Obama to honour Jhumpa lahiri with top award
Washington: Indian-American Pulitzer Prize winner Jhumpa lahiri has been selected for the prestigious 2014 National Humanities Medal which would be presented to her by US President Barack Obama next week. Jhumpa, 48, has been selected for the award for enlarging the human story, the White House said on Thursday. “In her works of fiction, lahiri has illuminated the Indian-American experience in beautifully wrought narratives of estrangement and
belonging,” the White House said in a statement.
Israel bans journalists from voicing opinion on air
Jerusalem: Israel has passed a new controversial law banning journalists working for State-owned broadcaster from expressing their personal opinions on air, a move, journalist bodies warned, could harm democracy and stifle right to free speech.
Key suspect in Thai bombing still at large
Bangkok: Thai police on Friday said neither of the two men arrested over the country’s deadliest bombing at a Brahma temple here nearly three weeks ago were the main suspects in the case, indicating the bomber is still on the run.
US warplanes land in Estonia amid Russia tensions
Tallinn: Two of the US Air Force’s most advanced planes, F-22 Raptor stealth fighters, made a landmark visit to Estonia today, the first time the state-of-the-art aircraft have visited former Soviet territory. The visit comes as tensions are running high with neighbouring Russia over its role in the conflict in Ukraine.
ISIS destroys Ancient Tombs in Palmyra
Beirut: ISIS demolished three ancient tower tombs in the historic Syrian city of Palmyra, Syria’s antiquities director said on Friday, days after it destroyed neighboring temples that were two of the West Asia’s oldest and most venerated religious sites. .
‘Indian-origin woman lived with dead husband in NZ’
Melbourne: In a bizarre case, an Indian-origin woman is believed to have lived with her dead husband’s body in New Zealand for weeks until the stench forced the neighbours to call police, a media report said on Friday.