
“[C]ulture on a larger canvas”
Sadasiva Sastri’s Carnatic performance steeped in devotion
“APJ Abdul Kalam was an exemplar of Plural India”
“My Journey from Businessman to Philanthropist”
Andhra
Not just Baahubali, Rana says Leader 2 also in works
“Viacom18’s new English accent”
PM assures families release of 2 professors abducted by ISIS
Telangana
Bonalu celebrated with fervor in Telangana
“Owaisi brothers are enemies of Indian Muslims, says Aziz Qureshi”
Telangana plans to increase Onion production
Andhra Pradesh
Xiaomi to manufacture in Sri City
Poverty feeds migration in Srikakulam
India
Remembering the “Missile Man of India”
“How Congress pursued its invidious legislative agenda”
K.P.S.Gill: “If we don’t wake up, we’ll see more such attack in Punjab”
Most “infamous” family of India
Dalit Catholics face discrimination from co-religionists
Has India put an end to its longest Insurgency?
Asia
Forced conversions continue in Sindh
Pak’s continuing War against Indian Civilization
China to build new artificial islands near India?
China equity bubble correction
Japan’s strategy for Central Asia
Strategic Impact of the Iran deal
Turkey creeping toward Civil War?
World
End of Ukraine’s Peace process?
Can the Yuan overtake the Dollar?
“Uber regulatory challenge to democracy”
Germany being tested by refugee influx
July 2015 News Links
Updated!!!
Baahubali destroys Box Office Records
Smear campaign against Rajiv Malhotra
“Rebuttal of false allegations of plagiarism”by R.Malhotra
Reasons behind tragic Pushkaram Stampede
Inequitable division of Debts worsening rifts between Telugu States
Kuchipudi Natyaramam Works Soon
Odisha Preparing NFSA Beneficiary List
“My choice: My pleasure may be your” jail sentence
India’s Technology Prowess: Highs and Lows
China’s Debt Twice its GDP: World Impact?
Iran deal strengthens Military option
Response to ill-informed article on Sanskrit
Border War between Venezuela & Guyana?
Culture
U. of Kashmir’s Sanskrit department struggles to find students; defunct since 1990
Godavari Pushkaralu Significance
Marathon Celebration of Avadhanam
20th Telugu Association of North America Conference
Andhra
Remembering India’s Forgotten Reformer
The man who uses his pension to fix potholes
Telangana
Revanth Reddy released on bail
Compensation sought for affected rythulus
Andhra Pradesh
Organic food becoming popular in Vizag
Women protest new liquor policy
India
‘Apocalyptic’ event ahead? Cops up Vigil
Army still to get needed bullet-proof jackets
When Govt. controls Temples, traditions suffer
Krishna-Marathwada irrigation project approved
Why Goa Inquisition must be remembered
“Lutyens media Silence on Sonia”
Under the radar violence in Tamil Nadu
Abductions of Hindu girls in Mamta’s Bengal continues
Kerala Govt. discriminatory policies continue
The Great Madras Famine under British rule
Asia
Implications of Power Vacuum in Tibet
Japan and China: Intimate Rivals
Japan seeks foreign workers uneasily
Saudis plot to fund wahhabism to dominate India
Deadly plane crash in Indonesia
MERS rattles Korea’s confidence
First Draft of Nepal Constitution to be presented
World
Perfect Storm of Market Bust & Russia Conflict?
What to do in a disaster situation
Space Warfare the next frontier
For Phree market phonies who think most women are in flesh trade voluntarily
Raghuram Rajan says Great Depression ahead?
Brazil pledges to raise Renewable output
Revulsion in Africa over Marriage ruling
June 2015 News Links
Microsoft to release Skype Translator
Capital area gets upwardly mobile
Telangana’s Ramannakunta Lake to get a facelift
Avoidable AP-TS Spat Continues
The cost of cyber-incompetence
How atrocity literature is manufactured
UP goonda raj burns journalist to death
The practical applications of the value of ‘shut up’
Vietnam launches “sovereignty cruise”
MERS cases: health officials on alert
Wall St. Predicts Greek Tragedy
Culture
Issues confronting Indian history
Knowing India;Understanding the right history
AP People want heritage relics back
Pantula Sisters: Soulful Vocal
Andhra
Heatwave in undivided Andhra continues
Telangana
KTR promises Free Wifi in Secunderabad
State of Telangana Universities
Andhra Pradesh
AP Capital: Blue with a shade of Green
Singapore wants to be Amaravati’s developer
AP signs ten MOUs with China.Good idea?
Red Sander’s well-oiled network
Vijayawada Airport to become International
India
Govt won’t take Saurabh Kalia case to ICJ, UN
India to douse Century old Jharia fire
ISIS horrendous treatment of Indians
Not enough Pilots in Indian Air Force
India purchases German submarines
Towards a review of the Indian Constitutions
Gujarat builds first of 100 India Smart cities
Asia
International Response to Nepal Quake disappointing
Nepal seeks India’s help to rebuild
Pak N-program: Morarji Desai involved?
95% of all Hindu temples in Pakistan destroyed or converted
PRC’s military budget 3x that of India’s
Sirisena’s 100 days of Sincere initiatives
Rajapakse holds key to Lanka talks?
India and Vietnam strengthen ties
Japan & Malaysia’s strategic Partnership
Cloud of war between Ukraine & Russia?
World
America & India: An American’s View
Canada’s Church schools led ‘Cultural Genocide’ of Natives
San Andreas & Earthquake Preparedness
Journalists denounce sexist French politicians
“Investors beware. A perfect storm may be coming”
Exploitation of African minors in Italy
Updated!!!
Arrested AP Naxals Planning Armed insurrection
AP CM launches Pentavalent vaccine program in Tirupati
Kiran Kumar Reddy to write a tell all book on Telangana and Sonia
“Urdu schools which don’t teach Marathi will be derecognised”
“7 Reasons why Modi’s trip to China was different”
Real purpose of “Dravidian” Ideology
Uttarakhand due for Major Earthquake?
India faces severe ammunition shortage, can fight only 20 days war
“Nepal Quake: India must repay debt to Gorkhas”
Violence against Hindus continues in W.Bengal
97 Bonded Hindu laborers finally set free in Pak
Why India should refuse cricket series with Pakistan
For all the utopic technophiles
May 2015 News Links
Culture
Telugu scholars see need for comprehensive dictionary
“Beef Freedom has Hurt more than any Beef Ban”
Asha Bhosle: ‘I find the Soul missing in today’s Bollywood Songs’
Andhra
Rajamahendri hosts Theatre festival
Profile on A. Surya Prakash garu, “National Telugu Poet”
Central Govt. allocates extra power
Telangana
Nagarjuna Sagar will be made tourist hub
“Babies being Sold in Telangana”
Power Crisis: Fellow Telugus to the Rescue
Andhra Pradesh
Will Vijayawada regain its lost glory?
AP proposal to make theory classes on Kuchipudi compulsory
India
Kashmiri Pandits stage protest over risky rehabilitation plan
PM’s flawed Temple Gold policy
Conversion: A New Breed of Evangelical Groups
Three held in attempt to convert Children
Nagaland: Militants kill 8 Assam Rifles jawans
Govt. to Introduce Hindi Proficiency Training
Foam in Bangalore lake draws questions on development model
“Opposition is milking Agrarian Crisis”
Solar Power: Rajasthan Villages vs Robert Vadra
India moves ahead with SAARC transit policy
Violence against W.Bengal Hindus continues
Largest ever relief operation by India
Asia
Nepal Earthquake toll tops 6,000
Nepal’s living goddess, devotees were unscathed by earthquake
Pak Hindus can now apply for Long Term Visa
Pakistan serves Beef to Hindu Nepal Quake Survivors
Pakistan’s unofficial export policy includes human trafficking
Sri Lanka: Can Sirisena deliver on Reforms
Saving Bangladesh’s Grameen Bank
Critique of Modi approach with China
China’s growing Cyberwar Capabilities
China’s Infrastructure Bank: The Final Tally
Abe visit to US marks new era?
Horrific treatment of Asian maids by Saudis
World
Full blown war impending in Ukraine?
Clashes between Colombia Govt. and FARC
Majority of UK Women don’t bathe or shower daily
Britain’s uncertain European Future
Baltimore riots part of greater story?
How a market sounds when the bubble bursts
Cartoon show Attacked in Texas
Education for a peaceful world
April 2015 News Links
Updated!!!
‘Srikakulam was ignored after State bifurcation’
Simi was planning attack on Delhi
Blueprint to tackle India’s energy woes
“Time to hold India’s media legally accountable”?
Beijing’s Fait Accompli in the South China Sea
Egypt’s Morsi faces capital punishment
Top dumpers of e-Waste not recycling
Thousands of Germans protest EU-US Trade Deal
Culture
Time to Speak Up against Hinduphobia
Restoration of Cultural Diversity
How English Ruined Indian Literature
Hindi has a Key role in National Integration
Left Liberals sneering at Indian History
Andhra
Amaravati: Capital of the Andhras again
Chiru to retire from Politics?
Telangana
What about the rest of the State?
Telangana entry tax slams brakes on AP vehicles
Andhra Pradesh
Issues with River Linking Irrigation Projects
Singapore real estate gain from lands?
India
Drinking Water Crisis in Karnataka
Hindus don’t always have equality with minorities
Hateful “owaisi should go to Pakistan”
Indian Naval prowess and the Indian Ocean
Proselytism incompatible with India
Many Indian states Aging faster than N.Europe
Asia
Pak to buy 8 submarines from China
India and Sri Lanka: Maritime Infrastructure
Buddhist Union and Geopolitics
Protests by Dubai Laborers from Subcontinent on Ill Treatment
What China’s defense Spending means for India
India gearing up for China challenge
PRC General aided Myanmar Rebels
Russia-Ukraine faceoff continues
World
Hopes and Doubts in Framework Deal with Iran
Australia’s diplomats outmaneuvered by PRC
California Draught affects entire US
Brazil President Announces Anti-Corruption Measures
New Zealand and its intelligent Intelligence
France and Michel Houellebecq’s books
MarketWatch: “Sell Your Equities”
March 2015 News Links
Updated!!!
On recent Media Reports: A Christian responds to a Christian
An old Dalit woman in Kolar is mourning DK Ravi’s death
AP Capital Land Pooling: Another View
TS Assembly passes Resolution for Separate High Court
Modi Govt. flip flops on Pak talks
The Battle for the Indian Ocean
Kashmiri Pandits and BJP: A most unkind cut
Bad news for Families: Marriage Law on the Books
The Price of Selfishness and Self-centeredness
“IMF Chief warns of huge capital outflows from ems when US hikes rate”
2015’s first extra intense X-class solar flare
Culture
The Vanishing Languages of Western UP
World Telugu Writers’ Conference Closing Session
Government control of Hindu Temples
“Indian Dalits find no refuge from caste in Christianity”
Kuchipudi Arts Academy of Chennai is conducting the annual dance festival
Andhra
Whether you study your own language, others study you
Centre to Amend AP Reorganisation Act in Parliament Budget Session
Telangana, AP ok land acquisition bill
Telangana
Calls to stem debt financed weddings
Life of dalit icons to be part of school syllabus in Telangana
Andhra Pradesh
Actress Jamuna to reenter politics
Evangelical bigotry in Tirupati
India
American media notices what is happening in W.Bengal
What really happened to Delhi churches?
“West still views India through Colonial Mindset”
Forcible conversion of Hindu woman in Ranchi
The Mother Teresa we don’t know
SC expands definition of Dowry
BJP-PDP Seal Deal for Kashmir Govt.
Asia
Why China is warming up to the Arctic
China doing large scale reclamation in disputed islands
Pak stockpiling battlefield nukes to use against India
No justice for hindu women in pak
Baloch suffering war crimes perpetrated by Pakistani oppressors
Hindu Families living as slaves in Bangladesh
Japanese firm develops Ebola drug
“Assyrian Christians defending their people”
World
Austria passes law on practice of Islam
“EU’s Green goals will need radical shifts in policy”
Dutch government says sorry for gas field causing quakes
Thousands of Women march for Peace in the Congo
Silent No More: Systemic violence against Aboriginal Women in Canada
The Importance of using Social Media carefully
“Why Mother Teresa is no Saint”
World Forest Loss is Accelerating
February 2015 News Links
Updated!!!
Delhi elections: Competing Grand Narratives
CBN Wants truce to settle AP-TS disputes
Four Projects top KCR’s Hyderabad Beautification programme
Triple Whammy for AP Common Man
Razakar: “Jinnah of Modern India”
Inspiring leadership at Pokharan
“Don’t believe the Hype on the Deal”
Real story behind Church attacks?
“Terror in the name of Christ”
Excuses, excuses from our “Men of Conscience”
“We don’t need education in English. Let us treat it like footwear.”
Bitcoin investors claim $3b losses
Alliance of Leftists? An American View
What happened to Human Rights in UK? Why are Indian families targeted?
Culture
How India’s Constitution became “secular”
Status of Women in Ancient India
Ancient India through Indian eyes
The tragic story of Dharanagara
Don’t base interreligious marriage decisions on Bollywood anti-nationals
Andhra
Stall in development works due to finance
“Evangelism made Andhra an Economic and Spiritual Ruin”
Telangana
TS debuts at Republic Day Parade
Another Gulf job racket busted
Andhra Pradesh
Sinkhole due to Groundwater over-exploitation
Cisco to join Vizag Smart City effort?
9 months later, special status promise not kept
Land Acquisition and Land Pooling politics for new Capital
India
Politics of No-Go Zones in India
Leela Samson’s Fiefdom crumbles
Republic Day Celebration in review
Jallikattu Bulls face slaughter
“Census 2011: The Religious Imbalance Worsens”
MMS damaged India’s strategic capability
Indo-US nuclear deal: Why is Modi pursuing what looks like a total loss in N-energy?
Breakthrough in US-India Nuclear deal?
Hindus targeted in W.Bengal religious violence
Asia
Recent History of Hindu Genocide in South Asia
“Upto 8,000 Nepali girls trafficked to Dubai”
The Influence of History in China
China is placing key generals on India border near Ladakh
China’s most important political philosopher
East Asia territorial disputes
World
Portraits of War in Central African Republic
UK to legalise 3-parent babies?
Blizzard hits US/Canada East Coast
Church history and California Indigenous peoples
Rest of the world discover’s Chanakya
January 2015 News Links
Updated!!
Critique of capital land-pooling
“Modernism is not rejection of traditional Indian values”
Tragedy of “One Month Wife Tourism”
Death of Defense Scientists need to be probed
Consequences of foreign funded Evangelism
Carnatic music critic passes away
Congress batting for Pakistan’s Interest
After Paris: Combating Terrorism
Civilian’s massacred by Boko Haram in Nigeria
Freedom of thought and expression: A religious history
Culture
Veena is our National Instrument
Why you need to learn facts and learn how to debate logically
“Those who take education seriously don’t want a joke”
The importance of Civility (sabhyata)
Andhra
Pancakes to pesarattu and poha
Harassed woman rescued from Abu Dhabi
Telangana
KCR inducts two new secretaries
Rohingya illegal migrants under surveillance in Hyd.
Swine Flu cases reported in Hyderabad
Andhra Pradesh
AP Police deal with spurt in trafficking and extremism
Temporary Capital at Mangalagiri
Krishnapatnam Port on High Alert
Loan Waiver hits Dhan Yojana scheme
India
High uranium content found in Punjab soil
Raju rejects expansion of Emirates & Air Arabia in India
Need real changes not symbolism
St.Stephens college forcing conversion?
Govt. planning central institutes of Indology
Pastebin and other sites blocked. Why?
Water storage and the 2015 Budget
Evangelical militants threaten Northeast Ashrams
BJP keeping all options open in J&K
Asia
Bhutan’s diplomatic relations set to grow with US
Atrocities in Pak against Hindu Women
Brit gov demands Nepal be secular,right to conversion while UK Christian nation
Book on the Bangladesh Genocide
Philippine Navy’s Submarine Quest
The Growing Mekong Controversy
World
Why Germans work fewer hours but produce more
Just the beginning for UK fragmentation?
How Paganism disappeared from Europe
Russian Economy reeling. Signals for global economy?
New Zealand increasingly looking to Asia
Geopolitical Vision of Alfred Thayer Mahan
December 2014 News Links
Updated!!!
Guntur Techie escapes Sydney hostage tragedy
KCR to setup Cinema City and Sports City
Aadhar in Andhra continues apace
Arsenic in India’s Groundwater affects 7 crore lives
India and the Climate Change Pact
Center issues Take down notices to ISPs
Hindus starving in Pakistani district. Govt. not acting
Pakistan: 99 percent of Hindu girls raped, converted are under 13 years of age
Indian-Americans under Tax Lens
Deconstructing Modi’s foreign Policy
The Costs of Equipping a PRC Soldier
The Real reason for “Right to Education”
The Indian Ocean is getting Crowded
Why Congis and Commies crumbled in 2014
Britain returns East of the Suez
Culture
Showcasing Andhra Pradesh cultural heritage
“Why Sanskrit is indeed a Superior Language”
Insidious Hinduphobia remains global problem
Andhra
“Dream Merchants” of Telugu Land
New bone of contention between Telugu states?
“Must See” Pinakini Gorge at Gandikota, Kadapa
Telangana
Urdu to be official language of Telangana?
Artist K.Kishan: “”Women are the carriers of our culture and tradition.”
AP CM’s son booked for Tweet against KCR
BJP Telangana Bachao campaign to start
Andhra Pradesh
AP Capital work to begin in 3 months
Historic Kondapalli Fort to be Renovated
Six Urban nodes to boost IT in AP
Govt. to pursue Casino Culture in AP?
India
Why India’s Armed Forced Urgently need an Overhaul
Congress leader calls for ban on “treasonous” MIM
RBI Governor: Fortune not at the bottom of the Pyramid
Rusting Speed Boats and Fewer Cops mean Coastline still exposed
Ramifications of Nuclear Power
“Are Foreigners…abusing Children in the name of providing Education”
The Brutality of the Goa Inquisition
Politics of Kerala’s Temple Gold
Sita Ram Goel: Rishi of Resurgent India
Asia
“China’s Nukes getting Bigger and Better”
Mongolian Culture and its Connection to India
India has ignored Tibet for too long
Partition remains an issue for Pakistan
Vietnam growing closer to US due to China
Israel and PRC as economic partners
World
Ebola Death toll climbs to 7,000
“Misguided UN more dangerous than Ebola”
Nigeria reels under terrorist attacks
UK to leave EU over unrestricted Immigration?
Labor Trafficking common in the West
November 2014 News Links
Updated!!!
Market Borrowing plans Debt trap for Telangana?
Telangana to have world’s tallest tower?
Eminent Scientist calls IT Culture “Intellectual Garbage”
Nellore ideal for Solar Energy
Estimated 15,000 Rohinyas from Bangladesh settled in Hyderabad to do this?
Pak visitors to Godhra double; Police worried
Funding Problems for AP Capital?
Snapshot of massive Evangelical funding in India
Diplomat under investigation for Pak Espionage
Why expats in India should “Go back and Reform”
Persecuted Hindu Sindhis from Pakistan to get elusive Indian citizenship
“Freezing eggs for your career is like a devil’s bargain!”
Nepal to drop secularism and become a Hindu state again?
“Giving our foes the advantage”
“Asking the right questions to awaken our Past”
China’s foreign policy paying off
State of Emergency in Nigeria?
Europe’s Comet landing makes History
Kissinger writes on the Arthashastra
Culture
A century of Telugu Dance tradition
Whether you have interest in others or not, they have interest in you—learn from that
“Secularism, Colonialism and Indian Intellectuals”
Carl Sagan on the Value of Hindu Cosmology
Andhra
Srisailam bring water-power tensions between TS & AP to a head
“Congress-rule destroyed Andhra’s Brand Image”
AP Bifurcation Act: Problems on Either Side
Telangana
Andhra Pradesh
Unsecular, disrespectful evangelism at Tirupati
Tribals lynch 3 for Maoist atrocities
Destructive Hudhud clocked as Super Cyclone
India
Bringing the NorthEast closer to North
Air Force warns against use of Xiaomi phones
Tragic Congress Party anti-Sikh “riots” 30 years later
“Love jihad a women’s rights issue”
Govt. launches Six major Labor Schemes
Modi rule an opportunity of Minorities
“Fundamental genomic unity of ethnic India”
Doctrine of graduated escalation
Asia
Pakistani women exploited as slaves in Dubai
Geopolitics of Nepal’s Federal structure
Afghanistan: Warlords and Democracy
“Has North Korea quarantined itself?”
World
On the Attack on Canada’s Parliament
“Democratic Africa gets its first White Leader”
Huge Solar flare from Giant Sunspot
Atheism of west merely another theism in disguise?
Fasting Triggers regeneration of damaged cells
“The seductive power [and drawbacks] of overconfidence”
Why monogamy, not polygamy, is the ideal for society
The need for frugal innovation
October 2014 News Links
Updated!!!
Hudhud Aftermath: Vizag slowly moving towards Normalcy
TANA announces $100,000 for cyclone relief
Malnourishment has declined sharply among children in India
Growth focus on 5 Telangana cities
Opposition to Karva Chauth: “another form of control masquerading as rationalism.”
Recent Nobel Prize Awardees”decoded”
China’s reaction to Indian infrastructure on Indian territory
Ebola worries in US state of Texas continue
“Extreme fear in Stock market”
Government Bubble of Massive Size
Culture
The importance of cultural (soft) power, whether for desh or pradesh
Moral Relativism of Neo-Secularism
Exploring Yoga’s cultural appropriation
Andhra
The continuing tragedy of Telugu workers in the Gulf
Telangana
Bathukamma, Dasara turn Hyderabad colourful
“Large MNC finding it hard to stay put in Telangana”
Banks agree to give fresh crop loans in TS
Lakes of Hyderabad on the verge of Vanishing
“Why controversies continue to stalk chief minister KCR”
Andhra Pradesh
Villagers upset on announcement of land acquisition
“AP gets a power boost from Centre”
District/town/city-wise FCRA-Orgs of AP
India
“The Wanton Treachery of NDTV”
Why you should boycott “Haidar”
GOI Diplomatic blunder on Tibet?
Pakistanis in India’s serials, Hindi films, now even its Parliament…
The “Mystery” around Trinamool’s MP
Assam flood disaster continues
When will India bring this up at the UN?
Rating Narendra Modi’s US trip
Aamir Khan insults Hindu temple with footwear
Why are Hyderabad groups playing with Karnataka’s/Maharashtra’s history?
Meanwhile, Karnataka celebrated what Telangana curiously refused to…
India’s Mars Mission–A Cultural & Historical Perspective
What is being done to prepare for this possibility?
More on GMO: Safe for consumption?
Children from Bengal & Bihar being trafficked to Kerala “orphanages”
Asia
Putting PRC President’s visit into Perspective
Underground tunnel emanating from Pakistan
Concerns regarding radicalization in Nepal
Constitutional Monarchy Must be Restored in Nepal
Vietnam prepping for confrontation
Crimes against Yazidis continue in Iraq
World
Concerns grow as Ebola reaches US (Texas)
What Scotland vote says about England, underneath the veneer
“The Scottish vote was a class war and the rich won”
Guyana wants police probe over hacked emails
Kenya and South Africa march for disappearing Rhinos and Elephants
Your education doesn’t stop after graduation
Trafficking of Inuit children?
Feminism destroying feminity and masculinity?
‘”Why marijuana users end up feeling worse”
Blue light from electronics disturbs sleep
September 2014 News Links
Updated!!!
Carnatic prodigy Uppalapu “Mandolin” Srinivas passes away
Subramaniam Swamy: Govt should leave Mgmt of Tirupati
Dip in desi cow numbers vs imported foreign breeds
“Antony touches raw Secular Nerve”
Rightward shift in Dalit Politics?
Modi visit to Japan a “resounding success”
TRS accused of Appeasement over non-celebration of Liberation Day
BJP poor show in Bypolls impacts alliance with Shiv Sena in Maharashtra
Resistance to central nod to GM field trials
NRIs may find it easier to invest in India
Withdrawal of Chinese Incursion begins as Chinese President’s India trip comes to end
Forced conversions continue in Bangladesh
Investigation into Horrific Rotterham case in UK continues
Scotland Referendum Result: No to Independence from UK
5,000 Dead in Central African Republic religious violence
Sufism, fashionable or faux syncretism?
“Decoding Hindutva and Hindu Rashtra”
Culture
India’s Culture, Society, and Economy
Where are the Sanskrit Speakers?
72 Valmikis reconvert to Hinduism
A New Indian Historical Perspective
Review of ‘American Veda’ by Subra
“Dispelling the Myth of Akbar the Great”
Aryan Invasion Theory continues to crumble in the wake of science/logic
Andhra
Beloved Telugu artist/cartoonist/director Bapu Passes Away
Heavy Rainfall in both Telugu States
Telangana
Appalling crimes of MIM supported Snake Gang
How is this anti-national an MP of India’s Parliament?
State recommends Bharat Ratna for PV Narasimha Rao
oh what a tangled web we weave…
Telangana to boost tree cover by 8%
KCR’s curious, questionable doles continue
Andhra Pradesh
AP Capital to be between Vijayawada & Guntur
Nalsar type school for AP capital region
Dam repair warnings not being heeded
Ram Gopal Varma charged for disrespectful tweets on Lord Ganesha
India
AMU threatens to cancel student polls
Omar’s silence on unethical cancellation of Kausar Nag Yatra telling
“Love Jihad” finally discussed by Mainstream Media
Saraswati, Ganga, and India’s Vanishing Rivers
“Country’s defence preparedness is the best Guarantee for Peace”
RBI Planning to Introduce Plastic Currency notes soon
Army officer in Jail for 6 years without trial
Bank Accounts for All. Externalities?
India’s unethical and shameless mainstream media
Asia
China’s social strategy in Tibet
No More democracy in Hong Kong?
Slow motion coup in the state of Pakistan
Japan’s Cultural Influence grows in India
Even Al Jazeera covering issue of Kidnapping/Forced conversions of Hindu Women
Look at what Pakistanis are doing in UK—still want to import their actors, Bollywood?
Genocide of Yazidis, Christians, and Shias continues by ISIS in Iraq/Syria
World
Increasingly popular Programming languages
Latin America’s terrible Prisons
Major cinematic epic of South American anti-colonial Hero
Food for thought from the “New Generation” by the “New Generation”
Ebola epidemic spirals in W. Africa
London the child abuse capital of the world?
What is your language strategy?Need for local language doesn’t go in Global Economy
Secularism and Hindutva: An American View of Indian Politics
August 2014 News Links
Updated!!!
“Math Teaching in India is Robotic, need to make it Creative”
Pictures from India’s Independence Day
“Will be Hitler if need be: Telangana CM”
Why only Tirupati Temple depositing Gold with SBI?
Samajwadi rule in UP oppressing Dalits
The many health benefits of walking
Drought in America’s West Coast continues
Behind the scenes in the Meerut case
“Pluralism vs Secular Fundamentalism”
English language debate: Turkey vs India
Concerns about “Intensive Survey”
RBI loans to AP & Telangana being recast
KP’s denied their rights by Kashmiriyat again
Over half of JNU women facing harassment
Kerala and old AP criticized for malignant tourism
Progressive minority groups meet PM to tackle regressive laws
Surat showing how Industry can efficiently use water
ISI linked Rohingyas gathering near capital
“BJP is not rewriting history”
Another deep incursion in Ladakh–storm brewing?
Forced conversion in Pakistan continues unabated
Govt to expedite applications of Hindu refugees from Sindh
Ebola toll tops 1200 in West Africa
“Just how likely is another World War?”
Pictures from Krishna Janmashtami
Another blow to Colonial AIT/AIM theory
Culture
Festival of Culture & Spirituality
Silent philanthropy part of Hinduism
Hindu texts Not to blame for Sanitation Crisis
Some are learning Sanskrit to distort Hinduism…
Importance of (healthy) innovation in food
Andhra
Tragedy: United Andhra Pradesh ranked second in country for flesh trade
Yet another reason why Telugus are selfish, self-centered lazy bums…
Telugu workers stranded in Libya
Non-locals have rights in Telangana
Telangana
Eminent Telanganite Telugu author and literary critic passes away
“What if Shiv Sena had sought nativist policy?”
Anti-Nationals praise TRS’ K.Kavita seditious statement
Why Hyderabad needs central policing
Andhra Pradesh
AP farmers to be declared defaulters amidst waiver promise?
Dangers of poor infrastructure
State govt. should decide on new capital
India
Government dallying with GMO flayed
India’s WTO veto and Food Security
Proving yet again why TOI is actually SOI…
Unemployment in India increasing
Why is Pakistani channel promoted in India when Indian movies/channels banned there?
Plastic waste turned into 3D printer material
Problems with current Urdu press?
BSP/SP model being exported to B’lore
Gender ratio in India worsening
What Saharanpur says about the Media
“Natwar Singh: ‘Venomous Sonia treated like Royalty in India'”
S.Swamy to speak in National Herald case
Madhya Pradesh govt rehabilitates persecuted Hindu refugees from Bangladesh
Equate Facts with Fiction on SC Status to Converts
Foreign funded NGO’s halting development?
Maoist leader convicted in Swami Laxmananda murder case
Asia
For all the “they’re people just like us, yaar” morons
Bengali Hindus specifically targeted by Pak army in 1971 Bangladesh Genocide
“5,000 Hindus flee Pakistan every year due to Persecution”
S.Korea’s ruling party does well in by-polls
Buddhism & Hinduism banned in Kuwait
China and Asia’s regional order
Japan and Internationalization
World
European oppression of Roma minorities continues
Ukraine-Russia clash and the End of Globalization
Canada’s Indigenous People’s social experiment
“Why I am no longer a European”
July 2014 News Links
Updated!!!
Forgetting Uttarkashi, Centre allows development on forest land
The emergence of the BRICS Development Bank
Don’t be fooled. Appearances can be deceiving
PM Modi’s plan for Kashmiri Pandits
Whither Kashmiriyat? Pandit migration plan opposed by Kashmiri “moderates”
Cleanse the system, but don’t throw out the baby with the bath water
“India’s foreign policy wake up call”
Progressive women calling for MPL Reform
TRS Bandh on Polavaram Ordinance
“An Ancient Sport, not Savagery”
How India is learning from China
Gaza Conflict to continue after Humanitarian Truce
Korean evangelists and Buddhist Temples
Culture
What happens when we don’t correctly teach and instill pride in Telugu culture
Why tolerance alone isn’t good enough–need “mutual respect”
“Why Lord Shiva is worshipped in form of shivling”
Will government dismantle network of anti-Hindu intellectual poseurs?
The urgent need to restore accurate Indian History
Importance of proper education of Girls
Andhra
Telangana
Something Telangana and Seemandhra can finally agree on
Supreme Court refuses to stay Bifurcation
Warangal fort to become UNESCO site
Water wars between brothers begin
Division of assets between two states completed
Andhra Pradesh
Tourists ditching Hyderabadi Biryani for Andhra Avakaya
Is it right for spiritual town to become IT center?
United AP recorded 2nd highest number of Cyber crimes
Andhra Pradesh Capital in Amaravati?
Toll rises to 19 in yet another refinery fire in India…
India
Will Assam turn into Kashmir or Bosnia?
Be careful of where you donate charity
Allegations against priests continue
Kashmiriyat = Communal Exclusivism?
Rajan stalling Economic Reforms?
Police reform Immediately needed in India
Violence against TN Hindu leaders unabated
Importance of Affordable pharma
“Justice” activist found to have committed injustice against Tribals
Multi-state probe in Kerala trafficking case
Trinamool Goonda raj gunning down BJP workers?
Asia
Sri Lankan riots between Buddhists and Muslims continue
“Secularism/Insaniyat” only 1 way street in Malaysia?
China speeds up oil stockpiling
…Chinese map shows Arunachal Pradesh in their territory
China testing Indian waters in Ladakh
Japan to normalize and undo Pacifist Article 9 for national defense
46 Indian Nurses in ISIS custody…why wasn’t this avoided?
US leaving Afghanistan, turns to India
The next time one of the bozos say “But they’re ppl just like us, yaar”…show this
What happened to Pakistan’s Hindu Temples?
Trouble ahead between Israel and Palestine?
Caliphate declared in northern Iraq
World
“Systemic Risk worse than 2008”
Attacks against Roma (Gypsies) in Europe continue
Anti-Semitism in France spawning exodus
Why it’s important to properly understand history & economics
Women’s Rights: A view from America
Ebola epidemic sweeping West Africa
Rise in disorders due to increase in toxins?
Questions remain in Ireland case
Brazil’s President Roussef renominated by Party for October Election
June 2014 News Links
Updated!!!
Army Chief: Indian Army not War-ready
Violence against BJP partyworkers continues unabated
Trouble brewing in “God’s Own Country”
KCR demands 12% reservation for Telangana minorities
China’s drive against unauthorized GMO labs
Atheism growing in Saudi Arabia
Church scandal in Ireland worsens
Asinine to the nth degree.Everyone knows once growth, land demand results in expansion
Arabs exploiting Kerala minor girls
Kerala Orphanages turn out to be dens of exploitation
To all the idiots who keep praising british rule
Food for thought for the deracinated. All the glitters is not gold.
Hindi effect for SAARC leaders
Telangana walks away with Education Honors
Who Supported Sanskrit and Who Opposed Sanskrit?
South Asian Strategic realignment?
Competing Nationalisms to lead to familiar scenario?
Party thugs beat Dalit to death to divulge vote
How is this party even recognized by the Government?
“Intellectuals” and Anti-Nationals
“Speaking Hindi: How Modi is putting the Indianness back in India”
Culture
Do Telugus even know how they would be described?
Secularism already in Dharma’s dna. Others should lecture less, practice more.
Why we must be way of deconstruction: leads to knowing more&more about less&less
Status of “Aryan Invasion Theory”
Andhra-origin politician facing racial opposition in US house race?
Andhra
United Andhra Pradesh officially Bifurcated
TRS President has roots in Andhra
Razakar MIM party gives support to TRS government, demands changes to logo/culture
BJP’s poor showing in Telangana
Royalty turned Pilot turned Aviation Minister
Brewing water problems in Hyderabad, rest of region
Bifurcation casts shadow on a United Tollywood
Vijayawada-Guntur Naidu’s Choice for new AP capital
Telangana to have 14 new districts?
India
On Maharana Pratap Singhji and the Heroes of Haldighati
New Parliament sworn in before grand, subcontinental audience
Strategic assessment of Modi Victory
“Farooq Abdullah responsible for exodus of Pandits from Kashmir”
Mumbai water source levels getting dangerously low
“Modi should scrap section 66-A”
Congress ally showing “secularism” in action
UP’s caste based party driving caste based lawlessness
Hundreds of Hindu temples in Kashmir destroyed since KP exodus
Mahatma’s descendant says Nehru-Gandhis are Fake Gandhis
Remains of Ancient City found in Chattisgarh
Madhya Pradesh CM shows way to revival of regional high culture
Goa CM warns of communalism spread by foreign appointed priests
Previous Government’s political pressure in sensitive cases
Rise in suicide among men due to false dv cases
No fly Zone proposed over Padmanabhaswamy Temple
The Problem with Mishra and Roy
“Evidence proves Ishrat Jahan was an LeT member”
Possible Ramifications of blocking seedy online content
Asia
Five Hindu schoolchildren abducted in Balochistan
Pakistanis call for culture of dialogue within their society
Narendra Modi’s double edged for China
Sri Lanka’s Rajapakse and the Tamil Diaspora
Afghanistan and India and the Election
Economic storm ahead in China?
World
Canada used famine to clear out Native peoples
British police characterized as “racist”
UK refuses to extradite Brit child molester for trial in India
Presidential Election in Egypt
Voluntary Disarmament calls in CAR
Educate children early about dangers of vice
Monotheism in the Age of Globalism
May 2014 News Links
Updated!
An incredible Win for Narendra Modi
“Tsunamo flattens Congress, destroys Vote Bank politics”
“Why Chandrababu got it Right this time”
TRS to form first government of Telangana
Modi focus to be on facing China?
Why crime rates against Kerala children a concern
Tollywood not keen on shifting base from Hyderabad
5,000 Pakistani Hindus fleeing to India each year
India fails to boost science budget
What is happening in W.Bengal?
What a Uniform Civil Code actually means
“India could be Asia’s first cruelty free cosmetics zone”
Andhra churches on Lok Sabha elections
Hindu temple to have woman, BC priests
Religious Pluralism is beauty of Indian secularism
China-Vietnam clash in South China Sea
Mining Disaster in Turkey causes public outrage
Qatar World Cup is Human Rights Catastrophe
Regional moves against Boko Haram after Abductions?
Religious Faultlines in Ukraine
Culture
Teaching Pluralism & Tolerance the Dharmic Way
If French can make language relevant why can’t Indians?
‘Kashmiriyat’=Ethnic Cleansing/Oppression. Shouldn’t lecture on secularism…
Andhra
How is this fellow out and campaigning after his hate speech last year?
Will Telangana address it’s own North-South divide?
Dynastic politics in land of Telugus
Wakf board facing defamation case
Andhra-origin judge to be first Delhi HC Chief Justice
Arabs tourists “marrying” underage girls in Hyderabad
Super rich and Andhra politics
India
Counter to 1962 PRC propaganda
Youth Congress leader murdered
Head of NAC withdrew $10B from foreign accts
“Secular” Bollywood’s fake Secular Diatribes
Tamil author insulted by ‘Secular’ brigade
Will kashmiri separatists protest this as well or selective outrage?
A party that for Minority AND Majority
Gujarat Development Indicators
Maneka Gandhi questions Sister-in-Law’s Wealth
Why Congress brand of ‘Secularism’ has no room for KP’s
Wealth of Padmanabha Swamy Temple being stolen by bankrupt Kerala Model
Asia
Pakistan’s crimes in Balochistan echo their 1971 Genocide against Bengalis
Dalai Lama inspires Japanese to focus on ‘Inner Values’
Espionage and Leading Universities
Coping with Asymmetry at the Border
Water reclamation and Water Management
1000 minority girls targeted each year for kidnapping
Japan orders Military to down N.Korea missiles
Why are so many Elderly Asians killing themselves
And the world’s largest Christian country soon to be…
Japan ship seized…more trouble brewing?
World
Turnaround CEO for religious institution?
Small business owners & raising the Minimum wage
Who calls the shots in a democracy?
NYTimes asks, “When is foreign aid meddling?”
Far right continues rising in Europe
Who is eating the Middle class’ lunch?
Rwandan genocide and Vatican apologies
9 million female rape victims in EU
“UK has the most delusional drinkers”
Why is it ok for UK to be Christian nation, but can tell India to be secular? Hypocrisy?
The EU, the Irish, and the Greeks
OWS, Capitalism, and the World
April 2014 News Links
Updated!
High Stakes Elections poker in Andhra
Be wary and beat back propaganda on 1962
‘Why I will not Vote for Nandan Nilekani’
Communal Clashes Soar in W. Bengal
Girl punished in convent school for playing Holi
Saving secularism from the Secularists
India’s eroding Naval strength
Real story on Ishrat Jahan case
Ancient Indian economy right, Chidambaram wrong
Anti-national Congress shows its true colors
‘Sweeping mood for Poriborton’
China’s Renewable Energy Opportunity
200 Nigerian school girls abducted by Boko Haram
Strong Earthquake rattles Nicaragua
Russian Economy hammered by Money drain
Lunar Tetrad: 1 Blood moon down, 3 to go
Water scarcity drives Smarter Use in US
Culture
What can be learnt from Batra vs Doniger
India’s artificially changing religious demography
‘Eminent Historians’ clueless, Charity and integral part of Hinduism
We have lost the Connection with our Heritage
Hindu-Americans are not writing off Sanskrit
What makes one an Intellectual
Before accepting critique, ask “who is qualified to judge”
‘In defense of the Indian Male’
‘Nostalgia Must not Define Nalanda’
Andhra
Naidu gaining fast in Seemandhra
‘Pawan Kalyan’s outburst scripted’
Massive fire in Tirumala Hills–where was Government?
‘Owaisi brothers accused in various Criminal Cases’
Andhra Pradesh Constituency Watch
India
Army running low on Ammunition
Nilekani’s Aadhar card sold for money
RTI Activists dead. Blames 50 honchos
M.J. Akbar’s critics should explain their Obstinacy
‘Move away from Politics of Fear’
When constructive and well-intentioned, criticism is a good thing
‘Loyalty to your country is Non-negotiable’
Army predicted 1962 Attack by Chinese
‘The country’s Moral fiber is under attack’
Revamp understanding of Economics
India’s external debt quadrupled under UPA
Wife of Professor whose hand was Chopped off now dead
Bankrupt Kerala Government eyes Temple wealth…so much for “Kerala Model”
‘Why the Economist loves AAP and why we should not’
Sabyasachi Panda and AAP: Soul Mates?
How the UPA destroyed Education
Asia
Mob targets Hindu Temple/Sikh Gurudwara in Pak
Over 900 Workers have died building Qatar’s facilities
Myanmar’s Rohingya influx a brewing Crisis
Next time people say: “Everything started with Babri”
Effects of China’s desperate need for Water
China’s defense budget 4x India’s
Saudi Royal Politics and its Influence
Syria conflict toll over 150,000
World
Massive 8.2 Quake in Chile. Tsunami warning. Aftershocks in California?
General women’s abuse in India among World’s Lowest
Australia’s approach to Drought
Global values not same as Western values?
Half of US B-school programs could go bust by 2020
Handing over the Keys to the Internet
London: A city of Greed and Inequality
March 2014 News Links
Updated!
‘Perfect Storm for Inflation could Rock the Market’
India’s defense left in a mess
‘Indians want political Change‘
Dual citizenship dilemmas for politicians and policy makers
Hard road ahead for Seemandhra
India’s Independence Lesson: Speak softly, but carry a Big Stick
Cost of Anti-Hindu Congress rule
Nehru-Gandhis discriminating against Hindus
Congress destroying democracy?
Delhi sultans continuing to dictate to Andhra
Teesta Setalvad raised perjury to artform
Vishkanyas sow seeds of poison
AAP welcomes maoist murderer to party
Is AAP party of the extreme left?
Muzaffarnagar’s instigating rioters
Power without Responsibility/Responsibility without Power
Water problems for ‘Kerala Model’
Consequences of water irresponsibility in China
Lanka’s growing links with China
China gains from Russia-US Face-Off
Tensions in SCS may lead to Limited War
Venezuela instability in the aftermath of Ukraine
Peter Hitchens on Russian Intervention
Churchill & Hitler are birds of a feather
There is a difference between constructive criticism & defamation
ASI’s assault on Shankaracharya Hill
Fmr. President Kalam slams Sen
Culture
The Color Run and Appropriation of Holi
L’affaire Doniger: the full story
Selective protests by “secularists”
Princeton western woman’s Advice for modern Indian girls
Andhra
The Mysterious Lok Sabha blackout
The real winners in Telangana debacle
Andhra cop who died fighting Naxals honored
State division forces MLAs to switch parties
Dacoits active in Hyderabad outskirts
At last, the mask falls, and the true agenda is revealed
India
Andaman Islands under Serious Threat
‘Salman Khurshid’s impotent rage’
More NGOs than policemen in India
Mystery continues to shroud Sunanda Pushkar case
Attacks on Hindu leaders in TN & Kerala continue
UPA has failed to check Kashmiri separatists
Asia
450 Indian migrants dead in Qatar
Saudi atrocities against Indians
China Training for Short, Sharp War
China-Pakistan Corridor project resumes
Forced conversions of Pakistani Hindus continues
Pakistani oppression of Baluchistan
Political turmoil continues in Thailand
Indo-Japanese ties continue to rise
World
Ancient Vishnu murthy found in Russian village
Catalonian Separatism in Spain
European discrimination against Roma worsens
Upendra Chivakula in US House Race
Destabilizing protests in Venezuela
World Fish stocks dangerously depleting
Life is a video game, this is your guide
February 2014 News Links
Updated!
Congress changing traditional religious demographics in another “A.P” too
The Left Paved the way to Illiberalism in India
Is Economic Rationality Returning?
What happened to Kashmiri Pandits in 1990
Idiots…cutting off the nose to spite the face…
Political Expediency cannot guide the creation of States
How modern “historians” write about India
Is it secular when only Hindu Temples are under Govt. control?
Which party will be more Pro-Women
Congress dirty tricks department on overdrive
Gulbarg Society urges Judges not to Support Teesta
Drug abuse commonplace in India’s colleges
Nothing sacred about Article 370
United Opposition blocks Communal Bill
China giving refuge to Anti-India ultra
Dalai Lama asks China to learn from India
Tens of Thousands of Muslims flee Christian militias in CAR
15 Indian inventions that shaped the Modern World
Plastic Bags the new Petroleum?
Solar water pumps for drip irrigation
Chemicals in Whole Grain Bread
Culture
The Philosophical Unity and Antiquity of Hinduism
Current Trends not healthy for our Culture
Dalai Lama: “RSS an Inspiration”
India now world’s largest beef exporter
Andhra
Akkineni Nageshwar Rao Honored and Remembered
P.V.Narasimha Rao proposed for Bharat Ratna
AP Assembly rejects Telangana Bill–President to approve?
What would Microsoft be like with Satya Nadella as CEO?
MIM shows true intention, changes view, ties up with TRS
India
An honest IAS officer in Congress-ruled India
Large-scale violence against hindus in W.Bengal
The continuing plight of the Kashmiri Pandit
“Congress Politics is Brazenly Anti-Hindu”
UIDAI and Indian National Security
Northeast India to have surplus power soon
Noorani defaming Sardar Patel?
Delhiwallas giving another PR coup to anti-nationals in NorthEast Tragedy…
Anupam Kher: Disillusioned with the AAP
The lying lies of Teesta Setalvad
Asia
Hindus in Bangladesh fear for their Future
Asia’s Partnership: India and Japan
Japanese WWII soldier who refused to surrender dies, honored
Space Race between China & India
China’s claims violate International Law
Chinese Bridge, Indian Security Nightmare
Breakup of Thailand on the cards?
Madagascar President backed by Strongman
World
Market to tumble at least 15%?
85 Richest People own Half the World
Merger between US and it’s largest neighbor?
UN grills Vaticans on Child Abuse Allegations
Scottish Independence and the Debt Question
Passion for Vodka harming Russian men
Large Scale Violence in Central African Republic
Krugman: Paranoia of the Plutocrats
Global elites and the World’s Future
College still the key to Social Mobility?
Dangerous Cyber groups of which to be wary
Stephen Roach: Economic Recovery a False Dawn
January 2014 News Links
Updated Links!
Andhra Pradesh Tops in Human Trafficking cases
State of Andhra Pradesh has no Idea where public money went
More violence against women in Hyderabad
India’s next PM needs to have Big Ideas
Shinde playing Vote Bank Politics
Japanese Researches break new ground on Indus-Saraswati Civilization
”UPA’s driving wedge between Jains and Hindus”
Congress and Constitutional Coups
“India targets expatriates’ privileges at U.S. club amid dispute over diplomat’s arrest”
Devyani indicted, returns to India; US diplomat asked to leave India
Has the word “secular” lost all meaning?
India can’t afford AAP ka government learning on the job
Chinese Troops enter Ladakh every 14 days
”AAP’s Opportunism and Congress Decadence”
India’s Election Commission EVM’s reliable?
India’s Gulf expats jobless, hoodwinked
Another Angle to India-US diplomatic Row
Teesta Setalvad charged with Misappropriations during Gujarat Riots proceedings
Bangladesh Hindus under Threat
How the College Student Loan Bubble will Pop
China ADIZ in Arunachal Pradesh?
Saudi royal Major shareholder of Twitter—kindred spirit appointed for twitterIndia
Afghanistan-Pakistan Covert War
”Europeans United in Hating Europe”
Facebook Account Activity and Online Privacy
China’s Burgeoning Graduate Pool short on Jobs
Hindus and Buddhists Marginalized at United Nations
Global Conflicts to watch in 2014
Culture
Gita is the gist of the Vedas & Upanishads
Bhartruhari: Poet-King and Sanskrit Scholar
The Great University of Vikramshila
Misappropriation of Sanskrit led to disaster
Andhra
Telangana bills slated for Rajya Sabha
Bureaucracy prepares for AP Bifurcation
Seers oppose Islamic college on Temple Land
Pepsico investing Rs. 1200 Cr in new Andhra Plant
India
Kashmiri Hindu on bitter Pandit experience in Kashmir
The Untold Jat story from the Muzzafarnagar Riots
Letter to an Indian Nanny in New York
Devyani’s Husband an American “Wine Philosopher”
Chinese Troops again illegally camped in India’s Ladakh region
Babbar Khalsa militant arrested in US
Effect of Missionary Activity in India
Human trafficking and pornography linked
Asia
Amnesty fears attacks on Bangladeshi Hindus
“The Chinese Art of Creeping Warfare”
Rising Tide of India Japan Relation
How to Prevent a Sino-Japanese War
Lebanese Army fires on Syrian Aircraft
UAE major aid Provider to Pakistan
500 Municipal Chinese Lawmakers Resign in Corruption Scandal
Little India Riot in Singapore
World
World marching toward Anarchy?
US India Relations affected by “Nannygate”
An American’s view on Nannygate
Legalization doesn’t make it Safer
Jimmy Carter on Making Peace in Syria
3 Indian Peacekeepers fall in South Sudan
500 die in South Sudan Clashes
Top 5 Naval Battles of All Time
40 million shoppers’ credit card data stolen from Target
“Why Putin and Xi should be more like Bismarck”
Fighting continues in Central African Republic
Brazil cancels Major US Jet deal in political dispute
Germany committed to Fixing Eurozone
December 2013 News Links
Updated!
AP Congress govt. openly violating secularism
“Fatwas ban outsiders’ entry into Rameshwaram Villages”
Congress Routed in State Elections
Chinese patrol violates LAC and briefly abducts 5
Dirty Secrets of the British Empire
Congress using Aadhar to admit Bangladeshi illegals?
Article 370 Discriminatory and undemocratic
Indian “Elites” out of touch with Poor
Racism continues in South Africa
Gandhianism and India’s Example
Turkey to turn famed Hagia Sophia Church into Mosque
America to get tough with China?
Punjabi girls pushed into UK flesh trade?
Civic disappointment in the US
Scientists: Universe has not beginning and no end
Congress Communal Violence Bill shows Anti-Hindu motives
Pusillanimous PM leads to diplomatic shame
Communal Violence Bill Dissected
Lokpal won’t make any positive difference
The need for stringent checks on India’s Nepali Border
India world’s second largest exporter of beef…
China to reduce US Treasury Purchases
Bangladesh executes Razakar involved in ’71 Genocide of Hindus
Culture
The Importance of Language and Languages
Importance of a Values Education
Teach next generation to navigate web safely
Andhra
BJP against Owaisi’s “Rayala Telangana”
5000 Foreign students in Andhra Pradesh
Bill on Telangana Drafted for Winter Session
Congress Rayala-Telangana for poll gains and Owaisi Appeasement
Old Telugu capitals to be new capital of a Seemandhra state?
Congress govt in Andhra breaching Secularism?
India
“Why the Gandhis need to come clean on their Wealth”
Omar Abdullah tries to cover J&K’s discrimination against Women
Sardar Patel had vision for border states and India’s Security
CBI begins probe in Ratangarh Temple Stampede tragedy
Congress Polarizing Nation with Anti-Hindu Communal Violence Bill
Aam Admi Party really Con Admi Party?
India’s concerning food supply prognosis
India’s defense scientists in danger?
“Congress’ divide and rule mentality”
Asia
“Irredentist China ups the Ante”
China’s invented claim on Arunachal Pradesh
Maoists convincingly rejected by Nepali people
Pakistan selects new Chief of Army staff
Questions over reported Bangladeshi purchase of Chinese subs
Bangladesh’s vanishing Hindus: 9 lakh decrease in past 10 years
The Japanese public’s concerns over new bill and freedom of information
Vietnam-India relations Mutually Beneficial
Significance of Japanese Emperor’s visit to India
World
Nobel Prize Winner on troubling Global Bubble
Italy and the post-Berlusconi Years
Increased Human trafficking in “liberalized” Germany
Brazil’s Rainforest destruction rate increasing
Somali Prime Minister ousted by Parliament
Mexican Cartels move into Mining business
France sends more troops to Central African Republic
November 2013 News Links
Updated!
Pay Respects to Hind di Chadar on Guru Tegh Bahadur Jayanti
ISI threatening Indian Ministers w/ Black Money Exposure
Cyclone After Cyclone for Andhra
TTD made to deposit 1/3 Tirupati Temple Gold with RBI
Stories Indian politicians like to tell
Pakistani Hindus tell their sad story
Latest on illegal Heera International College in Tirupati
Bharat Ratna standards changing?
Japanese Emperor on official visit to India
If China can do it, why not India?
Air Defense and East China Sea
Japan offers generous aid to Philippines after tragic cyclone
Yoga Scientists find proof of Meditation Benefits
To be a good Global citizen, first be a good National Citizen
Culture
Diwali celebrations around the World!
Lessons on Governance from the Land of Maharana Pratap
Aamir Khan movie insults Hindu Gods
On the need to revive interest in Poetic Sanskrit Literature
Andhra
Congress Telangana stand is a Farce
Problems with Telangana Process
5 Andhra bus mishap Survivors Critical
Hanamkonda origin Patriot falls in line of duty
Owaisi repeats anti-Telugu demand of Urdu as 1st language of Telangana
India
On the need to go Beyond Bollywood
Father fight’s for justice for Kargil Martyr
Modi consoles Bihar Blast Victims’ Families
India onion prices causing more tragic tears
All is not well with Aam Admi Party
Heera College in Tirupati temple land Inappropriate
Asia
Gender based Disparities Worst in Pak
Delhi should not Boycott Colombo
China to stamp out Dalai Lama’s voice?
Chinese Banks and the International Scene
Former Pak Ambassador confirms Pak terror support
India’s need to secure Pharma interests in China
World
Deflating Inflation Myths of Economic Amateurs
Roma Minority in Europe targeted
Brazil’s Economic Slowdown leads to Rethink
October 2013 News Links
Samskriti
Andhra
Congress disrespecting Telugus again?
Oracle may expand in Hyderabad
Andhra escapes worst of Phailin
India
Is the Communal Violence Bill a Communal Vote Bill?
Historians in India below par?
India’s rich must contribute to society’s welfare
India’s shortsighted China policy
Telangana is challenge to Indian Federalism
Asia
Gen. Giap, brilliant Vietnamese military leader, passes away
Israel and India’s close military relations
China reembraces Confucian Traditional Culture
Iran’s shift and Iranian hardliners
World
Effect of US Budgetary Showdown
Terrible Plight of Sikh Girls in Britain
Can Australia Get G20 Brack on Track?
Discrimination of Roma in Europe
Nicaragua Canal a rival to Panama?
August 2013 News Links
Andhra
Mohan Babu to contest on BJP ticket
India
 Modi challenges PM to debate on development
Curfew lifted in most of Jammu
Hindu Temple gold to be taken by Indian Govt.?
Asia
Hindu men forced to convert in Pak
Tibetan Government-in-Exile website hacked
China Tourism falls due to Smog
Japan’s National Debt now 1 Quadrillion Yen
World
Opinion
“De-Indianisation begins with Elimination of Sanskrit”
Official language of Telangana questioned
“Communal Owaisi does not belong in aspirational India”
