Srinagar, Aug 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Recoveries continued to remain ahead of new Covid cases in J&K on Wednesday with 132 recovering while 100 new cases and one death were reported during the last 24 hours. Officials…
Hyderabad, Aug 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Telangana government on Tuesday constituted the Telangana State Heritage Authority (TSHA) for protection, preservation and conservation of heritage of the state. The government also constituted committees at district level and…
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Aug 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) It was one of seven islands that once upon a time grew mangoes for the Mughals. With the coming of the British, the archipelago in which Mazagon…
By Saibal Gupta Kolkata, Aug 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Though street art is common in the US, Australia and Europe, it has not been tried and tested in that manner in this country. In an effort to…
Los Angeles, Aug 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Singer Dolly Parton, who is known for her numbers such as “Jolene” and “I will always love you” among many others, has teamed up with author James Patterson to write…
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Aug 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) There are any number of systematic psychographic studies in the US context that investigate the dispositional traits of demagogic and political leaders that are often put to…
By Ekatmata Sharma New Delhi, Aug 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tabla maestro Bickram Ghosh is one of the most well-known names in the world of Indo-fusion music. Having performed the world over with the greatest names in…
New Delhi, Aug 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) ‘Access For All’ has given an open call for ‘Manifesto for Accessible Art Festival’ (MAAF), where accessibility is at the apex of planning an all-inclusive arts festival celebrating artists and…
Agra, Aug 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Gurgaon-based The Poetry Society of India has released three collections of poems by noted poet from Agra, Rajiv Khandelwal. The volumes are titled ‘Crazy Class’, ‘Adventure’ and ‘Magic Moments’. Khandelwal has…
By Ekatmata Sharma New Delhi, Aug 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Actress Tisca Chopra is also an author and an avid reader. The actor-author hails from the family of late celebrated author Khushwant Singh. Carrying forward the lineage,…
Mumbai, Aug 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Film producer Siddharth Roy Kapur launched the book of filmmaker Nidhie Sharma on Tuesday. The book is titled ‘Invictus: The Jungle that Made Me’. Talking about the book, Siddharth said, “Nidhie…
By Siddhi Jain New Delhi, Aug 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) The 2021 edition of the ArtEast Festival, which is being held virtually this year, will focus on art and storytelling, and is “an effort to revive our…
Lucknow, Aug 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Uttar Pradesh is likely to get its official ‘state song’ soon, an anthem that will be sung or played during important functions and in schools. According to Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary…
New Delhi, Aug 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Here’s a powerful story of a family in Delhi living through the heartbreak of Partition, set during Indias Independence, by Melody Razak, one of the London Observer’s Ten Debut Novelists…
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Aug 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Two teenaged girls, one in Srinagar and the other in New Delhi, set out to be pen-pals and over the years this has blossomed into an abiding…
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Aug 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Hindus need a true renaissance but for that Hindu-satya (the truth about Hinduism) must replace the term Hindutva, which stands discredited because of “illiterate bigotry” — and…
Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh, Aug 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) It is an unusual art and Manoj Kumar, a fine arts postgraduate student of the Allahabad University, is practising it to perfection. He paints on banana leaves and says…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Considered the first modern poet of Dogri language, Padma Sachdev (81), originally from Jammu passed away on Wednesday in Mumbai. Known for catapulting Dogri poetry to new heights, Sachdev, recipient…
Dhaka, Aug 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) An idol of Lord Vishnu weighing about 12 kg has been recovered from the Daudkandi upazila of Cumilla in Bangladesh. The height of the black stone idol is about 23 inches…
Bhubaneswar, Aug 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Noted sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has created a 10 feet long sand glove to congratulate boxer Lovlina Borgohain for winning the bronze medal at Tokyo Olympics, on the Puri beach in…