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World Elder Abuse Awareness Day: India worst in elder exploitation and abuse in Asia, says study
June 15, 2022
Last month, on May 26, a court in Haridwar in Uttarakhand ruled that children who abuse their parents while living in their house should be evicted from the property. The court was hearing a plea filed by six elderly couples from various parts of the state alleging that their chi...
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World Blood Donors Day 2022: Severe shortage of blood in India
June 14, 2022
The statistics are chilling enough. Over 12,000 persons die every day across India as they fail to receive blood. One in four maternal deaths in India is due to excess loss of blood and shortage of blood in hospitals to replenish the patient’s blood levels. Though many countrie...
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Growing popularity of South Korean content in India
June 13, 2022
On May 28, at the end of Cannes Film Festival, South Korean director Park Chan-wook won the best director for his romance thriller Decision to Leave. He is the second South Korean director to win in this category, exactly 20 years after Im kwon-taek won for his historical drama C...
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Bihar Jewellery Association warns government for prolonged shutdown against robberies
June 10, 2022
On November 23, 2019, India’s biggest gold robbery took place when a group of 8 armed robbers looted 55 kg gold from Muthoot Finance Company in Hajipur in Bihar. A few months earlier, on February 6, 2019, another major gold heist took place in the state when armed robbers str...
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Peach: A village that glows in the sun
June 9, 2022
The first time I stumbled upon the tiny village of Peach, about 83 km from Itanagar, was when we were on our way to a small town called Sagalee in Papum Pare district. Amidst a gentle drizzle, as the windshield wiper went up and down on the windshield, we watched as the car in wh...
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BJP’s Islamophobia boomerangs as Islamic nations seek apology
June 6, 2022
It is a sight that few in India, leave alone the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, would have expected to see in a country that has been very friendly to India for the past several decades, ever since the two established diplomatic relations. Photographs of Indian Prime Minister Nar...
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Pride Hotels to mark Pride Month
June 3, 2022
June marks the Pride Month across the globe, highlighting the widespread discrimination that the LGBTQ+ communities face around the world. One of the key highlights of the month is the Pride Parade that is now ubiquitous around the world, though occurring on different dates, but ...
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35 pc growth in spiritual tourism in India, says Thomas Cook
June 2, 2022
Two years ago when Covid-19 pandemic took over the country unannounced, it brought along unprecedented hardships and challenges to the people. This led people to lean more towards spiritual solace to seek relief which in turn led to a boom in the spiritual tourism. Thomas Cook ...
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Gun salute for singer-composer KK as West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee pays last respects
June 1, 2022
Thousands of fans and numerous celebrities have taken to Twitter and other social media platforms to pay tribute for the loss of popular singer KrishnaKumar Kunnath, also known as KK. Academy award winning music director A R Rahman, who worked with KK in some of his hit songs, tw...
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79 pc domestic air travellers say airlines compromise on comfort
May 29, 2022
With the rise of several complaints by many passengers towards the Indian airlines, LocalCircles, one of the community social media platform in India has conducted a survey regarding the experiences of these passengers. After a quick enquiry, the Director General of Civil Aviatio...
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Italian film bags top honours at Cinef Prizes of Cannes Film Festival
May 28, 2022
After almost 10 days of glamour and screenings of hundreds of films, the first awards at the ongoing Cannes Film Festival have been announced. And the first top award goes to a film produced by an Italian film student. The Short Films and La Cinef Jury, presided by Yousry Nasra...
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From Quad Summit to China: India must stop doing Biden’s bidding
May 25, 2022
The fourth Quad Summit, second in-person, has ended in Japanese capital Tokyo on a predictable note, with more intensive targetting of China, especially for its aggressive misadventures in the Indo-Pacific region. Though the leaders of the four member nations, United States Presi...
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