Prominent Sikh Gurdwara goes eco-friendly, kitchen to shift from LPG to solar energy

Source: Hindustan Times In an effort to promote environment-friendly measures, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has given the go-ahead to shifting a majority of its cooking activities at Harmandar Sahib’s Guru Ram Dass ‘langar’ (community kitchen) on to solar energy. This decision was taken after a devotee, Ravindra Laund, […]

JEWISH DAILY FORWARD – The Yiddish Quran

The Yiddish Quran Sect Publishes Holy Book for Very Few Readers HAGGAI FRID/COURTESY HAARETZ An Unusual Holy Book: The Islamic Ahmadiyya sect translated parts of the Koran into Yiddish.   By Philologos Published September 09, 2012, issue of September 14, 2012.There was an unusual event in Haifa the other day. Muhammad Sharif Odeh, […]

FIJI NEWS – A paradise in the Pacific

WORLD Cast away… in paradise BY:BY ROSE SADLEIR  From:escape  September 09, 2012 12:00A Wish you were here? A Castaway Island sunset. Picture: Cathy Finch Source: National Features Castaway Island, Fiji, as it normally looks when there aren’t disastrous floods. Picture: Cathy Finch Source: National Features THERE is nothing quite as alluring as the thought of […]

Obama offers a laudable vision for US

By Haroon Siddiqui Editorial Page http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1253474–siddiqui-there-have-been-disappointments-but-obama-offers-a-laudable-vision-for-america-s-common-good No one, not even Barack Obama, could have lived up to the expectations that he raised four years ago. He was a dream candidate — handsome, dignified, suave, educated, informed, articulate, oratorical and disciplined. His was a lovely family, he a model husband and […]

Iran’s presidency over Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to give impetus to NANO science generation

Source:Ahlul Bayt News Agency Head of the Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Institute Mohammad-Hossein Majlesara says Iran’s presidency of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) would provide the members with an opportunity to make progress in the field of NANO sciences.  Head of the Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Institute Mohammad-Hossein Majlesara says Iran’s presidency of […]