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Tuesday, April 23, 2024
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

BJP’s 2024 election manifesto only looks tech-savvy. It is quite outdated

The manifesto’s silence on legal reforms in the digital space is concerning. The outdated Information Technology Act, about two decades old now, remains India’s nodal tech law.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

‘No brides for Agniveers’: In Rajasthan’s ‘Shaheedon ki nagri’, few takers for defence coaching centres

Coaching centres for Army aspirants in Jhunjhunu are shutting down due to plummeting admissions in the face of a lack of job guarantees under Agnipath Scheme.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.