French luxury label Christian Dior said on Monday it would press ahead with a calendar of fashion shows for this year starting in July with an Italian catwalk display - but without the celebrated front-row audience of A-listers. The novel coronavirus crisis has accelerated a rethink among high-end brands of how collections are presented, with...
Jackson, MI: The Mississippi state legislature voted on Sunday to replace its state flag, the last in the nation to display the Confederate battle emblem. The removal of the flag marks the latest Confederate symbol to topple in the weeks following George Floyd's death as activists have called for a reexamination of the racism...
Washington: The White House on Monday expressed dismay over the Supreme Court’s ruling that struck down a Louisiana law that would have severely restricted abortion access, reports Yahoo news. Chief Justice John Roberts joined with the four more liberal justices in a 5-4 decision overturning a law requiring doctors performing abortions to have admitting privileges...
By Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj If we analyze ourselves, we find that our soul is encrusted with a layer of impurities caused by countless thoughts, words, and deeds we commit throughout our lives. Enlightened souls have been teaching humanity how to alter negative habits so that the soul can attain the state of purity of...
By Shashi Shekhar If there is one area in which India’s politicians have led by example, it is in observing the protocols that have come about due to the Covid-19 pandemic. From day one, Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi, the ministers in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government and chief ministers have all been seen...
By Vivek Katju Neither the proposition that both India and China have enough space to grow nor the attempt to foster a close personal understanding between the top leaders of the two nations, can obscure the reality that the latter is India’s greatest strategic threat. The challenge is compounded by its nexus with Pakistan. Its...
by Melvin Durai Bring everyone in the neighborhood together to support one candidate through masks? It was true that finding agreement was hard even to get everyone to agree on which day to have a yard sale — and even harder on political issues. But Meena was determined to prove her husband wrong. A short story. It was...
Pompeo tears into ‘rogue actor’ China for border tension with India China bigger problem than Pakistan, say a majority of Indians, ready to ditch Chinese goods New Delhi: China has deployed large numbers of troops and weapons along the de factor border between the two countries in violation of bilateral agreements, India's external affairs ministry...
New Delhi/Beijing: China on Wednesday again accused India of provoking a border clash along the Line of Actual Control saying that the face-off was caused by India's "betrayal of consensuses and unilateral provocations". "The incident was entirely caused by Indian's violation of consensus and its unilateral provocation, and it happened in China-controlled territory. The responsibility rests...
