Chennai, June 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a significant step toward fostering a culture of reading and knowledge access, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Tuesday inaugurated a 5,000-square-foot ‘Book Park’ at the Chennai Central Metro…
Bengaluru, May 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Booker Prize-winning Kannada author and activist Banu Mushtaq received a warm welcome at the Bengaluru International Airport on Wednesday as she visited the city for the first time after receiving the…
Islamabad, May 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Pakistan’s present President Asif Ali Zardari managed his first term by skilfully getting then incumbent Pervez Musharraf to resign in August 2008 by securing the backing of his successor as Army…
New Delhi, May 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) A carefully distilled guide to inner harmony and mindfulness, drawing on ancient Indian arts and sciences, is fast emerging as the choice of readers. Ishan Shivanand’s “The Practice of Immortality:…
Bengaluru, May 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday congratulated Banu Mushtaq for winning the International Booker Prize for her Kannada short story collection, describing the win as historic. Taking to social media X,…
Bengaluru, May 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indian writer-lawyer-activist Banu Mushtaq has won the prestigious International Booker prize for the short story anthology, ‘Heart Lamp’. The award was announced at a ceremony held at London’s Tate Modern on…
Kohima, May 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Nagaland Governor La Ganesan on Saturday emphasised to protect Naga heritage, culture, tradition and customary practices. Releasing a book titled ‘The Lotha Naga Customary Law, Practices & Attires’ authored by P….
New Delhi, May 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) BAPS’ Dr Gnanvatsaldas Swami is all set to draw the attention and focus of the followers and volunteers of the Swaminarayaan Sanstha through his writings, as his first book titled…
Chennai, May 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin will today announce the nationalisation of the literary works of five eminent Tamil scholars — Rao Saheb G. Kothandapani Pillai, Dr R. Mohan, G. Muthupillai,…
New Delhi, April 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid an engaging discourse around governance, decolonisation and societal development in Bharat, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat will release ‘The Hindu Manifesto’, a book by Swami Vigyananand, on…
Mumbai, April 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Sooraj Pancholi will be seen sharing the screen for the first time with veteran actor Suniel Shetty in the highly-anticipated biopic, ‘Kesari Veer: Legends Of Somnath’. As the film inches closer…
Chennai, April 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Tuesday announced that the grand library currently under construction in Tiruchi will be named after former Chief Minister K. Kamaraj. The decision, Stalin told…
New Delhi, March 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) K.K. Birla Foundation’s prestigious Saraswati Samman 2024 will be conferred upon renowned Sanskrit scholar Mahamhopadhyay Sadhu Bhadreshdas for his outstanding book Swaminarayana Siddhanta Sudha in Sanskrit. The decision was made…
Seoul, March 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Writer Han Kang, the winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature, was among hundreds of South Korean authors calling for impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol to be removed from office…
New Delhi, March 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Renowned Hindi litterateur Vinod Kumar Shukla has been selected for the prestigious 59th Jnanpith Award for 2024, recognising his unique contribution, creativity, and distinctive writing style in Hindi literature. Shukla…
New Delhi, March 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Nearly four decades after it broke out, the probe into the Bofors scandal still remains inconclusive even though papers and people that can establish the truth are still out there…
New Delhi, March 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Delhi Lieutenant Governor (L-G) V.K. Saxena on Saturday attended the launch of Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri’s book ‘Swallowing the Sun’ becoming a national bestseller, which was hosted at the Partition Museum,…
New Delhi, March 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) The scandal tarnished the image of two popular Prime Ministers (one posthumously), threw light on the unscrupulous world of the global arms trade and its nexus with politics, and forced…
New Delhi, March 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Even amid themselves, they note how they seem to only make gulab jamuns and samosas by the hundreds for official occasions, but India’s ‘informal diplomats’ frequently show their metier. Like…
Kolkata, Jan 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) At the inauguration of the 48th Kolkata International Book Fair on Tuesday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee remembers the connections of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose with Germany. “The main string…