By Saket Suman New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) “‘When the wind is right and the cloud is gone, you can see down this road as far as Darjeeling,’ I told her. ‘But it is a…
By Nirmal Ashu Ranjan and Mudita Girotra Madhubani (Bihar)/New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) Marriages are made in heaven, they say. But there is at least one more place where marriages are made in large numbers…
By Vishav Bir (Himachal Pradesh), June 16 (IANS) Art is not a commodity but an experience, say connoisseurs, and this experience can take an entirely new form when it interacts with its surroundings — walls,…
By Nury Vittachi You know that movie where someone jumps out of a building and lands safely on a passing truck? I think it was called Pretty Much Every Movie Ever. Well, a reader sent…
By Liu Qin and Zhang Chun Almost a hundred Chinese cities now have bike-sharing schemes. The bikes, in various colours, have GPS trackers and can be unlocked simply by scanning a barcode on the frame…
By Mohammed Shafeeq Hyderabad, June 14 (IANS) Biryani may be Hyderabad’s signature dish, but even the world-famous delicacy takes a back seat during the holy month of Ramadan in favour of haleem, a porridge-like dish…
By Milinda Ghosh Roy Kolkata, June 13 (IANS) Commuters look out in surprise from windows of cars and buses. Some passersby occasionally stop to click pictures. The subject of their interest is a man who…
By L? Zhi It was a chilly February day and Dangwen and his wildlife monitoring team were on patrol along the upper reaches of the Yangtze river. The river was frozen solid — easy for…
By Juhi Chaudhary The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted that this year’s monsoon rainfall will be around 98 per cent of the long-period average, which is good news in this drought-prone era. But another…
By Vishal Narayan New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) The Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi (IIT-Delhi), which is now ranked among the top 200 universities in the latest QS World University Rankings, can well be among the…
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) The holy month of Ramdan is as much about fasting as it is about feasts — and what better way to spice up your evening gatherings than this exclusive recipe…
By Vishal Gulati Shimla, June 9 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh’s octogenarian Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh has taken it upon himself to restoring, and sometimes even reconstructing, the state’s beautiful ancient temples to preserve as he says…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) India’s first open access platform for academic authors to publish their works and make them available in over 100 countries has just been launched — and the…
By Nivedita New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) With a legacy of 75 years, United Coffee House (UCH) has been witness to the changing landscape and food culture of Delhi. Many food outlets came and went,…
By Sahana Ghosh Kolkata, June 8 (IANS) Black hole merger is literally a match made in heaven. And the latest gravitational wave detection, from collision of two black holes, has set the ball rolling for…
By Anand Venkitachalam It was born in an era of protests. As young people took to the streets across Europe and the United States in the 1960s, challenging the norms set for generations, a little-known…
By Brij Khandelwal Agra, June 5 (IANS) Almost a quarter century after the historic Supreme Court judgement to shift or shut factories polluting the Taj Mahal, the environment in Agra continues to pollute the 17th…
Agra, June 5 (IANS) Earlier this year, a court declared that Ganga and Yamuna rivers should be treated as “living entities”. But is that enough to spread awareness about saving the rivers in the country?…
By Imran Khan Patna, June 5 (IANS) Abha and Sanjeev Singh are a well-off couple living with all the luxuries and comfort. Still, there is a feeling of something amiss. And with June 5 being…
By Mukta Patil Dhundi, Kheda district, Gujarat: Phodabhai Parmar, a 72-year-old farmer, sits on a charpai sipping tea as solar panels gleam in the fields behind him. Parmar is one of six farmers who have…