The Consulate General of India, in association with the Saudi Indian Business Network (SIBN), is organising an Indian Food and Film Festival in Jeddah. The two-day event will kick off on Thursday evening on the consulate premises on Prince Muhammad Bin Abdulaziz (Tahliah) Street.


Indian food and film festival to begin in Saudi


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The release of methane and carbon dioxide from thawing permafrost will accelerate global warming and add up to $70 trillion to the worlds climate bill, according to the most advanced study yet of the economic consequences of a melting Arctic.


Melting Arctic permafrost will have $70tn climate impact


The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the  Gujarat government to rehablitate and pay Rs 50 lakh in compensation to Bilkis Yakub Rasool, who was gang raped at the age of 21 in 2002 during the post-Godhra riots. Her three-year-old daughter was also killed.


SC awards Rs 50 lakh to Godhra rape survivor Bilkis


Office workers who sit for long periods of time can reverse the health risks of their modern sedentary lifestyle by exercising just 20 minutes per day, a new study revealed on Tuesday.


Office workers who sit a lot need to exercise


Three new photographs of Britain's Prince Louis were released by his parents, Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, ahead of his first birthday on Tuesday.


UK's Royal Family releases Prince Louis's new images


A plea was filed in the Delhi High Court on Monday seeking prompt redressal of consumer complaints in the wake of the ongoing Jet Airways crisis.


Plea in HC seeks consumer redressal in Jet crisis


Turbans, shoes and blood strewn across a barren land, a whipping post to which Indians were tied and flogged, and a deep well where many victims of the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre fell into when shot at a 100 years back, have been recreated, almost as tools of time travel, at an ongoing exhibition here.


Delhi show depicts Jallianwala Bagh massacre


Celebrated Indian authors are set to take the stage as the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair (ADIBF) opens for its 29th edition from Wednesday, the media reported on Monday.


Indian writers to gather in Abu Dhabi for book fair


Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren paid tribute to the "Game of Thrones", wrote in a column that for her, the hit fantasy series, which began its eighth and final season last week, is "about the women".


Democrat presidential candidate pays tribute to 'GoT'


Bollywood's soft power is working its way in China like never before -- and the fan frenzy for superstar Shah Rukh Khan and the runaway success of an experimental film like "AndhaDhun", which has surpassed Rs 250 crore at the Chinese box office, stands as testimony.


Bollywood's soft power lends a push to India-China ties


Anyone who crosses Delhis Lodhi-Mathura road's roundabout would remember a colossal Mughal-era monument that stands on it -- the Subz Burj, hidden under scaffolding for heritage conservation. An example of resplendent Islamic architecture of India, it is the first introduction of a dense ensemble of garden tombs that dot the 170-acre area around the historic red-sandstone Humayuns Tomb built by emperor Akbar.


A bird's-eye view of Humayun's Tomb complex conservation


Millions of people are using easy-to-guess passwords on sensitive accounts, with "123456" being the most widely-used on breached accounts, suggests a security study.


Millions using '123456' as password: Security study


The chronicler of Chennai history, cartographer and journalist S. Muthiah, 89, died here on Saturday owing to age-related ailments.


Madras/Chennai historian Muthiah dies at 89


Women, please take note. If you are in a violent relationship you may be at an increased risk of suffering from mental disorders, suggests a new study.


Violent relationship ups mental disorder risk in women


The historic foundation stone-laying ceremony of the first traditional Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi was performed on Saturday in the presence of officials from India and the United Arab Emirates as well as thousands of members of the community.


Foundation stone laid for 1st Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi


Three days after Rohit Shekhar Tiwari's mysterious death in his south Delhi residence, the autopsy report has suggested that he died an "unnatural death, indicating that he was killed", a police officer said on Friday.


Rohit Tiwari murder: Police say probing property angle


More than a month after a couple in Uttarakhand refused to accept a newborn girl as their own, insisting that a boy was born to them, DNA tests ended the suspense proving beyond doubt that the baby belongs to them only.


Couple refuse newborn girl, DNA tests call their bluff


The Directorate General of Anti-Profiteering (DGAP) has served a notice on technology major Samsung India for allegedly not passing on the benefits of GST reduction to its customers and in turn making undue profits, sources said.


Notice to Samsung for not passing GST cut benefit to consumers(Lead)


The diary of Anne Frank, a young chronicler of the horrors of the Nazis' genocide of the Jews, offers a beacon of hope - and humanity - to the millions who read her thoughts, written while hiding with her family for two years before being betrayed and sent to the death camps. Reflecting on her life 75 years after her arrest, and death, is a travelling exhibition that has come briefly to Delhi.


A look at the Holocaust through Anne Frank's eyes


An American investor and his Thai partner could face the death penalty for allegedly violating Thailand's sovereignty by building a floating house off the coast of the country.


Couple faces death penalty in Thailand for sea home


A Harvard postgraduate has launched a social enterprise, on a data-driven approach, to strengthen governance in rural areas by involving policymakers and elected representatives.

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