French author Annie Ernaux wins 2022 Nobel Prize for Literature

Stockholm, October 6 French author Annie Ernaux won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature “for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory”, the award-giving body said on Thursday. The prize is awarded by the Swedish Academy and is worth…

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Alia Bhatt-Ranbir Kapoor’s baby shower: Watch mommy-daddy-to-be rock in ethnic outfits

Mumbai, October 6 Bollywood couple Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt is expecting their first child together. The two recently hosted a baby shower for which Alia’s sister Shaheen Bhatt, Ranbir’s mother Neetu Kapoor, his sister Riddhima Kapoor Sahni, cousin Karisma Kapoor and Shammi Kapoor’s wife, Neila Devi, arrived at their…

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Former cop kills 38, including 22 children, at daycare centre in Thailand

Bangkok, October 6 A former policeman killed 38 people, including 22 children, in a knife and gun rampage at a daycare centre in Thailand on Thursday, later shooting dead his wife and child at their home before turning his weapon on himself, police said. The children at the daycare centre…

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34, including 22 children, killed in mass shooting at day-care centre in Thailand

Bangkok, October 6 Thirty-four people were killed in Thailand on Thursday in a gun and knife attack at a daycare centre by a former policeman who killed his wife and child before turning his weapon on himself, police said. There were 22 children among the victims of the suspected attacker,…

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Sidhu Moosewala’s father Balkaur Singh urges people to refrain from leaking singer’s unreleased songs, says ‘don’t put us through uncalled troubles’

Chandigarh, October 6 Late Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala’s father Balkaur Singh has urged people to refrain from leaking his son’s unreleased songs. Taking to Instagram, Balkaur Singh issued a statement where he can be heard saying that he’s noticed that Moosewala’s recorded songs were being leaked. Singh asked the late…

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India awaits WHO information on any cough syrup link to Gambia deaths

New Delhi, October 6 India is awaiting World Health Organization evidence of a link between an Indian cough syrup and the deaths of dozens of children in Gambia after the UN agency said the medicine may cause kidney damage, two Indian officials said on Thursday. The death of 66 children…

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Students among 9 dead as Kerala school bus collides with another bus

Palakkad (Ker), October 6Nine people, including five students, were killed after a private tourist bus hit a state-run KSRTC bus from behind at Vadakkenchery here, Kerala Road Transport Minister Antony Raju said on Thursday.The minister said the accident occurred around 11.30 pm on Wednesday when the private bus, which was…

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‘Kidnapped’ Punjabi family found dead in orchard in California: Sheriff

Chandigarh, October 6 The sheriff of Merced County in California on Thursday said a baby girl and three other Sikh family members who were kidnapped at gunpoint have been found dead. Sheriff Vern Warnke announced on Thursday that the bodies were found in a Merced County orchard and told reporters:…

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8 drown in flash floods during Durga idol immersion in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri

Jalpaiguri (WB), October 6 At least eight people drowned and several others went missing after they were swept away in the Mal river due to flash floods during idol immersion on Vijayadashami here, a senior official said. Four of the dead are women. The incident took place around 8.30 pm…

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Indian-American student killed in US; roommate who ‘murdered’ him called 911, arrested

New York, October 7 Varun Manish Chheda, a 20-year-old Indian-American student at US’s Purdue University, was killed in his dorm room by his roommate, who has been arrested on a preliminary murder charge, police said. Ji Min Sha, a 22-year-old junior cybersecurity major from Seoul, South Korea, has been held…

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Modi sounds poll bugle in Himachal Pradesh, joins Dasehra festivities

Bilaspur/Kullu, October 5 Prime Minister Narendra Modi today sounded the poll bugle in the election-bound hill state as he inaugurated the AIIMS in Bilaspur and paid obeisance to Lord Raghunath, becoming the first Prime Minister to take part in the Dasehra festivities at Kullu. PM Modi addressed a public…

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