Culture
Indian Summer in Vancouver: July 4-13
Source: Connect – Canada in India The Indian Summer Festival in Vancouver kicks off with a culinary tour of India with local chef, Vikram Vij, on July 4. Other highlights of the ten-day festival include: conversations with Indian cinema icon and humanitarian Shabana Azmi and Indo-Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta, a health and well-being weekend focussing on [...]
» read moreCelebrating World Environment Day with special workshop for children in Delhi
Source: Connect – Canada in India Over a 100 children between the ages of eight and 12 years participated in a special workshop on June 4 at the High Commission of Canada in Delhi, to mark World Environment Day. The workshop, held in collaboration with the ECO Roots non-governmental organisation (NGO), encouraged children to preserve [...]
» read moreKing’s College London Opens first International Summer School in Delhi
Source: Digital Learning King’s College London has opened its first international Summer School in Delhi, following the successful launch of the university’s India 2013 programme in Mumbai earlier this year. Classes are being held at Miranda House College, University of Delhi. Courses will cover nternational relations, international political economy and e-business. King’s is working with [...]
» read moreCBSE declares Class XII results, girls outdo boys again
Source: Digital Learning New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) announced the Class XII results on Monday, with more than 82 per cent students passing the examinations. This is an increase of about two per cent as compared to the last year. Girls once again outshined the boys with 87.98 per cent clearing [...]
» read morePakistani TV smashes taboos with its answer to ‘Glee’
Source: NDTV Lahore: Gay romance, Islamic extremism and a soundtrack of classic love songs make for Pakistan’s taboo-breaking answer to the hugely successful US television series ‘Glee’. Like its smash hit forerunner, ‘Taan’ follows the lives and loves of a group of young people who regularly burst into song. But this time they attend a music [...]
» read moreContraceptive use rises in rural areas of Gujarat
Source: Times of India AHMEDABAD: Premila Bhabor of Panchmuva village in Panchamahal is a mother of five. After giving birth to a daughter and a son, she wanted another son. “What if the first one does not survive,” was her concern. But that did not happen and she conceived three girls after that. The family lives in extreme poverty. [...]
» read moreAfter lingerie mannequin ban, Mumbai politicians want ban on lingerie ads too
Source: NDTV Mumbai: Are mannequins, which display lingerie, as harmless as they look? Or are they silently promoting the surge of sex crimes? If politicians in Mumbai are to be believed, it is the latter. And such is the potential “danger” posed by lingerie mannequins, the general body of 227 corporators of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation [...]
» read moreBlock blasphemous material on social media: Pak court
Source: Times of India ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani court on Tuesday directed authorities to take immediate steps to block “blasphemous material” on social media websites and sought a detailed response within 20 days. A division bench of the Peshawar high court headed by Chief Justice Dost Muhammad issued the order in response to a petition filed [...]
» read moreMr. Sudhir Vyas, Secretary (West) visited Toronto
Source: Indian Economic Business News Secretary (West) Shri Sudhir Vyas accompanied by Ms. K. Nadini, Dir(AMS) and Dr. Piyush Singh, Under Secretary (AMS), visited Canada during 29-30 April, 2013 for Foreign Office Consultations. The delegation visited Toronto on April 30. A luncheon roundtable was organised by C D Howe Institute and a dinner reception by Canada-India [...]
» read moreAsian Television Network to launch Hindi and Bengali Channels
Source: Canada Stockwatch via Indian Economic Business News Toronto-based Asian Television Network International Ltd. has signed licensing agreements under which it has been granted exclusive rights to the Star Utsav and Star Jalsha channels, both of which are from Star Network-India, a part of Fox International Channels. Star Utsav is a 24-hour Hindi general entertainment channel [...]
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