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Contained within Manav Kaul’s slim novel of about 200 pages are many stories.In Under the Night Jasmine, translated from the Hindi by Vaibhav Sharma, narrator-writer Rohit wakes up night after night at 3 am, struggling to write amid the early days of the pandemic. In the story Rohit writes, ...

Revellers around the world counted down to midnight on New Year's Eve as fireworks and festive lights offered  a hopeful start to 2024 for some — even as the globe's ongoing conflicts raised security concerns and led to muted or even cancelled festivities.As the clock struck midnight in Australia, more than ...

The fishing boats slowly pull into the bustling dock in northern Mumbai on India's west coast, carrying a fresh catch after spending hours at sea trying to net as many fish as possible. Those waiting on the shore look on anxiously. Members of Mumbai's Koli community, who have been fishing ...

Sign up to our Evening Headlines email for your daily guide to the latest newsSign up to our free US Evening Headlines emailOceanGate, the company behind the ill-fated Titanic sub, received more than $450,000 in aid during the Covid pandemic, says a report.The Washington-based company received $447,000 in loans ...

GENEVA —Although COVID-19 may no longer be a global public health emergency, countries must still strengthen response to the disease and prepare for future pandemics and other threats, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday in Geneva.WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was delivering his report ...

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was delivering his report to the 76th World Health Assembly, the UN agency’s decision-making body, which is meeting this week.  Threat still remains  “The end of COVID-19 as a global health emergency is not the end of COVID-19 as a global health threat,” Tedros ...

Chief Justice of India (CJI) D.Y. Chandrachud speaks during the 18th meeting of Chief Justices/Chairpersons of the Supreme Courts of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states, in New Delhi, on March 10, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud said the Judiciary will not ...

Unemployment rates have risen significantly in South Asia, where women have traditionally faced massive obstacles in securing gainful employment. In the aftermath of Covid-19 pandemic, the hurdles in securing reasonable employment for women have become more pronounced. Consequently, sustained policy interventions are required to ensure progress in women’s literacy ...

NEW DELHI, Jan 25:  Most sectors of the Indian economy have shaken off effects of COVID-19 which has hurt it badly in the initial phase, President Droupadi Murmu said in her maiden address to the nation on the eve of 74th Republic Day. “With the outbreak of the pandemic, ...

WELLINGTON — Jacinda Ardern has announced she will quit as New Zealand prime minister ahead of this year's election, saying she no longer has "enough in the tank" to lead.Ms Ardern choked up as she detailed how six "challenging" years in the job had taken a toll.Labour Party MPs ...