Category: Daily newsings

Daily Newsings are musings on the daily news. For today’s Newsing, we look at Spain, Ireland and Norway choosing to extend recognition to the Palestinian state. This is significant because these are Western European nations who have done so, and they historically were close allies to Israel. This is an indication that the European Union…

Daily Newsings are musings on the daily news. Two gruesome tragedies on Saturday have shaken the country — a fire in a hospital in Delhi on Saturday, which left 6 newborn babies dead, and a fire at a gaming arcade in Rajkot in Gujarat, which killed 28 people. In the first story, the hospital’s license…

Daily Newsings are musings on the daily news. Indian football’s greatest player of recent times has just announced his retirement. Sunil Chhetri scored 94 goals for India in 150 international matches over a period spanning nearly 19 years, and on 6th June this year he will sing his swan song. Sunil Chhetri was truly a…

Daily Newsings are musings on the daily news. Today’s big story is the release of Prabir Puryakastha on bail after being imprisoned under the Unlawful Activites (Prevention) Act (UAPA) for more than 7 months. Prabir Puryakastha is the founder of the news portal Newsclick. He was arrested on October 3, 2023, under the allegation that…

Daily Newsings are musings on the daily news. The big story for today is Prime Minister Narendra Modi filing his nomination papers on Tuesday for the elections to the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat. Let us consider the manner in which he filed his papers. He started his day by offering prayers at the Ganga and…

Daily Newsings are musings on the daily news. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) announced the results for grades 10 and 12 on Monday. The percentage of students who have passed the examinations has increased marginally compared to last year. Over the last 8 decades since the country got its independence, India has made…

Daily Newsings are musings on the daily news. For today’s newsing, we look at the report released by the Kota district administration that around 300 PGs and hostels are yet to install a spring device on their ceiling fans. This is in violation of a regulatory mandate to all the hostels and PGs in the…

Daily Newsings are musings on the daily news. For today’s newsing we look at the political row that has erupted over the FIR filed against BJP leaders in West Bengal, alleging that the rape and sexual assault charges in Sandeshkhali were falsified. These developments have taken place a day after Trinamool Congress took to social…

Daily Newsings are musings on the daily news. For today’s Newsing, we look at two reports — firstly, the Copernicus Report has stated that this April was the warmest April at least since 1940, and secondly, Zia Haq, for the Hindustan Times, reports that the hot summer has been driving up vegetable prices. The combination…

Daily Newsings are musings on the daily news. For today’s newsing, we look at a story in page 2 of the Bengaluru edition of the Hindustan Times titled “It’s our time to demand change for gig workers.” The story is about the millions-strong cohort of gig workers across India. These are the delivery partners working…

Daily Newsings are musings on the daily news. For today’s Newsing, we look at a story in today’s edition of The Hindustan Times, titled ‘For Indian students in the West, a souring of dreams.’ Rajkamal Rao writes about the number of Indian students who are trying to emigrate to the Western countries, and especially the…

Daily Newsings are musings on the daily news. For today’s Newsing, we are looking at one of the ongoing electoral issues that the Congress and the BJP are sparring over — the issue of quotas. On Sunday, Rahul Gandhi said at an election rally in Telengana that the BJP wishes to do away with reservations…

Daily Newsings are musings on the daily news. Today’s newsing is on the Prajwal Revanna sex scandal and how we as Christians can mourn, hope and fight.

Daily Newsings are musings on the daily news. For today’s story, we look at a report on today’s edition of The Hindu titled “Budgets and Bills passed with little deliberation.” The report shows that in at least 3 states, more than 75% of bills were passed without any discussion in the legislative assembly. The report…

Who are our cities for? In today’s edition of The Hindu, we see an article that raises the question: who are our cities for? The article, written by Aravind Unni and Shalini Sinha, talks about the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act. It is an Act that came into effect…

In today’s edition of The Hindu newspaper, two stories are quite interesting. The first story is about the warming of the Indian Ocean. According to an upcoming publication, the Indian Ocean had become warmer by 1.2 degrees Celsius between 1950 and 2020. Moreover, it is predicted to heat up a further 1.7 degrees Celsius to…

Political parties in India promise to do a number of things if they are voted to power. The list of these promises is published in the form of an ‘election manifesto.’ The Congress’ election manifesto, the Nyaya Patra, has a number of promises that bode really well for the country if implemented well. I’d like to highlight 2 of these promises…