By Simran Sethi New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) She cannot walk. Her hands do not move. That does not mean she cannot do anything. Wheelchair-bound Sunitha Thrippanikkara makes everyone around proud with her work. The…
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) A complete set of 23 books by Sudha Murty will be donated to five public libraries here on Monday to mark the bestselling writer and philanthropist’s 69th birthday, her publisher,…
By Brij Khandelwal Mysuru, Aug 16 (IANS) As the country celebrates the World Sanskrit Week to popularise the “language of the gods,” which previous External Affairs Minister, the late Sushma Swaraj, claimed was a modern…
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) Read about a new toolkit required to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals that go beyond the precepts of good business management and prevalent best practices in government and civil…
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) You have read about them in comics — that was the original genre. They then transformed to the stage, to the small screen, then to the big…
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted the people on the occasion of ‘Sanskrit Day’ on Thursday. Modi tweeted in Sanskrit as he highlighted the significance of the ancient language. “My greetings…
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) Willliam Dalrymple’s latest book “The Anarchy” published by Bloomsbury and releasing on September 10, tells the remarkable story of how one of the world’s most magnificent empires disintegrated and came…
London, Aug 14 (IANS) The personal archives of “The Clash”, one of the most popular British bands of the previous century, are all set to go on a free exhibition at the Museum of London,…
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) Union Tribal Welfare Minister Arjun Munda will inaugurate the Aadi Mahotsav in Ladakh on August 17. Aadi Mahotsav is an annual national tribal festival which will go on from August…
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) Becoming the first Indian chef to be honoured with the Chevalier de l’Ordre du Merite Agricole (Order of Agricultural Merit), young chef Priyam Chatterjee has been conferred with the award…
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) In what is described as the first and only detailed chronicle of Sridevi’s 50-year long journey across all the five industries she had worked in, Penguin Random House India has…
Paris, Aug 13 (IANS) Workers on Tuesday started cleaning lead-contaminated areas surrounding the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris following a devastating blaze in April that damaged the building. Officials from France’s Ministry of Culture told…
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) The ninth $25,000 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature will be awarded at the finale of the four-day Nepal Literature Festival in Pokhra on December 16, in keeping with the…
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) An upcoming exhibition here will present rare reproductions of Jaipur’s Maharaja Sawai Ram Singh II’s early engagement with photography as India’s first known photographer-king. The show titled “A Reflective Oeuvre”…
Rome, Aug 13 (IANS) Archaeologists working in the buried Roman city of Pompeii said they have uncovered a “sorcerer’s treasure trove” of artefacts, including good-luck charms, mirrors and glass beads, the media reported. Most of…
Canberra, Aug 12 (IANS) An Iranian-Kurdish journalist and writer, who has spent the past six years at a migrant detention centre, was on Monday named the winner of the National Biography Award, one of Australia’s…
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) In a unique initiative to prevent antiques like sculptures, manuscripts, vessels and paintings that are a century old from landing up with the ‘kabadi wala’, the government is proposing to…
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) Perhaps the most extraordinary aspect of the Donald Trump presidency “is that it truly appears to function according to the strictures of a reality television format”, says…
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) To mark the 115th anniversary of the Taj Group of Hotels, Delhi’s iconic 5-star hotel Taj Palace has raised Rs 2.8 crore through an auction of a fascinating lineup of…
Chandigarh, Aug 10 (IANS) Virasat-e-Khalsa, a pioneer museum in the Sikh holy town of Anandpur Sahib in Punjab, has entered the Asia Book of Records for receiving a record visitors, state Cultural Affairs and Tourism…