The arrival of the French modern circus Baraka in Greece for first time on November 15 this year happened to coincide with a tragedy.


French Baraka circus brings smiles to flood-stricken Greeks


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The three-day annual "Winter Fest 2017" took off here with fanfare on Friday with the city coming alive with colourful cultural and folk performances as well as traditional sports activities for visitors and tourists.


'Winter Fest 2017' kicks off at Rajasthan's Mount Abu


Organisers of a New Year's Eve party here are to set up a "safe zone" for women for the first time, a media report said on Friday.


Berlin New Year party to have women 'safe zone'


Embark this week on a philosophical and romantic journey. From being a carefree child to a person who preferred medidation and company of saints, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has a fascinating tale to share and this time his sister brings us those up close and personal stories. Then a book which gives a peek into the essence of Hinduism in a language that can be understood by all. After this is a love story of two people who are poles apart yet fall for each other. And finally, a tale of two opposites who have different opinions about love but destiny brings them together. So, here's an assorted fare that the IANS bookshelf has to offer this week. Read on!


A bit of philosophy and some love (IANS Books This Weekend)


The first Malaysian-born giant panda Nuan Nuan, who returned to China last month, finished her stay in quarantine and met the public on Thursday in southwest China's Sichuan Province.


Malaysian-born giant panda meets public


Indian classical vocalist Pandit Jasraj on Thursday disagreed with the oft spoken concept of a "golden era" in music, saying there is a time in every generation which can be called its finest.


There is a golden age in every era: Pandit Jasraj


Disneyland has apologised to its visitors for the inconvenience caused due to a power outage at the theme park in Anaheim, California.


Disneyland apologises for power outage


With the authorities turning a blind eye to the ongoing depredation, the Aravalli forest region is fast becoming a land of poaching and illegal construction as well as garbage dumping, wildlife activists said on Wednesday.


Aravallis turning into 'mass graveyard' of wildlife: Activists


A library conceptualised by two pre-teens threw open its doors here on Wednesday with a collection of a thousand books to spread the joy of reading among underprivileged children.


Pre-teens set up reading room for poor children


A heavy storm dumped a record four feet of snow on the US city of Erie on Christmas Day, forcing officials to declare a state of emergency.


Christmas storm brings record snow to US city Erie


In a tribute to the "power of working together", inmates and correctional service officials of two correctional homes here staged an English play as part of art therapy.


Correctional homes' inmates, officials put up English play


Angry people and civil societies in Tamenglong district in Manipur have forced suspension of the "sub-standard" construction of a road from Tuesday, officials said.


People in Manipur force suspension of 'sub-standard' road construction


The Odisha cabinet headed by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday decided to set up a Heritage Cabinet and Odia Language Commission to preserve the culture, heritage, language and literature of the state.


Odia Language Commission gets Odisha cabinet nod


Title: The Power Paradox; Author: Dacher Keltner; Publisher: Penguin Random House UK: Pages: 208; Price: Rs 499


Power: A new paradigm to ponder over -- and pursue (Book Review)


A three-year-old girl, who accidentally fell into a borewell in Odisha's Angul district, was taken out alive on Monday, bringing cheer to the family and locals.


3-year-old girl rescued from borewell in Odisha


Friends, neighbours and well-wishers of Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav, on death row in Pakistan for alleged spying, said they were relieved to see him "looking fit and fine" during his interaction with his family in Islamabad on Monday.


Friends, neighbours relieved to see Jadhav 'looking fine'


A farmer in Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan, has been struggling hard to free his daughter from the fortified walls of molestation-accused 'godman' Baba Virendra Dev Dixit's Ashram in Delhi.


'Save my daughter from the 'Baba', they have hypnotised her', a Rajasthan father's plea


Dressed in Santa Claus hats and red outfits, the people of Delhi celebrated Christmas with much grandeur and fervour on Monday.


Delhi celebrates Christmas with fervour


Thousands of devout Christians on Monday celebrated Christmas with prayers and carols in churches across the city to mark the birth of Jesus Christ over 2,000 years ago.


Gaiety, Yuletide spirit mark Christmas in Bengaluru


Christmas was celebrated on Monday across the northeastern region of India with special prayers, hymns and masses in churches, besides the traditional mass community feasts and delicious food.


Christmas celebrated with great zeal in northeast India


The Indian Railways on Monday flagged off the country's first air-conditioned suburban local train for Mumbai commuters, 150 years after the first suburban local was hauled by a steam engine in 1867, officials said.

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