No women or dogs allowed in library: AMU ban on female students is shameful
The prestigious Aligarh Muslim University, it seems, has added another item to the list of things which most anxious academic institutions suspect can ‘distract’ students. And the item is ‘women’. Yes really. If a new report is to be believed, women, in the books of the AMU... read more »
8 women dead, 25 critical after Chhattisgarh sterilisation camp
Organised by the Chhattisgarh government in the home district of state health minister Amar Agarwal, the camp saw 83 women being operated upon on Saturday as part of the annual family planning camp. After the women started complaining of severe pain, they were referred to the Bilaspur district... read more »
Vidya Sagar invites applications for certificate course in human rights
CHENNAI: Vidya Sagar, a Chennai-based organization working for the benefit of persons with disabilities, is offering a certificate course in human rights with focus on disability rights. The three-month course would cover various international conventions, perspectives to different groups of... read more »
Understanding and caring for dengue fever in kids!
Dengue fever, one of the most common diseases in India, is a mosquito-borne tropical disease caused by the dengue virus. Dengue is transmitted by several species of mosquito within the genus Aedes, principally A aegypti. The disease is transmitted by the bite of an Aedes mosquito infected with a... read more »
Jayalalithaa walks out of jail, to leave for Chennai shortly
Tamil Nadu chief minister O Panneerselvam, other state ministers and hundreds of AIADMK workers were outside the Parappana Agrahara Central Prison to meet her. She will now take a special... read more »
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd appoints MD & CEO
The Board of Directors of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd at its meeting held on October 17, 2014, has approved re-appointment of Mr. Punit Goenka as Managing Director & CEO of the... read more »
Kushal Pal Singh: The man who built India’s first smart city
It was, by his own account, a chance encounter with a scion of the Gandhi political dynasty that turned former soldier Kushal Pal Singh into the man who built a city from nothing and made... read more »
Disappointing TCS, HCL Tech numbers leave IT defenceless
Tata Consultancy Services and HCL Technologies each declined about 9% on Friday, the worst daily fall in at least five years and HCL Technologies each declined about 9% on Friday, the worst... read more »
Denmark Open: Shixian stops Saina Nehwal
HYDERABAD: A fighting Saina Nehwal failed to stop Shixian Wang in the quarterfinals of the Denmark Open Super Series Premier in Odense on Friday. The Indian, who won the title here in 2012, did all... read more »
