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Transferred nuns request Kerala CM’s intervention
Kottayam (Kerala), Jan 19 (IANS) The four nuns, who publicly protested last year demanding rape accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal's arrest, and were handed transfer orders three days back, on Saturday sought Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi…
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Art is a beautiful, poignant byproduct of artists’ lives: British artist Sacha Jafri
By Siddhi Jain New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) Art, for long, has been a commodity manipulated by select czars of the space, but for British artist Sacha Jafri, works of art are "beautiful, meaningful and poignant" byproducts that spill out of…
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Bride injured in celebratory firing
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) A 19-year-old bride was injured early on Friday after a bullet fired in a celebratory firing hit her ankle during her marriage ceremony here, a police officer said.The incident occurred at 12.45 a.m. when Pooja…
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Trains, flights hit as visibility drops in Delhi
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) At least 10 trains were delayed and several flights diverted due to a dense fog cover over the national capital causing visibility to remain at zero for a few hours on Friday morning.According to the India…
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Gangetic river dolphins in the Indian Sundarbans struggle with swelling salinity
By Sahana Ghosh Kolkata, Jan 18 (IANS/Mongabay) Indias national aquatic animal, the endangered Gangetic river dolphin (Platanista gangetica gangetica), is rarely visible in the waterways of the Indian Sundarbans.A study sheds light on…
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Sunburn to return to Goa in February
Mumbai, Jan 17 (IANS) After three years, electronic dance music festival Sunburn will be returning to Goa but in a different avatar. Percept Live, the wholly owned subsidiary of Percept Ltd, has announced a collaboration with Goa-based…
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Republic Day to mark launch of new media outlets
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) Come January 26, new news television channels and a weekly newspaper will add to the ever growing list of players in the Indian media space. Republic Bharat, a Hindi offering from Arnab Goswami's stable, will debut…
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773mn unique email IDs leaked
San Francisco, Jan 17 (IANS) In what could be the biggest data breach in recent years, a whopping 773 million unique email IDs and 21 million unique passwords have been leaked, a researcher said on Thursday. The leaked files, however, do…
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3 policemen injured in Srinagar grenade explosion
Srinagar, Jan 17 (IANS) Three policemen were injured in a grenade explosion here on Thursday, authorities said. The incident took place near Zero Bridge in Rajbagh when militants hurled the grenade at a police party passing by the area.…
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Wild coffee species endangered by habitat loss
London, Jan 17 (IANS) Wild coffee species are under threat, with 60 per cent of them facing possible extinction due to climate change and the loss of natural habitat, as well as by the spread of diseases and pests, scientists have said.…
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