Source: www.theglobeandmail.com CANADA, October 16, 2009: About 5,000 Bhutanese refugees are expected to arrive in Canada over the next five years in one of the largest government-sponsored refugee programs in recent memory. Unlike most immigrants, the government-sponsored Bhutanese don’t have the safety net of an already established community to ease their culture shock and offer support. That lack of a…
Source: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20670001&sid=atqOJHntgx10 MUMBAI, INDIA, October 17, 2009: The Mumbai Stock Exchange opened briefly for Diwali, more to ask for blessings than to make great deals. Investor Roshan Chawla offered thanks to a garlanded statue of Lakshmi, the Hindu Goddess of wealth, praying for a repeat of this year’s record surge in equities. Chawla, 66, joined brokers and investors at the…
Source: www.deccanherald.com LONDON, ENGLAND, October 14, 2009: Queen Elizabeth hosted a reception in Buckingham Palace for Indian-origin achievers ahead of a state visit by President Pratibha Patil later this month. Leading British-Indian citizens from the field of sports, writing, acting and business gathered together last night to watch a cultural performance by in the palace ballroom.
Source: www.economist.com PORTLAND, OREGON, USA, October 22, 2009: The story of how the dinosaurs disappeared is getting more and more complicated. Everyone knows that the dinosaurs were exterminated when an asteroid hit what is now Mexico about 65m years ago. Well, it now seems possible that everyone was wrong. The Chicxulub crater, as it is known, may have been a…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com The answers are already within each of us. Good luck matching them with the corresponding questions. Swami Beyondananda
pSource: /pbr /Investor Roshan Chawla offered thanks to a garlanded statue of Lakshmi, the Hindu Goddess of wealth, praying for a repeat of this year’s record surge in equities.br /br /Chawla, 66, joined brokers and investors at the Bombay Stock Exchange in making token stock purchases during the one-hour trading session.
Source: beta.thehindu.com SABARIMALA, INDIA, October 17, 2009: G. Vishnu Namboodiri, 45, and K.V. Madhavan Namboodiri, 39, were selected the new Melsanthis (head priests) of Lord Ayyappa Temple and Malikappuram Devi Temple respectively at Sabarimala through a draw of lots held at the respective temple sopanam on Saturday morning. Sabarimala Sannidhanam has been witnessing heavy rush since Friday afternoon as devotees…
Source: trak.in SRINAGAR, INDIA, October 17, 2009: As people across the country were overwhelmed with the celebration of Diwali, a number of Kashmiri Pandits or Hindus offered prayers for the return of their fellow community members who have been displaced from their homeland on Diwali eve. Theses Kashmiri Pandit families, as they are called in India administered Kashmir, illuminated their…
Source: www.thaindian.com KOLKATA, INDIA, October 18, 2009: Senior monk of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission Swami Ashaktananda breathed his last at a city private nursing home here Sunday. Ashaktananda, 78, was secretary of the Narendrapur Ramakrishna Mission. Swami was also the First Headmaster of the famed Narendrapur Ramakrishna Mission school on the southern outskirts of the city.
Source: news.bbc.co.uk UNITED KINGDOM, October 15, 2009: Indian regulators have for the first time approved the introduction of a genetically-modified (GM) food crop to India. The new variety of eggplant has been developed by one of India’s largest seed companies, Mahyco. Mahyco says the GM vegetable is more resistant to natural pests, but anti-GM groups oppose its introduction, saying that…