Miami, May 15 (IANS) Bollywood actress Celina Jaitly has been honoured with the Harvey Milk Award here. She has dedicated it to two Bangladeshi activists who were murdered and said she wants to share it…
By Rupesh Dutta Lakwa (Assam), May 15 (IANS) Bornali Borah, a housewife in remote Holow Phukan village in Assam, no longer wakes up her mother-in-law during the wee hours of the morning when she wants…
Imphal, May 14 (IANS) J.N. Institute of Medical Sciences, the only state-run medical college in Manipur, has set a rare example — tending to poor and needy patients free of cost and even arranging to…
Kolkata, May 14 (IANS) To motivate and encourage children to take up aero-modelling as a hobby and sport, the Bengal Aero Modellers Association (BAMA) will organise an exhibition on model aviation beginning here on Sunday….
Sydney, May 14 (IANS) Iron-age Irish musical traditions, thought to be long dead, are still thriving in Kerala, shows an archaeological study of musical horns in India and Europe. The findings help show that Europe…
By Prachi Salve Much criticism has been directed at Prime Minister Narendra Modis claim – wrong, as FactChecker reported – that the proportion of infants dying is lower in Somalia than Keralas tribal areas. But…
Ujjain, May 14 (IANS) Extolling Indian culture and traditions, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the values of sacrifice, integration and good-for-all run deep in Indian culture. We belong to a tradition where…
Beijing, May 14 (IANS) A twitter account has released the personal information or state ID, like social security number and home address, of China’s rich and powerful — including of Alibaba founder Jack Ma and…
Ujjain, May 14 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the motto of good for all is deep rooted in Indian culture. We belong to a tradition where even a bhikshuk (beggar) says,…
By Shahnaz Husain Intake of enough water, seasonal fruits and fluids is the best, cheapest and easiest way to keep glowing skin and gorgeous looking hair during summer. Butn there are a host of other…
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and outgoing Rajya Sabha member Jairam Ramesh of the Congress on Friday indulged in some light banter in the house. Delivering his farewell speech as an…
Hyderabad, May 13 (IANS) The Society for Advancement of Human Endeavour (SAHE), a not for profit organisation, on Friday announced an initiative to recharge 10,000 defunct or dried up borewells in Hyderabad. The initiative is…
Rome, May 13 (IANS/AKI) The oldest person alive is now believed to be a 116-year-old woman from northern Italy, Emma Morano, following the death of a black American woman in the US, media reports said…
Shivpuri, May 13 (IANS) An animal lover in Shivpuri district of Madhya Pradesh hosted hundreds people at a grand wedding for his she-camel Kallo with he-camel Gopal from Rajasthan. Naresh Raghuvanshi distributed about a thousand…
New York, May 13 (IANS) Susannah Mushatt Jones, the granddaughter of slaves who held the title of “world’s oldest living person” and “the last American born in the 19th century”, has died at the age…
Kolkata, May 13 (IANS) Babusona Sarkar, 27, from West Bengal, in the running for the state assembly polls is a tea seller. However, any comparisons with Prime Minister Narendra Modi a la the chaiwala are…
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, May 13 (IANS) Every morning, Gao Ru Lung zigzags on his bicycle between the crawling cars in the maddening traffic of Beijing. After wading through a sea of cars, the 46-year…
New York, May 13 (IANS) When applying for a job, women seek positions with fewer applicants than men – a factor that could partly explain why we see fewer of them in the corporate boardrooms,…
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the constitutional validity of India’s criminal defamation law that was contested by Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and BJP…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: IANS/PIB) Thiruvananthapuram, May 12 (IANS) Social media, including Twitter and fast-flying WhatsApp messaging service, has been flooded by upset Malayalis attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi after he compared Kerala with…