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Literature: The Nobel Prize for 2023 goes to Norwegian author Jon Fosse

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Norwegian novelist and dramatist Jon Fosse has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for the year 2023, “for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable,” the Swedish Academy announced on Thursday. Fosse’s body of work, written in Norwegian Nynorsk, included several plays, novels, poetry collections, […]

A new menace: Bedbug epidemic in Paris; rodents ‘take over’ parts of Kolkata

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: India’s Kolkata is waiting for a pied-piper to rid the metropolis of its innumerable rodents who are eating even a ‘bridge like a cake’. Thousands of miles away, the French are faced with an unprecedented ‘national emergency’ and praying to keep the bedbug menace away lest it repel the millions […]

Sports: Cricket WC may add $2 bn to the Indian economy, says BoB economists

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: The International Cricket Council (ICC)’s Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023, whose first of the 10 matches kicked off on Thursday, is expected to add USD 2.4 billion (Rs. 200 crore) to the Indian economy. This is the 13th edition of the Cricket World Cup, a quadrennial One Day International (ODI) tournament contested by […]

Green logistics: Essar’s GreenLine to invest Rs. 200 cr, inks deal with Hindustan Zinc

Mumbai: In a significant step towards sustainability and environmental responsibility, Vedanta Group’s Hindustan Zinc Ltd (HZL), India’s largest and only integrated producer of zinc, lead, and silver, has signed a deal with Essar Group’s GreenLine Mobility Solutions Ltd for the deployment of LNG-powered fleet in its supply and transportation operations. GreenLine will invest Rs. 200 […]

Roving Periscope: Ousting its first House Speaker, the US makes history since 1776

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: Come September, we all have springs in our feet. But as the month of October approaches each year, the world’s attention gets focused on the United States, Sweden, and Norway. On Washington, because the Opposition ritually flexes its muscles and tries to stall the Administration’s funding ahead of the new […]

The Nobel Prizes 2023: Three awarded for Physics, another three for Chemistry

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: The Nobel Prize for Physics (2023) has been jointly won by Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz, and Anne L’ Huillier, and the one for Chemistry has gone to Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus, and Alexei I. Ekimov. Announcing the Prizes, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said the Prize for […]

We are delighted with IHC’s decision to enhance its investment in Adani Enterprises Ltd : Adani Group

Ahmedabad, 3 October 2023; We are delighted with IHC’s decision to enhance its investment in Adani Enterprises Ltd (AEL), which further validates AEL’s standing as a global leader in incubating new businesses, particularly in sustainable infrastructure, developing global aviation infrastructure and equitable energy transition. We see IHC’s increased stake as a ringing endorsement of our […]

Ukraine: Now, Russia punishes own soldiers, deploys them to die like ‘meat’

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi:  Can a country engaged in a 19-month-long war with a neighbor, force its own hapless soldiers to die like “meat” on the war front? This is what is happening in a replay of what Communist dictator Josef Stalin did in Russia during the Second World War in the 1940s. Now, […]

Historic Hindu Diksha Din: 30 American Youths Pledge a Life of Service, Sacrifice, and Devotion

[Robbinsville, New Jersey], at the BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham in Robbinsville, New Jersey, a historic diksha din ceremony took place where 30 American-born youths were initiated as Hindu Swamis by HH Mahant Swami Maharaj. This event, marked their commitment to a life of faith, unity, and devotion. These youths, from diverse educational and professional backgrounds, had […]

Media: With raids on China-linked outlets in India, focus back on ‘American Singham’

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: With the Delhi Police raiding homes of some activist-turned-journalists linked with an allegedly Chinese-funded news outlet, and other locations on Tuesday, the focus is back on a China-based American millionaire, Neville Roy Singham, who is accused of managing anti-Indian activities on diverse fronts, including the media. The Delhi Police Special […]
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