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Chandigarh: Literary fest to begin from Nov 23
Chandigarh Literary Society (CLS) and Chandigarh Administration will be hosting the Chandigarh literature festival, “Literati 2013”, to be held on November 23-24. Authors from various genres will be attending the fest which is being organized near Chandigarh’s Sukhna Lake. The event will see authors like Bhaskar Ghose, Irshad Kamil, Prasoon Joshi, Rahul Bose, Jerry Pinto, […]
IFFK to commence on December 6th
The eighteenth International Film Festival of Kerala is scheduled to be held from December 6 to 13 at Trivandrum and will showcase 208 films in various sections. The festival is organized by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy on behalf of Cultural Affairs Department, Government of Kerala. List of the films in the competition, Indian cinema […]
Search for missing Malaysian Airliner to take longer
Malaysia’ national police Chief Khalid Abu Bakar on Tuesday said that the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 might take a long time and might remain inconclusive. No traces of the plane have been found yet. He said that the criminal investigation is still focused on four areas such as hijacking, sabotage and […]
Palestinians Resume Bid For Further UN Recognition
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday announced resumption of a campaign for further international recognition of the Palestine state despite an earlier decision to suspend such efforts during nine months of negotiations with Israel. In a ceremony telecast live from his West Bank headquarters, he signed applications for Palestinians to join fifteen international treaties and conventions. Abbas said […]
The Plight of Refugees
Being afflicted by poverty and political unrest, thousands of people the world over are forced to leave their home lands in search of a better life. It is reported that there are now more refugees than at any time since 1994. And many people reported to have failed to reach their final destinations. Italy’s Lampedusa […]
Art Gallery opened in Kochi
Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation KC Venugopal told the media that the Government has planned for building up art galleries at Kozhikode and Thiruvananthapuram airports. He was addressing the gathering after inaugurating the art gallery at Nedumbassery airport, a first in the state. “If Kerala Lalitha Kala Akademi requests, we will consider opening […]
Malaysia Widens Search for the Missing Jet Towards India
Amidst the huge search operations for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, the authorities have expanded their search westward toward India on Thursday citing that it could have flown for several hours after it lost contact with the ground. The Boeing 777 with more than two hundred people on board went missing over the skies […]
Hindi and Bengali among top 10 most common languages in the world
The British Council released The Languages for the Future report in London recognizing the top ten languages Britain needs to learn on priority. Two Indian languages Hindi and Bengali found their place in the report released on Wednesday with Hindi acquiring the position of the fourth and Bengali the seventh most common languages spoken around […]
Saudi women demands right to drive
Saudi Arabia trussed for possible protests after women activists declared an “open driving campaign” against the kingdom’s ban on women behind the wheel. More than 60 women claimed to have answered their call to get behind the wheel in a rare show of defiance against a ban on female driving in the Salafi kingdom, according […]
Pope reaches 10 million Twitter followers
As a milestone in the Vatican’s drive to spread the gospel through social media, a jubilant Pope Francis celebrated reaching 10 million followers on messaging site Twitter. The first non-European pope in 1,300 years has tripled the number of followers of the Pontifex handles since succeeding Benedict XVI in March, according to the Vatican, which […]
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