Category: Society

Instagram: The emerging photo gallery

By Somrita Ghosh New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) A "cow mask" photography series uploaded on Instagram by 24-year-old photographer Sujatro…

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Bengal’s border areas celebrate belated Independence Day

Kolkata, Aug 18 (IANS) Like every year, parts of West Bengal bordering Bangladesh, celebrated the Independence Day on Friday, two…

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Yeats family treasures to go on display

London, Aug 18 (IANS) A treasure trove of family treasures, including hundreds of passionate, rueful and philosophical letters written by…

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Kill us here but don’t send us back: Rohingya refugees

By Mohammed Shafeeq Hyderabad, Aug 18 (IANS) Anxiety is writ large on the faces of over 3,800 Rohingya Muslims living…

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Los Angeles gallery to host O.J. Simpson exhibition

Los Angeles, Aug 18 (IANS) A Los Angeles gallery on Friday will host a pop-up exhibition on former NFL star…

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Kunal Kapoor’s ‘The Sweet BreakUp’ is all about mithai without sugar

By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) As the festive season approaches, celebrity chef Kunal Kapoor has loads of…

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Blue Whale challenge: Goa Police issues advisory for parents

Panaji, Aug 18 (IANS) The suicides of two youngsters in Kerala and Maharashtra while playing the Blue Whale challenge, has…

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‘Internet overuse making people vulnerable to neuropsychiatric dysfunctions’

New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Internet overuse has risen to epidemic proportions and people are becoming vulnerable to many neuropsychiatric…

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Odisha enhances cash award for inter-caste marriage

Bhubaneswar, Aug 17 (IANS) In order to encourage more inter-caste marriages, the Odisha government on Thursday doubled the cash incentive…

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Innovative smart car gadget ‘SafeDrive’ launched

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 17 (IANS) "SafeDrive" -- an innovative smart car gadget that turns vehicles into "safe, smart and connected" car…

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Delhi murder victim cremated, kin remember studious girl

New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) A teenage girl strangled a day earlier in Rohini was cremated here on Thursday afternoon…

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Navy’s all-women crew set to circumnavigate globe

New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) The Indian Navy on Thursday said it is committed to increasing the role of women…

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Gurugram: Village representatives to watch ‘Toilet-Ek Prem Katha’ free

Gurugram, Aug 17 (IANS) A special screening of the recently-released Bollywood movie "Toilet: Ek Prem Katha" will be organised for…

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Government launches campaign for pollution-free Diwali

New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) The Union Government on Thursday launched a campaign urging people to celebrate a pollution-free Diwali,…

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Thousands queue up at Indira Canteens, many return empty-handed

Bengaluru, Aug 17 (IANS) Thousands of persons queued up on Thursday to get subsidised food at Indira Canteens run here…

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Partition Museum inaugurated in Amritsar by Punjab CM

Amritsar, Aug 17 (IANS) Partition Museum, a first-of-its-kind in the world, was inaugurated here on Thursday as a tribute to…

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Bury deadly ‘Blue Whale’ game, says Nasscom

New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Concerned at the 'Blue Whale game' phenomenon that has taken several lives globally, including in…

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Thousands living under open sky in flood-hit Bihar

By Imran Khan Bagaha/Purnea (Bihar), Aug 17 (IANS) Sundari Devi and her family of seven, including an elderly mother-in-law and…

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Lesbian Hindu, Jewish women wed in Britain

London, Aug 17 (IANS) A Hindu woman and her Jewish partner have married in what is believed to be Britain's…

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Malala Yousafzai gets into Oxford University

London, Aug 17 (IANS) Pakistani Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai will be studying in Oxford University. "So excited to go…

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