GO TO SOURCE NEW BURNSWICK, NEW JERSEY, September 17, 2001: Manavi, a South Asian organization dedicated to empowering women from the subcontinent who live in the US, has announced a legal clinic for women who have experienced violence in their lives in two new locations. Manavi’s legal clinics provide women with the option of meeting with an immigration and family…
GO TO SOURCE LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, September 19, 2001: Chakrapani Ullal, the foremost exponent of Hindu astrology in the United States, offers his analysis of the September 11 terrorist attack on America at “source” above.
GO TO SOURCE UBLI, INDIA, September 16, 2001: The president of Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Ashok Singhal, has declared that he is against the direct involvement of India in the predicted “war.” He said the Indian land should never become a battlefield when “Christians and Muslims are fighting it out”. Acknowledging that the fight between Christians and Muslims was continuing since…
GO TO SOURCE ALISO VIEJO, CALIFORNIA, Sept. 16, 2001: When the brand new campus of Soka University of America opened its doors here for admissions for this fall, it decided to dedicate one of its classroom buildings to the ideals of Mahatma Gandhi, naming it “Gandhi Hall.” Gandhi’s grandson, Dr. Arun Gandhi, who had flown here from Memphis, Tenn., especially…
GO TO SOURCE GAUHATI, INDIA, September 15, 2001: A banned pesticide used by villagers in remote northeastern India was blamed Saturday for the death last month of 15 wild elephants. Investigator Kushal Konwar Sharma said forensic tests revealed the presence of the pesticide Dimecron in the elephants’ carcasses, which were discovered in and around Nameri National Park in Assam state.…
Source: Canadian Press OTTAWA, CANADA, September 10, 2001: Canada may soon be coerced into joining the ranks with eleven other nations of the world where spanking of children is considered to be a criminal act. In the Ontario Court of Appeal, Paul Schabas, a lawyer representing the Canadian Foundation for Children, Youth and the Law, has advocated that Section 43…
GO TO SOURCE NEW YORK, NEW YORK, September 1, 2001: Following a series of lawsuits, McDonald’s Corporation has announced it is giving more information about ingredients used in the items on its menu. The fast food giant is using www.mcdonalds.com to mention whether a “natural flavor comes from a dairy, vegetable or meat source.” Fliers containing the ingredient information will…
Source: The Daily Pioneer KOLKATA, INDIA, September 15, 2001: Giving a thumbs down to the Central Government’s move to introduce astrology in the curriculum of universities, Rabindra Bharati University (RBU) here has rejected a University Grant’s Commission proposal to set up an astrology department and returned a grant of US$31,900. The UGC controls much of the funding for universities in…