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By: AP | Paris | Updated: October 17, 2020 8:38:43 am French President Emmanuel Macron speaks in front of a high school on Friday, October 16, 2020 in Conflans Sainte-Honorine, northwest of Paris, where a history teacher who opened a discussion with high school students about cartoons of the prophet …

Updated: October 17, 2020 8:47:57 am Happy Navratri 2020 Wish Images: Happy Navratri. (Designed by Gargi Singh) Happy Navratri 2020 wishes images, messages, photos and status: The nine-day Navratri festival is celebrated with fervor and abandon across the country. Delicious spreads are prepared, houses are cleaned and decorated while friends …

Former US President Barack Obama will campaign for Democratic Party presidential candidate Joe Biden in Pennsylvania next week, Biden’s campaign has said. Biden, 77, was vice president during Obama’s two terms. While Obama has endorsed Biden and his running mate and Indian-origin senator Kamala Harris by campaigning for them online, …

He dropped a crucial catch, but then Kock’s Quinton more than made up for it with the bat. The starter stroked a magnificent undefeated 78 (44b, 9×4, 3×6) to lead the Mumbai Indians to their fifth win on the trot as they defeated the Kolkata Knight Riders for eight wickets …

Share these Happy Navratri 2020 wishes, quotes and images The Pratipada Tithi, Ashwin Shukla Paksha (rising phase of the month) marks the beginning of the Devi Paksha or Navratri, dedicated to Maa Durga and her nine forms. During these null days, devotees of Mother Goddess maintain a fast, chant mantras …

The high school teacher stabbed to death on the street in a Paris suburb on Friday showed his teenage students a cartoon satirizing the Prophet Muhammad as part of a class on free speech earlier this month, the parents said. Nordine Chaouadi told Reuters that he was the father of …

The country has the highest prevalence of “wasted children”; even Bangladesh and Pakistan perform better India has the highest prevalence of children under five years of age with wasting in the world, reflecting acute malnutrition, according to the Global Hunger Index 2020. The situation has worsened in the period 2015-19, …

Navratri, the 9-day festival is here! It is one of the most auspicious festivals celebrated by Hindus that honors the goddess Durga. Devotees celebrate the nine days by fasting and offering prayers to Maa Durga and her nine avatars. Make this special festival even more joyous by greeting your family …

NEW DELHI: On average, an Indian spends 3.5% of his daily income for a plate of food compared to 0.6% for a New Yorker, according to the report “The Cost of a Plate of Food” released by the UN’s World Food Program (WFP) on Friday. The report said that a …

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday that it had had a very good dialogue with the developers of a second Russian candidate vaccine against COVID-19. “We can only have a position on a vaccine when we see the results of phase III clinical trials,” said WHO chief scientist …