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Governor Ganesan Urges Fitting Tribute to Founding Fathers on the eve of the 75th Republic Day

Governor Ganesan Urges Fitting Tribute to Founding Fathers on the eve of the 75th Republic Day

KOHIMA, Jan 25 (NEPS): Nagaland Governor La. Ganesan, on the eve of the momentous occasion of the 75th Republic Day, extends warm greetings to fellow countrymen and calls for a fitting tribute to the founding fathers of the nation. In a message on the eve of the 75th Republic Day of India, today, he reflects on the historic promise made 75 years ago by the people of India to adopt the country’s constitution and embrace the identity of citizens in a sovereign democratic republic.… Read the rest

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Maria Kostyuk speaks up for ‘forgotten’ Ukraine war after Australian Open win

Marta Kostyuk celebrates after beating Russia’s Maria Timofeeva 6-2 6-1. Photograph: James Ross/EPA
  • Kostyuk thrashes Russia’s Maria Timofeeva in fourth round
  • ‘I think it just shows how strong Ukrainian people are’

Tumaini Carayol at Melbourne Park

Marta Kostyuk believes that tennis has forgotten the war in Ukraine and she hopes that the success of Ukrainian women at the Australian Open will generate further attention for the issue as she reached the quarter-finals of a grand slam tournament for the first time in her career.… Read the rest

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Choosing childlessness for the sake of the planet

Newborn babies in a maternity ward. Photograph: Roger Bamber/Alamy

Public policies shouldn’t be shaped around boosting birth rates, says Madeleine Hewitt. Plus a letter from Val Harding

Letters

hile it’s a tragedy that so many are afraid to have children due to climate breakdown, that doesn’t have to be a decision drawn from fear, but a positive, proactive choice to help solve the climate crisis (More people not having children due to climate breakdown fears, finds research, 9 November).… Read the rest

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Haiti: residents trapped as armed gangs target key pocket of Port-au-Prince

Residents of the Solino neighbourhood displaced from their homes due to clashes between armed gangs. Photograph: Odelyn Joseph/AP

Thick smoke rises above strategic neighbourhood of Solino as frantic residents call into radio stations for help

Staff and agencies in Port-au-Prince

Gang members have targeted a strategic neighbourhood in Haiti’s capital, in a four-day attack which has left residents trapped in their homes by flaming barricades and automatic gunfire.… Read the rest

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