Indian parents in UAE watch son’s funeral in Kerala on FB
Dubai, April 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) An Indian family in the UAE had to watch the funeral of their son, who died due to cancer, on Facebook as they could not fly back to their native state…
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Unable to reach hospital, Telangana woman delivers baby on road
Hyderabad, April 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) A woman in Telangana delivered a child by the roadside as she could not be shifted to a hospital in Suryapet town on time by her husband on his motorbike due…
Combating corona: This officer returns to work a day after mother’s death
By Navneet Mishra New Delhi, April 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Commitment to work at the time of adversity brought out the best in this IAS officer serving as Collector of Valsad in Gujarat. Even as coronavirus spread…
Waste vegetable collectors in Azadpur Mandi badly hit
New Delhi, April 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Shabana, her husband and two children come to the Azadpur Mandi everyday to collect vegetables that fall off trucks during unloading at the market. These are then sold by her…
Beyond the call of duty: Many Delhi SHOs didn’t go home since lockdown began
By Rajnish Singh New Delhi, April 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Even as the nationwide lockdown largely confined people to their homes, many Station House Officers (SHOs) in Delhi Police chose to keep themselves away from their homes…
Indian embassy in US launches online Kuchipudi dance course
Washington, April 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid the ongoing coronavirus lockdown in the US, the Indian embassy in Washington has launched an online Kuchipudi dance course which will hold classes twice a week, it was reported. The…
Lucknow doctors keep their spirits high even amid Covid duties
Lucknow, April 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) A group of women doctors in Lucknow have come up with a five-minute video in which the doctors can be seen dancing to an old Bollywood song. The black-and-white video has…
Man carries aged father on shoulders after police refuse vehicle to pass
Thiruvananthapuram, April 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) A man travelling by an autorickshaw in Punalur, about 90 km from the state capital, to get his aged father back from a hospital had to carry him on his shoulders…
Villagers show the way, win accolades in fight against coronavirus
By Navneet Mishra New Delhi, April 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid a nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, residents of a number of villages across India have emerged as role models and earned accolades for strictly…
Risk of childhood undernutrition higher in India’s flood-prone areas
New Delhi, April 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Children in flood-prone areas of India need more support as exposure to excessive monsoon rainfall in-utero and during the first year increases the risk of undernutrition among kids under the…
No special trains for stranded migrants: Railways clarifies yet again
Hyderabad, April 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) In the backdrop of the Bandra incident in Mumbai, the South Central Railway (SCR) has yet again clarified that there is no proposal to operate special trains for migrants stranded in…
Kid in Chhattisgarh donates piggy bank savings to CM fund
Raipur, April 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) The outbreak of novel coronavirus has affectcd all the people. Apart from the doctors and nurses, who are fighting on the frontlines, there are other heroes too who are going the…
Woman stuck at India-B’desh border for two weeks
Agartala, April 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) A 35-year-old-woman, supposed to be a Bangladeshi, is stranded between the India and Bangladesh border in Tripura for the past around two weeks. Despite the border guards of the two countries…
TN man who pedalled 130 km to get wife treated awaits govt help
Chennai, April 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) The wide media coverage he got after pedalling 130 km on his rickety bicycle to get his cancer-stricken wife Manjula treated has not brought any succour to Arivazhagan as he is…
Free Vishu meals for 1,000 people in Dubai
Dubai, April 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) As Keralites in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) marked a low-key celebration of their harvest festival Vishu on Tuesday amid the coronavirus pandemic, a community initiative will hand out the traditional…
Bikaner snack manufacturers take care of workforce amid lockdown
By Archana Sharma Jaipur, April 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid an exodus of migrant workers to their respective hometowns across the country during the nationwide lockdown in India, manufacturers of savoury ‘bhujia, ‘papads and ‘rasgullas in Bikaner…
Month after return from Italy, group of Telugu students back home
Vijayawada, April 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) A month-long ordeal of a group of Telugu students finally ended on Tuesday as they finally returned to their native state Andhra Pradesh, after they were evacuated from COVID-19 affected Italy….
Muslims stand in for family of dead Hindu, perform last rites
Jaipur, April 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) A classic example of communal harmony came to fore on Monday in Jaipur when a few Muslim men performed the last rites of a Hindu man, carrying his bier to the…
Lockdown prevents kin from immersing ashes of deceased kin
Bhopal, April 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) The 21-day nationwide lockdown is coming in the way of Hindus, who have passed away across Madhya Pradesh during the period due to various illnesses or other reasons, from attaining salvation….
Dog sacrifices life to save owner from snake
Hyderabad, April 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Proving its faithfulness to man, a pet dog sacrificed its life to save its owner from a poisonous snake. The owner was sleeping when the dog, a Pomeranian, engaged a snake…