UNESCO adds Deepavali to global intangible heritage list as Delhi hosts key session

India, Dec. 10 -- Deepavali, the festival of lights celebrated across India and the diaspora, was on Wednesday inscribed on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO... Read More

UNESCO adds Diwali to global intangible heritage list as Delhi hosts key session

India, Dec. 10 -- Deepavali, the festival of lights celebrated across India and the diaspora, was on Wednesday inscribed on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO... Read More

SC says SIT must probe past CEOs of NOIDA into collusion between officials and builders

New Delhi, Dec. 10 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted by it to probe higher payment of compensation to farmers for their land allegedly in connivan... Read More

WHO audit, India hopes, will restore shine to its 'pharmacy of the world' image

New Delhi, Dec. 10 -- India plans to get its drug regulatory system audited and rated by the World Health Organization (WHO) to detect specific strengths and weaknesses that will help to make it fool ... Read More

Kejriwal mocks CM's 'new science' on air quality

New Delhi, Dec. 10 -- Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal sharply criticised Chief Minister Rekha Gupta's remarks equating air quality levels with temperature, questioning the scie... Read More

N1.38 trillion, $53.84 billion, £1 million allegedly stolen in 100 high-profile corruption cases - HEDA report

Nigeria, Dec. 10 -- A new report by the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA) Resource Centre has revealed the vast scale of corruption in Nigeria, documenting 100 high-profile cases invol... Read More

I would've been ex-governor if not for Tinubu - Fubara

Nigeria, Dec. 10 -- Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State says he would have lost his position as governor if not for President Bola Tinubu's intervention. Mr Fubara disclosed this at a stakehol... Read More

"Didn't answer our questions, completely defensive response": Rahul Gandhi on Amit Shah's speech on electoral reforms in LS

New Delhi, Dec. 10 -- After a heated exchange between him and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday claimed that HM Shah "did not" answer his question... Read More

"Finding ways to save themselves": Punjab Minister Harpal Cheema's dig at top Congress leadership over 'cash for CM' remarks

New Delhi, Dec. 10 -- Punjab Minister Harpal Singh Cheema questioned the silence of top Congress leadership on the allegations levelled by suspended party leader Navjot Kaur Sidhu, who claimed that th... Read More

French government survives cliffhanger vote on social security

France, Dec. 10 -- The bill scraped through by 247 votes to 234, with 93 abstentions, after weeks of bargaining and a tense day that ended with ministers hugging when the result was read out. On the ... Read More

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