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Kerala’s Thrissur Pooram festival cancelled for the first time

Thrissur (Kerala) April 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Billed as the ‘mother of all festivals’ in Kerala — the Thrissur Pooram — has been cancelled for the first time on account of the Covid-19 outbreak, said a State…


Jane Goodall on COVID-19

By Siddhi Jain New Delhi, April 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) British anthropologist Jane Goodall, 86, who is known for her path-breaking research on chimpanzees in 1960s Tanzania, blames humankind for disrespecting nature, destroying forests and forcing the…


For artists’ sake

By Sukant Deepak New Delhi, April 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) What theatre director Chakresh Kumar remembers most about his conversation with a veteran stage actor is her reaction when he called her to ask how he could…



Indian Army observes 36th Siachen Day

New Delhi/Srinagar, April 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Indian Army observed the 36th Siachen Day on Monday, remembering the gallant martyrs of Siachen. Siachen Day commemorates the courage and fortitude displayed by troops of the Indian Army…



Wedding industry stares at corona blues

By Archana Sharma Jaipur, April 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) The coronavirus crisis has hit the weddings organisers and the related businesses in Rajasthan hard with marriages scheduled for October-December, the peak season, are also getting cancelled. Speaking…







Kindness of strangers in the time of pandemic

By Sukant Deepak Chandigarh, April 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) Though it has just been been 10 days that Aakriti Sachdev from Panchkula started making food packets to be delivered to slum-dwellers, rickshaw pullers and daily wagers without…