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  • What if you’re one of the victims?
    Hazel Berret WahlangDocumentation and Project Officer St. Josephs College, Jakhama    Child sexual abuse is a global reality that occurs across all social, economic and age groups and happens in homes
  • Hit by Extreme Weather, South Asia Balances Growth and Food Security
    Amantha Perera Inter Press Service   Sri Lanka is literally baking these days.   During the first week of October, the Metrological Department reported that maximum daytime temperatures i
  • ‘Stirring the creative element within’
    Magnum Opus: festival for the arts and music Morung Express News   The second edition of Magnum Opus, a 2-day festival for the arts and music, kicked off at the NEZCC Stone Garden, Dimapur on October
  • Taylor Swift felt violated after being groped
    Singer Taylor Swift felt "frantic and distressed" after being groped by a Disk Jockey (DJ). The 26-year-old singer has an ongoing lawsuit against DJ David Mueller, whom she accused of grabbing her derriere, whe
  • Bipasha Basu, Reshma Qureshi walk ramp for Archana Kochhar
    Actress Bipasha Basu and acid attack victim Reshma Qureshi promoted Archana Kochhars cause of all beauty inclusion and supported the initiative of "Make Love Not Scars" by walking for the designer at the Digita
  • Vin Diesel thinks 'Fast 8' could win Oscar
    Actor Vin Diesel believes with F. Gary Gray as the director, the eighth part of "Fast and Furious" movie will have a chance to win at an Oscar next year. Gray's "Straight Outta Compton" failed to win at this ye
  • Justin Bieber booed by fans, storms off stage
    Grammy award winner Justin Bieber stormed off the stage during a performance here after being booed by the crowd. The 22-year-old singer was booed by the concert-goers as he spoke to them between songs, reports
  • Modi wades into political battle over Muslim divorce law
    NEW DELHI, October 24 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday waded into a controversy over a Muslim divorce law he said was destroying women's lives, drawing criticism from rivals that he was fishin
  • 'India must take up with China issue of Brahmaputra drying up'
    Kolkata, October 24 (IANS) India should collect information and take a pre-emptive position on fears about the Brahmaputra drying up as China goes ahead with blocking an important tributary to construct a dam,
  • 24 Maoists, policeman killed on Andhra-Odisha border
    Bhubaneswar, October 24 (IANS) As many as 24 Maoists, including eight women, were killed by security forces in a gunbattle which also left a Greyhounds commando dead near the Andhra-Odisha border on Monday, pol
  • Dalai Lama to take part in 'Kalachakra' ceremony
    Dharamsala, October 24 (IANS) Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will participate in the 'Kalachakra' (Wheel of Time) ceremony in Bodh Gaya this January and pray for world peace, a Tibetan body announced o
  • Battle for Mosul can shape or break Iraq further
    ERBIL, October 24 (Reuters) - It has taken two years of training a demoralised army, backed up by the air cover and special forces of the worlds greatest powers, for Iraq to mount an offensive to recapture Mosu
  • Sharapova removed from women's tennis rankings
    Moscow, October 24 (IANS) Suspended Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova was removed from the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) singles rankings, according to a report on the organisation's website on Monday.
  • Indian media, entertainment industry to grow 3-4 times in 7 years: Report
    New Delhi, October 24 (IANS) Driven by digital media and increasingly connected rural consumers, the Indian media and entertainment industry has the potential to grow three to four times over the next seven yea
  • Plane crashes after take-off in Malta, killing all five on board
    VALLETTA, October 24 (Reuters) - A light aircraft crashed after taking off from Malta's main airport early on Monday, killing all five people on board, officials there said, in the island nation's worst peaceti
  • China warns US not to meddle in border row with India
    Beijing, October 24 (IANS) China on Monday slammed the US after its envoy visiting Arunachal Pradesh, warning it not to meddle in the border dispute between New Delhi and Beijing.   After the US amba
  • New learning plans could help 52 per cent class 5 rural students who can't read
    IANS | IndiaSpend.org October 24, 2016 Salgaon (Sirohi district) In a classroom in the government school here in southwest Rajasthan, about 25 students from standards 3, 4 and 5 standing in a circle, anim
  • Bomb blast, protests prevent Manipur CM from opening hospital
    Imphal, October 24 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh was on Monday prevented from inaugurating a district hospital in Ukhrul town after protesting tribals did not let him and his entourage move fr
  • Latin America important for India's food security: MEA official
    New Delhi, October 24 (IANS) Observing that the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region countries can be an important region for global prosperity and stability, Ministry of External Affairs Secretary (East)
  • Clinton's achievements are ahead of her: Streep
    Tokyo, October 24 (IANS) Oscar-winning actress Meryl Streep says she was "flattered to hear" that US Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton once suggested that Streep would be her choice to portray her in a movie
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