By Nava Thakuria Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA) extends heartfelt thanks to the Union government in New Delhi for paving the way to recognise Assamese (অসমীয়া Asomiya) as a classical language along with Marathi, Bengali, Pali and Prakrit. The forum of nationalist citizens, in a media statement, expressed happiness that Assamese, which is spoken by over 20 million people, now gets entry to the prestigious category already comprising Tamil, Sanskrit, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Odia languages. Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has already expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Union Cabinet for the historic decision to…
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Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat in his customary Vijayadashmi address at Nagpur on Saturday called for unification of Hindu society at home and worldwide noting that weakness was a crime and even “Gods did not care for the weak.” He mentioned the ongoing atrocities faced by the Hindu community there and how the situation in the neighboring Bangladesh is affecting law and order in India. The RSS chief stated, “What happened in our neighboring Bangladesh? It might have some immediate reasons, but those concerned will discuss it. However, in the chaos, the tradition of committing atrocities against Hindus was…
Noel Tata was appointed chairman of Tata Trusts on Friday, following the death of his brother Ratan Tata at the age of 86. At 67, Noel becomes the 11th chairman of Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and the sixth chairman of Sir’s Ratan Tata Trust. His appointment is significant, as the Tata Trust holds a 66% stake in Tata Sons, the holding company of the Tata conglomerate with more than 150 years of assets. Noel Tata, who has been part of the Tata Group for 40 years, is currently the Chairman and Non-Executive Director of Tata International Limited. He is also…
Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, also known as Hibakusha, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. “Hibakusha is receiving the Peace Prize for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again,” the Norwegian Nobel Committee said in its citation. Jorgen Watne Frydnes, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, said the award was made as the “taboo against the use of nuclear weapons is under pressure.” He said the Nobel committee “wishes to honour all…
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has released its Living Planet Report, highlighting India’s food consumption patterns as the most sustainable among major economies (G20 countries). The report indicates that if all nations adopted India’s food consumption approach, it would result in the least climate-damaging scenario. In contrast, Argentina, Australia, and the United States are identified as having the least sustainable practices. It warns that if major economies’ current food consumption patterns were adopted globally by 2050, greenhouse gas emissions related to food production would exceed the 1.5 degrees Celsius climate warming target by 263%, necessitating 1 to 7 Earths to…
The Nobel Prize 2024 in Literature was awarded to South Korean author Han Kang for her “intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life”, the Nobel Committee announced on Thursday. Kang comes from a literary background as her father being a reputed novelist. Alongside her writing, she has also devoted herself to art and music, which is reflected throughout her entire literary production. Han Kang was born in 1970 in the South Korean city of Gwangju before, at the age of nine, moving with her family to Seoul. She began her career in 1993 with…
Ratan Tata, the esteemed chairman emeritus of Tata Sons, was cremated with full state honours in Maharashtra’s Worli on Thursday evening. He breathed his last at Mumbai’s Breach-Candy Hospital on Wednesday. The chairman emeritus of the Tata Group was 86. He was also given a ceremonial guard of honour by the Mumbai Police after his mortal remains were brought to a crematorium in Worli for final rites. The last rites were performed as per the Parsi tradition, one of the priests present at the crematorium said. After the funeral, there will be three more days of rituals which will be conducted at…
The Middle East is witnessing a significant deterioration of security and an escalation in military operations, now threatening to spark a regional war as military actions expand in Lebanon and northern Israel. The current escalation of this decades-long conflict, which began with a horrific attack on Israel on 7 October 2023, has resulted in devastating casualties, particularly among Palestinian civilians in Gaza, and has now intensified further with missile attacks from Lebanon and Iran on Israel and expanding Israeli military operations in Lebanon. Hundreds of thousands of civilians in both countries have been forced to flee their border villages and…
Foreign tourist arrivals in India are estimated to reach 10.1 million this year, up from 9.2 million in 2022, though still below the pre-pandemic level of 10.9 million in 2019, according to a report released by Booking.com in collaboration with Accenture. The report, titled ‘How India Travels 2024 – The Inbound Edit,’ predicts that India will exceed pre-pandemic arrival numbers by 2025. Despite the lag in foreign arrivals, India’s recovery in tourist spending has been notably swift compared to its peers in the Asia-Pacific region, rebounding to 94% of its 2019 spending by 2023. Average spending by Indian travellers also…
The Chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons and recipient of India’s second highest civilian honour, Padma Vibhushan, Ratan Tata passed away on Wednesday at Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital. He was 86 years old. Tata was in a critical condition and was under intensive care at a Mumbai hospital. Tata had said on Monday that he was undergoing routine medical investigations due to his age and related medical conditions. In 2008, he received the Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian honour in India, after receiving the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian honour in 2000. He joined Tata in 1961, where he worked on…