Indo-Australian writer Aravind Adiga, winner of the prestigious Man Booker Prize 2008, has been shortlisted along with four other writers for the the $25,000 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2017.


Perumal Murugan misses out, Aravind Adiga leads DSC Prize shortlist


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Zurich airport, the largest in Switzerland, launched an automated biometric passport control system on Wednesday to meet an ever increasing capacity demands and keep queues moving at immigration checks.


Switzerland airport launches face-scanning system for border control


Leaving behind the days of the shutdown and the miseries that followed, West Bengal's picturesque hill station of Darjeeling on Wednesday bounced back to life following the withdrawal of the over three-month-long protest by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM).


Darjeeling back to life after three months of shutdown


The Durga Puja spirit picked up on Wednesday -- the "Maha Saptami" day -- as attired in their best, people visited Puja marquees to pray to the Goddess and participate in the festivities across West Bengal.


Prayers, celebrations mark 'Maha Saptami' in Bengal


The Durga Puja spirit picked up on Wednesday which marked Maha Saptami -- day two of the Puja -- as attired in their best people visited puja marquees to pray to the Goddess and participate in the festivities across West Bengal.


Prayers, drum beats, celebrations mark Maha Saptami in Bengal


One of London's top diamond companies announced on Tuesday it bought the world's largest rough diamonds, a rare gem the size of a tennis ball.


London dealer buys world's largest rough diamond for $53 mn


Embarrassed by the fact that fugitive Honeypreet, a close aide of jailed Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, had emerged in Delhi and sought anticipatory transit bail from the Delhi High Court, the Haryana Police on Tuesday conducted raids in and around Delhi.


Honeypreet continues to elude embarrassed Haryana Police


Experts and MPs on Tuesday called for early enactment of the Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill, a decision pending with the Select Committee of the Rajya Sabha.


MPs, experts for early passage of Motor Vehicles Bill


Stating that the number of Indians defecating in the open has come down from 60 crore in 2014 to 30 crore in 2017, Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday said the government is committed to achieving "Clean India" by October 2, 2019.


Government committed to making India clean by 2019: Naidu


There is no age for choosing to renounce the world, says the family of Madhya Pradesh businessman couple Sumit Rathore and his wife Anamika who have become Jain ascetics, leaving behind their around three year-old daughter.


MP businessman, wife become Jain ascetics, leave behind toddler


The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) administration on Tuesday warned its students against holding GSCASH elections.


JNU administration warns against GSCASH elections


In what could be a first of its kind, 98-year-old Raj Kumar Vaishya has passed the MA (economics) examination from Patna's Nalanda Open University (NOU) with a second division.


98-year-old man clears MA exam in Bihar


With a $200 million commitment, an Indian American doctor couple has teamed up with a Florida university to bring world class medical education to India and potentially transform healthcare in the country.


Indian American couple pledges $200mn to transform healthcare in India


Once dubbed the world's heaviest woman, Egyptian national Eman Ahmed Abd-El Aty passed away at a hospital here on Monday just weeks after celebrating her 37th birthday.


Former 'world's heaviest woman' dies in Abu Dhabi


Delhi-based artist Rita Jhunjhunwala will pay tribute to extraordinary men and women from a spectrum of society, including arts and science, politics and business, religion and and spirituality through her upcoming exhibition.


Upcoming art show to pay tribute to iconic Indian legends


There is a high probability of girls getting married below the legal age of 18 when there is preference for male offspring at birth, according to a study conducted by the Gender Alliance for Bihar using modified methodology of the World Economic Forum for Census 2011.


'Male-child preference leads to early marriage for girls in Bihar'


Thousands of passengers faced delays on Monday following an air traffic control system failure at the Sydney airport, the media reported.


System failure triggers delays at Sydney airport


Tihar jail woman inmate Lesley is scared of facing the world after her release from the prison and so are others like her, she said on Saturday.


We're afraid of facing world, says Tihar jail inmate


The reported gang rape of a 25-year-old woman in a moving car in Noida area on Friday evening turned out to be a hoax, with the woman giving in writing to police that the incident never took place, police said on Saturday.


Noida car gang rape 'victim' now says 'it never happened'


Amid a massive crackdown by the West Bengal CID to net fake doctors, a controversy erupted at a Durga Puja celebration here on Saturday over a depiction of the demon 'asura' as a doctor.


Demon as 'fake doctor' stirs controversy in Kolkata Durga Puja


Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday saluted the Indian soldiers who laid down their lives to liberate Haifa in 1918.

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