Category: Human Interest

Goa’s first Rainbow Pride wants locals to open mind to LGBTs

Panaji, Oct 24 (IANS) Despite its reputation as a cosmopolitan, tourism hub, Goa is not really fair on the local…

8 years ago

6,200 girls trained in self defence under BSES’s CSR initiative

New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) Around 6,200 girls have undergone self defence training in the past three years under the…

8 years ago

Genome India Project launched in northeast

Imphal, Oct 24 (IANS) Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) of over 2,000 individuals spanning different ethnic, linguistic and socio-cultural sections of…

8 years ago

Seoul airport plans to open plastic surgery clinic

Seoul, Oct 24 (IANS) Seoul's Incheon international airport is planning to open a plastic surgery clinic in the transfer section,…

8 years ago

Meghalaya Election Department enters Limca Book of Records

Shillong, Oct 24 (IANS) The Meghalaya Election Department has entered Limca Book of Records for the formation of the biggest…

8 years ago

Mamata unveils Sister Nivedita’s restored house

Kolkata, Oct 23 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday inaugurated the restored house of Sister Nivedita here…

8 years ago

IS leaves 100 bodies before withdrawing from Syrian town

Damascus, Oct 23 (IANS) The Islamic State (IS) militants left 100 bodies ahead of withdrawing from a central Syrian town…

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Troubled by moneylender family attempts self immolation in TN

Chennai, Oct 23 (IANS) Unable to bear the harassment by a moneylender, a man along with his wife and two…

8 years ago

China lifts ban on stinky cheese

Beijing, Oct 23 (IANS) China has reversed an import ban on several types of soft and mould-ripened cheese, including Roquefort,…

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Indian graphic novel pioneer puts Goa’s iconic Portuguese-era Friday market on ‘map’

By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar Panaji, Oct 23 (IANS) Noted artist Orijit Sen's game-based installation of a popular Portuguese-era Friday market at…

8 years ago

Facebook’s automatic translate lands Palestinian man in jail

Jerusalem, Oct 23 (IANS) Israeli police mistakenly arrested a Palestinian man after they thought he had published a Facebook post…

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Letter by Titanic victim sold for record price in Britain

London, Oct 23 (IANS) A world record price of over $166,000 was paid at an auction in Britain for one…

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Toxic lead found in raw food items in Kolkata

Kolkata, Oct 22 (IANS) The presence of a high concentration of lead has been detected in raw food items such…

8 years ago

Mizoram montage: Fierce civic pride of a former insurgent tribe

By Tarun Basu Aizawl, Oct 22 (IANS) There is something about India's Northeast that makes it markedly different from the…

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Bengal celebrates ‘Bhai Phonta’ amid rains

Kolkata, Oct 21 (IANS) Sisters prayed for their brothers' long lives as West Bengal celebrated the "Bhai Phonta" (brother's day)…

8 years ago

Two days after Diwali, air quality ‘very poor’ in Delhi

New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court-imposed ban on cracker sale does not appear to have done much good…

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Fighter jets, transport aircraft to land on UP expressway

New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) A C-130 transport aircraft with special forces commandos and frontline fighters from Indian Air Force…

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Saddened by child’s death, mother jumps into Hoogly

Kolkata, Oct 21 (IANS) Saddened by her child's death, a mother allegedly committed suicide by jumping into the Hoogly river…

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Elaborate ‘Annakoot’ feasts mark Govardhan Puja in Braj

Govardhan (Mathura), Oct 21 (IANS) Govardhan Puja was held in a major way in most temples of Braj, with elaborate…

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Trump’s Empire State Building drawing fetches $16,000

New York, Oct 21 (IANS) A black-marker drawing of the Empire State Building by US President Donald Trump sold at…

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