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First of its kind “University Hindu Chaplaincy” Fellowship Program introduced in the USA, may start at Stanford and UC Berkeley first

OpIndia Staff - 14 May, 2022

Tuition funds will be granted to suitable university faculty members, administrators, and others enrolling to become Hindu Chaplains at universities

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Germany: Five wounded in a suspected Islamic terror attack on a train, passengers overpowered Iraq-born attacker

OpIndia Staff - 13 May, 2022

The police officer who happened to be among the passengers overpowered the 31-year-old suspect with the help of two other passengers in the train.

World

Calling a man ‘bald’ is sexual harassment: UK employment tribunal

OpIndia Staff - 13 May, 2022

The judge ruled that since hair loss is more prevalent among men, commenting on a man's baldness at the workplace is similar to commenting on a woman's breasts

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UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan passes away, 40-day national mourning announced

OpIndia Staff - 13 May, 2022

UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan passed away on Friday, the Ministry of Presidential Affairs announced

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Twitter stock crashes after Elon Musk Tweets that the ‘Twitter deal is temporarily on hold’, here is what he said

OpIndia Staff - 13 May, 2022

Elon Musk had earlier stated that one of his main priorities is to rid the micro-blogging platform of spam accounts.

Opinions

Corrupt dynasty of Philippines, Sri Lanka and uncanny parallels: A cautionary tale and what India needs to do to avoid the same fate

Ganesh R - 13 May, 2022

Developments in Sri Lanka as well as the recent Presidential elections in the Philippines need to be analysed so India can avoid the same fate

Media

China devising new ways to harass and intimidate foreign journalists, says a report by Committee to Protect Journalists

OpIndia Staff - 12 May, 2022

According to a CPJ report published last year, the Chinese govt had imposed restrictions on free speech and freedom of media

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Sanskrit added to Google translate, Assamese, Maithili, Konkani, Mizo, Dogri, Meiteilon, and Bhojpuri among other Indian languages in the new list

OpIndia Staff - 12 May, 2022

Along with Sanskrit, the newly added 24 languages include other Indian languages such as Assamese, Maithili, Konkani, Mizo, Dogri, Meiteilon which is Manipuri, and Bhojpuri.

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