Indian equity markets opened on a positive note today. The BSE Sensex breached the 28,000-mark for the first time, while NSE Nifty hit a new peak of 8,363.65 in early trade today.
The midcap index also touched a new high above the 10000-level on sustained capital inflows buoyed by a string of economic reforms recently announced by the government amid optimism over encouraging corporate earnings. Moreover, brent crude prices slipped to USD 82 per barrel, touching its lowest point since October 2010.
In rain-starved villages in the remote interiors of India where subsistence farming has long been the norm, farmers have been driven to debt and death by the vagaries of the weather. Uncertain monsoons have forced many farmers to choose between migration and abject poverty.
Muniyappa was one such farmer. Maintaining his 1.5 acre banana farm in the rural districts of Bangalore was becoming a struggle, one he was ready to give up for urban life. What changed his mind was a product called KB Drip, an irrigation system that ensured controlled and year-round access to water. The product was developed by IDEI, the New Delhi-based Indian arm of International Development Enterprises, a non-profit in Lakewood, Colorado, that aims to use “market principles” as it works to help rural farm families improve their agricultural productivity.
How much black money have Indians stashed abroad? The truth is nobody really knows. An estimate in 2011 of $80 billion was questioned by Manmohan Singh, who said it was excessive.
The highest body of India’s chambers of commerce, Assocham, says the black money figure was $2 trillion, meaning more than India’s GDP.
In India, we just love Sachin Tendulkar. He can do no wrong in our eyes and even if he does, then we choose to forgive and forget rather than vilify him. If you were there for his final match -- you would have realised that the love went above and beyond the ordinary.
So when someone comes and tells you that your hero is lying, what is your first reaction? Especially when that someone happens to be Greg Chappell -- a man who Tendulkar is known to 'not like.'
For those who came in late, here's the story so far. In his soon to-be-released autobiography 'Playing It My Way', Sachin Tendulkar has recounted a conversation with Chappell that occurred just before the 2007 World Cup.
Over the last few months, Hindutva groups have stepped up their activities in Chhattisgarh’s tribal region, leading to attacks on church-goers.
On Friday, when thousands participated in the Run for Unity in New Delhi, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the residents of Madhota village in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar district ran around the courts in Jagdalpur to deal with the fallout of the social divide deepened by the visit of the local Bharatiya Janta Party MP.
On October 9, on the invitation of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Dinesh Kashyap, the BJP MP from Bastar, came to the village, washed the feet of 35 people and announced their return to the Hindu fold.
Did you know a cell phone in a moving car emits significantly greater radiation, half of which could be absorbed by the brain while talking? A renowned epidemiologist from the US warns users of this and other cell-phone related hazards in the course of her recent talks in India.
Dr Devra Davis, a well-known American epidemiologist, author and health activist, President of Environmental Health Trust, a non-profit organisation devoted to researching and controlling avoidable environmental health threats, addressed a group consisting largely of Mumbai doctors on 19 October, at the end of a gruelling three-week tour that included visits to Delhi and Jaipur. This was in addition to three other talks in Mumbai alone.
Several women’s groups are now fighting the age-old gender bias perpetuated by Sharia law and finding ways to help Muslim women who have suffered due to its patriarchal dispensations. INNLIVE reports on some of these, including one which proposes a codification of such law, reinterpreted.
In her captivating documentary film Invoking Justice, the seasoned and acclaimed film maker Deepa Dhanraj, portrays how the Muslim Women’s Jamaat functioning in Pudukottai district in Tamil Nadu assists women to secure redressal under the Sharia law, for the violence and injustice they face. Many of these women survive extreme partner violence, severe marital disputes, sexual or other harassment, privately or publicly.
From being a figment of your imagination on a cold, dark night to being active only in a gullible mind, skeptics have many reasons to rule out the existence of ghosts. INNLIVE finds out the other side of the story.
Ghosts and ghouls have been a part of the Indian belief system for aeons. Starting from the mention of demons in our ancient scriptures to the existence of gods such as Kal Bhairav, a manifestation of Shiva, who was allegedly the lord of ghosts and commandeered an army of ghouls. And In India, we have an array of names for our night-time visitors — chudail, bhoot, dayan, pret, pisach, aatma — which goes to say that as Indians, our fascination with the paranormal is old and deep rooted.
