COP26 Summit: Thousands of climate activists, playing drums and celebrating, marched on the streets of Glasgow, Scotland, where the United Nations Conference on Climate is being held on Saturday. And called on governments to take swift action to reduce the use of fossil fuels that harm the planet. Despite the incessant rain in Glasgow, there […]
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Douglas Stuart’s novel ‘Shaggy Bain’ wins 2020 Booker Prize
Scottish writer Douglas Stuart, based in New York, received the 2020 Booker Prize for his debut novel Shaggy Bain on Thursday. Glasgow has a backdrop in the story of ‘Shaggy Bain’. Indian-origin writer Avni Doshi’s first novel ‘Burnant Sugar’, also based in Dubai, was also named in this category. A total of six people were […]