Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka wins 2022 Booker PrizeKarunatilaka received a trophy from Queen Consort Camilla at the English language literary award's first in-person ceremony since 2019. He ...
18 Oct, 2022, 06.25 AM IST
Alan Garner, NoViolet Bulawayo & more: Booker Prize unveils 2022 shortlist including oldest finalist everThe shortlist saw an equal split of men and women battling for the prize which can provide a career-changing boost.
07 Sep, 2022, 11.01 AM IST
Booker Prize 2022 longlist features 8 women, including 20-yr-old Leila Mottley; Alan Garner oldest nominee at 87Out of the 8 women, 3 are debut novelists.
27 Jul, 2022, 01.48 PM IST
Gates Foundation expands board following Bill, Melinda splitWednesday's announcement means the global charitable group will now have six people to guide its work and its USD 50 billion endowment. How...
27 Jan, 2022, 07.30 AM IST
Chinese companies fuelling anti-China stir in SE African state of ZimbabweThe incident happened at the mine about 50 km (30 miles) north of the capital, Harare, local police said. While villagers mourned the death...
20 Oct, 2021, 09.47 AM IST
Rhinoceros better transported upside-down, orgasms as effective as medicines in clearing congested noses: Winners of the Ig Nobel prizes are outThis year, each winner was given a paper trophy to assemble themselves and a counterfeit Zimbabwean $10 trillion note.
10 Sep, 2021, 11.00 AM IST
Zimbabwe under complete Chinese control: Is anyone noticing?Things have deteriorated to such an extent that local employees have even been shot dead by a Chinese employer at a mine when the labourers...
23 Aug, 2021, 09.06 AM IST
Indian-origin author Avni Doshi's 2020 Booker Prize race edges to a closeDoshi, born in the US and now living in Dubai, is in the running for the 50,000-pound prize alongside Zimbabwean writer Tsitsi Dangarembga ...
19 Nov, 2020, 11.35 PM IST
Zimbabwe halts stock trading, transfers to defend currencyInformation Ministry Permanent Secretary Nick Mangwana blamed mobile money transfer platforms for causing a gap between the market exchange...
29 Jun, 2020, 06.31 PM IST
Another brick in the (Great) wall…30 migrant workers in a kiln in south-eastern China who were collectively owed arrears of 90,000 yuan have been paid with 290,000 bricks.
23 Jan, 2018, 11.12 PM IST
- Zimbabwe launches probe into looting soldiers
Zimbabwe's government vowed to punish troops involved in a rampage against currency traders, as the inflation-wracked country printed new b...
03 Dec, 2008, 03.31 PM IST
- China looks to India for tobacco after 24 years
China’s State Tobacco Monopoly Authority (STMA) is expected to send a team next month to visit the platforms where Karnataka Light Soil Flu...
10 Sep, 2008, 01.41 AM IST
- Zimbabwe crisis talks expected as leaders gather for summit
Zimbabwe's main political rivals were in South Africa on Saturday for a regional summit with negotiators expected to aim for a resolution t...
16 Aug, 2008, 06.54 AM IST
- British foreign minister arrives in S.Africa as Zimbabwe rift widens
The British foreign minister arrived in South Africa Sunday for crisis talks on Zimbabwe, with London holding out against any power-sharing...
06 Jul, 2008, 10.26 PM IST
- Leaders to consider Zimbabwe crisis at AU summit
Most African leaders have refrained from criticising Mugabe, still seen by many in Africa as a hero of the anti-colonial struggle
01 Jul, 2008, 05.34 PM IST
- Ban urges Zimbabwe to postpone Friday's run off prez elections
United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon has urged the Zimbabwe authorities to postpone Friday's run off presidential elections because of continui...
24 Jun, 2008, 05.29 AM IST
- Zimbabwe inflation hits record of nearly 165,000 pc
Zimbabwe's annual rate of inflation soared to an all-time high of almost 165,000 percent in February, according to the latest government st...
16 Apr, 2008, 08.26 PM IST