Category: Human Interest

Prejudice, bias against women still exists: Diplomats

New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Women around the world have achieved success by breaking stereotypes but there is still a…

9 years ago

Hurricane Matthew batters Florida, more than 300 dead in Haiti

Cape Canaveral (Florida), Oct 7 (IANS) Hurricane Matthew battered the Florida coastline on Friday morning with heavy rains and gusty…

9 years ago

Apes show human-like ability to guess what others are thinking

New York, Oct 7 (IANS) Just like us, apes can grasp complex mental states and have the ability to guess…

9 years ago

Triple talaq, polygamy not integral to Islamic practices, SC told

New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) The Union government on Friday told the Supreme Court that 'triple talaq', 'nikaah halaal' and…

9 years ago

Colombian President Santos wins Nobel Peace Prize

Oslo, Oct 7 (IANS) Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos was on Friday awarded the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize for his…

9 years ago

NFR introduces DEMU train service in Assam districts

Guwahati, Oct 7 (IANS) The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) is to introduce Diesel Electric Multiple Unit (DEMU) train services on…

9 years ago

Durga Puja begins in Bengal with fervour

Kolkata, Oct 7 (IANS) Aptly styled and full of enthusiasm, people in West Bengal plunged into merriment on Friday, marking…

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Radioactive leakage at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant

Tokyo, Oct 7 (IANS) Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant operators on Friday confirmed that radioactive water had leaked from one of…

9 years ago

Chopper service for Durga Puja revellers in Tripura

Agartala, Oct 7 (IANS) The Tripura government will operate a helicopter service for Durga Puja revellers and sightseers to enable…

9 years ago

Women to continue to be barred from Haji Ali shrine for now

New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Women will continue to be barred from entering the Dargah of Sufi saint Haji Ali…

9 years ago

Will chaos again rule this Durga Puja or will crowd control work?

By Sahana Ghosh Kolkata, Oct 7 (IANS) Almost a year after the "tallest Durga idol" in the world caused a…

9 years ago

Bangladesh’s Jamdani textiles to get global patent

Dhaka, Oct 6 (IANS) Dhakai Jamdani, one of Bangladesh's finest muslin textiles, is set to be registered this month as…

9 years ago

Akshay urges people to think about army, not ban on artistes

Mumbai, Oct 6 (IANS) Actor Akshay Kumar on Thursday broke his silence on the ban on Pakistani artistes and said…

9 years ago

Swacch Bharat Mission failing due to lack of credible data: CSE

New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on Thursday said that dspite huge investments, the…

9 years ago

Mumbai’s Bengali community ready to welcome Goddess Durga

Mumbai, Oct 6 (IANS) Be it Bengal or Maharashtra, the enthusiasm of the Bengali community is alike when it comes…

9 years ago

Start-ups ecosystem better, but few women involved: Sitharaman

New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Noting the palpable change in the Indian eco-system in developing a more congenial ethos for…

9 years ago

Polish Parliament rejects strict abortion law

Warsaw, Oct 6 (IANS) The proposal to ban abortions in Poland appears to have collapsed after the Polish Parliament on…

9 years ago

Man weds widow in front of Gandhi statue

Patna, Oct 6 (IANS) Breaking with tradition, a man married a widow in front of a statue of Mahatma Gandhi,…

9 years ago

Mukherjee inaugurates first World Sustainable Development Summit

New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday inaugurated the first edition of World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS)…

9 years ago

Without knowing its test-tube babies, India seeks to control their lives

By Aparna Kalra It has been nearly four decades since the birth of India's first test-tube baby. In this time,…

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