Life, More features, 4th May 2018, News & Stories from India

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Life More Features 04 May 2018

Life, More features, 04 May 2018

The bride and groom will spend the night before the wedding apart and Harry's first glimpse of the dress will be as Meghan walks up the aisle. (Photo: AP)

Meghan Markle will not have a maid of honour at her wedding

George and Charlotte are expected to be among the couple's page boys and flower girls.

04 May 2018 8:46 PM

India had the highest rate of deaths linked to selfies for the two years between March 2014 and September 2016.

Odisha man trying to take selfie with bear gets mauled to death

According to forest ranger Dhanurjaya Mohapatra, Bhatara died on spot.

04 May 2018 8:28 PM

Prince Harry has made sure that his late mother's family will play a significant part in proceedings as a way of 'celebrating the memory' of Diana, Princess of Wales. (Photo: AFP)

Meghan's parents will meet Queen ahead of wedding; dad will walk her down aisle

Doria Ragland and Thomas Markle will travel to the UK from the US in the week before the May 19 ceremony at Windsor Castle.

04 May 2018 8:11 PM

More than four years after the aircraft vanished on March 8, 2014, investigators have had little luck in finding the wreckage of the plane that vanished with 227 passengers on-board. (Photo: AFP)

7 conspiracy theories behind Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappearance

Discovery of 2 huge structures on bottom of Indian Ocean this week had some hoping Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 had finally been found.

04 May 2018 7:08 PM

The most imminent threat to the species discovered last year in Sumatra, Indonesia, is a planned USD 1.6 billion mega-dam project that would be constructed by a Chinese state-owned corporation, researchers said.

World's rarest ape on the edge of extinction

Fewer than 800 members of Tapanuli Orangutan survive and they are constantly under assault from man-made sources.

04 May 2018 4:48 PM

Previous studies have also pointed out how people get fixated by comparisons with their friends (Photo: AFP)

Women may grow insecure about appearance after looking at pictures on social media

While there was a slim ideal for women before the internet took over, social media seems to have made it even more powerful.

04 May 2018 4:39 PM

The royal palace has also announced that 600 guests are invited to attend the marriage ceremony itself in St George's Chapel, as well as the reception luncheon given by Queen Elizabeth II in Windsor Castle. (Photo: AP)

Invited to the royal wedding? Carry your own food

Kensington Palace said guests have been advised to bring their own picnics as only light refreshments and snacks will be served.

04 May 2018 3:57 PM

A slice from Charles and Diana’s wedding, presented in a white box with “CD Buckingham Palace 29th July 1981” in silver printing and wrapped in a paper doily, is estimated to fetch $800-$1,200, the auction house said. (Photo: Pixabay)

British royal wedding cake slices to be sold at auction

Five cake slices from royal weddings are expected to fetch thousands of dollars each as memorabilia at sale in Las Vegas.

04 May 2018 1:57 PM

It will be the first time since wartime 1943 that the prestigious award is not handed out. (Photo: AP)

Nobel Prize in literature 2018 cancelled after sexual assault scandal

Decision was made on grounds academy is in no shape to pick winner after sex abuse allegations, financial crimes scandals.

04 May 2018 1:20 PM

National treasures for commerce

It is a measure of government inefficiency that it cannot look after the country’s heritage and must seek commercial avenues to do its job.

04 May 2018 12:40 AM

Czimkhy’s motorcycle diaries

20-year-old R.V. Czimkhy from Kallayam in Thiruvananthapuram is crazy about bike races and have been winning prizes for the same.

04 May 2018 12:22 AM

A burning song a day

Attempting a Guinness Record, musician B.R. Biju Ram and filmmaker Sohan Roy join hands to compose one poem on a current social issue each day.

04 May 2018 12:22 AM

Women vs Women

Journalist Madhu Kishwar has been slammed by feminists for making derogatory comments against former Kannada actress Divya Spandana.

04 May 2018 12:03 AM

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