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Tag Archives: Humanities

12Feb/17

Won’t solemnise weddings without proof of toilets, declare Muslim imams in northern India

February 12, 2017Human InterestAnthropology, Bathrooms, Country: India, Haryana, Humanities, Hygiene, Imam, India, Marriage, Mewat, Moeen Khan, Narendra Modi, Public health, Public toilets, Sanitation, Swachh Bharat Mission, Toilets, Urinal, Wedding, Yahae Karimsmbale

In a unique move, over 1,200 Muslim imams in India’s northern Haryana state declare that they will not solemnise a wedding without proofs of toilets at the residences of prospective brides and grooms.
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01Jul/15

UK stock markets calm despite Greek default

July 1, 2015FinanceAlexis Tsipras, Bill Blain, Business/Finance, Decades, ECB, Economic history, Economics, Economy of Greece, Economy of the European Union, Euro, Europe, European Central Bank, European debt crisis, European sovereign debt crisis, European sovereign debt crisis timeline, Eurozone, Eurozone crisis, Financial crises, Government debt, Greece, Greek government debt crisis, Greek withdrawal from the eurozone, History by period, Humanities, International Monetary Fund, Ireland, Italy, Late-2000s financial crisis, London, Portugal, SIMON SMITH, Spain, Stock market crashes, United Kingdom, Units of time, Withdrawal from the European Unionsmbale

UK traders consider the consequences of a possible ‘Grexit’ on the European markets.

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08Mar/15

World leaders vow to reach gender balanced world by 2030

March 8, 2015WorldAhmet Davutoğlu, Articles, Ban Ki-moon, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Feminist theory, Gender, Gender and society, Gender equality, Gender studies, Government, Humanities, International Women's Day, Liberia, president, Prime Minister, Social inequality, Social Issues, Turkey, Turkish people, United Nations, United Nations Development Group, Women, Women's empowermentsmbale

World leaders including Turkey’s Prime Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu and Liberian President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf urge the international community to do more to reach global gender equality by 2030.
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11Feb/15

Obama seeks war authorization from Congress to fight Islamic State

February 11, 2015WarAl-Qaeda, Antisemitism in the Arab world, Antisemitism in the Middle East, Barack Obama, Barack Obama foreign policy, Congress, Contemporary history, Decades, Foreign policy of the Barack Obama administration, Humanities, Iraq, Iraq War, Iraqi Civil War, Islam, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Islamic terrorism, Islamist groups, Military history by country, Organizations designated as terrorist by Canada, Osama bin Laden, Politics, Presidency of Barack Obama, president, South Asian foreign policy of the Barack Obama administration, Terrorism, u.s. senate, United States, War on Terror, War/Conflictsmbale

U.S. President Barack Obama sends Congress a letter seeking the authorization of military force against Islamic State militants, limiting operations to three years.
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10Feb/15

Police seize lost ‘Da Vinci’ painting in Switzerland

February 10, 2015WorldAge of Enlightenment, Ariosto, Artists, Atalante Migliorotti, bank vault, Giftedness, Giovanni Bellini, History by period, Humanities, Isabella, Isabella d'Este, Italian artists, ITALIAN FINANCE POLICE, Italian people, Italy, Leonardeschi, Leonardo da Vinci, Ludovico Ariosto, Lugano, Mantua Marchesa Isabella d'Este, Raphael, Renaissance, Renaissance painters, Switzerland, Titiansmbale

Italian and Swiss Police have seized a lost painting attributed to Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci from a bank vault in Switzerland.
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