Agra’s Cafe SHEROES reopens
Agra, Oct 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) Finally after a wait of eight months, one of SHEROES cafes, run by acid attack survivors reopened, at its new address, closer to the Taj Mahal. “It was a difficult phase,…
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Eyesight problems rising among kids
Lucknow, Sep 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) With children spending more time on computers and mobile phones for online classes and gaming, cases of eye sight problems are on the rise. Children and teens between the ages of…
Hindi Day: New-age writers taking the language to newer heights
By Vivek Tripathi Lucknow, Sep 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Hindi is undergoing a transition with the changing times. Hindi is the third most spoken language in the world but has lost its sheen due to the extent…
Low harvest makes Himachal apple business fruitful!
By Vishal Gulati Shimla, Aug 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) Less than the optimum yield coupled with labour pangs amid the coronavirus pandemic and fungal attack — for the second consecutive year — in Himachal Pradesh this season…
Awami League leader hacked to death in Bangladesh
By Sumi Khan Dhaka, Aug 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) A 48-year-old college professor and leader of the ruling Awami League party was hacked to death by some unidentified bike-borne miscreants at Tangail’s Gopalpur area, the police said…
Global COVID-19 cases top 14.6mn: Johns Hopkins
Washington, July 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) The overall number of global COVID-19 cases has increased to over 14.6 million, while the deaths have topped to more than 609,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Tuesday…
Agra survives locusts invasion
Agra, June 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Swarms of locusts darkened the Agra skyline late Monday evening. creating panic and scare as people fled the markets and took cover in closed spaces. The indications during the day were…
Differently-abled man boosts ‘Self-reliant India’ initiative
By Vivek Tripathi Varanasi, June 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Nearly 17 years ago Jitendra Verma, a differently-abled resident of Varanasi, Prime Minister Narendra Modis parliamentary constituency, was paralysed below the waist after he fell from the roof…
UP artisans look forward to Mati Kala centres
By Vivek Tripathi Lucknow, June 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Skilled workers who earn their livelihood through pottery will benefit from the initiative of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, according to which a Micro Mati Kala Common…
Delhi publishers mull over selling books online
New Delhi, May 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) The publishers are mulling over to sell books online after the opening of the school books and stationery shops in the national capital and the other states has been allowed….
Tribal families earning livelihood through leaves
By Manoj Pathak Ranchi, May 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) When the nationwide lockdown claimed the livelihood of a large chunk of the population, villagers of Jharkhand found out a new way to earn their livelihood. They collect…
Don’t allow 175-year-old ‘fish medicine’ event: Hyderabad NGO
Hyderabad, May 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) An NGO working for child rights has urged the Telangana government not to allow the annual ‘fish medicine’ event here scheduled next month in view of the coronavirus pandemic. Balala Hakkula…
Jaipur man Irrfan had craving to act right from his childhood
By Archana Sharma Jaipur, April 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Irrfan Khan, the versatile bollywood actor who passed away on Wednesday was born and brought up in Jaipur. Since his childhood, he had a craving for acting. However,…
Being a mother in Covid times
By Sfoorti Mishra New Delhi, April 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) Becoming a mother is one of the most phenomenal events in a woman’s life. Nothing gives her more joy than holding her baby in her arms. But…
UP minister for clean Yamuna even after lockdown ends
Lucknow, April 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Uttar Pradesh Power minister Shrikant Sharma has written a letter to the Union Jal Shakti Minister, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, urging him to ensure that the Yamuna river remains clean even after…
NAFED unlocks warehouses to boost food supply chains in country
By Pramod Kumar Jha New Delhi, April 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) With 11 more days to go for a countrywide lockdown, the government is gradually opening the grain markets to ensure that the food supply chain is…
Madhubani art on masks to spread anti-coronavirus message
Madhubani (Bihar), March 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid the coronavirus scare in the country, a Bihar couple feted for world-famous Madhubani paintings is leading the efforts to use the art form on face masks to exhort the…
The new chicken substitute post corona scare
Lucknow, March 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) With the sales of chicken and mutton going down due to the coronavirus scare, it is the humble ‘kathal’ (jackfruit) that is emerging as an acceptable alternative. ‘Kathal’ is now selling…
Pitcher full of cowries unearthed in Bengal village
Kolkata, March 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) A pitcher full of cowries used as currency in ancient times has been unearthed while digging for the construction of a house in a village in north West Bengal’s Cooch Behar…
After two decades, highly revered Himachal deity on sojourn
BY VISHAL GULATI Shimla, March 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) A rare glimpse of deity culture is being witnessed these days mostly in interiors of Himachal Pradesh as highly revered Domeshwar devta is on his sojourn, once in…