Google on Wednesday declared 13-year-old Pingla Rahul More from Mumbai the national winner of its "Doodle for Google" competition where art-loving students brought their imaginations to life for the search engine giant's logo.


Mumbai girl wins 'Doodle for Google 2018' contest


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A child born only 12 days ago died after a monkey snatched it from his mother's lap on the outskirts of Agra city, police said on Tuesday.


Monkey kills newborn in Agra


Alleging that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its followers lose no opportunity to denigrate Jawaharlal Nehru, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has stated in a new edition of his 2003 book "Nehru: The Invention of India" -- scheduled to be launched on Tuesday evening by Sonia Gandhi -- that accusing Indias first Prime Minister of "every conceivable sin" is like "throwing pebbles at a mountain".


Denigrating Nehru is like throwing pebbles at a mountain: Shashi Tharoor (Exclusive Book Excerpt) (Nov 14 is Jawaharlal Nehru's 129th birth anniversary)


Jawaharlal Nehru, widely regarded as the architect of modern India, had deep affection and regard for literature and scholarship. The Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML) here bears this out, but has been the subject of much controversy during the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led dispensation. Critics say that the government is "diluting" Nehrus legacy by changing the character of his memorial whereas the government has maintained that it is only "upgrading" it.


What's fishy at Nehru Memorial? A timeline of its making and unmaking (Nov 14 is Jawaharlal Nehru's 129th birth anniversary)


An Army soldier from Maharashtra, Keshav S. Gosavi, who was killed in Jammu & Kashmir on Sunday, was cremated with full military honours at his native village Srirampur, on Monday evening, an official said.


Maharashtra soldier cremated with full military honours


For the first time in the Taj city, dozens of special motor vehicles fitted with equipments, tankers, dumpers, cranes joined a unique parade for total cleanliness of Agra, India's most popular tourist destination.


Taj city declares war on dirt


Sale of dry mango wood, bamboo baskets, and earthen stoves surged on Monday, as Bihar's popular Chhath Puja entered its second day - also known as 'Kharna' when devotees prepare 'Kheer' or rice pudding as an offering.


Chhath Puja: Vendors doing brisk business as mango wood, bamboo baskets in high demand


Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 12 (IndiaSpend/IANS) The devastating flood in Kerala left 2.56 million homes without electricity. How the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) restored power in under a fortnight by mobilising every human resource at hand -- including retired staff and volunteers -- and doing away with red tape and questions of hierarchy, could be a model for every disaster-stricken state.


How the lights came back in Kerala's ravaged homes


An Australian woman accused of hiding sewing needles inside strawberries in a high-profile sabotage case was motivated by spite, a court heard on Monday.


Australia strawberry contamination accused 'motivated by spite'


Kolkata, Nov 12 (IANS/Mongbay) Spending more time per day fetching water increased Indian women's risk of delivering a low birth-weight baby, a study has said.


Water access and sanitation shape birth outcomes and earning potential


There is a stark contrast between the fertility rates of the three largest Hindi-speaking states and six non-Hindi-speaking states even as India was nearing the population replacement level of fertility, a UN report shows.


3 large Hindi-speaking states have high fertility rates: UNFPA


Railway Minister Piyush Goyal and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday inaugurated the phase I of the 12.4-km Nerul-Belapur-Seawoods-Kharkopar suburban railway.


New rail link in Mumbai inaugurated


Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has requested the Central government to conduct an inquiry regarding the replacement of artistic stone carvings at Konark Sun Temple with plain stones.


Odisha CM seeks inquiry into negligence in Sun Temple preservation


A woman was beaten to death on board a train near the Bareilly station when she asked a group of youngsters not to smoke in the compartment, police said on Saturday.


Woman beaten to death on train for objecting to smoking


The Shiromani Akali Dal on Saturday said the Amritsar train tragedy victims had been "cheated even in death" with the cheques given to them starting to bounce and the state government not registering a case against the organizers 20 days after the accident.


Amritsar train tragedy victims cheated in death: SAD


A 98-year-old man from Iraq underwent a bypass surgery at the Medanta hospital in Gurugram, a statement said on Saturday.


98-year-old Iraqi undergoes heart surgery at Gurugram


In a big relief to rail commuters in Mumbai, the Railways will throw open phase I of the 12.4-km Nerul-Belapur-Seawoods-Kharkopar suburban railway line on Sunday.


New Mumbai rail line to open on Sunday


Abu Dhabi, Nov 10 (IANS/WAM) Louvre Abu Dhabi celebrated its first anniversary on Saturday and announced that it welcomed over one million visitors in its first year, establishing itself as one of the leading cultural institutions on the global stage.


Louvre Abu Dhabi marks 1st anniversary


Works by Amrit Khurana, an autistic 24-year-old with acute observations of urban life, will be on display at an exhibition "Metro Diaries: Lives Extraordinaire" at the India Habitat Centre (IHC) here from Saturday.


Sketches, paintings by autistic girl to be on view in Delhi


Surgeons in Australia on Friday began a complex operation to separate 15-month-old Bhutanese conjoined twins Nima and Dawa Pelden.


Conjoined Bhutanese twins undergo separation surgery


Google CEO Sundar Pichai has said the company has worked out a new comprehensive policy to address diversity and sexual harassment that became a great concern of Google employees.

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