Goa ushers in colourful Carnival festival
Panaji, Feb 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Goa ushered in the colourful festival of Carnival, albeit on a toned down scale, with a float parade organised in the state capital of Panaji on Saturday. The parade was led…
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Mumbai square – named after ex-Israeli PM Shimon Peres – sparks row
By Quaid Najmi Mumbai, Feb. Feb 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) For the first time, a prominent junction in south Mumbai has been named after a foreign dignitary, but it sparked off a political row among various parties…
Home-like facility centre ‘She-Kunj’ for women in Indore
Indore, Feb 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indore, the commercial capital of Madhya Pradesh, has carved out an identity in the field of innovations. In this direction, ‘She-Kunj’ — a unique facility centre has been set up to…
Carnival over Covid: Panaji to host annual float parade amid pandemic
Panaji, Feb 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) The spirit of Carnival appears to have trumped the fear of the Covid-19 pandemic in Goa, with civic authorities in Panaji finally permitting the colourful festival which is due to begin…
Beggars leave behind Jaipur’s streets to pick up vocational skills
By Archana Sharma Jaipur, Feb 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) An elegant heritage building here is playing host to 33 beggars these days, who are picking life skills thanks to an innovative Rajasthan government initiative. The ambitious project…
50-year-old woman bags 3rd rank in Law after resuming education with children
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) A 50-year-old homemaker from Kuttichal, Kerala, has secured third rank in her final year LLB degree course. Jayasree, the the wife of a carpenter, had been studying law at the Thiruvananthapuram…
Hyderabad Metro transports ‘beating heart’ for transplant
Hyderabad, Feb 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) For the first time, authorities in Hyderabad used the Metro train on Tuesday to transport a heart from one hospital to the other for transplantation. The heart from a brain-dead person…
Telangana’s Covid recoveries cross 2.90 lakh
Hyderabad, Jan 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) Covid recoveries in Telangana crossed 2.90 lakh as the state continued to record more recoveries than the new cases. During the last 24 hours, the state reported 276 recoveries taking the…
Andhra octogenarian who weaves sarees with paddy straw
By Sharon Thambala Veerannapalem (Andhra Pradesh), Jan 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) An octogenarian from Veerannapalem village in Andhra Pradesh’s Prakasam district has mastered the art of weaving sarees from paddy straw. “I use normal paddy straw to…
Miyawaki forests turning the new rage in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Prof Akira Miyawaki , the noted botanist from Japan, turns 93 on Friday, but his “Miyawaki model”, presented in the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), Earth Summit in…
Navyman’s daughter among 5 in Maha to get PM Bal Shakti award
Mumbai, Jan 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Kaamya Karthikeyan, the teenaged daughter of an Indian Navy Commander S. Karthikeyan, has been awarded the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Shakti Puraskar, 2021, an official said here on Monday. She is…
Bundelkhand farmers opt for non-conventional crops
Lucknow, Jan 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) After the success story of strawberry cultivation in Bundelkhand region, more and more farmers in this region are opting for non-conventional crops, mainly fruits. Farmers, with the help of agricultural experts…
Maha eatery’s 2021 challenge: ‘Grab a bite, get a bike’
By Quaid Najmi Pune (Maharashtra), Jan. Jan 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) This is one New Year challenge announced by a Pune restaurateur that is driving foodies and bike-lovers crazy. On Jan. 1, when Atul Waikar, the young…
Karnataka authorities help 9-month baby reunite with mom on Sankranti
By N. B. Hombal Haveri (Karnataka), Jan 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) The heart-wrenching tale of 23-year-old distraught woman ended on a happy note with police reuniting her with her abandoned toddler. Fed up with her alcoholic husband’s…
From original tunes to western beats, IAF Ashok Kumar to lead band contingent on Republic Day
By Sumit Kumar Singh New Delhi, Jan 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) From original compositions of martial tunes to western beats, Indian Air Force Warrant Officer Ashok Kumar has been leading the force band contingent for the last…
Kerala entrepreneur converts Rolls Royce into luxury cab
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Businessman Boby Chemmanur who brought football legend Diego Marodana to Kerala, is again in the news for converting his Rolls Royce Phantom car into a tourist taxi. Chemmanur told IANS: “I…
Kajol: Understood my mother after I had my daughter
By Sugandha Rawal New Delhi, Jan 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bollywood star Kajol cherishes her special bond with her mother, veteran actress Tanuja, and says she truly understood her only after she had a daughter. The actress…
Sankranti cockfights popular in Andhra Pradesh despite Covid
By Sharon Thambala Seesali (Andhra Pradesh), Jan 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Hundreds of people gathered at Seesali village in Andhra Pradesh’s West Godavari district on Wednesday afternoon to engage in cockfights and place bets worth crores of…
13-year-old sets record playing keyboard with a blindfold
Hyderabad, Jan 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) A 13-year-old boy has set a new record by playing 20 songs in 30 minutes on keyboard with a blindfold. A.S. Hariharan Naidu achieved the feat to enter the ‘Wonder Book…
Class of ’21: Bollywood debutants coming up in new year
New Delhi, Dec 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) None of the high-profile Bollywood launches in 2020 happened owing to the pandemic, so several aspiring actors are looking forward to the year that is coming up. A mix of…