Category: Society

Reduce number of licences required for restaurants: NRAI

New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Attempting to make restaurants function more smoothly in the national capital, the National Restaurant Association…

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India suffers more asthma due to second-hand smoking

Toronto, April 7 (IANS) Countries with higher male smoking rates such as India and Bangladesh can push up asthma and…

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Beaten up for looking ‘different’, Kerala artiste vows to ‘create a change’

By Ankit Sinha New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) On the fateful day of March 17, Martin John Chalissery, frontman of…

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Does every man get a wonderful wife?

By M.R. Narayan Swamy Title: A Wonderful Wife; Author/Editor: Virender Kapoor: Publisher: Bloomsbury; Pages: 292; Price: Rs.350 A dozen "ordinary"…

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SC grants Rs.40,000 compensation for dog bite death in Kerala

New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) The Supreme Court has directed the Kerala government to pay Rs.40,000 to Jose Sabastin whose…

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Flyover tragedy victim’s family struggles to get autopsy report

Kolkata, April 6 (IANS) Still grappling with the grief of having lost their kin in one of the city's worst…

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NHRC notice to West Bengal over lack of water in girls school

New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday issued a notice to the West Bengal…

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Now different coloured bed sheets mandatory in public hospitals

By Rupesh Dutta New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) As part of efforts to intensify cleanliness, hygiene and infection control in…

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Meet Sanjiv Gupta, man seen as potential buyer of Tata Steel UK

Mumbai, April 6 (IANS) He has emerged as the man to watch out for when Tata Steel initiates the formal…

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Health for all remains a distant dream

By Nidhi Saxena Most Indians, who pride themselves on being part of the world’s largest democracy, miss a heartbeat when…

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Japanese ice cream firm apologises for popsicle price hike

Tokyo, April 4 (IANS) A Japanese ice cream company has apologised to consumers for hiking the price of its popsicles…

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PM hails all-women IT centre as ‘glory of Saudi Arabia’

Riyadh, April 3 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday described an all-women IT centre set up by India's Tata…

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Betel tales: Going nuts in Manipur and Assam over chewing habits

By Iboyaima Laithangbam Imphal, April 3 (IANS) There had always been a love-hate relationship between Ahom and Kangleipak kingdoms, the…

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Modi hails all-women IT centre as ‘glory of Saudi Arabia’

Riyadh, April 3 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday described an all-women IT centre set up by Tata Consultancy…

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Greeks celebrate pillow fight day with anti-war message

Athens, April 3 (IANS) Hundreds of Greek citizens "armed" with pillows participated in a fun street fight in the centre…

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European colonisation wiped out of Native Americans: Study

Sydney, April 2 (IANS) The arrival of the Europeans in the New World in the late 1400s led to the…

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There are only 70,000 of us Parsis left in India: Penaz Masani

By Biswajit Choudhury New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) There is something highly moving when a woman, whose people face extinction,…

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Hong Kong designer constructs life-sized robot after Scarlett Johansson

Beijing, April 2 (IANS) A Hong Kong product and graphic designer has constructed a life-sized robot from scratch. Ricky Ma,…

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NHRC raps six states for ‘lackadaisical’ rehab of child labourers

New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday reprimanded Bihar and five other states for…

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NHRC notice to UP, MP on plight of drought-hit

New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh and…

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