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Kerala Fights Drought With 'Bounty Of Rain' Scheme
Kerala is extending a rainwater harvesting programme in the central district of Thrissur to all parts of the state following the successive droughts of 2015 and 2016. By S. Gopikrishna Warrier*,...
View ArticleDear Men's Rights Activists, We Need More Feminism For Gender Justice, Not Less
On 11 December, I was asked by my colleagues at an NGO to speak to a largely male audience on the occasion of White Ribbon Day (WRD), which marks the conclusion of the 16 Days of Activism to End...
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6 Stories From 2016 That Made Us See The World Differently
While The WorldPost is best known for publishing first-person voices from around the globe, we also regularly commission reported features from journalists abroad, covering a broad range of issues of...
View Article6 Killed After Fire Breaks Out At Bakery In Pune
PUNE -- Six workers were suffocated to death when a fire broke out in a bakery shop whose only exit was locked from outside in Kondhwa area here in the wee hours on Friday. Maharashtra: Six die after...
View ArticleOur Politicians Are Still Lagging Behind In Their Commitment: Air India...
A few days ago, when Aviation Minister Ashok Ganapathi Raju spoke of the "lagging" commitment of the staff employed with India's national carrier Air India, little did he expect to be put in place by...
View ArticleIIT Madras Website Hacked, Messages Praising Pakistan Posted
NEW DELHI -- The students of IIT Madras received a rude shock on Thursday morning when they found the institute's website hacked and pro-Pakistan messages posted on it. The website apparently was...
View ArticleIn A Tech-Age, A Muslim Man Can Divorce Via Letter, Message, Email And Phone,...
Three weeks after the Allahabad High Court called it "unconstitutional," Islamic seminaries in Deoband have endorsed the practice of triple talaq, which allows a Muslim man to divorce his wife by...
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People Can't Find This Woman's Legs In Viral Group Photo
Over Christmas weekend, one photo of six women perplexed the internet. The photo posted to Reddit on Christmas Eve is of a group of friends sitting on a couch and sipping beers. At first glance,...
View ArticleFeud In SP Merely A Drama To Deviate People From The Main Issues: BJP
NEW DELHI -- Dubbing Samajwadi Party as a 'Parivarwadi Party', Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday said that the family feud in the Uttar Pradesh ruling party is merely a drama to deviate people from the...
View ArticleRBI Refuses To Answer RTI Query On Reasons Behind Demonetisation
NEW DELHI -- Why were ₹1000 and ₹500 notes demonetised by the government? Fifty days after the government announced that these notes would cease to be legal tender, Reserve Bank of India feels that the...
View Article13 Nobel Laureates, 10 Global Leaders Petition UNSC To Make Rohingya Issue A...
DHAKA -- 13 Nobel laureates along with 10 global leaders have urged members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to urgently put the Rohingya crisis on the list of the council's agenda and to...
View ArticleWe Won't Hide It: Virat Kohli And Anushka Sharma Dismiss Engagement Rumours
Since Thursday evening, rumors of Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli's alleged engagement have been doing the rounds of the internet. The story was first reported by News 18, whose photographer spotted the...
View Article9 Bodies Recovered From Collapsed Jharkhand Mine, More Than 20 Still Trapped
RANCHI -- Nine bodies were recovered from a caved-in coal mine and more than 20 persons were feared trapped dead in Jharkhand's Godda district on Thursday night, the state police said on Friday. The...
View ArticleAkhilesh Yadav Calls For A Samajwadi Party Core Group Meeting At His Residence
LUCKNOW -- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has called for a Samajwadi Party core group meeting at his residence on Kalidas Marg here on Friday. The meet is to be held shortly and is...
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16 Moments That Shaped The Fractious Election Campaign In UP
Mulayam Singh Yadav, the Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo, told his party workers this week that "whoever wins U.P., wins Delhi." While that may not be the gospel truth, Mulayam's declaration underscores...
View ArticleDelhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia's Office Burgled
NEW DELHI -- Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia's office was burgled late night on Thursday, the city police said. "There was a robbery at the Patparganj office of Deputy CM late night on...
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13 Winter Trips In India That You Should Not Miss
Winter trips in India need not only be about escaping to sunny beaches or playing in the snow at the nearest hill station. The season brings with it the promise of snowy vistas, exciting cultural...
View ArticleThough Overall Crime Rate Has Gone Down In Delhi, One Woman Is Raped Every 4...
The Delhi Police data for this year suggests that the capital is now safer than at any time in the past decade. All crimes have marginally reduced from the previous year. Though this may seem like a...
View ArticleBenefits Of India's Massive Cash Overhaul Elusive After 50 Days Of...
NEW DELHI -- Fifty days ago, India yanked most of its currency from circulation without warning, jolting the economy and leaving most citizens scrambling for cash. As the deadline for exchanging the...
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If Samajwadi Party Splits, No Political Party Will Be Able To Use The Cycle...
As Akhilesh Yadav threatens to break away from the Samajwadi Party, the ball is now in father Mulayam Singh Yadav's court. Either 'Netaji' blinks and lets his son have his way, or Akhilesh is ready to...
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