A team of 50 chefs as part of a government-led initiative on Saturday created a Guinness World Record by cooking a mammoth 918 kg of "khichdi".


918 kg Brand India 'khichdi' enters Guinness World Record


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A team of 50 chefs in a government-led initiative on Saturday created a world record by cooking 918 kg "khichdi" live at the World Food India 2017 event here.


Brand India 'khichdi' enters Guinness World Records


The UN received 31 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse within its system in the third quarter of the year, spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.


31 new allegations of sexual exploitation, abuse: UN


Union Communications Minister Manoj Sinha on Friday launched a pan-India scholarship programme for school children, called Deen Dayal Sparsh Yojana, to increase the reach of philately, an official said.


Government launches philately promotion programme


A survey participated in by more than one lakh people across the country showed that corruption is largely a local problem with the majority saying they had paid bribes for local issues ranging from the municipalities, police, local tax compliance and property registration.


Majority say bribery, corruption a local problem


Protest by the Karni Sena against Sanjay Leela Bhansali's multi-starrer "Padmavati" picked up pace in Rajasthan ahead of its December 1 release with a complete bandh observed in Chittorgarh on Friday.


Bandh observed in Chittorgarh against 'Padmavati'


The Madras High Court on Friday ordered payment of Rs 10 lakh each to the families to two girls electrocuted in the state capital.


Madras HC orders Rs 10 lakh each to kin of two girls who were electrocuted


Filmmaker Prakash Jha says nobody in present day society is ready to tolerate anything against their beliefs.


No one ready to tolerate in today's society: Prakash Jha


Delhi Metro cruelly killed my "acche din".


How I was forced to dump Delhi Metro (First Person)


A smartphone app aimed at helping improve the eating habits of indigenous Australians has been launched.


Healthy eating app developed for indigenous Australians


Mexico City Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera has unveiled an earthquake warning system that residents can download to their mobiles.


Mexico City unveils earthquake alert app


The unemployment rate in Austria declined 4.6 per cent year-on-year for October, the Social Affairs Ministry said.


Austrian unemployment declines 4.6 pct in Oct


After a harrowing three-hour rescue operation, two male hyenas were rescued from a well in Agra district, with one of the two animals sustaining injuries.


Two hyenas rescued from open well in Agra


Sonepur cattle fair, considered as Asia's largest such, kicked-off in Bihar on Thursday.


Asia's largest cattle fair begins in Bihar


Scientists have discovered a secret chamber inside the Great Pyramid of Giza that is believed to date back millennia, the Nature journal reported on Thursday.


Secret chamber discovered in Egypt's Great Pyramid


With people feeling the pinch after tomato prices soared to Rs 100 per kg, an "on-demand hyper-local transport and logistics app" Jugnoo has offered to make doorstep delivery of tomatoes at just Re 1 per kg.


As tomatoes hit Rs 100/kg, Chandigarh app offers it at Re 1


Arrested nearly 11 years ago and jailed for carrying drugs, two sisters from Pakistan were on Thursday released from the Amritsar Central Jail and allowed to return to Pakistan via the Attari-Wagah border.


Freed from Amritsar jail, Pakistani sisters return home after 11 years


The 28-month-old conjoined twins from Odisha, who underwent an 18-hour surgery for separation at AIIMS here last week, are stable and their condition has further improved, the hospital authorities said on Wednesday.


Condition of conjoined twins from Odisha improves


Even as medical practitioners sounded a caution against outdoor exercises as "there is no safe time to step outdoors", weather analysts see a slight improvement in Delhi's air quality for the next few days due to change in wind direction.


'Poison' in Delhi air, respite likely as wind direction changes


Taking strong cognizance of the latest study claiming that common Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs) like pantoprazole and rabeprazole may double the risk of developing stomach cancer, Indian doctors on Wednesday advised the fraternity to be cautious while prescribing such pills to patients.


Indian doctors advise restraint on prescribing acid reflux pills


Actress Vidya Balan has associated with TOIs #NoConditionsApply campaign that helps to raise awareness about issues concerning gender equality across all opportunities, celebrations and ambitions.

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