Category: Human Interest

10,000 under-15s expected at Mumbai Juniorthon on Sunday

Mumbai, Nov 29 (IANS) A staggering 10,000 children aged under 15 are expected to turn out for the second edition…

9 years ago

Women set to re-enter Haji Ali dargah after 5 years

Mumbai, Nov 29 (IANS) After five years and a series of legal battles and agitations, a group of women activists…

9 years ago

Women to re-enter Haji Ali dargah after 5 years

Mumbai, Nov 29 (IANS) After five years, a series of legal battles and agitations, a group of women activists will…

9 years ago

Nauru refugees refuse to be resettled in US under Trump

Sydney, Nov 29 (IANS) Refugees held in Australia's detention centre on Nauru do not want to be transferred to the…

9 years ago

HIV vaccine efficacy study begins in South Africa

Washington, Nov 29 (IANS) The first HIV vaccine efficacy study in seven years has begun in South Africa to test…

9 years ago

500,000 children under siege in Syria, UNICEF calls for help

United Nations, Nov 29 (IANS) As nearly 500,000 children are living under siege amid escalating violence across Syria, the UN…

9 years ago

21 million people worldwide in contemporary slavery: UN

Geneva, Nov 29 (IANS) An estimated 21 million people worldwide are trapped in conditions of contemporary slavery, including some five…

9 years ago

Italian writer finalist for Britain’s ‘Bad Sex in Fiction’ award

London, Nov 28 (IANS/AKI) Acclaimed Italian writer and activist Erri De Luca has made the short-list for the UK's "Bad…

9 years ago

Delhi launches campaign against drug abuse

New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) The Delhi government on Monday launched a campaign in government-run schools against drug abuse among…

9 years ago

Man dies of hunger in Madhya Pradesh, probe ordered

Tikamgarh (Madhya Pradesh), Nov 28 (IANS) Tikamgarh district incharge minister Rustam Singh has asked the local administration to conduct an…

9 years ago

Congress leader dies during protest march in Gwalior

Gwalior, Nov 28 (IANS) Gwalior District unit chief of the Congress party Darshan Singh died of cardiac failure on Monday…

9 years ago

Pakistan’s ‘first cyber harassment hotline’ to go live

Islamabad, Nov 28 (IANS) The Digital Rights Foundation in Pakistan on Monday announced that it will launch the country's first…

9 years ago

Edhi foundation in crisis as donations plummet

Islamabad, Nov 28 (IANS) After the death of legendary social worker Abdul Sattar Edhi in July earlier this year, the…

9 years ago

WISE: Making women technologically more efficient

By Vivek Singh Chauhan New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) Two years ago, Sri Charvitha, a student of the B.V. Raju…

9 years ago

Bollywood’s studied silence over Ranveer Singh’s sexist ad

By Subhash K. Jha Mumbai, Nov 27 (IANS) Ranveer Singh is going places. Not all of them worth going to.…

9 years ago

Demonetisation has led to societal changes, says Modi

New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday gave several examples to buttress his stand that November…

9 years ago

Japan’s hot springs city plans ‘spamusement’ park

Tokyo, Nov 27 (IANS) Japan's Beppu city has figured out how to create a place that will calm your senses…

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Tribals want to get educated, make up for lost time

By Vishal Narayan Jamshedpur, Nov 27 (IANS) A feeling of resentment among tribals at being "cheated" by upper-caste Hindus, of…

9 years ago

Mexican who helped Castro launch his revolution mourns his death

Mexico City, Nov 27 (IANS) Antonio del Conde, who obtained for Fidel Castro the yacht Granma, on which the latter…

9 years ago

Fidel Castro was like my second father: Maradona

Buenos Aires, Nov 27 (IANS) Argentinean football star, Diego Maradona, on Saturday mourned the death of Cuban revolutionary leader, Fidel…

9 years ago



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