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Friday, July 25, 2025
TopicHalloween

Topic: Halloween

Halloween has a romantic side. ‘Cobnuts’ to ‘soul cakes’ tell the story

Those curious about the future of their love life in 19th-century England would place a hazelnut or cobnut over a brightly burning fire & name it after their sweetheart.

Sibling incest to pimple-popping — science tells you why disgusting things are captivating

Disgust evolved into a mechanism for keeping moral and cultural violations at bay. Because of its regulatory functions, it is often known as the 'gatekeeper emotion'.

Lollywood, Maulviwood, Hollywood—Pakistani actor attacked for Bushra Bibi Halloween costume

While some have criticised Yawar Iqbal for disrespecting Bushra Bibi, others have called him anti-feminist and anti-hijab.

Temporary morgue for victims of South Korea Halloween crush turns into lost-and-found centre

The Wonhyoro sports facility's floor is laid with 256 pairs of shoes, 258 pieces of clothing, 124 bags and 156 electronic items, and other personal belongings of the victims.

How Halloween turned from ancient Irish tradition to adult way of playing with identity

Halloween has become a tradition many new immigrants adopt along their journey toward American-ness and locals are reinventing it to adapt it to their own culture.

South Korea’s Yoon shows sympathy, declares national mourning after Halloween crush kills 151

A huge crowd celebrating in the popular Itaewon district, a packed nightlife area surged into an alley on Saturday night, emergency officials said.

US sees spike in homicides, nearly half of Slovakia tested in a day & other global Covid news

As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

This Halloween, ‘witches’ in US are casting spells to defeat Trump

#WitchTheVote is a cross-media initiative that identifies and promotes ‘witch-worthy’ political candidates in the US.

India has a new political divide —Majority kanwarias vs elite Halloweeners

Modi-BJP govt draw their instincts from the street and respond likewise. This has flummoxed the Congress and isolated the critical elite.

On Camera

Mumbai blasts acquittal must not set a precedent. It’ll hurt both agencies and judiciary

Several terror attack cases have been concluded by following the methods Maharashtra ATS used in the 7/11 case. It’s surprising that the high court didn’t find them worthy of legal scrutiny.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

During Operation Sindoor, Pakistan likely used NATO-style aerial tactics taught by China

The Chinese are said to have hired ex-fighter pilots & air force operators from NATO countries over the past several years to help them fine-tune their operational & flying capabilities.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.