Can Spite Be a Force For Good?
That’s one of the arguments in Simon McCarthy-Jones’s “Spite,” which Sarah Lyall in her review calls “a highly entertaining book that should be read more as an illuminating examination of
Mahabharata to Be Taught in Saudi Schools -Under Vision 2030
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia schools will soon be teaching the students Indian epics Ramayana & Mahabharata. Crown Prince MBS has reportedly directed that these be included in the social science
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India Police Asks Muslims to Offer Prayers to End the Pandemic (Viral Video)
An Indian police officer asks the Muslim community in his precinct to offer prayers for the COVID-19 pandemic to end. A video circulating on social media shows a Mumbai police
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Oral Pill Treatment for Corona Likely to be Approved in India
American Pharma major Merck has developed a drug called Molnupiravi which works to completely eliminate the new Coronavirus from the body. Merck is working closely with leading Indian Pharma giant
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‘Framing China’s Human Rights Record, Climate Change is Strange’: Jeffrey Sachs on BBC Newsnight
Professor Jeffrey Sachs calls out BBC Newsnight anchorperson on framing China’s human rights record and Climate Change issue. “What about America’s human rights record,” he questions. At the 6 +/-
HARD TALK on Protests in Pakistan on France Cartoons on Prophet
Adil Najam, a Pakistani academic and intellectual who serves as the inaugural dean of the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, and previously served as vice-chancellor of the
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Difference Between Pleasure and Happiness (Video)
The science behind pleasure and happiness is sourced in the fields of neuroscience, medicine, and psychology. It draws heavily on research summarized in the book The Hacking of the American Mind,
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Pfizer Wanted Military Bases as ‘Guarantee’ For Vaccines?
Pfizer reportedly wanted military bases as “guarantee” for COVID-19 vaccines, a news in video report by WioNews.com claims. The multinational English language news channel headquartered in New Delhi, alleges that
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India, Israel and UAE Join Hands to Tap Their Potentials. An Interesting Development Gone Unnoticed.
DR. ZAKIR HUSAIN: If the trilateral economic association between Israel, India and the UAE goes well, it would be a game changer in the regional economic and security cooperation. A
Amartya Sen, Gulzar on Rabindranath Tagore (Video)
AMARTYA SEN at the Nobel website: Rabindranath Tagore, who died in 1941 at the age of eighty, is a towering figure in the millennium-old literature of Bengal. Anyone who becomes
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India, Pakistan Tension: The Shift in March
There was a sudden shift in the month of March which captured observers and world media attention. A display of flexibility in moves and statements in inter-state relations of the
U.S. Report Predicts ‘Escalatory Cycle’ in 2021 in India, Pakistan Tension. No ‘General War’.
Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India is more likely to respond with military force against Pakistan, warns a US intelligence report sent to Congress on Tuesday. The