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Nobel Prize in literature- Laureate Peter Handke says honoring him is ‘courageous’

Nobel laureate Peter Handke says honoring him is ‘courageous’

9:23 pm October 10, 2019

STOCKHOLM: Peter Handke says the decision to award him the Nobel Prize in literature was courageous. The Austrian author, who lives in France, said Thursday the recognition gave him what he described as “a strange kind of freedom.” He spoke outside his home in suburban Paris. Handke was an opponent of NATO’s airstrikes against Serbia […]

Polish novelist Olga Tokarczuk and Austrian author Peter Handke win Nobel literature prizes

Olga Tokarczuk, Peter Handke win Nobel literature prizes

9:00 pm October 10, 2019

STOCKHOLM: Polish novelist Olga Tokarczuk and Austrian author Peter Handke — two writers whose works are deeply intertwined in Europe’s religious, ethnic and social fault lines — won the 2018 and 2019 Nobel Prizes for literature on Thursday. The rare double announcement came after no literature prize was awarded last year due to sex abuse […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Kathakar 2019 to weave magic of storytelling

2:19 pm October 5, 2019

New Delhi: The magic of storytelling will be spread over the national capital through ethnic tales from around the globe at the 9th edition of Kathakar festival beginning on October 11 here. Organised by cultural forum Nivesh, the three-day festival will open with a session, “Kissey Kahani Aur Adakaari”, between actor Manoj Bajpayee and musician […]

US exempts aviation, space exports from new Russia sanctions

10:43 pm August 3, 2019

Washington: The Trump administration has decided to exempt aviation safety and space exploration technology from new sanctions it has levied against Russia in connection with the poisoning of a former Russian spy and his daughter in Britain. The State Department said late Friday that products related to those sectors will not be automatically subjected to […]

US announces new sanctions against Russia over Skripal affair: State dept

3:10 pm August 3, 2019

Washington: A fresh round of sanctions were imposed on Moscow Saturday by the United States over the 2018 poisoning of former double-agent Sergei Skripal in the United Kingdom. Russian agents have been blamed for the poisoning of Skripal and his daughter in the English city of Salisbury in March last year using the Soviet-developed nerve […]