Source: news.bbc.co.uk BIHAR, INDIA, June 15, 2010: In India, where traditionally boys have been preferred over girls, a village in Bihar state has been setting an example by planting trees to celebrate the birth of a girl child. In Dharhara village, Bhagalpur district, families plant a minimum of 10 trees whenever a girl child is born. And this practice is…
Source: www.sciencedaily.com UNITED SATES, July 13, 2010: A total of 136 adults diagnosed with major depression or bipolar depression at inpatient and outpatient psychiatric care facilities in Chicago participated in the study. In patients diagnosed with clinical depression, belief in a concerned God can improve response to medical treatment, according to a paper in the Journal of Clinical Psychology. Response…
Source: www.nytimes.com NEW YORK, U.S., July 2, 2010: Publishers of Christian material have begun producing iPhone applications that can bring up quick comebacks and rhetorical strategies for believers who want to fight back against what they view as a new strain of strident atheism. And a competing crop of apps is arming nonbelievers for battle, with many new apps to…
Source: www.religionnews.com UNITED STATES, June 8, 2010: When seventh-grader Raymond Hosier was suspended for wearing rosary beads to school late last month, civil rights groups rushed to his defense. “Without question, the continuing action taken by the school district in punishing Raymond for wearing a rosary to school violates the constitutional rights of our client,” argued Jay Sekulow of the…
Source: www.washingtonpost.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, June 13, 2010: Nestled between the wedding sari boutiques and hipster jean shops, there’s a store in the city’s most popular shopping mall that’s playing with the Gods. The fashion, art and design store has cool pillows depicting a Sri Saraswati, the Hindu Goddess of knowledge, music and the creative arts. She’s lounging on her…
Source: www.thehindu.com CHENNAI, INDIA, June 28, 2010: Vacationers from across the globe can now explore and visit several tourist spots and UNESCO monuments in Tamil Nadu through a virtual tour. Initiated by the Tamil Nadu Tourism Development Corporation (TTDC) recently, a click on the mouse gets one all tourist spots live on screen. “The aim of launching a virtual tour…
Source: news.bbc.co.uk NEW DELHI, INDIA, June 3, 2010: Civil servants complain of political interference, and a new report has confirmed what many Indians have long suspected – their country’s bureaucratic system is one of the most stifling in the world. The Hong Kong based group, Political and Economic Risk Consultancy, surveyed more than 1,300 business executives in 12 Asian countries.…
Source: www.independent.co.uk UNITED KINGDOM, June 1, 2010: The head of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), the state body in charge of India’s heritage assets, told The Independent that the list of his country’s treasures held abroad was “too long to handle” and there was a need for a “diplomatic and legal campaign” for their restitution from institutions including the…
Source: news.bbc.co.uk UNITED KINGDOM, June 5, 2010: Religious education is “inadequate” in one in five secondary schools in England, according to watchdog Ofsted. Its study suggested many teachers were unsure of what they were trying to achieve in the subject. The report, Transforming Religious Education, found the quality of religious education had declined since 2007. Inspectors, who visited 183 primary…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com It is far easier to conquer others than to conquer oneself, because the former can be attained by recourse to outside means, while the latter can be achieved only with one’s own mind. Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)