For the more than two billion Christians across the world, today is the holiest of the holiest. Christmas Day, when people of Roman Catholic, Anglican, Baptist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Protestant, Eastern Orthodox, Quaker and Seventh-day Adventist background celebrate the birth of the son of God, Jesus Christ, wishing for peace and prosperity.
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The apex court bench of Justice D.K. Jain and Justice Madan B. Lokur said both the Chief Ministers should give top priority to the interests of farmers while finding an amicable solution.
The Supreme Court suggested on Monday that the Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka meet to find a political solution to the Cauvery dispute in the interests of farmers.
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The water conflict issue between states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Pondicherry is due to the River Cauvery, which is regarded as one of the best regulated rivers of India. Almost 90 percent of the flow is utilised for the irrigation of one million hectares of agricultural land as well as generating electricity which helps the states to generate revenue and provide wealth and prosperity to its entire basin area.
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The Supreme Court of India has passed a strongly worded order against forcible land acquisition by government agencies and denial of compensation to land owners. Depriving a person of immovable property is a violation of the Constitution, a bench of the Supreme Court said.
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India and China: Two countries, as large as continents; each with more than a billion people and each a rising power on the world stage. Their relations will be shaping the future.
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We are currently smack bang in the middle of United Nations Disarmament Week, which runs until Sunday. The week commemorates the anniversary of the founding of the United Nations and provides a stark reminder of the need to implement nonviolent conflict resolutions.
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“E-mails started to pour in the next morning,” Sonia Faleiro wrote in The Opinion Pages of The New York Times describing the response to her article in India Ink about “a family’s daily life in the impoverished eastern state of Bihar.”
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Documentary filmmaker Jahnavi Prasada and illustrator Girish Arora, a graduate of the National Institute for Design, have joined hands to create a graphic version of Mahatma Gandhi's autobiography 'The Story Of My Experiments With Truth' — the first in the world. The graphic novel is in the final stages of review and is being vetted by Gandhian scholars.
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The Northeast region of India never seems to be far from the headlines. Racked by militant revolts and insurgencies ever since India declared independence from Britain in 1947, the seven-state region has, of late, been in the news due to severe flooding –while the rest of the country endured a tough drought—and violent uprisings in the state of Assam.
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We are producing a splendid 800 page Multimedia Book about young and veteran Changemakers working for PEACE.
Full with rich images, inspirational videos, deep interviews and action opportunities, this Action Book is unlike anything published so far.
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When is a nearly-seven-foot-tall black block of tickers a poignant symbol of inter-religious harmony? For Indian-American artist Anil Revri, it’s when the artwork carries a stream of profound messages of peace from six major religions into the consciousness of passers-by at Washington’s Dulles International Airport (IAD).
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Nuclear weapons policy-makers and experts gathered recently at a nondescript conference center in Nebraska to grapple with a jolting, if somewhat arcane, paradox: Is it possible that futuristic conventional weapons could actually make a nuclear blast more likely?
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Last week, thousands of students and activists took part in Peace Day ceremonies and rallies throughout the country, commemorating the 67th anniversary of the date that US soldiers dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the Second World War.
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As health concerns regarding the fasting activists who are taking part in Anna Hazare’s fight against corruption in India mount, questions are being raised as to the validity of this form of protest.
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Once considered a hot spot for fishing, the coast of Mundra in Gujarat is reporting dwindling fish catch. Reason: increasing sea temperature and sea water contamination, caused by the economic activities, mainly power projects being developed in the area.
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