One CRPF Officer Dead, At Least 5 Injured In Militant Attack In Srinagar
Two armed militants attacked a police station in Indian Kashmir on Monday, police said, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered his annual Independence Day speech in the national capital, New...
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We Are Free, But Why Are We Condemning Animals To Captivity?
Today, India celebrates 69 years of freedom. That single word encapsulates the right as well as the power to think, act and live with dignity. It took years of struggle and sacrifice for the citizens...
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How I Became A Born-Again Indian
"It's so hard living here! How do you guys manage it, with the terrible roads, pollution, corruption at practically every nook and corner?" complained my friend as she scooped up some hummus with a...
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This Engineer Reconfigured His Life To Become A Change-Maker In Education
Meet 28-year-old Lewitt Somarajan, the "happy go lucky" founder and CEO of LIFE (Learning Is Fun & Experiential) Labs -- an organization that envisions a world in which every child gets an...
View ArticleIndian Women Are Adding To Their Freedoms Every Year, With Bharat Mata's...
When my mother got married she was expected to look after her husband, raise children and manage the house. It was unthinkable for her to work or even go to family get-togethers without her spouse. But...
View ArticleSocial Unity Is Most Important, Says PM Modi On India's 70th Independence Day
In his third independence day address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday called for a tough and "sensitive" approach to tackle social evils such as casteism or untouchability, lashed out at...
View ArticleSeries Of Five Bomb Explosions Hits Assam
A series of five bomb explosions by suspected ULFA-Independent militants rocked upper Assam's Charaido and Tinsukia districts this morning as the state celebrated the country's 70th Independence...
View ArticleThe Tunes That Stir Our Hearts: The Songs Of Our Nation
By Avinash MudaliarIn the wake of every man, is a song, a song that he holds close to his heart, and sings softly to himself in his dreams, and yodels with all the force of his being to the...
View ArticleGoogle Dedicates Doodle To Nehru's Historic 'Tryst with Destiny' Speech
As India celebrates its 70th year of Independence, Google today dedicated a doodle to the historic "Tryst with Destiny" speech of the country's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.Nehru had delivered...
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Simone Biles Continues Her World Domination, Wins Third Gold Medal
Simone Biles, fresh off gold medals in the team and all-around finals, continued her domination of the field today, as she and her teammates added three more medals to Team USA's collection. Biles, who...
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Kashmir: Why The Activists Are Wrong In Conflating Human Rights And Separatism
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's reference to Pakistan glorifying terrorists in India in his Independence Day speech was obviously about Kashmiri militant leader Burhan Wani, whose killing has led to the...
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The Partition Through The Eyes Of One Of Pakistan's Greatest Writers
Not many among the literary-minded in India are likely to have heard of Abdullah Hussein, one of Pakistan's greatest writers, or read his classic novel, Udas Naslein (1963), which he translated into...
View ArticleMehbooba Mufti Makes An Emotional Appeal To Agitating Kashmiri Youth
Amid continued turbulence that has rocked Kashmir valley for the last 38 days, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today made an emotional appeal to agitating youth not to be misled by vested interests who...
View ArticleChief Justice Unhappy With PM Modi Skipping Judiciary Issues On Independence Day
Chief Justice of India T S Thakur today expressed dissatisfaction with Prime Minister Narendra Modi not mentioning the problems faced by the judiciary in his speech on the occasion of 70th Independence...
View ArticleFastest Man: Usain Bolt Creates Olympic History With Third 100-Metre Gold
For 9.81 glorious seconds on Sunday, all the ills that have dogged athletics recently were forgotten as Usain Bolt stormed to victory in the 100 meters final to become the first man to win three...
View ArticleHere's The Full Text Of Modi's Independence Day Speech
In his third independence day address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday called for a tough and "sensitive" approach to tackle social evils such as casteism or untouchability, lashed out at...
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The Spirit Of The Olympic Games, Captured In 1 Heartwarming Picture
This is how you deal with defeat at the Olympic Games.Bahrain's Eunice Jepkirui Kirwa lost out on gold in the Rio 2016 women's marathon to Kenya's Jemima Sumgong by just nine seconds Sunday.But instead...
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When Schoolgirls Become Mothers in Rural Indonesia
In the villages of Indonesia, teens often have limited access to family planning due to misconceptions about birth control and cultural taboos. Photographer Sonia Narang met women, like 19-year-old...
View ArticleSaudi Airstrikes Hit MSF Hospital In Yemen, Killing At Least Seven
DUBAI (Reuters) - A Saudi-led coalition air strike hit a hospital in Yemen's northern Hajja province on Monday, residents and local officials said, killing at least seven people and wounding 13.A...
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Ethiopian Runner Almaz Ayana Just Produced One Of The 'Finest Athletic...
An Ethiopian runner produced one of the greatest athletic performances ever seen on Friday.Almaz Ayana obliterated both the Olympic and world records in the 10,000-meter race Friday morning in Rio de...
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