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Thursday, October 23, 2025
TopicReligious beliefs

Topic: Religious beliefs

Religious ‘nones’ on rise, many believe in afterlife but 50% say religion hurts society—Pew survey

In all 22 countries, 20% or more of religious 'nones' believe in life after death, while the number was 50% or more in seven countries.

36 held after communal clash breaks out over putting up religious flag in Gujarat’s Savli

The incident occurred Saturday after after a group of people objected to members of another community trying to put up a religious flag alongside their flag on an electricity pole.

Indians support religious tolerance, but prefer to live & marry within community: Pew survey

From inter-faith marriages & what makes a 'true Indian' to having neighbours of other religions, PEW surveyed nearly 30,000 Indians to better understand religious sentiments.

Social distancing norms flouted on Ganga Dussehra as hundreds gather at Buxar ghats

Crowds thronged over a dozen ghats in Bihar’s Buxar district for the festival amid the pandemic. Buxar DM says people confused over lockdown guidelines. 

Helmets compulsory for Sikh women: Ensuring road safety or offending religious beliefs?

Chandigarh administration has decided to revoke the decades-old helmet exemption given to women two-wheeler riders. Sikh bodies are protesting the move and have said...

On Camera

Pakistan can’t bend Taliban with bombs. It must stop the Yemen-isation of Durand Line

This confrontation looks subcontracted—escalation to re-establish Pakistan's indispensability to outside capitals while squeezing Afghanistan back under an old paradigm.

Boom to bust: Haunted by Ketan Parekh saga, 117-yr-old Calcutta Stock Exchange’s future lies in limbo

CSE, one of India’s oldest bourses, is edging towards a voluntary exit. It could never recover from market manipulation scam that caused a payment crisis at exchange back in 2001. 

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.