A majority of adults living away from their parents are worried most about the health of their parents. However, for parents, their social life and daily needs are the most challenging concerns, according to a survey.


Social life, daily needs most worry elders living alone: Survey


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In another landmark judgement, the Supreme Court on Thursday decriminalised adultery after striking down a British era law, Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code, terming it as unconstitutional, archaic and manifestly arbitrary, with one judge saying women can't be treated as "chattel".


Women can't be treated as chattel: SC strikes down adultery law (Third Lead)


A passenger was arrested for trying to flag down an aircraft after reaching late at the Dublin Airport on Thursday.


Late passenger tries to halt plane at Dublin, arrested


An eight-year-old boy miraculously survived after a car ran over him and moments later he got up and ran away unscathed.


Mumbai boy survives after being run over by car


In yet another landmark judgement, the Supreme Court on Thursday decriminalised adultery after striking down a British era law, Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code, terming it as unconstitutional, archaic and manifestly arbitrary, with one judge saying women can't be treated as "chattel".


Women can't be treated as chattel: SC strikes down adultery law (Second Lead, correcting word in intro and para 6)


A long-lost warship has been discovered off the coast of China after an extensive hunt to track down relics from from a naval battle fought more than a century ago, the media reported.


China-Japan war shipwreck discovered after 100 years


An Australian man had to undergo plastic surgery after being attacked by a kangaroo he thought to be dead.


Australian man undergoes plastic surgery after kangaroo attack


Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers rescued three children from the flooded Ravi in the Amritsar sector along the India-Pakistan border on Wednesday.


BSF saves 3 children from drowning in Ravi


The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a 294 km-long new broad gauge electrified line in Chhattisgarh between Katghora and Dongargarh, to be built at the cost of Rs 5,950 crore.


Cabinet approves new electrified railway line in Chhattisgarh


In an effort to provide a pleasing ride to women commuters, the Western Railway (WR) has painted the interiors of two ladies coaches of the suburban trains with eye-catching scenic views, an official spokesperson said here on Wednesday.


Mumbai local trains' ladies coaches wear fresh 'make-up'


Eight cows have been handed over to as many farmers in the hilly district of Wayanad in north Kerala under the 'donate a cow' campaign in the wake of torrential rains and consequent devastation in the state in the monsoon season.


Eight Kerala farmers get cattle under 'donate a cow' campaign


A Danish "hunter and adventurer" has come under investigation by Australian authorities after he rode a live saltwater crocodile.


Danish man investigated for riding crocodile


A group of 40-45 students of IIT-Roorkee, five residents of Kolkata and two German trekkers were among 249 persons rescued on Tuesday from the icy heights of Himachal Pradesh in a joint operation by the district administration and the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), officials said.


IIT-Roorkee students among 249 rescued; over 300 still stranded


An elderly woman suffering from diarrhoea died in Jamshedpur on Monday even as the doctors asked her son to bring the recently launched Ayushman card, a part of Centre's flagship healthcare plan.


Old woman dies as son takes hours to make Ayushman card


Book: Shahryar: A Life in Poetry; Author: Rakhshanda Jalil; Publisher: HarperCollins; Price: Rs 599; Pages: 226


Shahryar - the person and the poetry (Book Review)


A foreign tourist couple, who were trapped in snow in Jammu and Kashmir's Kargil district, was rescued on Tuesday, officials said.


Couple trapped in snow rescued in Kargil


South Korean boy band BTS created history by becoming the first ever K-Pop group to address the UN where they asked young people around the world to believe in their own convictions and voices.


K-Pop band creates history with UN speech


Services on Delhi Metro's Magenta Line, which connects Noida to Janakpuri, were halted briefly at Kalindi Kunj station on Monday after a bird was spotted on the tracks.


Stranded bird halts DMRC's Magenta Line briefly


Microsoft on Monday launched a new $40-million programme aimed at harnessing the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for disaster recovery, helping children, protecting refugees and displaced people and promoting respect for human rights.


Microsoft launches $40 mn AI programme for humanitarian causes


V.C. Tomy, father of Indian Naval Commander Abhilash Tomy, on Monday heaved a sigh of relief as he heard about his son being finally rescued by a French vessel from the high seas in the southern Indian Ocean.


Rescued sailor is mentally stable, says father


In an unique adventure sports initiative, a group of blind and able-bodied climbers from India and Israel have scaled the world's fourth highest and Africa's tallest peak, Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, an organiser said here on Monday.

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