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September 30, 2024 9:12 PM

Mithun Chakraborty to receive Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2022

Actor Mithun Chakraborty, widely regarded as one of the most versatile figures in Indian cinema, will be honored with the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2022. The announcement was made on Monday by Union Minister of Information and B...

September 29, 2024 2:32 PM

What is US daylight saving time and when do clocks change?

Daylight saving time, a practice affecting almost 400 million people across North America, is once again in the spotlight as debates over its necessity continue. This twice-a-year ritual of adjusting clocks forward in spring and back in autumn has be...

September 28, 2024 5:07 PM

Three villages in Madhya Pradesh honored as ‘Best Tourism Villages’

On the occasion of International Tourism Day, the central government has awarded the title of 'Best Tourism Village' to three villages in Madhya Pradesh: Pranpur, Sabarvani, and Ladpura Khas, recognizing their efforts in promoting tourism through sus...

September 27, 2024 5:30 PM

Danish archaeologists unearth 50 Viking skeletons

The excavation of a large Viking-era burial site in Denmark has unearthed 50 unusually well-preserved skeletons that archaeologists expect will help shed light on the lives of the Nordic people best known for their seafaring exploits in the Middle Ag...

September 27, 2024 1:45 PM

The struggle to save dogs on the island of Saipan

Like thousands of other dogs and cats, Pumpkin had lived on the streets of the tropical Pacific island of Saipan before ending up at the Mayor's Dog Control Shelter. Deemed too traumatized for adoption, she was put on a euthanasia list. But P...

September 26, 2024 11:27 AM

Pulitzer winner Jhumpa Lahiri declines award over New York museum’s keffiyeh ban

Pulitzer Prize winning author Jhumpa Lahiri declined to accept an award from New York City's Noguchi Museum after it fired three employees for wearing keffiyeh head scarves, an emblem of Palestinian solidarity, following an updated dress code. "Jhum...

September 25, 2024 4:55 PM

Italy opens greenwashing probe into Shein website

Italy's antitrust agency has launched an investigation into a Dublin-based company that manages the Italian website of online clothing retailer Shein over possible misleading environmental claims on the site. The investigation targets Infinite Style...

September 25, 2024 1:22 PM

Thailand’s same-sex marriage bill gets royal endorsement

Thailand's King has endorsed a marriage equality bill passed by parliament earlier this year, officially making the kingdom the first country in Southeast Asia and third place in Asia to recognise marriages of same-sex couples. The royal endorseme...

September 24, 2024 5:12 PM

Fashion suppliers want brands to help with EU green regulations

As the global fashion industry braces for new green supply-chain regulations, clothing makers in low-income countries like Bangladesh expect major international brands to share the burden. The European Union’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligenc...

September 24, 2024 4:49 PM

Researchers uncover remains of Ice Age mastodons in Peru

The fossilized remains of three mastodons from the Ice Age have been uncovered in the Peruvian Andes, raising questions as to how the behemoths arrived in the area. Excavations starting in 2019 uncovered the behemoths, believed to be between 11,000 ...

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