The ancient Indian city of Dwarka is known in Hindu culture to have been the great and beautiful city of Krishna. The Hindu writings say that when Krishna left the Earth to join the spiritual world, the age of Kali (Kaliyug) began and Dwarka and its residents were submerged by the sea. The modern Dwarka []
Last year around this time of the year, Brazilian President Bolsonaro wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which read, Just as Lord Hanuman brought the holy medicine from the Himalayas to save the life of Lord Ramas brother Lakshmana, and Jesus healed those who were sick and restored the sight to Bartimeu, India, []
An investigation started by Scania in 2017 showed serious shortcomings and the use of bribes by its employees including senior management. The recipient of the bribe included an unnamed Indian minister, according to the multi-agency investigation and report by SVT, German broadcaster ZDF and Indias Confluence Media Scania CEO Henrik Henriksson told SVT any []
In present times most people in India have come to believe that that the theory of Aryan invasion or as some call it Aryan immigration is probably a western colonial theory. They fail to recognize that it was the Aryan immigration that later translated into Vedic civilization. There are many nationalistic arguments against what many []
Swedish environmental activist Geeta Thurenberg has been all over the news in India this week. It all started when she extended her support to the ongoing farmer protest in India. She quoted in her tweet We stand in solidarity with the Farmer Protest in India. Her tweet came at a time when other major international []
Between 3000 and 4000 years ago a new wave of migrants came into India from central Asia. Some of them moved into the south in the last millennium BC. They brought their Vedic rituals and their worship of Agni, the god of fire, but over time, the gods and rituals of the indigenous peoples were []
A very less reported yet very important from Indias security point of view was the news that China has constructed a new village in Arunachal Pradesh, it is said to consist of 101 homes, and analysis was done through satellite images. The report first emerged on NDTV where they claimed to have exclusively accessed the []
There has been a lot of talks recently about the new coronavirus variant. The fast spread of the new variant of coronavirus has been blamed for the strict tier four mixing rules for millions of people, harder restrictions on mixing at Christmas in England, Scotland, and Wales, while other countries including India are restricting travel []
This is being touted as a feat that comes with plans for a White House signing ceremony near the peak of the November presidential election. It allows lets President Trump to declare a foreign policy win after he many failed deals which included securing a nuclear deal with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un or force []
India lost 20 soldiers in Galwan Valley in the Ladakh border clash, but the question remained about how many Chinese soldiers were killed in the violent border clash. The Chinese government did not disclose the number of casualties suffered by the People’s Liberation Army during the Galwan Valley clash, however, media reports show some details. []
India-China dispute and the current India-China Stand-off is a significant international event. It has the potential to disrupt international relations and military partnerships at a time when the whole world is battling the COVID-19 pandemic. It is a standoff between the two most populous countries in the world, Also between the second and third largest []
The first case of the COVID-19 pandemic in India was reported on 30 January 2020. Since then, the outbreak has spread across the nation, with more than 85,000 cases and over 2,700 deaths. India has just surpassed the number of cases of novel coronavirus reported by China where the virus originated. Already running into the end of the third []
In 2017 when Emma Martina Luigia Morano from Italy died, she was the last person from the 19th century to be alive. Little did we, who are born in the 20th or 21st century know that people in that century experienced freezing temperatures in July, a killer frost in August. This was the darkest and []
For centuries, we humans are fighting contagion, working hard to catch, treat or prevent disease, but history has shown us that success has been limited, short-term, and any progress met with an arrival of a new disease – sometimes the same enemy in a new form. The vaccine has remained our most powerful weapon against []
Ramayana along with Mahabharata is considered among the greatest epics in Hinduism. For many Indians, it is their cultural and religious heritage, while for some it is a true account of history. Ram Setu is the bridge mentioned in Ramayana, which was constructed by the Vanara Sena (Apeman army) to help their army reach Lanka. []
During the times of the pandemic, for many people who have witnessed the tremendous growth of medical science and healthcare, in general, it is very difficult to understand why developing a vaccine for COVID-19 is taking so long. Also, given the fact that developing the vaccine for COVID-19 must be on the top of the []
The world is fighting to win a battle with an unseen enemy. The current COVID-19 pandemic will change our lives in many ways. The new normal in the post-pandemic would be very different from what we are currently used to before we encountered it very early in 2020. From sports, religion, social interactions to the []
The communication was clear, We have a simple message to all countries test, test, test, the advice of the World Health Organisation (WHO) head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus had for the world to contain the deadly pandemic. South Korea followed the same approach and isolated infected people based on widespread testing. The strategy was successful []
It is called novel-coronavirus for a reason. It is a new virus, discovered around 3 to 4 months back and now has put almost one-third of the world under lockdown. For many, no other incident in their lifetime had the ability to impact their lives like the current pandemic. There are many confusions and questions []
History is not just about correctly documenting our past but also learning from them. The last major pandemic that spread rapidly in India was in 1918 and the results were not very good. India was the worst affected country in the world with around 6% case fatality ratio, while the overall case fatality ratio of []
The risk of coronavirus in India is still low, there have been only three reported cases of Coronavirus in India and all of them have recovered and successfully discharged. Also, six Indians have been diagnosed with the virus in the Diamond Princess cruise in Japan. They are currently undergoing treatment in Japan. So far India []