Tokyo retained its position as the city with the most Michelin starred restaurants in the world with 314 of its restaurants making it to the 2018 edition of the celebrated Red Guidebook, the publishers said on Tuesday.


Tokyo tops list for most Michelin star restaurants


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China is offering a financial reward to help decipher inscriptions on 3,000-year-old oracle bones  used in ancient China for divination.


China offers reward to decipher ancient bone inscriptions


The first outdoor dog park in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will open its doors to residents and their furry friends on February 1 in Ras Al Khaimah city.


UAE to get dog park in February


A royal announcement on Monday confirmed Britain's Prince Harry's will marry his American actress girlfriend Meghan Markle next year.


Prince Harry to marry girlfriend Meghan Markle


A Chinese man has proposed a bizarre plan involving 1.5 million people with hand-held fans to tackle the capital city's smog, a media report said on Monday.


Man plans to tackle Beijing smog with hand-held fans


A toilet revolution has begun at Qinghai Lake, a famous tourist destination in China's Qinghai province aimed at installing and upgrading toilets in and around the area, authorities said on Monday.


'Toilet revolution' begins in China's largest lake


China is expected to have over 60,000 cinema screens by 2020 which will make it the world's largest film market, a top official said.


China to have over 60,000 film screens by 2020


Nearly 60 percent of the widows residing in Vrindavan's ashrams have problems of increased sugar and high blood pressure, revealed a survey here on Sunday.


Old widows in Vrindavan have hypertension, other problems: survey


Everything about this 57-year-old retired zoology professor is unique -- and what stands out is her abiding compassion for the deprived. In 11 years, she has built new homes for 78 people in a sterling example of philanthropy in a region where Gulf emigres build extravagant homes, radically altering the rural landscape.


Philanthropy by example: Building homes for poor her passion (IANS Special Series)


The Hyderabad Metro Rail will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on November 28 and will become the first metro in the country to commission the longest stretch from day one.


Modi to inaugurate Hyderabad Metro on November 28


Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said the steep hike in fares will kill the Metro.


Fare hike will kill Delhi Metro: Kejriwal


The upcoming Serendipity Arts Festival in Goa this December will host the first ever Arts Spectrum Awards in the South Asia region. Being seen as an attempt to recognise, encourage and promote interdisciplinary art forms, the awards will be presented in five categories and the winners will each receive Rs 15 lakh.


Arts Spectrum Awards in December, to be given in five categories


US President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump is set to get royal treatment at Taj Falaknuma, the palace hotel where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is hosting a dinner for her and other delegates of Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) on November 28.


Royal treatment awaits Ivanka at Falaknuma


Over 30 lakh houses have been sanctioned till now under the central government's flagship Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) scheme, Union Housing Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said here on Friday.


Over 30 lakh houses sanctioned for urban poor: Government


A 300-tonne massive jade stone, discovered in Myanmar's Kachin state and cut into pieces, will be sold at the Gem Emporium here in December, authorities said on Friday.


Massive jade stone to be sold in Myanmar


A family court in Rajasthan here on Thursday annulled the marriage of a girl which took place when she was only three years old. The girl is now 17 years old.


Rajasthan court annuls over a decade old child marriage


Google on Wednesday dedicated a special doodle to mark the 153rd birth anniversary of medico Rukhmabai Raut, who proved instrumental in getting the obnoxious practice of child marriages banned not only in colonial India but the entire British Empire.


Google doodle celebrates Hindu woman who fought child marriage


A group of young musicians including Armaan Malik, Sukriti-Akriti, Papon, Harshdeep Kaur, Salim-Suleiman along with Farhan Akhtar, Shah Rukh Khan and Shabana Azmi, gathered for music concert 'Lalkaar' to create awareness against gender violence.


Celebs raise voice against gender violence through concert


The Union Ministry of AYUSH will hold a review meeting to examine the draft of National Policy of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of India, said an official on Tuesday.


Review of draft medicinal plant policy on Wednesday


Aimed at collecting more Armed Forces Flag Day fund this year, the Defence Ministry is planning to launch a social media campaign to encourage people to wear armed forces flag, a informed ministry sources said on Tuesday.


Defence Ministry to encourage wearing armed forces flag


An absconding man's planned randezvous with a woman whom he met on a social networking site did not end as he had expected, as the kidnapping-rape accused walked into a trap laid by Delhi Police with the help of a woman Constable.

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