GO TO SOURCE COLOMBO, SRI LANKA, May 1, 2001: Joining a growing list of nations, including all in Europe, the Health Ministry of Sri Lanka banned all imports of raw and processed food which have been genetically modified. Importers are complaining that they will not be able to meet the requirements for scientific testing to find such genes as those…
GO TO SOURCE LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, April 27,2001: Nestled between the San Fernanda Valley and Malibu in the Santa Monica Mountains, lies a Hindu Temple where more than 3,000 people gather each weekend to worship. Originally built in 1984 and dedicated to Lord Vishnu, the site was chosen because the terrain is similar to the seven hills temple, Venkateswara Tirupati…
GO TO SOURCE KATHUA, INDIA, April 28, 2001: Two rival groups, the Shiv Sena and Mandi Sher Singh, who have been fighting over the control of old Ashapurni Mandir, have been debarred from the religious place by police. The situation escalated to violence on April 28 where 8 people were injured after a clash of swords and rods. Meanwhile, the…
GO TO SOURCE LONDON, ENGLAND, April 24, 2001: Pregnancy is notorious for bringing out food cravings in women, especially around the fourth month. In Britain, after completing a survey on 500 mothers-to-be, a British supermarket chain has concluded that the food of choice for 75% of these women was none other than the nutritious and delicious East Indian curry.
GO TO SOURCE KOLKATA, INDIA, April 29, 2001: The police arrested 72 devotees and monks of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) who went on the rampage and clashed inside its Kolkata temple office on Saturday, according to this report from Times of India. An assistant commissioner of police and four constables were injured while trying to separate the…
GO TO SOURCE NEW YORK, NEW YORK, April 27, 2001: The international Jain Sangh, based in New Jersey, observed the 2,600th birth anniversary of Lord Mahivir, the 24th and last Thirthankar in the Jain religion. More than 700 people attended the April 8 celebration held at Knights of Columbus hall in South River, N.J. The program included prayers, pujas, a…
GO TO SOURCE NEW DELHI, INDIA, April 28, 2001: The president of India’s 500,000-strong Federation of Farmers Association, P. Chengal Reddy, told a conference in Delhi that he believes India could increase its agricultural output by an additional 100,000,000 tons of food annually. He advocates better education of farmers in more productive methods. As well, he sees a great potential…
GO TO SOURCE NEW YORK, April 25, 2001: Under prompting from President Bush to restructure the Head Start Program, American educators, parents and community leaders are looking to two very different European models for guidance and ideas. It has been proposed that the Head Start Program provide earlier reading instruction and if that be the case, the French have dedicated…
GO TO SOURCE PUNE, INDIA, April, 27, 2001: A model to predict earthquakes, developed by a California-based scholar of Chinese origin, Zhonghao Shaou, uses the concept of “earthquake clouds.” The same concept is dealt with in detail in the 32nd chapter of Varahamihira’s “Brihat Samhita.” The greatness of the Ujjain-born scholar, philosopher, mathematician and astronomer Varahamihira (505-587 CE) is widely…
Source: The Daily Pioneer NEW DELHI, INDIA, April 24, 2001: A Norwegian man arrested and jailed in India for smuggling heroin has made such a remarkable transformation through the Vipasana meditation program the jail offers that the Norwegian government is looking into instituting the same program in its jails. Vipasana is a Buddhist meditation method involving long hours of meditation…