Category: Human Interest

Export ban for Clive of India’s rare jewelled flask

London, Jan 19 (IANS) An extremely rare jewelled flask given to Clive of India after the Battle of Plassey in…

9 years ago

Learn to make your own decisions, Smriti Irani advises young women

New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani on Wednesday said young women must learn to make their…

9 years ago

China, Sri Lanka build Friendship Village for landslide victims

Colombo, Jan 18 (IANS) Sri Lanka and China have started to construct the Aranayake China-Sri Lanka Friendship village in the…

9 years ago

Do no want ESI for our employees, say budget private schools

New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) A nationwide association of small budget private schools criticised the latest Employees' State Insurance Corporation…

9 years ago

Citizens to actively participate in policing policies

New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) Over 150,000 citizens from all across the country have joined a new initiative that will…

9 years ago

Jamia Millia Islamia to get special postal cover

New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) To mark the Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) centenary, the Department of Posts will issue a…

9 years ago

IAF appeals citizens to not to litter

New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) Ahead of the Republic Day Parade fly-past, the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Wednesday appealed…

9 years ago

Mobile screen-recorded short film ‘WhatsUpMom’ goes viral

Kochi, Jan 18 (IANS) A 90-second-long mobile screen-recorded short film 'WhatsUpMom', videographed by Mathukutty Xavier to break away from the…

9 years ago

Congress workers gherao RBI office to protest demonetisation

New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) Hundreds of Congress party protesters gheraoed the RBI office here on Wednesday with slogans denouncing…

9 years ago

Raxstar unveils track on women’s empowerment

Mumbai, Jan 18 (IANS) British rapper Raxstar, who has roots in India, on Wednesday released a track titled "Balwant" that…

9 years ago

Chinese newspaper makes robot write story

Guangzhou, Jan 18 (IANS) With mechanisation slowly edging into almost every field, the scribe, too, is sought to be replaced…

9 years ago

Afghanistan’s snowy hilltops now draw skiing youngsters

Bamyan (Afghanistan), Jan 18 (IANS) When the Gunbadak hilltops are snow-capped, covering their usual mud and dust, dozens of children…

9 years ago

Where Himachal villagers observe silence to appease deities

By Vishal Gulati Manali, Jan 18 (IANS) Traditional apple-growing villagers around this tourist resort in Himachal Pradesh are wrapping themselves…

9 years ago

Rajasthan Education Minister flayed for cow comments

Jaipur, Jan 17 (IANS) Rajasthan Education Minister Vasudev Devnani, who on Monday had claimed that cows inhale and exhale oxygen,…

9 years ago

Amazon sacks worker for sending parcel with ‘Uncle Adolf’ note

London, Jan 17 (IANS) An Amazon worker has been sacked for putting a note reading "Greetings from Uncle Adolf" in…

9 years ago

Sikh boy in Australia denied enrolment in school for wearing turban

Melbourne, Jan 17 (IANS) A five-year-old Sikh boy was denied entry by a school here for wearing a turban as…

9 years ago

Thane girl to attend Trump’s inaugural in Washington

Thane (Maharashtra), Jan 17 (IANS) A teenaged girl from this Maharashtra city is off to Washington to attend the new…

9 years ago

‘Trump to bring his signature extravagant style to White House kitchen’

Washington, Jan 17 (IANS) Despite owning more than a dozen luxury restaurants, Donald Trump is not that interested in food.…

9 years ago

These kids risked their lives to save others’

By Mudita Girotra New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) Their daredevil acts in dire straits surpass the everyday acts of courage…

9 years ago

Many ATMs run dry but queues get shorter

New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) hiked the limit on daily withdrawal from ATMs from…

9 years ago



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