India has reportedly decided not to join the US–led counter to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The US initiative, which is a trilateral one involving Japan and Australia, was launched at the first Indo-Pacific Business Forum meeting on July 30 and seeks to fund infrastructure projects in the region for which about USD 113 million has been earmarked. India …
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Mithila Paintings: From a Dalit Perspective
Dalit art evolved as a mode of resistance and protest. It tires to historically trace the origin and the seriousness of caste discrimination from the past till present. Dalit artists across India have picked up themes, which invoke a deep sense of contemplation in the minds of the onlooker. Dalit art is a representation of critical issues of domination, discrimination, …
Read More »Pashtuns want UN intervention against Pakistan
An anti-Pakistan demonstration was staged by the activists of the Pashtun Takhafuz Movement (PTM), a civic movement of the Pashtun community against Pakistani security establishment for its direct and indirect involvement in human rights abuses against the suppressed ethnic Pashtuns, and the country’s state sponsored terrorism on both sides of the unauthorized Durand Line, resulting in Pashtun genocide by the …
Read More »Indian Hindu Leader Hosted in Shomron, Israel
This spring, Arun Upadhyay, International President of Hindu Struggle Committee, realized a long- cherished dream: he visited Israel. While the world marvels at the growing relationship between Israel and India, numerous individuals are making it work at a person-to-person level. Arun, a Hindu activist, has worked on building the India-Israel relationship at the grass roots level for more than a …
Read More »AI More Efficient in Detecting Skin Cancer Than Doctors, Finds Study
On average, flesh and blood dermatologists accurately detected 86.6 percent of skin cancers from the images, compared to 95 percent for the convolutional neural network (CNN). A computer was better than human dermatologists at detecting skin cancer in a study that pitted human against the machine in the quest for better, faster diagnostics, researchers said Tuesday. A team from Germany, …
Read More »India’s Digital Health Resolution adopted by WHO
71st World Health Assembly was held last week in Geneva and was attended by delegations from all WHO member states. Health and Family Welfare Minister J.P. Nadda on Tuesday said the resolution on digital health brought out by India was adopted by the 71st World Health Assembly, the decision-making body of the World Health Organization (WHO). I’m happy to share …
Read More »Remembering Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on his death anniversary
On his 54th death anniversary, The Charticle reproduces the transcript of Jawaharlal Nehru ’s first broadcast to the nation as Prime Minister on All India Radio on September 3, 1947. Jawaharlal Nehru : Fellow Countrymen, it has been my privilege to serve India and the cause of India’s freedom for many years. Today I address you for the first time …
Read More »Elon Musk Emailed Tesla Employees Tips on How to Be More Productive
SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the 46 years old entrepreneur is known for extraordinary productivity and innovation. Musk recently told Tesla employees they’d be moving to an ambitious 24/7 schedule to get Model 3 production on track. In an email announcing the changes, Elon Musk offered the employees a list of his own productivity tips. As SpaceX COO Gwynne …
Read More »Ujjwala Yojana of India’s Modi is changing life of millions
Prime Minister Narendra Modi sets an excellent example to what really means “a government for the people” with the commence of Ujjwala Yojana during his first tenure that works in favour of the people below poverty line by providing LPG for cooking purposes. Even after 7 decades of freedom, we were working to achieve the basic necessities. And so far …
Read More »Bihar Diwas celebrated in Scotland
22nd March stand as the day of formation of state Bihar. On this very day, in 1912, British craved out Bihar from Bengal presidency. And every year this day is celebrated as “Bihar Diwas” or “Bihar Day”. While it’s really a very popular day in Bihar what is supervising is that it is also a very popular festival in Scotland, …
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