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Tuesday, March 19, 2024
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From atheist to agnostic to ‘believer’ — how Siddaramaiah’s spiritual journey has come full circle

Karnataka CM Monday inaugurated temple in Bengaluru’s Mahadevapura and declared himself a ‘believer’. People close to him, however, say he wasn’t always ‘so religious in nature’.

Language key to national identity for 91%, customs & tradition for 81% — international Pew survey

Pew report based on 2023 survey across 23 countries in North America, Europe, Africa, Asia & Australia, also looked at public opinion on importance of birthplace and religion in national identity.

‘Why religion?’ IIT audience grills study linking religiosity to pandemic mental health

A study on the mental health benefits of religious participation during the pandemic invited plenty of debate at the Asia Meeting of the Econometric Society, held in IIT-Delhi.

No birthdays, no blood transfusions. Jehovah’s Witnesses have a ‘committed way of life’

Kochi: Doctors at Kochi’s Aster Medcity are struggling to treat the victims of the Kalamassery bomb blast — several of them are refusing to accept...

Religion key to national identity in Sri Lanka & Southeast Asia, finds Pew Survey

Survey done last year by US think tank shows a majority of Buddhists in Cambodia, Sri Lanka & Thailand & Muslims in Malaysia & Indonesia believe religion is vital for national identity.

SubscriberWrites: Religion is a political party by another name

Politics is the realistic codification of ‘the art of the possible’ seeking for its own people the maximum possible, writes Atul Chandra.

Lingayat Mahasabha to revive call for separate religion tag & political parties aren’t invited

Lingayats were granted separate religion tag in 2018 by Karnataka's then Congress government, but the decision was struck down by the BJP-led central government.

Agnikund, gobar paani’s ‘anti-Covid properties’ & western ‘wokesism’ discussed at Dharma Dhamma meet

The 3-day international conference in Bhopal, attended by representatives of 15 nations, was inaugurated by President Murmu Friday, who said 'humanity rests on foundation stone of religion'.

How Madhya Pradesh netas are using religion to woo voters — Bhagwat Kathas, bhandaras, babas

In poll-bound state, many BJP and Congress leaders are organising lavish days-long religious events. Reasons vary from ‘spreading sanskaar’ to ‘mobilising cadres’.

SubscriberWrites: Spirituality, not religion answer to development of human civilisation

It is up to society, not governments to ensure that religions emerge from its cocooned space rather than advocate tolerance of the intolerant as secularism, writes Col K.L. Viswanathan.

On Camera

Indian shipping sector is vulnerable to geopolitical unrest. Build local, invest in air cargo

With the ongoing conflict at the Red Sea, India needs to take a long-term view of the PLI scheme and its ambition to emerge as a hub of shipping containers.

Complaints to RBI ombudsman up 68% in FY23, banks biggest cause for customer grievances

Data shows large public sector banks received highest number of complaints in absolute terms, but fared better than several private banks when looked at on complaints-per-branch basis.

Tiger Triumph-24 — India-US tri-services exercise to boost coordination begins

The exercise will be simulated to undertake HADR operations in a ‘friendly island nation’, where troops will execute amphibious landing ops.

CAA comes not with a bang, but with a whimper. Without NRC, it will fade into academic debate

For BJP, CAA was strategic move that did not quite work out because those it would benefit could’ve been accommodated under existing laws, and new entrants would remain excluded.