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NEW DELHI  — Seven decades after cheetahs died out in India, they’re back. Eight big cats from Namibia made the long trek Saturday in a chartered cargo flight to the northern Indian city of Gwalior, part of an ambitious and hotly contested plan to reintroduce cheetahs to the South Asian country. Then they were moved to their new home: a sprawling national park in the heart of India where scientists hope the world’s fastest land animal will roam again. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the cats into their enclosure…

New Delhi: The brother of two teenage Dalit girls, who were allegedly raped and murdered in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district, remembers his sisters as ambitious and supportive. The elder sister, who was 17, had left education midway and was taking care of the ailing mother. The other wanted to complete her studies and earn for the family. “After our mother had her uterus operation six months ago, my sister was worried and wanted to stay at home to look after her. She quit her studies for that reason,” the brother…

About 1000 people in Amritapuri gathered to take part in World Cleanup Day. Equipped with gloves, garbage bags and rakes, groups of diverse people united to collect trash. They worked their way along six kilometers of the Arabian Sea’s coastline from Azhikal Beach to the town of Kuzhitara. AYUDH Amritapuri, a chapter of the Mata Amritanandamayi Math’s youth empowerment initiative, helped organize the event and primarily focused on plastic waste disposal. Participants from the Math included approximately 200 brahmacharis and brahmacharinis, 200 ashram residents, and 100 Western visitors. Meanwhile, about…

New York: GIC New York Chapter President-Elect Dr. Anil Paulose and Global Business Center for Excellence Board Member Elizabeth Paulose celebrated Onam with elaborate preparations at their Brookville Garden. Dr. Paulose welcomed Sudhir Nambiar, Tara Shajan, Tom George Kolath, Sosamma Andrews, Usha George, Mr. George, and all the Executive Committee members, family members and friends . Ms. Sosamma Andrews, Global Women Empowerment Chair Person, Usha George, Global Senior Care Chair, Neena Nambiar, and Crystal Shajan made the “Onam Pookkalam” instantly impressive. This really ignited the celebrating Onam mood. Congratulating everyone,…

Hindus feel that it is time for the British monarch to drop the “Defender of the Faith” title, which was coined in the 1500s. Britain was a multi-religious, multi-denominational and pluralistic society now and there were a substantial and growing number of non-believers. For a monarch, all subjects should be equal, while titles like this seemed to create a class structure and were highly irrelevant in 21st century; distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed stated in Nevada (USA) today. Moreover, monarchy should not be in the business of defending the faith. If…