By Sanu George Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 20 (IANS) In Kerala, the year 2016 belonged to 71-year-old Pinarayi Vijayan who breasted the tape ahead of popular party colleague and arch rival V.S. Achuthanandan in the race to…
By Nivedita New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) From the country’s apex fashion body giving prominence to handwoven fabrics at shows to the Ministry of Textiles collaborating with top-notch fashion brands and designers for collections promoting…
By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, Dec 19 (IANS) It was a year of mixed fortunes for the Indian automobile industry that faced growth as well as tax, legal and government policy challenges, industry experts said. “It…
By Nishant Arora New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) With the country logging into the digital world to become a cashless economy, the threat of data breach loomed over both public and private enterprises, with several…
By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, Dec 17 (IANS) The year 2016 would go down in the annals of the Indian insurance industry history as the one in which the central government was the driving force in…
By Nury Vittachi North Korea’s government banned sarcastic comments against it (they actually did, this is not a joke); so I sent them an email: “Great idea, you bunch of geniuses.” They’re sure to thank…
By Sourabh Kulesh New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) The year 2017 is predicted to be that of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning — redefining the way humans communicate with devices to not only improve…
Los Angeles, Dec 12 (IANS) Model Ashley Graham met her husband Justin Ervin on Porn Sunday. Graham ran into Ervin in the lift of a church in 2009 and she says that she will never…
By Kishori Sud New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) After a long hectic day, when all you need is some “me” time, gur chai (jaggery tea) with a slice of masala chai cake is your go-to…
By Nury Vittachi My children: “We’ll only eat it if it’s Haagen-Dazs.” Me: “When I was a child I lived on dirt until I was eight and I was deeply grateful.” Today’s youngsters have no…
By Imran Khan Patna, Dec 5 (IANS) Chandeshwar Prasad and Mahesh Yadav, both migrant workers from Bihar, are on unscheduled visit to their homes, as the factory owners told them to take a break and…
By Nury Vittachi I think all journalists should end every report with IDK THO LOL (“I don’t know though laugh out loud”) so people can’t sue them in case all their facts are wrong. Clever,…
By Nishant Arora New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) As the news of Congress Party and its Vice President Rahul Gandhi’s Twitter accounts being hacked spread like wildfire on Thursday, cyber experts were not surprised as…
By Somrita Ghosh New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) The smell of books while entering a bookstore is probably the most hypnotising aroma for an avid reader. Though e-commerce platforms have been muscling in, shop owners…
By Nury Vittachi My son is applying for jobs. I told him that “we have no suitable vacancy at this time” really means: “Dude you are too cool for us.” I noticed many jobs are…
By Kushagra Dixit Marrakech, Nov 24 (IANS) With Atlas Mountain on one side and the vast Sahara on the other, Ouarzazate — also known as Morocco’s Hollywood, where films like “Gladiator” and TV series “Game…
By Vivek Singh Chauhan New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Most premature babies can become perfectly healthy and evolve normally in both body and mind — but only if they get specialised medical care after birth,…
New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) Kultaran Singh Atwal, a transporter, owns seven trucks. Now, he says, he is forced to keep five of his fleet idle due to demonetisation, as he has been deprived of…
Patna, Nov 21 (IANS) Unlike many other journeys they had undertaken in the past, it was an altogether different kind of experience for the survivors of the Indore-Patna Express derailment at Pukhrayan in Uttar Pradesh…
By Akanki Sharma New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) A year ago, when 28-year-old Soma Chatterjee Maiti started using mobile messaging app WhatsApp, she did not know that one day the platform would economically empower her….