Source: www.fijitimes.com FIJI, August 02, 2010: About 40 priests of the Shree Sanatan Dharm Pratinidhi Sabha of Fiji were given certificates indicating their ordination yesterday. Sabha General Secretary, Vijendra Prakash, priests are be well trained before they went out into communities to perform prayers. All the priests fcome under the Shree Sanatan Dharm Brahman Purohit Sabha of Fiji, the governing…
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com VARANASI, INDIA, July 10, 2010: Plastic bags inside the premises of the famous Kashi Vishwanath Temple will soon be a thing of the past as the local Trust has proposed a total ban on the use of plastic material inside the premises. While the proposal is being viewed as an environment-friendly measure to restore the sanctity of the…
Source: www.businessgreen.com INDIA, July 28, 2010: India’s largest state has become the latest to announce a complete state-wide ban on the use of plastic bags this week. From the beginning of August the manufacture, storage, import, sale and transport of plastic carry-bags will be illegal in Rajasthan. No shopkeeper, retailer, trader, hawker or vendor will be allowed to supply goods…
Source: www.hindustantimes.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, July 21, 2010: The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is focused on building soft power — the attractiveness of a country’s civilization, culture, values and political system — as well as ensuring that China is respected and admired for its achievements since reforms began in 1978. In contrast, India puts little emphasis on promoting the country’s…
Source: www.google.com MUMBAI, INDIA, July 30, 2010: An Indian court ruled that Hindu Gods cannot deal in stocks and shares, after an application for trading accounts to be set up in their names. Two judges at the Bombay High Court on Friday rejected a petition from a private religious trust to open accounts in the names of five Deities, including…
Source: www.theage.com.au MUMBAI, INDIA, July 14, 2010: Pyramids have been credited with supernatural or paranormal properties since the days of ancient Egypt. Now their power is to be harnessed to cut road accidents. Traffic officers in Nagpur have agreed to allow small pyramids to be placed at 10 accident-prone sites in the city to see if their claimed positive energy…
Source: www.hindustantimes.com MUMBAI, INDIA, July 11, 2010: A day after the Supreme Court decision to lift the ban on the sale of American author James Laine’s controversial book on King Shivaji, protests took place in several parts of the state, especially in western Maharashtra — former stronghold of Shivaji’s Maratha empire. Amid protests at his hometown in Nanded, Chief Minister…
Source: sify.com UNITED KINGDOM, July 28, 2010: A novel initiative called Global Leicester has been launched here to teach British children about Asian cultures that abound the city’s diverse ethnic population. The promoter, Leicestershire Education Business Company (LEBC), says the new venture will promote multi-culturalism from an early age by understanding local cultural differences and dismantling boundaries communities construct around…
Source: thebluegodofjudaism.blogspot.com USA, JUly 30, 2010 (By Rabbi Robert dos Santos Teixeira, LCSW): Striking similarities exist between YHWH, the God of Judaism (whom Christians often refer to as Yahweh), and Shiva. Both, for instance, appear as a “pillar of fire;” both are associated with a bull, YHWH with a golden calf and Shiva with Nandi; and both have a blue…
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