INS Trishul visits Durban to mark 30 years of relations with South Africa"At a commemorative event in Pietermaritzburg, the ship's band will play some of the favourite bhajans of Mahatma Gandhi. They will also pa...
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"An individual's sanity is often eclipsed by the collective insanity," wrote Nelson Mandela in his prison diary. Sheikh Saadi's parable and...
Mahatma Gandhi's train ejection commemorated in South AfricaOn the fateful night, while Gandhi was on his way to Pretoria from Durban, a white man objected to his presence in a first-class carriage, ...
I've never seen a disease like COVID-19: World-renowned South African Indian-origin academicDr. Coovadia, now retired at 80, was speaking from his residence in Durban after the launch of the 7th edition of his seminal textbook 'Pae...
Back in the classroom: When Manu Kumar visited his school in Meerut, after 20 yearsThe Xiaomi India head recently went down memory lane, posting pictures of his old school on Facebook.
Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Mandela advocated non-violence to usher social, political changes: Syed AkbaruddinSyed Akbaruddin, India's permanent ambassador to UN, was speaking on the International Day of Non-Violence which is celebrated every year o...
Cricket South Africa recalls India's role at silver jubilee eventDr Ali Bacher recalled how the different cricket boards that had been racially divided under apartheid had come together to start developin...
Africa visit aimed at enhancing ties with Africa: PM Narendra ModiModi will begin his five-day tour with Mozambique and then travel to South Africa, Tanzania and Kenya.
Africa visit aimed at enhancing ties with Africa: PM Narendra Modi"I will have the honour to visit Phoenix Settlement and Pietermaritzburg Station, two places very closely associated with Mahatma Gandhi's ...
Babasaheb Ambedkar should get Nobel Prize, says Ram Vilas PaswanPaswan said his party workers will undertake a campaign to ensure public awareness and participation in the campaign to bestow Nobel Prize ...
APJ Abdul Kalam's book 'Transendence' launched in South AfricaOn Kalam's query about how faith in God could develop a country, Pramukh Swami explained that a country with ethics and morality would only...
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On July 28, a day after the former president's death, Singh changed the profile name of Kalam's verified Twitter handle to "In memoryof Dr....
Mukherjee in S.Africa to attend Mandela's memorial servicePranab Mukherjee, the President of India will join heads of governments and states from more than 53 countries for Mandela's memorial servi...
For Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi was an anti-apartheid icon: Abdul KalamNelson Mandela always considered Mahatma Gandhi as pioneer of apartheid movement in South Africa, recalls former President A P J Abdul Kala...
Five-day state mourning in India as a mark of respect to Nelson MandelaThe government announced a five-day state mourning as a mark of respect to Nelson Mandela.
Superstar Shah Rukh Khan given BrandLaureate Legendary Award in MalaysiaShah Rukh Khan attended Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir bin Mohammad's birthday where was also awarded the prestigious BrandLaurea...
US election results: Barack Obama had invoked Mahatma Gandhi while seeking re-electionObama had invoked the legacies of Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela while appealing to donors for help in seeking a second term.