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'Growing body of children's literature beyond usual adventure genre'

BY VISHNU MAKHIJANI New Delhi, August 13 (IANS): In India it was long assumed that literature for children must have 'safe topics but in a world where Google knows everything, so do children. Now, a gro

Featured News / 13th August 2020
Newsprint paper manufactures voice concerns

New Delhi, August 13 (IANSlife) Indiscriminate import and dumping of newsprint paper is threatening the very survival of the domestic newsprint industry, says the Indian Newsprint Manufacturers Association (INM

India / 13th August 2020
Sri Lanka's Rajapaksa family cements power with ministerial picks

NEW DELHI, August 13 (Reuters): Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appointed five members of his own family to cabinet and ministerial roles following his resounding parliamentary election win earlier

World / 13th August 2020
Women no longer willing to compromise on compatibility

New Delhi, August 13 (IANS): After 74 years of Independence are women in this country able to choose their own destiny, their life paths or even their own life partner? While matchmaking is still a family affai

Life & Style / 13th August 2020
Thai PM hints at more legal action against protest leaders

BANGKOK, August 13 (Reuters): Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said on Thursday leaders of anti-government student protests could face more legal action, adding that authorities also should

World / 13th August 2020
Mass arrests in Ethiopia raise spectre of repressive past

ADDIS ABABA, August 13 (Reuters): Ethiopia has detained more than 9,000 people after deadly clashes last month, the state-run human rights commission told Reuters, raising fears that a government hailed for ref

World / 13th August 2020
Queensland becomes first Australian state to outlaw gay conversion therapy

MELBOURNE, August 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation): Queensland has become the first state in Australia to criminalise so-called gay conversion therapy after regional lawmakers voted on Thursday to make the

World / 13th August 2020
COVID-19: From zero capacity to 3 BSL labs by August-end in Nagaland

The State now has a capacity to test over 1200 samples per day, says Pangnyu Morung Express News Kohima | August 13 From zero capacity to test COVID-19, Nagaland had been able to se

Nagaland / 13th August 2020
Pandemic behaviour: Why some people don't play by the rules

LONDON, August 13 (Reuters): Lockdowns and social distancing measures introduced around the world to try and curb the COVID-19 pandemic are reshaping lives, legislating activities that were once everyday f

World / 13th August 2020
Around Rs 139 crore spent on COVID-19 management so far: Nagaland CM

Nearly 80% of expenditure from State’s own sources, says Rio Morung Express News Kohima | August 13 The total expenditure incurred so far on both medical and non-medical interventions during on

Nagaland / 13th August 2020
China, worried about food security, cracks down on 'big stomach kings'

SHANGHAI, August 13 (Reuters): China's biggest short-video platforms said on Thursday they will punish users seen to be wasting food in their broadcasts, cracking down on so-called "big stomach ki

World / 13th August 2020
Chemical signal for locust swarming identified in step toward curbing plagues

WASHINGTON, August 13 (Reuters): Scientists have identified a chemical compound released by locusts that causes them to swarm, opening the door to possible new ways to prevent these insects from devouring

World / 13th August 2020
Last doctor standing: Pandemic pushes Indian hospital to brink

BHAGALPUR, August 13(Reuters): Guards armed with rifles escort Dr. Kumar Gaurav as he makes the rounds at his hospital on the banks of the Ganges River. The guards are there to protect him from the rela

India / 13th August 2020
No pay, no freedom: Brazil struggles to rescue maids from slavery

RIO DE JANEIRO, August 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation): Whenever Elisa goes out in her small town in northeastern Brazil, she fears seeing the family she once considered her own. After almost three deca

World / 13th August 2020
Facebook, Twitter step up fight against misinformation on U.S. elections

Reuters Social media platforms stepped up fight against misinformation on the U.S. elections, with Facebook starting a hub to help users with poll-related resources and Twitter expanding rules against misinf

World / 13th August 2020
Japan says concerns over Hong Kong growing, after activist Agnes Chow arrested

TOKYO, August 13 (Reuters): Japan's foreign minister said on Thursday the arrests of Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow and media tycoon Jimmy Lai raised questions over freedom of speech and t

World / 13th August 2020
Israel successfully tests Arrow-2 missile interceptor, says U.S. missile agency

WASHINGTON, August 13 (Reuters): Israel successfully tested its Arrow-2 ballistic missile interceptor on Wednesday, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said. "The Arrow-2 interceptor successfully

World / 13th August 2020
PM unveils 'transparent taxation', Rights' Charter for taxpayers

NEW DELHI, AUGUST 13 (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched the 'transparent taxation' platform, which brings into effect faceless assessment of taxpayers, and the Rights' Charter

Business / 13th August 2020
One-day Nagaland Assembly session held amid opposition boycott

Our Correspondent Kohima | August 13 Amid the absence of opposition Naga People’s Front (NPF) legislators who boycotted the 6th session of 13th Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) here today, Na

Nagaland / 13th August 2020
India Sees Record Spike of Nearly 67,000 Cases, 942 Deaths in 24 Hrs

New delhi, August 13 (PTI): With a record single-day increase of 66,999 cases, India's COVID-19 tally mounted to 23,96,637 on Thursday, while the number of patients who have recovered from the disease surge

India / 13th August 2020