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2 days, 2 hours ago

Bangladeshi Madrasa Students Dressed as ISIS Fighters at Cultural Program

Pune: Dr Abraham Mathai, former Vice-Chairman of Maharashtra State Minorities Commission, has expressed deep concern over alarming reports from Bangladesh at Jessore’s Jamia Islamia Madrasa that depict students dressed as ISIS militants, holding toy guns, reportedly under the guidance of a cleric. When they grow up, they will wield real guns, swords, and grenades… pic.twitter.com/YtBBp4Px0e “These shocking visuals from a …

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3 days, 15 hours ago

They were locked up 17 years ago for a murder. L.A.’s new district attorney is setting them free

LA Times

After spending 17 years behind bars for a murder he did not commit, Lombardo Palacios walks out of the Los Angeles County courthouse a free man with his mother, Claudia Ortiz. In a dramatic courtroom scene that one wrongly convicted woman called “a Christmas miracle,” a Los Angeles County judge on Friday vacated the murder sentences of two people — …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Dr Mathai Seeks Revocation of Iskcon Ban, Withdrawal of Yunus Nobel Prize

Deccan Chronicle

Pune: Dr Abraham Mathai, former vice chairman of Maharashtra State Minority Commission, has demanded the revoking of the ban on ISKCON in Bangladesh and the withdrawing of Muhammad Yunus' Nobel Peace Prize. “The attack against the Hindus is a blatant disregard for human rights of the Hindus in Bangladesh,” Dr Mathai, also the founder and director of Mumbai-based Harmony Foundation, …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Dr Mathai Demands Iranian Jailed Nobel Laureate Mohammadi’s Release

Deccan Chronicle

Pune: Dr Abraham Mathai, former Vice-Chairman of Maharashtra State Minorities Commission, has urged Omar Zniber, President of United Nations Human Rights Council to intervene and secure immediate release of jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Ms Narges Mohammadi on humanitarian grounds. He said ahead of Iran’s review under the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review mechanism, which will take …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

UK recognition for Soukya founder

The Hindu

In recognition of his contribution to homoeopathy and integrative medicine, holistic practitioner Issac Mathai has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Faculty of Homeopathy in London. “It is the first time it is being conferred to an Indian,” said Dr. Mathai, who is the founder of Bengaluru-based Soukya International Holistic Health Centre. Dr. Mathai’s achievements include serving as a …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Wayanad landslides: Two sites chosen for rehabilitating survivors

New Indian Express

KALPETTA: Steps are in progress to finalise a place for permanent resettlement of Wayanad landslide victims. The areas considered for rehabilitation were examined by an expert committee appointed by the government and headed by Dr John Mathai. Later, various government departments also conducted studies to identify the lands for rehabilitation. The government departments are planning the rehabilitation project accordingly and …

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4 months, 1 week ago

‘Dam burst effect’ caused Wayanad landslide: experts

The Hindu

A team of geologists who surveyed the landslide-hit zone in Wayanad on Thursday said a heavy rainfall-induced “damming effect” in a densely forested and uninhabited uphill region had caused the massive earthfall that wiped out three villages at Vythiri taluk in the Wayanad district of Kerala early on July 30. Geologist John Mathai, who heads the team of experts from …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Kerala Weather Update: IMD’s Predicts that Kerala will likely receive widespread rains in the next 72 hours

The Hindu

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday put 14 districts in the State on red/orange alert given the India Meteorological Department’s forecast that Kerala will likely receive widespread rains, including isolated heavy showers, in the next 72 hours. Mr. Vijayan said a LIDAR survey team from National Institute of Technology Karnataka Surathkal will create a three-dimensional model of the disaster …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Expert committee begins three-day visit to Chooralmala

The Hindu

A five-member expert committee led by John Mathai, former scientist, National Centre for Earth Science Studies, began its visit at the landslides-hit Chooralmala in Wayanad on Tuesday to assess the safety of the site. Speaking to The Hindu, Mr. Mathai said though they started explorations at the crown of the landslide at Puchhirimattom, under the Meppadi forest range of the …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Nord Anglia Education, UNICEF Collab to invest in student-led social impact projects

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: Nord Anglia Education, a premium international schools group, has collaborated with UNICEF, to invest over US$290,000 in student-led social impact projects, as part of its education strategy to help students develop their sense of purpose and global citizenship, as they create and lead community impact initiatives. Aashray Mathai, a high school student at Oakridge International School and founder of …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Book Review | A joyous romp that's thought-provoking

Deccan Chronicle

Varghese Mathai’s The Village Maestro & 100 Other Stories is a quick read, which might sound surprising, as a 100-story compilation is not expected to be a run through. Addressing a multi-cultural group that he did, Mathai drew heavily from an eclectic spread comprising Chaucer, folklores from India, parables from the Jewish tradition and anecdotes from all corners of the …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Poet Anna Sujatha Mathai passes away at 89; a lyrical voice lost

The Hindu

We, drowning, clutching, lost, straying — a line from Anna Sujatha Mathai’s recent poem ‘Hints in a World Caught Between Living and Dying’, and her newest book, Lighthouse for Drowning Memories, serve as an ironic premonition, a weather-vane pointer, to her recent death. Mathai, 89, was part of the first wave of poets, along with Ranjit Hoskote, Tabish Khair, myself …

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3 years, 4 months ago

IPCC findings on Africa reinforced by wildfires in Algeria and Tunisia

The Hindu

The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report outlines the severity of the global climate crisis. "With extreme weather everywhere, climate change is now a global reality… in Africa, climate change is no longer a threat but a reality,” she told DW. "So, if you compare this report with previous reports, in a way this report is very precise that …

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3 years, 4 months ago

With the Mahatma into the millennium

The Hindu

Forty-one-year old Avyakta left New Delhi 10 years ago and began travelling across India to interact with students, discussing Mahatma Gandhi’s teachings on life and society. “It is not totally appropriate to call me a practising Gandhian,” says Sudarshan who has devoted a large part of his life training Adivasi girls in agriculture, animal tending, and basic computer skills. Former …

India Life Gandhians Way Mathai Mahatma Sudarshan

3 years, 11 months ago

Capitol rioters included highly trained ex-military and cops

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — As President Donald Trump’s supporters massed outside the Capitol last week and sang the national anthem, a line of men wearing olive-drab helmets and body armor trudged purposefully up the marble stairs in a single-file line, each man holding the jacket collar of the one ahead. A retired Navy SEAL, among the most elite special warfare operators in …

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3 years, 11 months ago

Off-Duty Police Officers Investigated, Charged With Participating In Capitol Riot

NPR

Off-Duty Police Officers Investigated, Charged With Participating In Capitol Riot Enlarge this image toggle caption Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images Nearly 30 sworn police officers from a dozen departments attended the pro-Trump rally at the U.S. Capitol last week, and several stormed the building with rioters and are facing federal criminal charges as well as …

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3 years, 11 months ago

Who were they? Records reveal Trump fans who stormed Capitol

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — They came from across America, summoned by President Donald Trump to march on Washington in support of his false claim that the November election was stolen and to stop the congressional certification of Democrat Joe Biden as the victor. “Be there, will be wild!” The insurrectionist mob that showed up at the president’s behest and stormed the U.S. …

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3 years, 11 months ago

Who were they? Records reveal Trump fans who stormed Capitol

Hindustan Times

They came from across America, summoned by President Donald Trump to march on Washington in support of his false claim that the November election was stolen and to stop the congressional certification of Democrat Joe Biden as the victor. “Be there, will be wild!” The insurrectionist mob that showed up at the president’s behest and stormed the US Capitol was …

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3 years, 11 months ago

Records show fervent Trump fans fueled US Capitol takeover

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — They came from across America, summoned by President Donald Trump to march on Washington in support of his false claim that the November election was stolen and to stop the congressional certification of Democrat Joe Biden as the victor. “Be there, will be wild!” The insurrectionist mob that showed up at the president’s behest and stormed the U.S. …

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3 years, 11 months ago

Records Prove The Obvious: Fervent Trump Fans Fueled The Capitol Siege

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — They came from across America, summoned by President Donald Trump to march on Washington in support of his false claim that the November election was stolen and to stop the congressional certification of Democrat Joe Biden as the victor. “Be there, will be wild!” The insurrectionist mob that showed up at the president’s behest and …

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3 years, 11 months ago

Felons, conspiracists, GOP officials: A look at far-right Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol

LA Times

They came from across America, summoned by President Trump to march on Washington in support of his false claim that the November election was stolen and to stop the congressional certification of Democrat Joe Biden as the victor. “If the reports are true,” Rep. Matt Gaetz said on the House floor Wednesday night, “some of the people who breached the …

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3 years, 11 months ago

IIT-Bombay duo studied coughs to model spread of Covid-19

Hindustan Times

When the COVID-19 pandemic struck the world, IIT-Bombay Professor Rajneesh Bhardwaj was studying how droplets evaporated for applications in spray cooling and inkjet printing, and his collaborator Amit Agrawal was working on point-of-care medical devices and electronic cooling. Numerous studies, over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, applied principles of fluid mechanics to provide scores of important insights about the …

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Bangladeshi Madrasa Students Dressed as ISIS Fighters at Cultural Program

They were locked up 17 years ago for a murder. L.A.’s new district attorney is setting them free

Dr Mathai Seeks Revocation of Iskcon Ban, Withdrawal of Yunus Nobel Prize

Dr Mathai Demands Iranian Jailed Nobel Laureate Mohammadi’s Release

UK recognition for Soukya founder

Wayanad landslides: Two sites chosen for rehabilitating survivors

‘Dam burst effect’ caused Wayanad landslide: experts

Kerala Weather Update: IMD’s Predicts that Kerala will likely receive widespread rains in the next 72 hours

Expert committee begins three-day visit to Chooralmala

Nord Anglia Education, UNICEF Collab to invest in student-led social impact projects

Book Review | A joyous romp that's thought-provoking

Poet Anna Sujatha Mathai passes away at 89; a lyrical voice lost

IPCC findings on Africa reinforced by wildfires in Algeria and Tunisia

With the Mahatma into the millennium

Capitol rioters included highly trained ex-military and cops

Off-Duty Police Officers Investigated, Charged With Participating In Capitol Riot

Who were they? Records reveal Trump fans who stormed Capitol

Who were they? Records reveal Trump fans who stormed Capitol

Records show fervent Trump fans fueled US Capitol takeover

Records Prove The Obvious: Fervent Trump Fans Fueled The Capitol Siege

Felons, conspiracists, GOP officials: A look at far-right Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol

IIT-Bombay duo studied coughs to model spread of Covid-19