Month: September 2019

Siddharth Shanghvi pens book on mortality

New Delhi, Sep 25 : Award-winning author Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi will come out with a memoir on death and grief, drawing on a string of personal losses – of his parents and a beloved pet. In Loss , the author will chart the landscape of bereavement as he takes […]

Climate striker Greta Thunberg wins Swedish rights prize

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg on Wednesday won the Right Livelihood Award, sometimes called the “alternative Nobel Prize”, the jury for the Swedish human rights prize said. Thunberg was honoured “for inspiring and amplifying political demands for urgent climate action reflecting scientific facts,” the Right Livelihood Foundation said […]

People moving around freely in J&K: Gen. Rawat

Ramgarh (Jharkhand), Sep 25 : Army chief General Bipin Rawat reaffirmed on Monday that people were moving around freely in the Kashmir valley and those claiming that there was a shutdown were the ones whose survival depended on terrorism. He was interacting with reporters after presenting President’s colours to […]

Skeletal elephant dies in Sri Lanka weeks after parade outcry

An emaciated 70-year-old elephant that caused a social media outcry after being forced to take part in an annual Buddhist pageant in Sri Lanka has died, officials said Wednesday. The government has ordered an autopsy for Tikiri, a domesticated Asian elephant that died Tuesday night in Kegalle, 80 […]

Minnows Uruguay pull off historic Fiji shock at Rugby World Cup

Minnows Uruguay pulled off the greatest upset in their history on Wednesday as they stunned Fiji 30-27 to leave the Pacific islanders staring at an early exit from the Rugby World Cup. John McKee’s Fiji had showcased their traditional running flair in a thrilling first 60 minutes against […]

23 rifles seized from 3 passengers at Madurai airport

Madurai, Sept 25 : Twenty three rifles used for shooting events were seized from three passengers who arrived at the airport here from Dubai, customs officials said on Wednesday. The trio, carrying the rifles worth Rs 17.1 lakh in their luggage, landed two days ago. The passengers from Kerala […]

Rescuers scramble to reach survivors as Pakistan quake toll climbs

Rescuers battled along badly damaged roads and combed through toppled buildings Wednesday to reach victims of an earthquake that killed at least 25 people and injured hundreds more in northeast Pakistan. Authorities were still trying to assess the quake’s impact in more remote parts of Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, but […]

Trump says impeachment drive is a plus, yet tweets with fury

NEW YORK — Fifty-eight floors above Manhattan, President Donald Trump watched his legacy change and his political future grow more uncertain. The president, back in his hometown of New York for the U.N. General Assembly, was taking “executive time” at his Trump Tower penthouse late Tuesday afternoon when […]

Pakistan PM says Trump asked him to mediate with Iran

United Nations (US) Sep 25 : Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Tuesday Donald Trump had asked him to mediate with Iran to defuse tensions, though the US president later suggested it was Khan who approached him and nothing was final. Khan met Trump and Iranian President Hassan […]

UK lawmakers to return to Parliament amid political turmoil

LONDON — Lawmakers in Britain are returning to the House of Commons following a Supreme Court ruling that Prime Minister Boris Johnson had acted illegally by suspending Parliament. The prime minister is hurrying back to London after cutting short a trip to the U.N. General Assembly amid demands […]

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