V.S. Naipaul dies aged 85
The Trinidad-born Nobel laureate whose precise and lyrical writing in such novels as A Bend in the River and A House for Mr. Biswas and brittle, misanthropic personality made him one of the world’s most admired and contentious writers, died at his London home late on August 11, his family said. He was 85. | Naipaul: A life in pictures
Kerala rain fury continues, Rajnath announces ₹100 crore support
Rajnath Singh made the announcement after making an aerial survey of flood-hit areas.
NIA arrests two youth from Hyderabad
The arrested persons were Mohammed Abdullah Basith, (24) from Hafeezbaba Nagar and Mohammed Abdul Qhadeer (19) of Chandrayangutta.
TISS report points to sexual, physical abuse of inmates at 14 other shelter homes in Bihar
The Tata Institute of Social Sciences team had made social audit of 110 shelter and short-stay homes from nine divisions and 35 districts of Bihar.
Somnath Chatterjee suffers mild heart attack, continues to be critical
The former Lok Sabha Speaker suffered a haemorrhagic stroke in June and was hospitalised for more than a month.
Sedition case registered in Pune after anti-reservation group burns Constitution
This is the second FIR to be registered in this case after the Delhi police, on August 10 booked protesters of the anti-reservation Youth for Equality group for the action which caused a furore among Dalit groups.
Panel to study plight of children growing inside prisons
The order came after Supreme Court’s amicus curiae and advocate Gaurav Agarwal submitted a report showing that there were 18 jails exclusively for women. Also there are separate areas for women in other jails, but there is a huge lack of space for women inmates.
Newly-elected Pakistan parliament to meet for first time on August 13
Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf emerged as the single largest party with 116 seats in the July 25 election. Its tally increased to 125 after nine independent members joined it.
World’s first mission to touch the Sun lifts off: NASA
The car-sized spacecraft will travel directly into the Sun’s atmosphere, about four million miles from its surface - and more than seven times closer than any spacecraft has come before, thanks to its innovative Thermal Protection System.
Anand tied fourth after first day of rapid chess
Starting off with a brilliant victory in the rapid and blitz chess event at St. Louis over Hikaru Nakamura of U.S., Anand missed the thread against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France in the second round and then settled for a draw with Sergey Karjakin of Russia to end the day on three points out of a possible six.
