JANUARY 22, 2024
Ram Temple inauguration.
Where the five-centuries-old Babri Mosque once stood, there now stands Ram Mandir. Around it, a new Vatican-like city is coming up.
A staggering $4.2 billion have been collected as donations, both official and private. Though the temple’s completion is years away, consecration ceremonies began days ago. RSS has distributed 50 million small food packets and the...
JANUARY 22, 2024
The idol of Ram Lalla is adorned with jewellery pieces carrying significance conforming with scriptures, the temple trust said.
Each piece of jewellery that the idol of Lord Ram Lalla in the Ayodhya Ram Temple was adorned with carries significance. Since the deity is five years old, silver toys have been kept for him to play with –...
JANUARY 22, 2024
Goals are as important for societies as they are for individuals. Such a goal could be in the form of a utopia – an imagination of perfection – which is not fully attainable but propels a society to work in that direction. Different philosophers have thought of different utopias from time to time. Plato has talked about...
JANUARY 24, 2024
The Ayodhya Pran Pratishta ceremony at the Ram Mandir witnessed a divine spectacle as an eagle was seen circling above the temple while the event was underway. The eagle's presence during the ceremony has been seen as a sign of divine blessings and a symbol of Lord Ram's presence. According to Hindu mythology, eagles are believed to...
JANUARY 22, 2024
Davos: The World Health Organisation has raised an alarm regarding a potential Disease X pandemic. As per WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus, this next pandemic would be 20 times deadlier than the COVID-19 pandemic.
Speaking at the World Economic Forum 2024 at Davos, the WHO Chief urged countries to reach an agreement for the Pandemic Accords to address this...
JANUARY 22, 2024
For many Hindus, the Ramayana is simply the divine truth revealed to Valmiki. But while the epic is familiar and beloved across India and Southeast Asia, Ram has not been a widely worshipped figure in eastern or southern India. Hindus in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala prayed to goddesses, or to local deities, or other avatars...
JANUARY 22, 2024
An 'Apartments for Rent' sign hangs in front of a building on December 06, 2022 in Miami Beach, Florida. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
A growing number of Americans who qualify for government housing assistance aren't getting it.
Experimental basic income programs and other temporary aid often go towards rent.
Researchers are experimenting with a basic income to replace...
JANUARY 22, 2024
Kevin Cash. - Courtesy Kevin Cash.
Kevin Cash has applied to more than 1,200 jobs since being laid off in November 2022.
He started using a "no-nonsense" cover letter after getting fed up with not hearing back.
Cash hopes recruiters will start thinking about applicants as people who need to make a living.
This as-told-to essay is based on...
JANUARY 21, 2024
Sethi urges pursuit of concrete financial goals. - Jemal Countess / Getty Images
What does it mean to live a rich life?
It’s a question money personality and financial coach Ramit Sethi asks people regularly — and all too often, he gets the same answer: to do what I want, when I want.
While strong money management could unlock that...
JANUARY 21, 2024
One third earning $150K report financial struggles. - Nestea06 / Envato
t’s not just low-income Americans drowning under inflation and interest rates — some higher-income folks are feeling the strain on their wallets as well.
Data from a survey conducted in 2023 by personal finance software company Quicken revealed that 32% of Americans earning at least $150,000 a year...
