It is not a secret that many Indians tend to prefer the birth of a son over a daughter. It isn’t that they love girls less; it is because men are perceived to have more advantages in life. While that is slowly changing, one doctor is determined to play a part in society’s evolution. Dr...Read More
The Tokyo Summer Olympics closed on August 08th 2021, to a spectacular finale. Officially called ‘Games of the XXXII Olympiad’, they were much anticipated given their postponement due to the COVID pandemic. Eleven thousand ninety-one athletes competed in 41 different sports across 339 events, with India and Australia among the 205 participating countries. In the...Read More
Australian farmers have welcomed the Indian Government’s decision to cut tariffs on red lentils from 33 per cent to 11 per cent. The tariffs were initially implemented by the Indian Government to protect domestic farmers and to get a balance between domestic production and the export of agricultural products. Australian farmers are hoping to capitalise...Read More
Authorities in India have begun an investigation into supposed forged test results. A government report revealed that some 100,000 coronavirus test results were forged by private agencies who were testing pilgrims at a busy Hindu festival. Festival blamed for the surge in coronavirus cases. The Kumbh Mela festival held in April is believed to have...Read More
A baby girl has been found by a boatman floating along the river Ganges. Aged just three weeks, the baby was laid on top of a red blanket and was found in a brightly coloured wooden box with a note inside calling her “Daughter of the Ganga.” Alongside this was also a horoscope card that...Read More
Swami “Baba” Ramdev is a controversial Indian figure primarily known for his brand of Yoga and Ayurveda, running yoga camps since 2002 and broadcasting them on various TV channels. Last year he stirred controversy by claiming that coronavirus can be treated by pouring mustard oil through the nose. This supposedly makes the virus flow into...Read More
On March 8th, India’s Department of Health published a message claiming India was in the “endgame of the pandemic”. The second wave proved to be a tough pill to swallow and demonstrated the fact that complacency leads to disaster. In September 2019, there were roughly 90,000 daily cases of COVID recorded in India. This fell...Read More
We live in an era of globalisation. The spread of information, products, technology, and jobs across cultures and national borders is swift and imperative. In economic terms, it refers to the interdependence of global nations and free trade. International boundaries have blurred as nationalities mingle freely; all these reasons are why COVID has been a...Read More
India, the world’s second-most populous country, recently recorded a grim death number of 300,000. Emergency room pressures have abated somewhat from the surge in April, but services are still stretched. Countries began sending emergency medical supplies to help India cope in recent weeks, including ventilators, medicines, and oxygen equipment. By early May, over 300 tonnes...Read More
In a country struggling to deal with millions of COVID cases and hundreds of thousands of deaths, there will always be residual costs. One price being paid is the distressing sights in or around India’s sacred river, the Ganges. The State of Uttar Pradesh has reported distressing scenes in recent weeks, coinciding with the second...Read More
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