Of all pieces of furniture unique to India, perhaps the 'charpai' is the most evocative of individual memories. Compact, portable and extremely eco-friendly, this 'Indian bed' is explored at the Serendipity Arts Festival here through a historical-cultural project.


The classic 'charpai' recalled, explored in its past and present


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The Kerala unit of the BJP has decided to extend its full support to the 'Ayyappa Jyothi' programme (lighting of lamp) to be held on December 26 from the northern tip of the state at Kasargode to the southern tip at Parassala, near here, said a top BJP leader.


To counter CPI-M's Women's Wall, BJP to participate in statewide Ayyappa Jyothi


UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said the Katowice climate change conference has shown once more the resilience of the Paris Agreement and from now his priorities will be ambition.


From now, my priorities will be ambition: UN chief


India has expressed its reservation over the lack of equity in the rules relating to global stock-take in the rulebook that implements the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement.


India expresses reservations at climate summit


Nearly 200 nations have agreed to enforce rules on implementing the landmark 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement.


World agrees on rules to operationalise Paris accord


The western coast of the Goan capital is abuzz with conversations over different streams of art, as 13 locations here sprawled across Mandovi's shoreline opened their gates for the third edition of the Serendipity Arts Festival 2018 on Saturday.


Goan capital abuzz as multi-arts Serendipity festival opens


New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) on Saturday launched a Public Bicycle Share (PBS) service in order to bridge the gap of the last-mile-connectivity and reduce pollution.


NDMC launches public bicycle share service


One of the two civilians killed in clashes with the security forces on Saturday in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, leaves behind an Indonesian wife and a three-month-old baby.


Slain civilian in J&K clashes leaves behind Indonesian wife


Australian businessman Stan Perron, who died in November at the age of 96, has left the majority of his $2.8 billion fortune to charity.


Australian billionaire leaves bulk of $2.8 bn fortune to charity


Mauritius will organise a 'Gita Mahotsav' in February 2019, the country's acting President, Paramasivum Pillay Vyapoory, said on Thursday.


Mauritius to organise 'Gita Mahotsav' in 2019


Once they were playing with weapons and unleashing a reign of terror by killing people in Andhra-Odisha border areas. But now, some have found their love for hockey.


Surrendered Maoists enjoy hockey in Odisha


A mother who gave birth to a stillborn child has written an open letter to social networking sites to not target bereaved mothers with insensitive ads and promotions, the media reported.


Facebook, Twitter criticised by bereaved mother over baby ads


More than 200 women have accused Brazils most famous medium and spiritual healer of sexual abuse.


Famous Brazilian spiritual healer accused of sexual abuse


A man has been jailed here for 60 days and fined 20,000 dirhams (around Rs 4 lakh) for calling his fiancee an "idiot" in a WhatsApp message.


Man jailed in UAE for calling fiancee 'idiot' on WhatsApp


The healthcare access of a country reflects its economic, social and political standards and growth on the world stage. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), half the world's 7.3 billion population lacks access to essential health services. Around 800 million people have to spend 10 per cent of their income on their healthcare. And more than 100 million people become severely poor due to the medical expenses they incur.


Five reasons for India to lead in Universal Health Care with Ayurveda (December 12 is Universal Health Coverage Day) (Health Notes)


Privacy of patients who go for HIV testing and counselling in the national capital's government hospitals remains a prime concern as many of them don't have separate counselling rooms for males and females, a study has found.


'HIV counselling, test centres in Delhi lack privacy'


Book: Kasturba Gandhi; Publisher: Thornbird; Pages: 424; Price: Rs. 795


How Gandhi came to drink goat milk (Book Review)


Indian group Help Us Green that gives marginalised women the chance to earn livelihoods and be respected in their communities through collecting temple ceremonial flowers tossed into the Ganges and turning them into sustainable incense, received a UN Climate Action Award.


Recycling temple waste to spread fragrance gets UN award


The airport in Shenzhen city, one of the tech hubs in China, has introduced a new system under which passengers with good safety credit scores will be able to clear security faster, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Tuesday.


China introduces credit-based security check for air passengers


Doctors here have given a new lease of life to a 20-day-old baby born with a rare heart defect.


Apollo doctors treat 20-day-old baby with rare heart disorder


As the country gears up to observe the 100th anniversary of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre of innocent, unarmed Indians by ruthless British forces, the events before and after the April 13, 1919, killing of hundreds clearly indicate that the British rulers of that time were unnerved by the unrest in Punjab in general and Amritsar in particular, which led them to do something which could "teach a lesson" to the Indians.

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