The 42nd edition of the Chennai Book Fair, organised by the Booksellers and Publishers Association of South India (BAPASI), started on January 4 up to 20 on the YMCA grounds in Nandanam in Chennai.
Egypt has recently opened the West Asia’s largest cathedral in its New Administrative Capital, 45 kms away from its capital, Cairo.
In a bid to make Islam more compatible with Socialism, Beijing has passed a law to "implement measures to Sinicize" Islam within the next five years.
The Civil Aviation Security Head and senior IPS officer Kumar Rajesh Chandra was appointed as the Director General of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) up to 31st December 2021 for a tenure of around 2 years.
He will succeed SS Deswal, chief of Indo-Tibetan Border Police.