More than 2 billion people have gained access to better drinking water sources, such as piped supplies and protected wells, between 1990 and 2010, U.N. officials said on Tuesday.
News: U.N. says 2 billion more people get safe water to drink
News: A Fall to Cheer
THE past four years have seen the worst economic crisis since the 1930s and the biggest food-price increases since the 1970s. That must surely have swollen the ranks of the poor. Wrong.
News: Live Webcast - Celebrate International Women's Day - Thursday 8th March
Join us for a Global Meditation celebrating the United Nations' International Women's Day with live music and chanting.
News: The World of Words [OP-ED]
Doesn’t the expert on religious matters -- a priest, pastor, rabbi, imam, brahmin, or gyani/granthi – put food on the table by being paid for his or her religious teaching? Isn’t this consistent with the meaning of 'ghall khaaye' or honest labor that is exalted in Gurbani?
News: The Sage of Rakab Ganj
The Sage of Rakabganj is no more. he will be sorely missed. But he will live on. In the books he wrote. In the compositions he preserved for posterity. Most of all in the memories of the hundreds of young men, to whom he was Teacher, Father and Mother in their formative years.
News: New army chief Bikram Singh excelled in sports and singing during his schooling at Nabha
The new designated army Chief Gen. Bikram Singh is not only excellent soldier but also a good singer. Singh was known to be having diverse talents during his student days. Among his various talents, he was a very good singer.
News: Haryana Sikhs plan a major action on Sikh Environment Day March 14
Sikh environmental activist gathered today to plan for direct action day on Sikh Environment Day on March 14, which is the coronation day of the 7th Sikh Guru , Guru Har Rai. This is the largest meeting of Sikhs on environment in Haryana and first ever joint action plan being launched by participating organizations including the apex body, SGPC.
News: JIWAN MUKHT – Liberated While Yet Alive (Part I)
We can achieve Jiwan-Mukht, liberation while yet alive. We don’t have to wait until an afterlife to achieve it. It exists for us right now.
News: 'I Heart Turbans': Sikh student's apparel designs spark inter-faith dialogue
If the spheres of fashion and religion seem disparate and distant, it is 22-year-old Jagmeet Sethi's Connecticut-based apparel company TurbanInc that has brought the two seemingly distinct worlds together.
News: "The Sikhs in Britain" ~ Book Review
Peter Bance has created a unique volume, "The Sikhs in Britain" with a pictorial history of the Diaspora Sikhs in UK. In author's view, the Sikhs have added a little something to Britain. He recounts Guru Nanak Marg, Khalsa Avenue, Glassy Junction, Bhangra music and many more landmarks of Punjabi culture in London.
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