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2 women killed, 52 hurt in triple blasts at Christian meet in Kerala

Two women were killed and 52 persons sustained injuries, some of them seriously, in multiple blasts at a Christian religious gathering in a convention centre near Kochi on Sunday morning, sending......

'India has a special responsibility...'

'...to bring the Global South and others to the negotiating table on the basis of Gandhi's non-violence so that we can leave a safer world for our children.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi......

'In India, A Child Goes Missing Every 8 Minutes'

'The pandemic had a significant impact on child trafficking.''With economic hardships, traffickers exploited the situation to target desperate parents and children.' Illustrations: Dominic......

Vivek Ramaswamy hints at joining Trump as his running mate

Vivek Ramaswamy, an Indian-American 2024 United States presidential aspirant, has hinted that he may run on a joint ticket with former president Donald Trump as his running mate if he does not win......

Sushil Modi seeks law to fix uniform age of marriage for all women

Bharatiya Janata Party MP Sushil Modi on Monday said the government should come up with a legislation to fix the same marriage age for women of all religions. Image used for representational......

Why the child labour law should not be amended

The proposed changes to the child labour law to allow children and adolescents to work for their families would be most retrograde and regressive, say Shinzani Jain and Paranjoy Guha Thakurta.......

Modi committed to usher achche din for job seekers, assures labour minister

'The Modi government wants to protect workers’ rights and create employability.' 'Firms with 10 employees will get employee provident fund coverage, instead of the current 20.' 'Pension funds......

'New breed' Indian Diaspora has its heart in the right place

Indians all over the US are going beyond being human and are learning to be humanitarian and expand their philanthropy activities finds Ajailiu Niumai. 'The raising of extraordinarily large sums of......

BJP to bat for private investment in railways

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) ‘vision document’ for the coming Lok Sabha polls is to say a BJP-led government at the Centre will offer airports at sea, private investment in......

Corporations, children and responsibility

Companies can be more alert on how various aspects of their operations impact children, writes Rajni Bakshi.Corporations are now among the most powerful entities on earth. Children are the......

Jhund Review

Playing a character put off by the idea of retirement is becoming on Bachchan.Hands in pocket, eyes firmly focused on his mission, conviction inks his speech while his serene, sensitive, portrayal......

10 Films that Amazed Me at Cannes

The 74th Cannes Film Festival ended with the jury -- headed by Spike Lee -- handing out awards to a number of international films from France, Iran, Finland, Israel, Norway, Japan and the US. But......

Sports Shorts: Tokyo Olympics medal hopeful Ikee diagnosed with leukemia

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday IMAGE: Japanese swimmer Rikako Ikee became the first female athlete to be named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) at an Asian Games.......

World Cup for homeless brings hope

There was not much to link former Liberian child soldiers with a destitute Scot, the editor of a Russian street paper and a Manchester United coach -- until the Homeless World Cup. After months of......

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