Islamic clerics push back against human milk banks as Shari’a proscribes marriages between so-called milk siblings. But several Islamic countries, including Iran, operate them.
Fatwa issued by Madrasa Darul Uloom Deoband gives validity to ‘Ghazwa-e-Hind’ & ‘may lead to hatred against the country’, says India's apex child rights body.
Religious scholars from Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia in Banuri town criticised TikTok for allowing the streaming of 'inappropriate' videos of women who they say 'participate in sin motivated by fame and financial gain'.
Six Grand Slams and 47 titles didn't come easy for Sania Mirza who fought fatwas, questions on her patriotism and sexism to put Indian tennis on global stage.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
Terrible twist for Pakistan. Having travelled to a ‘Gaushala’ near Nagpur, I worry also for India. While it is far from comparable, the elevation of cows to the position of god and the insistence that their urine cures cancer without feeling the need of validating such claims through peer review, blind testing and other scientific methods, many Indians seem to have tacitly accept the primacy of culture over science. Maybe the same can be said about homeopathy. What tools do civil societies have to counter such fantastic claims? Invoking reason will only alienate them as elites from the masses. Or worse, make them subjects of violence..
Terrible twist for Pakistan. Having travelled to a ‘Gaushala’ near Nagpur, I worry also for India. While it is far from comparable, the elevation of cows to the position of god and the insistence that their urine cures cancer without feeling the need of validating such claims through peer review, blind testing and other scientific methods, many Indians seem to have tacitly accept the primacy of culture over science. Maybe the same can be said about homeopathy. What tools do civil societies have to counter such fantastic claims? Invoking reason will only alienate them as elites from the masses. Or worse, make them subjects of violence..