‘Nahanam’, a key Hindu wedding ritual in Kerala symbolising purification, was skipped by Reshma, who insisted on going straight to a beauty parlour before the ceremony

China has expressed gratitude to India for successfully rescuing the crew of the Singapore-flagged cargo vessel MV Wan Hai 503 that caught fire off the Kerala coast on June 9.

“Many decades ago, millions of citizens of India were called ‘untouchables.’ They were told they were impure. They were told that they did not belong,” Chief Justice of India BR Gavai said at Oxford.