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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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Record-breaking ambidextrous Indian girl hungry for more

Not content with the two records she has set so far, including one Guinness record, ambidextrous teenager Aadi Swaroopa wants to set more records in diverse fields

105-year-old Indian woman survives Covid through ayurveda

The 105-year-old Kamalamma Linganagouda Hiregoudra has become the centre of attraction in Karnataka's Koppal district after her grandson reportedly cured her of COVID-19 with his ayurvedic formulations

Demoiselle cranes: It takes an Indian village to protect 'young ladies'

Come September and the residents of Keechan, a tiny village near Phalodi town of Jodhpur district of Rajasthan gets ready to welcome their winged visitors from across the Himalayas

American missionary, a Bangladesh leged, dies

Father Richard William Timm, a superior of the Congregation of Holy Cross in Dhaka, has passed away at the age of 97, an official said here on Sunday.  Conferred with the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1987, Father Timm was a legend in Bangladesh

Eight children sexually abused every day in Pakistan

More than eight children were subjected to sexual abuse on average every day in the first six months of 2020 in Pakistan, according to child protection NGO Sahil

Young Lankan housemaid allegedly tortured to death in Kuwait

The body of a 31-year old Sri Lankan maid who has allegedly been tortured to death is to be repatriated to Sri Lanka officials of the Ministry of Foreign Relations said

Early marriages of seven schoolgirls in a day stopped

Seven Bangladeshi schoolgirls were saved from early marriage in Sirajganj's Belkuchi upazila yesterday, thanks to timely action by the local administration

'Houseful' at Kashmir University: Clamour for Hindi studies in land of Urdu

The Department of Hindi at the University of Kashmir, Srinagar, offers a pleasant surprise. Contrary to the impression that Muslims in Kashmir are obsessed with Arabic and its cognate languages, the university's Hindi department is running full house

Pakistan's Sikh community wants rare religious scripture placed at shrine

The Sikh community in Pakistan said that it wants a handwritten copy of Guru Granth Sahib, which is currently on display at a museum in Lahore and estimated to be 300 years old, to be placed at the Gurdwara Dera Sahib, according to a media report

Now Netflix appoints Indian American Bajaria as head of global TV

To add to a number of Indian Americans heading or in responsible positions of top American corporations,  Netflix has promoted Indian American media leader to head its international TV operations as vice president for Global Television

Nepali artists collaborate with Indian record label for new album

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Pandemic will spike child labour, trafficking & slavery: Nobel Laureate Satyarthi

The COVID-19 pandemic will result in "most definite and substantial increase" in child labour, child trafficking and slavery across the world, warned India's Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi as he prepares to send an SOS tomoroow in a global event called 'Laureates and Leaders for Children Summit 2020' attended by the global who's who including WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and the Dalai Lama along with prime ministers and presidents of different nations

Sikhs to be counted as 'ethnoreligious' group in US census, not as Asian Indians

In a break from the US constitutional separation of state and religion, the administration of President Donald Trump has introduced Sikhs as a distinctive group to be counted in the census underway and not as Asian Indians

Telugu actor Prabhas adopts a reserve forest near Hyderabad

Popular Telugu actor Prabhas has come forward to adopt 1,650 acres of reserve forest on the outskirts of Hyderabad

Regional cooperation needed in South Asia to face the pandemic

Unlike many other regions, South Asia is densely populated with one of the highest poverty levels in the world