Category: Human Interest

Teenage peer groups are change agents in Tamil Nadu

By Rupesh Dutta Salem/Dharmapuri (Tamil Nadu), Sep 27 (IANS) Teenagers Prabhu Deva and Amritha stand for change in these two…

8 years ago

London dealer buys world’s largest rough diamond for $53 mn

London, Sep 27 (IANS) One of London's top diamond companies announced on Tuesday it bought the world's largest rough diamonds,…

8 years ago

Saudi King issues order allowing women to drive

Riyadh, Sep 27 (IANS) Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on Tuesday issued a royal decree allowing women…

8 years ago

Honeypreet continues to elude embarrassed Haryana Police

New Delhi/Chandigarh, Sep 26 (IANS) Embarrassed by the fact that fugitive Honeypreet, a close aide of jailed Dera Sacha Sauda…

8 years ago

Divyang Sarathi mobile app for disabled launched

New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Minister for Social, Justice and Empowerment Thaawarchand Gehlot on Tuesday launched the beta version of…

8 years ago

President bats for gender parity

New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Pointing out that India's developmental goals are meaningless without gender parity, President Ram Nath Kovind…

8 years ago

MPs, experts for early passage of Motor Vehicles Bill

New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Experts and MPs on Tuesday called for early enactment of the Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill,…

8 years ago

Government committed to making India clean by 2019: Naidu

Gadag (Karnataka), Sep 26 (IANS) Stating that the number of Indians defecating in the open has come down from 60…

8 years ago

MP businessman, wife become Jain ascetics, leave behind toddler

Neemuch/Surat, Sep 26 (IANS) There is no age for choosing to renounce the world, says the family of Madhya Pradesh…

8 years ago

JNU administration warns against GSCASH elections

New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) administration on Tuesday warned its students against holding GSCASH elections.…

8 years ago

Female Nepali journalist scales 8th highest mountain

Kathmandu, Sep 26 (IANS) A female photo journalist from Nepal on Tuesday scaled the world's eighth highest peak Mount Manaslu…

8 years ago

98-year-old man clears MA exam in Bihar

Patna, Sep 26 (IANS) In what could be a first of its kind, 98-year-old Raj Kumar Vaishya has passed the…

8 years ago

Biggest diamond in 100 years fetches $53 million

Ottawa, Sep 26 (IANS) The biggest diamond found in more than a century has been sold for $53 million, Canada's…

8 years ago

How Google searches may show who we are and what we want (Book Review)

By Vikas Datta Title: Everybody Lies - What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are; Author: Seth…

8 years ago

Indian American couple pledges $200mn to transform healthcare in India

By Arun Kumar Fort Lauderdale (Florida) Sep 26 (IANS) With a $200 million commitment, an Indian American doctor couple has…

8 years ago

Kisan Credit Card scheme helps west UP farmers

Agra, Sep 25 (IANS) Farmers in west Uttar Pradesh who borrowed loans under the Kisan Credit Card scheme (KCC) have…

8 years ago

Former ‘world’s heaviest woman’ dies in Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi, Sep 25 (IANS) Once dubbed the world's heaviest woman, Egyptian national Eman Ahmed Abd-El Aty passed away at…

8 years ago

Upcoming art show to pay tribute to iconic Indian legends

New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) Delhi-based artist Rita Jhunjhunwala will pay tribute to extraordinary men and women from a spectrum…

8 years ago

World’s former heaviest woman dies in Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi, Sep 25 (IANS) Egyptian national Eman Ahmed Abdelaty, once known as the world heaviest woman, passed away here…

8 years ago

Sonagachi sex workers scale up Durga Puja

Kolkata, Sep 25 (IANS) For the first time in five years, sex workers of Sonagachi, considered Asia's largest red-light area,…

8 years ago



This website uses cookies.

%%footer%%