How Do You Stamp Out Child Marriage? Start With The Wedding Singer
VAN, Turkey — The men came unexpectedly, in the middle of the night. Gülmay Gümüşhan was fast asleep in her apartment in the easternmost Turkish province of Van, some 1,000 miles from Istanbul. They...
View ArticleExclusive: New Report Offers Proof Of US Hate Crime Rise In The Trump Era
The number of hate crimes rose across the United States in 2016, marking the first time in over a decade that the country has experienced consecutive annual increases in crimes targeting people based...
View ArticleDonald Trump Retweets Joke About Violence Toward Hillary Clinton
President Donald Trump shared a tweet Sunday morning that included the image of him hitting a golf ball and striking Hillary Clinton.The tweet came from a user named @Fuctupmind, whose Twitter bio...
View ArticleNITI Aayog’s Three-Year Action Plan Promotes Inequality In Education Instead...
The 9th of August saw thousands of scientists take to the streets in defence of the scientific temper and against budget cuts and the proliferation of pseudoscience that has plagued various fields of...
View ArticleWhy August 2017 May Well Have Marked The Beginning Of The End Of Modi’s...
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), given its penchant for headline hunting, might have thought August 2017 was nicely set up. July had ended with the swearing in of a Dalit President and Bihar's return...
View ArticleHow A Quest For Meaning Can Help Teenagers Beat Depression
The World Health Organisation tells us that depression affects more than 300 million people annually. It is the leading cause of disability worldwide and is a major contributor to the overall global...
View ArticleApple Makes A $999 Gamble On Its Aspirational Brand
Loizos Heracleous, Warwick Business School, University of WarwickApple is taking a calculated risk with the pricing of its new phone. The US$999 iPhone X is a bet on users' loyalty and wealth and is on...
View ArticleGoa To Ban Drinking Liquor In Public Places, Says Manohar Parrikar
GOA -- Goa Chief Manohar Parrikar on Monday said that the state will ban drinking of liquor in public places to curb the nuisance created by people in drunken state.He said necessary amendments to the...
View ArticleNarendra Modi's Heart Beats For The Poor, Says Amit Shah On PM's 67th B'day
NEW DELHI -- BJP president Amit Shah on Sunday bracketed Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Sardar Patel and BR Ambedkar and said Modi had started India's economic integration after Patel and Ambedkar...
View ArticleWhy Doctors In The US Are Either Depressed Or Retiring
There is a growing litany of acronyms and alphabet soup organisations and algorithms that are designed to confuse, obfuscate and subordinate the discretionary thinking of a physician. What these...
View ArticleLena Waithe, Aziz Ansari Earn Comedy Writing Emmy And A Standing Ovation
Lena Waithe and Aziz Ansari’s Emmy win made history on Sunday night.The two earned the Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series at the 69th annual awards for the “Thanksgiving” episode from...
View ArticleHere Are Your 2017 Emmy Award Winners
TV took center stage Sunday night at the 69th annual Emmy Awards, airing live on CBS from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Stephen Colbert hosted this year’s ceremony, celebrating shows like...
View ArticleThe Indian Railways Has A Smart Idea To Reduce Quarrel Between Passengers:...
If you have traveled on a train, you sure have witnessed the fights over berths. The upper-berth passenger often complains that they are allowed very little time to eat their meals because the...
View ArticleThe Morning Wrap: Victory For PV Sindhu; Ryan International School Reopens
The Morning Wrap is HuffPost India's selection of interesting news and opinion from the day's newspapers. Subscribe here to receive it in your inbox each weekday morning.Essential HuffPostOlympic...
View ArticleWhat Makes Narendra Modi Special Among India's Prime Ministers Since 1991?
What explains [Narendra] Modi's cross-cutting appeal?K.N. Govindacharya was one of the most influential leaders in the BJP organization through the 1980s and early 1990s, and has seen Modi evolve over...
View ArticleAmitabh Bachchan Saw Nothing Wrong In This Picture He Shared To Celebrate 1...
Amitabh Bachchan, who by now has established himself as a fair-weathered feminist, recently shared a picture to celebrate one year of the film, Pink.In case you don't recollect, Pink was a...
View ArticlePeople Who Revere Cows Don't Resort To Violence Even If Their Sentiments Are...
JAIPUR -- RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has said that those who revere cows do not resort to violence even if their sentiments are deeply hurt.Rearing of cows is financially beneficial for us, he said to a...
View ArticleIAF Marshal Arjan Singh Cremated With Full State Honours
NEW DELHI -- A fly-past of Sukhoi-30 fighters and a 17-gun salute for Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh were held at his last rites ceremony at Delhi's Brar Square on Monday.Last rites...
View ArticleMaya Kodnani Wasn't In Naroda Gam, BJP Chief Amit Shah Tells Court In 2002...
Appearing before a sessions court in Ahmedabad on Monday to testify for Maya Kodnani, who is an accused in the 2002 Naroda Gam riots case, BJP chief Amit Shah has backed Kodnani's alibi.Shah told the...
View ArticleIn RSS Schools, Muslim Students Are Learning To Live With Hindutva
AGRA, Uttar Pradesh -- Rabul Hussain, Mohammed Adil and Shoaib Khan do their morning prayers differently from most Muslims. The three teenagers don't sit on the floor and bow westwards in the direction...
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