2016 Nobel Prize In Literature Awarded To Bob Dylan For 'Having Created New...
Literary circles cheered in awe on Thursday as musician Bob Dylan won the Nobel Literature Prize for creating new poetic expression within the great American song tradition. This announcement rounded...
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Two of Pakistan's most-read newspapers -- Dawn and The Nation -- are being fêted for standing up to the government to protest the hounding of journalist Cyril Almeida, who was put on the Exit Control...
View ArticleNumber Of People Injured By Pellet Guns In Kashmir Reaches 1,000: Reports
The number of people injured in pellet attacks by the Indian Army in Jammu and Kashmir reached 1,000 on Thursday. According to a report in The Indian Express, 35-year-old Mohammed Ehsan was the 1,000th...
View ArticleThere's No Better Time Than Now To Listen To Bob Dylan's Epic Songs
American singer and songwriter Bob Dylan has won the 2016 Nobel prize in Literature, making him the first American to win this prestigious award in over two decades. BREAKING 2016 #NobelPrize in...
View ArticleSushant Singh Rajput And Rajat Kapoor Had This Weird Sort-Of Twitter Fight
Sushant Singh Rajput is undoubtedly the man of the moment. His film, the Neeraj Pandey-directed MS Dhoni: The Untold Story has been raking in big numbers at the box-office while his performance itself...
View ArticleBRICS Countries Should Watch Out For 'Black Swan' Events: Urjit Patel
India and fellow BRICS countries need to be prepared to confront potential "political risk" events such as Britain's exit from the European Union and the U.S. presidential elections, Reserve Bank of...
View ArticleItalian Playwright And Nobel Prize Winner Dario Fo Dead At 90
ROME, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Nobel prize-winning Italian playwright, director and political activist Dario Fo, an acclaimed satirist who poked a finger in the eye of the church and state, has died aged...
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Tinder Launches Smart Photos Feature To Help You Find Your Best Profile Photo
From shirtless and faceless torsos to Bollywood actors, profile photos on Tinder can get pretty strange. Now, help may be at hand as Tinder rolls out a new feature called "Smart Photos" to help users...
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Rahul Gandhi Wants To Spend A Night With A Cow In This Story
Rahul Gandhi would have to be a close contender for the honour of being the most lampooned public figure in India, if there's such an award. Hardly a day passes on the Internet without a new meme...
View ArticleDeceased Kannada Superstar Vishnuvardhan Has Been Digitally Recreated For A...
Kannada superstar Vishnuvardhan, who appeared in more than 220 films over 37 years, passed away in 2009 at the age of 59 due to cardiac arrest. However, as per reports, audiences across south India as...
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Thai King Bhumibol, The World's Longest-Reigning Monarch, Dies
BANGKOK, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who was the world's longest-reigning monarch, died in hospital on Thursday, the palace said in an announcement. He was 88. King Bhumibol...
View ArticleAntonio Guterres Appointed Next United Nations Secretary-General
UNITED NATIONS -- The 193-member United Nations General Assembly unanimously appointed former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres on Thursday as the ninth secretary-general of the world body for...
View ArticleBoko Haram Releases 21 Chibok Girls Kidnapped From School In 2014: Report
ABUJA (Reuters) - Twenty-one of the more than 200 girls kidnapped over two years ago in a raid on their school in Chibok town by Boko Haram militants have been released, the BBC reported on Thursday...
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India's Retail Inflation Down To 13-Month Low
India's retail inflation cooled to a 13-month low in September, helped by moderating food prices, giving room for the central bank to cut interest rates again if needed. The consumer price index (CPI)...
View ArticleWill CPM Sacrifice Industries Minister Jayarajan To Save Face In Kerala?
Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones at others. Kerala Industries and Sports minister E.P. Jayarajan should read up on this saying. Because that is precisely what he did with...
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In The Year Of Trump, Bob Dylan Needed To Win The Nobel
The Nobel committee will strenuously deny any political subliminal messaging but if there was ever a year for Bob Dylan to win the Nobel Prize it is this. In a year when the image of the American...
View ArticleGoing On A Gutka-Spitting Spree... And Other Things I Wish I Could Do
Life is full of regrets—dreams not chased, love not reciprocated, the new iPhone not bought... Sometimes, I like to write down the things I would like to change, but don't have the time, dedication or...
View ArticleIs The BRICS Bank Ready To Act As An Engine For Sustainable Development?
The last year saw certain historical decisions taken at the global level that could put countries on not only the path to sustainable development, but also help in addressing climate change on a "war...
View ArticleGandhian Ideals And India's Stance On Climate Change
What is the connection between the thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi and the climate stance India has taken? This question is worth asking with India's decision to ratify the Paris agreement on 2 October, the...
View ArticleWhy Pacifists Do More Damage Than They Realize In The India-Pakistan Context
At the smallest signs of conflict—for instance, the claimed* cross-border strikes by the Indian Army on terrorist camps in PoK—hoards of pacifists crawl out of the vast Left-Liberal brocade, to wax...
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