sify.com GANGOTRI, INDIA, November 20, 2006: Glaciers throughout the world are in melt mode. Considered as the thermometer of global warming, world’s best-known ice masses are fast disappearing. And India’s Gangotri glacier is one of them. Studies conducted by WWF, available exclusively with CNN-IBN reveal that the Gangotri glacier is receding at an alarming average rate of 75 feet every…
www.theepochtimes.com COPENHAGEN, Oct 31, 2006 (HPI Note: This is an interview of mountaineer Pierre Maina by the Epoch Times): Forty-seven-year-old Maina is the doctor in charge of surgery at the Slagelse Sygehus Hospital in Denmark, as well as a member of the Mountaineering Association. The association has 400 mountaineering fans from around the world with most of the members being…
www.hindu.com GOPESHWAR, INDIA, November 17, 2006: Badrinath Temple on Thursday, closed for the winter season amid chanting of hymns and Vedic rituals. The chief Priest of the shrine closed the doors due to snowfall in the higher reaches of Badrinath, Temple sources said, adding that it will re-open in April-May next year. Thousands of devotees, including many saints, participated in…
www.hindu.com JAMMU AND KASHMIR, November 20, 2006: Because soldiers are stressed by an increase in fratricidal killings, the army has trained a group of instructors in yoga at Swami Ramdev’s institute. The newly trained yoga instructors are conducting special sessions with solders posted in Jammu and Kashmir to bring down their stress levels. “This has been done in view of…
www.dailyindia.com VARANASI, INDIA, November 20, 2006: Since time immemorial the Hindu culture has captivated a lot of foreigners who have been influenced with its rich history and significance in human life. While commencing his world tour, Scader Hanee Pulric, a German tourist may have hardly anticipated that this was to be his ultimate journey. While touring India he felt so…
www.hindusangam.org.my MALAYSIA, November 10, 2006 (HPI note: This is an editorial press release from the Malaysia Hindu Sangam): The death of a 28 year old man in the prime of his life is always an occasion of grief and sorrow to all, particularly to his family. The Malaysia Hindu Sangam wholeheartedly condemns the actions of the Government (in the form…
sify.com LONDON, ENGLAND, November 21, 2006: Young people in developing nations are at least twice as likely to feel happy about their lives than their counterparts in the developed ones, says a global survey by MTV Networks International. Indians are the happiest overall, while Japanese are the most miserable. The survey covered more than 5,400 young people in 14 countries,…
news.bbc.co.uk NEW DELHI, INDIA, November 20, 2006: A 14-year-old Indian boy, Om Prakash, has been awarded the International Children’s Peace Prize for leading a campaign against child labor and child slavery. Om was forced to work as a farm laborer for three years. After he was rescued, Om set up a network that aims to give all children a birth…
www.religionwatch.com CHINA, November 7, 2006: (HPI note: The following report appears in the November issue of Religion Watch, URL above.) Signs of religious revival in China may reflect more complex developments than it may seem at first. An article by Graeme Lang and Lars Ragvald in the current issue of Fieldwork in Religion (Vol. 1.3, 2005) looks at the construction…
actualidad.terra.es VALLADOLID, SPAIN, November 17, 2006: The House of India, a center for the expansion and spread of Hindu culture has opened in the ancient historic city of Valladolid, Spain, 201 km northwest of Madrid. At the inauguration ceremony, India’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Anand Sharma, pointed out that “With this center, Valladolid has created a permanent link with India.”…