Sant Akhada displeased as the State Government has declared the MahaShivaratri Rajayogi Snan as a normal Snan in the Haridwar Kumbh Mela!

The Government has announced the dates of Rajayogi (Shahi) snan during the 2021 Kumbh Mela. As they have declared the MahaShivaratri Rajayogi snan to be a ‘normal snan’ day, the sanyasi community have expressed their displeasure against this decision.

Mathura: 3 arrested for selling stones from the Govardhan mountain

Delhi police have arrested 3 persons selling stones from the sacred Govardhan mountain in Mathura. The FIR has been registered against the Dinesh Agarwal, CEO of ‘India Mart’,  Brijesh Agrawal, Co-founder of ‘India Mart’ and Ankur Agrawal, local supplier from Mathura.

Central govt. to issue guidelines to regulate OTT platforms !

Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar announced that, “we have received many complaints regarding the content of OTT platforms. Films and serials released on OTT platforms and digital newspapers don’t come under purview of Press Council Act, Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act or Censor Board. 

Abu al-Qasim is shown as ‘Father of surgery’ instead of Sushruta in the school curriculum in Kerala

A IX standard science textbook in the State of Kerala states that the ‘father of surgery’ was Abu al-Qasim’s Al-Zahwari instead of Sushruta. In Indian history, a famous physician named Sushruta existed in the 8th century AD.