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Women’s Day: Lalit Kala Akademi holds all-women art exhibition

8:50 pm March 8, 2021

New Delhi: An all-women art exhibition to mark International Women’s Day was inaugurated at Lalit Kala Akademi here on Monday, a release said. Titled ‘Akshya Patra’, the exhibition at Rabindra Bhavan Galleries will go on till March 20 and showcase more than 250 artworks from over 12 countries, including those created by 29 talented female artists that attended the […]

UK university strikes air quality research pact with Indian institute

8:44 pm March 8, 2021

London: A British university has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) based in Pune to identify joint research interests in the fields of air quality management, alternative fuels, power train and electric vehicle technology. The partnership will see British and Indian air pollution experts working together to create a blueprint to tackle […]

Sindhu suffers demoralising defeat in Swiss Open final

9:06 pm March 7, 2021

Basel: World Champion P V Sindhu finished a distant second best in the Swiss Open final after being completely routed by Olympic gold medallist Carolina Marin of Spain in a lop-sided women’s singles title clash here on Sunday. The 25-year-old Indian, who had won the coveted World Championship gold medal here in 2019, couldn’t match the speed and accuracy of Marin during her 12-21 5-21 defeat in the […]

Modi scalds Mamata, says instead of being ‘Didi’ to people she chose to be ‘bua’ to ‘bhatija’

9:04 pm March 7, 2021

Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday attacked West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, accusing her of ”betraying and insulting” the people of the state who trusted she will bring about a positive change after the Left rule. Addressing his first rally in West Bengal after the announcement of state assembly polls, Modi held out the promise of inclusive development […]

New book uncovers Indian mystery probed by Sherlock Holmes author

10:44 am February 28, 2021

London: Arthur Conan Doyle, the British creator of the world-famous fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, was drawn to investigate just one real-life crime during his lifetime and it involved a British Indian man wrongly accused of a series of mysterious crimes in an English village in the early 20th century. ASTRO ACCENT – For Birth Chart […]