New Delhi, Sep 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Inter-Services Intelligence, Pakistans spy agency is afflicted by the same bungling and corruption as the rest of the Pakistani state, according to a new book. The book called, “The Nine…
By Siddhi Jain New Delhi, Sep 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) For Rupam Kaur, an Indian-American physician, the pursuit of finding love a second time took more than the traditional formula of meeting with suitors via a matchmaker….
By Siddhi Jain New Delhi, Sep 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Back in the early 1970s, Marathi playwright Vijay Tendulkar’s play ‘Sakharam Binder’ — which features the character of a bookbinder who ‘takes in’ women abandoned or dejected…
By Siddhi Jain New Delhi, Sep 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) One of the most recognised faces of Indian comedy, and the mind behind talk show ‘Son of Abish’, Abish Mathew says that COVID-19 forced a lot of…
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Sep 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Was the 2018 ball tampering case involving David Warner, Cameron Bancroft and Steve Smith more diabolical than the use of Vaseline, hair oil saliva mixed with sweet…
By Brij Khandelwal Agra, Sep 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) People have welcomed the Uttar Pradesh government’s decision of changing the name of an upcoming Rs 170 crore museum project near the Taj Mahal, from “Mughal” to “Chatrapati…
London, Sep 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indian origin author Avni Doshi has made the cut for the 2020 Man Booker Prize for Literarture with her book “Burnt Sugar” (Hamish Penguin Random House) in the shortlist announced here…
By Sukant Deepak New Delhi, Sep 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) ‘Canary Trap, ‘Starburst Maneuver, ‘Camp Swampy and ‘Dangle form common vocabulary for someone who at the age of 18 started writing ‘Bard of Blood that was adapted…
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Sep 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Hercule Poirot, the portly curly-mustachioed Belgian detective created by Agatha Christie who has appeared in 33 novels, two plays and more than 50 short stories, had been…
By Vivek Tripathi Lucknow, Sep 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Hindi is undergoing a transition with the changing times. Hindi is the third most spoken language in the world but has lost its sheen due to the extent…
New Delhi, Sep 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Experts from America, Japan, Nepal, Paraguay, Holland, France, Germany and India presented their views at a webinar organised on the topic ‘Vedas and World Peace’. They included former Prime Minister…
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Sep 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Percy Bysshe Shelley was a poet of the Romantic era who had inspired Mahatma Gandhi. Now, his ‘Ode To The West Wind’ written two centuries ago, Covid-19,…
New Delhi, Sep 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday reserved its order on the petition filed by leading publisher HarperCollins challenging a lower court order putting an ex parte stay on release of…
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Sep 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Being shaped by the broad trends in the global environment caused by Covid-19, India will have to rethink its growth model as following the “post-1991 mantras” makes…
New Delhi, Sep 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Noted broadcaster and natural historian David Attenborough has been presented the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2019 by the Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust. Attenborough has been given the prize for “revealing…
New Delhi, Sep 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) ‘Seeds are Being Sown’, an exhibition curated by Prameya Art Foundation’s Art Scribes awardee Shaunak Mahbubani, featuring artists Aqui Thami, Tehmeena Firdos, Baaraan Ijlal, Arshi Ahmadzai, Anna Ehrenstein, Amitesh Grover…
Agra, Sep 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Taj Mahal and the Agra Fort would be reopened for public viewing from September 21, it was announced on Monday. Agra District Magistrate P.N. Singh made the announcement in a…
Bhopal, Sep 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bhopal-based Dhrupad Sansthan’s Chairman Umakant Gundecha has announced a four-member committee to inquire into the allegations of sexual misconduct levelled against two of the three Gundecha brothers by a former disciple…
Bhopal, Sep 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) The prestigious Dhrupad Sansthan near Neelbad on the outskirts of Bhopal is pursuing its regular activities, unfazed by the recent allegations of sexual abuse against one of its Gurus, Akhilesh Gundecha….
New Delhi, Sep 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Just when it seemed there was no end to the woes caused by the coronavirus pandemic, there are words of solace from Pope Francis who explains in a revelatory, uplifting,…