Lao New Year celebration to resume this year
Vientiane, March 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Laos will conduct a range of large-scale activities to celebrate the Lao New Year in 2023 after events were cancelled or downsized for three years in a row due to the…
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NZ’s child poverty statistics significantly improved compared to 2018
Wellington, March 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) New Zealand’s child poverty rates for the year ended June 2022 were unchanged compared with the previous year, but significantly improved compared with 2018, according to figures released by the statistics…
SC to set up fresh bench to hear pleas against polygamy, nikah halala
New Delhi, March 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court on Thursday said that it will constitute a fresh five-judge constitution bench at an “appropriate stage” to take up petitions challenging the constitutional validity of polygamy and…
Punjabi eatery allegedly vandalised by anti-India elements in UK
London, March 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) In yet another attack on an Indian installation in the UK, alleged Khalistani elements targeted a Punjabi restaurant located in Hammersmith, West London, according to an advocacy group. REACH-UK, which advocates…
UP women entrepreneurs to get 100% rebate in stamp duty
Lucknow, March 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Uttar Pradesh government will be offering incentives to women entrepreneurs who get into manufacturing in the state. This will be a major push for Mission Shakti. The micro, small and…
Five killed, 8 injured as bus rams into devotees in U’khand
Tanakpur, March 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Five devotees were killed and eight others injured when a bus ploughed into a crowd in Thuligad parking area of Uttarakhand’s Champawat district on Thursday. According to sources, the people –…
Special Officer to help decide whether Parsi Zoroastrian Trust needs to sell property: Calcutta HC
Kolkata, March 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Calcutta High Court has appointed a Special Officer to ascertain facts before deciding on a petition moved by trustees of the Calcutta Zoroastrian Communitys Religious and Charity Fund (CZCRCF) seeking…
California lawmaker introduces bill to make caste discrimination illegal
San Francisco, March 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) An Afghan-American lawmaker in California has introduced a bill to make caste discrimination illegal and if passed, it will become the first ever US state to outlaw discrimination based on…
937 quake-aid trucks cross from Turkey to Syria: UN
United Nations, March 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) The UN and partners continue to ramp up relief deliveries to earthquake-ravaged regions in Turkey and Syria. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said 937 trucks…
WB teachers’ scam: Ayan Shil involved in racket in contractual recruitment in colleges, universities
Kolkata, March 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Private real estate promoter Ayan Shil arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the multi-crore scam in the recruitment of teaching and non-teaching staff in government schools in West…
Amanda Bynes’ condition is improving since being put on psychiatric hold
Los Angeles March 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Actress Amanda Bynes has reportedly shown progress in her condition following her latest psychotic episode. The actress has started to make improvements after she was brought to a mental hospital…
Pradhan writes to Bhupender Yadav, Odisha CM over rising man-elephant conflict in state
Bhubaneswar, March 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Senior BJP leader and Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has written letters to his cabinet colleague Bhupender Yadav and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik urging them to take steps to address human-elephant conflict…
Unesco launches $2.2mn project to revive Lebanon’s cultural industry
Beirut, March 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Unesco has launched a project with $2.2 million in grant financing to help revitalise the cultural life in Lebanon. Implemented by UN-Habitat, the BERYT project is financed by the Lebanon…
One dead, 3 injured after two groups clash in Delhi’s Paharganj
New Delhi, March 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) A man died while three others were injured following a fight between two groups over a trivial issue in Central Delhi’s Paharganj area on Thursday, an official said. The deceased…
2 drunk passengers onboard IndiGo Dubai-Mumbai flight create ruckus
New Delhi, March 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Two passengers onboard a Dubai-Mumbai IndiGo flight continued to consume alcohol despite multiple warnings after which they created a ruckus and verbally abused the crew and co-passengers. “Two passengers travelling…
97-yr-old Van Dyke sustains minor injuries after driving into a gate
Los Angeles, March 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Actor and comedian Dick Van Dyke sustained minor injuries after a single-vehicle car accident in Malibu, California. Shortly after 11 a.m. on March 15, responding officers found the 97-year-old had…
Natives of an empty nest
By Sheikh Qayoom Srinagar, March 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) An elderly couple is waiting by the bank of the Dal Lake in J&K’s Srinagar city on the foreshore road. Both are decently dressed. The husband wears a…
8 in 10 Indian professionals heading back to office by choice: Report
New Delhi, March 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) While they used to feel obliged to physically be in the office, 78 per cent (nearly 8) of Indian professionals now say they go to office by choice as more…
After Raj Thackeray’s ultimatum, BMC razes illegal ‘dargah’ in Mahim sea
Mumbai, March 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) A day after Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) President Raj Thackeray’s dramatic revelations of an unauthorised ‘dargah’ coming up in the Arabian Sea off Mahim, the BMC rushed a team there and…
Three killed, 5 injured in Vizag building collapse
Visakhapatnam, March 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Three people were killed and five others injured when a three-storey building here came crashing down in the wee hours of Thursday. Two children and a 27-year old man hailing from…