A video of a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper feeding a hungry child on a Srinagar street went viral on the social media on Tuesday, earning widespread appreciation.


Video shows CRPF trooper feeding child in Srinagar


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The Rajasthan government has courted controversy by proposing changes in freedom fighter and Hindutva proponent Vinayak Damodar Savarkar's profile in the school syllabus.


Row as Rajasthan proposes changes in Savarkar study


Around 1.2 million pigs have been culled in Vietnam due to the risk of being infected with African swine fever, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development said on Monday.


Vietnam culls 1.2 mn pigs over African swine fever outbreak


A newly wed woman escaped with her lover while on way to her husband's home and later surrendered before the police, here on Monday.


Bride escapes with lover, surrenders in Jharkhand


Sandwiched within the provocatively titled book, "The Assassination of Indira Gandhi", Upamanyu Chatterjees collection of short stories takes a wide sweep of rural and urban India's landscapes, and 'peoplescapes', through a range of extreme narratives, which deal with the figurative as well as fecal.


The Assassination of Indira Gandhi: Slices of India, some savoury (IANS Book Review)


The UN said  on Monday that North Korea was facing an acute food shortage and the country was in urgent need of humanitarian assistance.


N. Korea facing acute food shortage, says UN


Weeks after voting for the Lok Sabha elections and with months to go for the Assembly elections, Maharashtra's ruling and opposition politicians have started taking stock of the drought stituation, billed as the worst in 47 years.


Maharashtra leaders embark on drought tourism


Just like we take care of babies during summer to keep their bodies cool and refreshed, it is important to pay attention to their scalp and hair to keep dry and flaky skin at bay, which is a common concern among newborns.


Summer guide to healthy hair & scalp for your baby (Health Tips)


The controversial Taj Heritage Corridor, which brought down the Mayawati government in 2003, has now been resurrected in a new "green" avatar along the Yamuna river bank.


Controversial Taj Heritage Corridor takes new green avataar


An Indian woman died at a Dubai hospital due to complications after a hip replacement surgery, a media report said on Monday.


Indian woman dies after hip replacement surgery in Dubai


A Myanmar National Airlines plane with 89 people on board made an emergency landing at Mandalay International Airport on Sunday, with only its rear wheels after the front landing gear failed to deploy.


Myanmar plane lands without front wheel


Kiran Devi had lost all hopes about her future nearly three years back when her soldier husband Naik Sunil Kumar Vidyarthi was killed in a dastardly terror attack on an Army camp in Kashmir's Uri. Now her hopes have been rekindled by her three daughters.


Daughters of slain Uri soldier bring smile on mother's face


The billionaire Hinduja brothers have been named as the wealthiest people in the UK for a third time, according to the Sunday Times Rich List.


Hinduja brothers top UK's Rich List for third time


Banking services in the cyclone Fani-affected areas, including worst-affected Puri district, are expected to be normal by May 13, said an official on Friday. However, complete operation of ATM services will take time, he added.


Normal banking service in cyclone hit Odisha by Monday


The body of a Peruvian climber who was found dead earlier this week on Mount Makalu, the world's fifth-highest mountain, was on Friday airlifted to Kathmandu for his last rites in the Nepali capital.


Peruvian climber to be cremated in Kathmandu


The historic former Nara Prison, the oldest in Japan and declared a cultural asset, is set to reopen in 2021 as a luxury hotel in a project seeking to change the area's image of an express tourist destination.


Oldest Japanese jail to reopen as luxury hotel in 2021


A trainee pilot flew unconscious for about 40 minutes through controlled airspace above Adelaide airport in Australia after he skipped breakfast on the morning of the flight.


Pilot flies plane unconscious for 40 mins in Australia


Young transgender people in China are risking their lives and health by  attempting surgery on themselves and taking unsafe hormones, Amnesty International said in a report on Friday.


Trans Chinese youngsters attempt surgery on themselves


A village in France is offering a 2,000 euros ($2,246) prize to help decipher a 230-year-old inscription found on a rock on a remote beach.


French village offers reward to solve rock inscription


Amanda Knox has announced that she will return to Italy in June for the first time since being convicted and jailed, but then ultimately acquitted in 2015, of killing her British roommate in the hilltop town of Perugia.


Amanda Knox returning to Italy for 1st time since acquittal


Australia has printed 46 million of its new $50 notes with a typo, the country's Reserve Bank said on Thursday.

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