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"Chalo Chalo!" Vote for Biden: Bollywood hit tune to woo Indian Americans

Turning a Bollywood hit tune into a campaign anthem, Democratic Party presidential candidate Joe Biden's supporters are wooing Indian American voters with an eye on swing states where small margins can decide who becomes the next president

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Dine-in restaurants, salons to reopen on August 10 across Pakistan

Dine-in restaurants and beauty salons would reopen across Pakistan on August 10, Planning and Development Minister Asad Umar said Thursday in a televised address, as the efforts against the coronavirus pandemic seem to bear fruit

Women's cycling race starts in Afghanistan

The first female multi-stage cycling race started in the central province of Bamiyan with 46 cyclists from Ghazni, Faryab, Balkh, Kabul and Bamiyan provinces, and 12 will qualify for the national women’s cycling team

Celebrations and protests mark Ayodhya temple consecration in New York

Hindus and their supporters in this metropolis celebrated the laying of the foundation stone for the Ram Jhanmabhoomi Temple ignoring a ban on a video marking the occasion due to pressure from an Islamic group

More boys shun primary schools than girls despite Bangladesh’s efforts to curb dropouts

About 18 percent of the primary students drop out in Bangladesh with boys accounting for most of it, despite different efforts by the government

Bangladesh marks 159th birth anniversary of Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray

Bangladesh marked the 159th birth anniversary of eminent Indian scientist and philosopher Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray

Majority Indians nod in favour of education in regional languages

The new National Education Policy (NEP) announced by the Modi government last week has introduced major reforms in Indian education at all levels

Raksha Bandhan goes digital this year

With travel restrictions and physical distancing becoming the new normal this year, traditional visits to siblings for rakhi this year are being substituted by virtual rakhis sent online

'Hardly any hilsa left in the rivers'

Chandpur, one of the biggest trading hubs of fish, is abuzz with sales. Wholesalers are happy due to the hilsa season. Local fishermen? Not so much

Sri Lanka reaches new heights at world debating contest

An unlikely hour to be making history, but for eight people who had been orchestrating this moment for nine long months, a great triumph, and for Sri Lanka a chance to reach new heights on the world stage

Amazon's initiative to help female artisans, entrepreneurs

Actor Vidya Balan's eagerly awaited biographical drama 'Shakuntala Devi' had its world premiere exclusively on Amazon Prime Video on July 31

Hyderabad resident, 51, finally passes Class 10 after 33 years

While the coronavirus pandemic has caused immense suffering and pain across the world, it has come as a "blessing" for a Hyderabad resident who finally passed his Class 10 examination after failing in repeated attempts during the last 33 years

Pakistan's best-known theatre group and its commitment to 'shared heritage'

Born in the times of harsh military rule of General Zia ul Haq, defying draconian censorship and indoctrination of a "certain kind of intolerant and bigoted Islam", Pakistan's best-known theatre group Ajoka prides itself with defiance in its grain

'New education policy a game-changer for India'

Terming the Union Cabinet's approval of the New Education Policy as historic, its draft committee chairman Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan on Thursday said it (policy) would be a game-changer for India over the next 20 years

COVID-19 leaves millions of South Asian children hungry

Children are collateral damage in the flight against the COVID-19 pandemic: some 4 million of them in South Asia under the age of five are at the risk of suffering life-threatening malnutrition as a result of the socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

How human trafficking remains a flourishing Nepal-India cross-border crime

Two years ago, when her husband landed in Qatar for a job, she thought that they were in for better days