Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Articles

The wind of change for Street Children

               The little children in street situations now have a reason to rejoice. Commonly called ‘Street Children’, more than 20 lakh Indian children live without access to safe care, nutrition, health and education. To me, they are like the little flowers by the roads who survive despite our collective indifference. Recently, I was invited to Delhi to become a part …

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Nari Shakti Puraskars 2016

International Women’s Day – March 08           *Leena Nair  Women have played an integral role in Indian history from ancient times. We find that in the Vedic or Upanishadic age Maitreyi, Gargi, and others ladies of revered memory have taken the places of rishis through their skill in discussing about Brahman. In an assembly of a thousand Brahmanas …

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Budget 2017-18 focuses on educational empowerment & skill development of Minorities

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Minister of State for Minority Affairs  The Minister of State for Minority Affairs (Independent Charge), Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has said that the Union Budget (General) 2017-18 will be helpful in socio-economic-educational empowerment of Minorities. Shri Naqvi said that the Budget of Minority Affairs Ministry has been increased to Rs 4195.48 crore for 2017-18. This is Rs …

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Remembering Mahatma Gandhi

  Pandurang Hegde   It was on 30 January 1948 Mahatma succumbed to the bullets while he was on his way to the daily prayers. Though he left us physically, his teachings, numerous experiments in his personal life, politics and philosophy is fresh among the minds of  people in India and other countries of the world. Why is he remembered …

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Modi’s new monetary architecture for seamless growth, scamless politics

Theoverwhelming finance sector reforms have begun transforming the system as New Deal. Currency crunch is still a problem,digital reach and efficiency not sufficient, yet the popularity of the measure, people’s patience to make it succeed and Prime Minister’s passionate appeals have created the atmospheric for monetary reform.             Textile Minister Smt. Smriti Irani has tweeted that there has been a …

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Inaugural Address by Prime Minister at the Sixth Ministerial Conference of the Heart of Asia Istanbul Process on Afghanistan

Amritsar, Dec 4 (Punjab Post Bureau)  – Your Excellency Dr Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Your Excellency Salahuddin Rabbani, Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, My colleague Minister Arun Jaitley ji, Foreign Ministers, Heads of Delegations, Ladies and Gentlemen, Namaskar. Sat Sri Akal.  It is an honour to speak at the inaugural session …

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GNDU 47th Foundation Day Special

Today is the Foundation Day of Guru Nanak Dev University, a day etched with tradition and history. “It is very important to know where we have come from. On this day we are reminded of how the University was formed 47 years ago and how far we have come as a Higher Education community. The University was established at Amritsar …

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Autumn is Greeting the Punjabi NRI’S

 Harjap Singh Aujla USA  Believe me, we had a very treacherous summer in Punjab in 2016. Those who do not believe in global warming, this summer really highlighted and proved it beyond doubt the extreme ill effects of deforestation and global warming. Summer in Punjab pre-poned itself and started in the last week of March, instead of the normal month …

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Two Lovely Sticks….

To tell a child how to live, The God has created two lovely sticks. Hurdles of life became easier for child, When hard stick survive for child. Child stands without fear in the life, With the help of soft sticks in his life. The time goes on and the past was forgotten, The child grew up and the two lovely …

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