Source: www.medpagetoday.com UNITED STATES, August 27, 2010: The religious beliefs of a doctor can play a part in end-of-life care discussions for terminally ill patients, a British study published this week in the Journal of Medical Ethics determined. Doctors who identified themselves as agnostic or atheist were two times more likely to talk about life-ending care than those who had…
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN, August 24, 2010: Hundreds of minority Hindus rendered homeless by the devastating floods in Pakistan were served beef by authorities at a relief camp in Karachi, triggering protest from the community members. The Hindus belonging to the Baagri and Waghari nomadic tribes, who numbered around 600, are among 4,000 flood victims of different faiths living in…
Source: https://www.z2systems.com/np/clients/greenfaith/campaign.jsp?campaign=194 UNITED STATES, August 2010: (Press Release) GreenFaith — an interfaith coalition for the environment founded to help religious people become better environmental stewards — is pleased to announce that Dr. Pankaj Jain has become GreenFaith’s Hindu and Jain Scholar in residence, and will work with GreenFaith to build relationships with Hindu and Jain communities nationwide. GreenFaith is releasing…
Source: pr-usa.net AUSTIN, TEXAS, August 2010: Hindu Charities for America (HC4A), a new non-profit based in Austin, Texas, aims to provide students who qualify for the National Free and Reduced School Lunch Program with free school supplies. Its inaugural event was successfully completed over a two day period on August 12th and 13th; culminating in a donation of resources and…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com
Source: www.thehindu.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, August 15, 2010: The Supreme Court on Friday asked Parliament to revisit the provision relating to cruelty and dowry harassment, pointing out that large number of frivolous complaints are filed and courts are flooded with such matrimonial cases. Writing the judgment, Justice Bhandari said “The criminal trials lead to immense sufferings for all concerned. Even…
Source: www.tamilnet.com SRI LANKA, August 17, 2020: “Sri Lanka government is systematically destructing Hindu temples in the Eastern Province and constructing Buddhist Viharas in their places and one cannot remain passive while the Sinhala Buddhist chauvinists continue to destroy Hindu temples and appropriate the traditional Tamil lands for the occupying Sri Lanka Army,” said S. Yogeswaran, Tamil National Alliance parliamentarian…
Source: www.freep.com DETROIT, MICHIGAN, August 8, 2010: A Hindu advocacy group reached out to metro Detroiters to explain its efforts and raise awareness about the world’s third biggest religion. The Hindu American Foundation, led by Southfield native Dr. Mihir Meghani, held its event today in Farmington Hills. About 100 Hindus, along with leaders in the Catholic, Episcopal, and Jewish communities,…
Source: www.nytimes.com NEW YORK, August 25, 2010: “Civilizations are processes, not things.” These true words by Sheldon Pollock, a scholar of Sanskrit and Indian history at Columbia University, aptly describe a civilization’s art as well. It is easy to witness this flux in the exhitbit “Gods of Angkor: Bronzes From the National Museum of Cambodia,” Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, where…
Source: HPI KAUAI, HAWAII, August 26, 2010: The article “Raimon Panikkar, Theology Rebel, Dies at 72” from yesterday’s edition of HPI incorrectly stated Panikkar’s age as 72. He was 91.