Simple Living Is The Life Mantra Of Supreme Court Judges

By SUHEIL KHAN | INNLIVE

At a time when politicians arrive in Parliament in flashy cars and have declared assets worth crores that include palatial mansions, automobiles and land, Supreme Court judges believe in high thinking and simple living.

A study of the assets declared by 21 judges reveals that only five of them own a car. Chief Justice of India T S Thakur has a Premier 118 NE in his name.

Red Alert: Why We Need To Act Now To Counter The Challenges Of Climate Change

By M H AHSSAN | INNLIVE

Taking cognisance of this alarming rise in the temperature, global leaders have been meeting every year, now for over two decades, to decide on what conscious actions each country can take to reduce their emissions.

The current drought affecting 330 million people, the heat wave that is gripping most cities and falling water tables in Delhi, Gurgaon, Bangalore and other parts of India are all indications of what we could expect from our future as humans continue to burn massive quantities of fossil fuel, encroach green spaces to build ever-growing concrete cities.

Indian Students Are Not As Poorly Educated As You Think—They’re Even Worse

By LIKHAVEER | INNLIVE

Humanities student Ruby Rai scored a commendable 444 marks out of 500—a 90% score—topping this year’s Class 12 exams conducted by the education board of the northern Indian state of Bihar.

As it usually happens with such academic toppers, the media promptly arrived at her residence in Bihar’s Hajipur district last week.

What Happens When A Young And Hip India Goes Shopping Over The Next Two Decades?

By NEWSCOP | INNLIVE

There’s a lot to look forward to when the world’s second most populated country goes shopping over the next decade or two.

India’s “urban mass”—a cohort of 130 million, earning at least $3,200 (Rs2,16,000) each a year—will spend big on eating, drinking, and moving around in Asia’s third-largest economy, according to a new report by Goldman Sachs.

Horror On A Joyride: Is It Time For Indian Amusement Parks To Have Stricter Regulations?

By M H AHSSAN | INNLIVE

It’s almost a month since the fatal theme park accident in Chennai, but not much has been done to increase the accountability or impose tighter safety norms.

Every once in a while, there are reports of accidents at India’s amusement parks that elicit shock and indignation but are soon forgotten. The most recent one to grab eyeballs was the collapse of a 50-foot-high joyride at the Kishkinta Amusement Park near Chennai on May 11, which caused the death of a 25-year-old man and injured 10 other employees of the theme park.

Indian Restaurants: The Unlikely Symbol Of Changing Balkans

By SANDEEP PUSHKAR | INNLIVE

A region in the grip of strife till 25 years ago is transforming culinarily.

Last summer, while travelling through Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro and Albania, my wife and I saw the changing face of the Balkans and Indian migration in an unlikely place: the Indian restaurant. Well-patronised and Indian-owned, this establishment has sprouted in the farther-flung places of the region. We did not expect this.

Until the early 1990s, this wasn’t a region that endeared itself to potential immigrants. Albania, one of the poorest countries in Europe, was a virtual hermit. And across the border, Slovenia, Croatia and Montenegro were employing repugnant forms of ethnic chauvinism to rip apart the Yugoslav federation.

'Lack Of Expertise Leading To Needless Amputations'

By SHEENA SHAFIA | INNLIVE

Lack of expertise and absence of multi-disciplinary approach to treating complications arising out of diabetic foot is leading to unnecessary amputation of limbs, said experts at a two-day international conference on diabetic foot in Hyderabad.

According to them, 'diabetic foot' -- which develops as ulcers -- is seen among 15% of all diabetics. Half of them, they added, require removal of toe, foot or complete amputation below or above the knee if they do not maintain proper foot hygiene or seek timely medical attention.

Defeating’ India And ‘Controlling’ Afghanistan Have Been The Goals Of Pakistan’s Jihad Industry

By M H AHSSAN | INNLIVE

The education ministry indoctrinated young minds and trained a crop of Jihadis through a special madrassa network.

…In the past few years, Pakistan has witnessed an exceptionally high level of tolerance for extremism among the middle class, which staffs Urdu media and provides intellectual direction to public opinion. Urdu newspapers glorify militant groups as the agents of local and global “Jihad” and are steeped in the Jihadist discourse that emanated from Pakistan’s concerted alliance with the USA in the 1980s to nurture the mujahideen and later efforts to seek “strategic depth” in Afghanistan and “fix” India via proactive Jihadism.

Little has changed in the past three decades except the fact that a grander version of Urdu press now exists in the shape of electronic media. The latter, barring few exceptions, has also overtly and covertly supported soft Islamism as a natural policy option for an Islamic Republic endowed with nuclear weapons.