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Polish novelist Olga Tokarczuk and Austrian author Peter Handke win Nobel literature prizes

Olga Tokarczuk, Peter Handke win Nobel literature prizes

9:00 pm October 10, 2019

STOCKHOLM: Polish novelist Olga Tokarczuk and Austrian author Peter Handke — two writers whose works are deeply intertwined in Europe’s religious, ethnic and social fault lines — won the 2018 and 2019 Nobel Prizes for literature on Thursday. The rare double announcement came after no literature prize was awarded last year due to sex abuse […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

CM thanks Sehwag for supporting Delhi Govt’s campaign against Dengue

8:49 pm October 10, 2019

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday thanked former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag for lending support to his ongoing campaign against Dengue and other mosquito-borne diseases in the capital. “I thank Virender Sehwag Ji for giving his voice to our campaign against Dengue. I strongly believe that after listening to your message, the […]

Plan prepared to vaccinate all adults in 3 months: CM Kejriwal

Kejriwal to address C-40 climate change summit via video conference

8:45 pm October 10, 2019

New Delhi: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal will address the C-40 Climate Change Summit through a video conference on Friday, October 11, 2019, after the Ministry of External Affairs denied him permission to visit Denmark, a statement said on Thursday. According to the government, the chief minster has accepted the request of the summit organisers […]

Power outages begin in California amid hot, windy weather

9:25 pm October 9, 2019

SAN FRANCISCO: Millions of people in California woke up in the dark Wednesday after Pacific Gas & Electric started shutting off power to prevent what the utility called an unprecedented wildfire danger. PG&E said it cut power to more than 500,000 customers in Northern California and that it plans to gradually turn off electricity to […]

Turkey vows to expand anti-PKK operations in northern Iraq

Turkey launches offensive against Kurdish fighters in Syria

9:12 pm October 9, 2019

AKCAKALE, Turkey: Turkey launched a military operation Wednesday against Kurdish fighters in northeastern Syria after U.S. forces pulled back from the area, with a series of airstrikes hitting a town on Syria’s northern border. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the start of the campaign, which followed an abrupt decision Sunday by U.S. President Donald […]