The Vice President of India M Venkaiah Naidu today said that understanding of Spirituality was extremely important to lead a peaceful and purposeful life. He also stressed the need to preserve, promote and propagate India's great cultural heritage, values...

With a mission to spread awareness about Clean & Green Delhi under Swachh Bharat Mission and to provide a robust waste management solution in the capital, Art of Living & NDMC have joined hands to process 1 Ton wet waste per day. They have launched...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today had a meeting with Bill Gates, Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, during the latter’s three-day visit to India. The two had last met in September in New York, on the sidelines of the meeting of the United Nations...

Delivering the inaugural address at the 8th International Conference on Agricultural Statistics (ICAS-VIII) Bill Gates, Co-Chair Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said “the biggest  challenge today is climate change at a time when we need to increase production...

Bill Gates, Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) called on Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, here today.  They presided over the  signing of a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) between the Health Ministry...

The Union Minister of Women and Child Development (WCD) and Textiles, Smriti Zubin Irani, along with Bill Gates, co-chair of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation launched the  Bharatiya Poshan Krishi Kosh (BPKK) today in New Delhi. The BPKK will be a...

NITI Aayog today released the report on ‘Health Systems for a New India: Building Blocks—Potential Pathways to Reforms’. The report was released by NITI Aayog Vice Chairman  Dr Rajiv Kumar in the presence of Bill Gates. Officials from NITI Aayog, policymakers,...

Governor Bandaru Dattatraya met the spiritual leader of Tibetans, Dalai Lama at his residence in Dharamshala, today.  In the meeting, the Dalai Lama discussed India's ancient  culture, tradition, glorious history, especially the affection and contribution...

Nobel peace laureate and the Tibetan religious leader the Dalai Lama today presided over an interfaith conference titled “The ik-noor Interfaith Conclave” at Guru Nanak Dev University in Amritsar. In his address  the Dalai Lama said, “I really believe...

His Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama arrived at Chitkara University Punjab campus amidst rapturous welcome through a sea of students & staff waving, on October 14, 2019. His Holiness was received by Chitkara University Chancellor Dr. Ashok K Chitkara and...

Eighty-four and still young!Revered by the Tibetans as a 'living god' and idolised in the Orient and the West, he transcends all barriers of religion, language and even distances.Wearing his trademark maroon robes, he stepped out of politics almost eight years now,...

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, respected by millions as a living god, who has been caught in a controversy over his recent joke that his successor a female Dalai Lama would have to be "more attractive", has clarified that his reincarnation is to be...

Donning traditional dresses, hundreds of Tibetans on Saturday joined the 84th birthday celebrations of their spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at the main temple Tsuglakhang here.The Dalai Lama, revered by the Tibetans as a "living god", attended the prayers and...

The Spiritual Guru and Founder of the Art of Living Foundation, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar called on Vice President of India, Shri M Venkaiah Naidu, here today.The Vice President while sharing details of the meeting, wrote in his Facebook post that they had a...

On the occasion of International Yoga Day on Friday, yoga guru Baba Ramdev announced his first official autobiography, titled "My Life, My Mission". It will release in August, the publisher Penguin said.Sharing the news on Twitter, Ramdev said that although...

Each year on June 12, when the world observes the World Day Against Child Labour, India has cause to salute Kailash Satyarthi - the man who made this day possible - a human rights champion who rescued over 88,000 bonded and trafficked children, and won the...

Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, Kapil Sharma, Rapper Badshah, Punjabi Legend Singer Gurdas Mann launches the fight against drugs from the campus of Chandigarh University. More than 30,000 students takes pledge “Na Karunga Na Karne Dunga” along with the spiritual...

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Tuesday said the Buddhists should learn from the Christians how to serve the humanity.Presiding over the second day of his discourse in Bihar's historical city Bodh Gaya, the Dalai Lama urged followers of all religions...

Actor Naseeruddin Shah's remarks on religious violence prompted yoga guru Ramdev to say on Saturday that such accusations amounted to degrading the country's pride."Naseeruddin Shah has earned his popularity due to love of common people. I have not seen religious...

Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar said here on Tuesday that a constructive dialogue between the opposing parties was the best solution to the vexed Ram Mandir issue."I believe in dialogue," the spiritual guru told IANS on the sidelines of the first convocation...

Kailash Satyarthi's life has been converted into a film named "The Price of Free" directed by Derek Doneen and produced by Davis Guggenheim whose previous project includes "He Named Me Malala".The Nobel Peace Laureate says that one of the biggest endeavours...

Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi met Pope Francis at Vatican seeking support for a new legally binding International law against 'online child sexual abuse', a statement said.For over a year, Satyarthi has been demanding a legally binding United Nation convention...

Child rights activist and Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi says leaders from across the political spectrum should promise that they will pass the anti-trafficking bill in the Rajya Sabha to celebrate Children's day in the true sense as the little ones are...

Pope Francis on Wednesday decried the existence of poverty in the world and said it did not stem from a lack of resources but rather from an economic culture lacking in equity and human solidarity.The head of the Catholic church made his remarks during the...

Yoga guru and retail entrepreneur Baba Ramdev on Sunday said that those who marry and have more than two children should be denied their voting rights."In this country, those who, like me, do not marry, should be honoured, and those who marry and have more...

The Kailash Satyarthi Childrens Foundation (KSCF) here on Sunday joined hands with the Jharkhand government and the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) to eradicate child labour in the state.The ongoing initiative by the KSCF -- Bal...

Balanced and healthy food is crucial for growth of the mind as well as the body which helps amplify self-esteem during adolescence, Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi said here on Wednesday."Availability of good nutrition and hygiene lie at the root of individual...

It was in 1975 that photographer Raghu Rai first met Buddhist spiritual leader The Dalai Lama in Ladakh. Rai was then with The Statesman newspaper. During the first encounter, Rai remembers, The Dalai Lama was gentle, wonderful and at ease.Since then, and...

Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi on Thursday urged the Indian youth to embrace their national culture and stop aping others.Reflecting on the RSS' agenda during their annual Vijayadashmi event marking the organisation's foundation day, Satyarthi said: "Though...

Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, wife of His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah, Chairperson of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs and Chairperson of the Sharjah Sports Family Award (SSFA), has issued a resolution appointing HE Issa Hilal...