Lucknow, June 19 (IANS) Ahead of Wednesday’s International Yoga Day celebrations here in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lead a crowd of over 55,000, Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath…
The Hague, June 19 (IANS) The largest ever yoga event in the Netherlands was held here with the participation of nearly 1,000 people on Sunday to mark the Third International Day of Yoga. The event…
By Porisma P. Gogoi Title: Boom Country? The New Wave of Indian Enterprise; Author: Alan Rosling; Publisher: Hachette India; Pages: 269; Price: Rs 599 Prior to economic liberalisation, the Indian business scenario was dominanted by…
By Vikas Datta Title: Shattered – Inside Hillary Clinton’s Doomed Campaign; Author: Jonathan Allan & Amie Parnes; Publisher: Crown/Penguin Random House US; Pages: 482; Price: Rs 799 It was an election she had been preparing…
Mathura, June 18 (IANS) The Culture Ministry’s new “National Mission on Cultural Mapping of India” scheme will provide direct channel of communication of artistes with the government, Culture and Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma said on…
Rampur (Himachal Pradesh), June 18 (IANS) Eleven students of Himachal Pradesh have made records by practicing yoga ‘asanas’ for long duration to enter the Golden Book of World Records, an official claimed on Sunday. Golden…
By Saket Suman (Book: A Man Called Ove; Author: Fredrik Backman, translated by Henning Koch; Publisher: Hachette; Price: Rs 350; Pages: 304) The quality of fiction is said to be on a decline globally –…
By Vikas Datta Apart from the record of some singular “inspired” leaders, who may end up presiding over destinies of millions, including in mature democracies even now (and from a safe distance), humour is not…
Beijing, June 17 (IANS) The National Museum of China (NMC) on Saturday opened an exhibition featuring the work of Dutch painter Rembrandt and other famous artists of the 17th century. The show, which includes more…
Lucknow, June 17 (IANS) Massive security arrangements have been put in place in the Uttar Pradesh capital for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit beginning June 20 to participate in the third International Yoga Day…
By Somrita Ghosh New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) There are no love stories to be told, no happy endings and no redeeming features in author Lisa Hilton’s psychological thriller trilogy. She rather uses graphic sex…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 16 (IANS) Thanks to the efforts of the Thunchath Ezhuthachan Malayalam University, Malayalam has got a huge boost with a new app which helps in learning the language through games. Thunchath Ezhuthachan Malayalam…
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) Leavened by his irrepressible sense of humour, RBI’s former Governor Y.V. Reddy has written his autobiography “Advice and Dissent: My Life in Public Service”, where he has shared anecdotes about…
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) Aiming to inspire young people to expand their knowledge and encourage documentation of India’s rich cultural heritage, Sahapedia, an open online resource on Indian arts in partnership jointly with Unesco,…
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) In an attempt to revive the Dogri language, mainly spoken in Jammu region, young artists from the national capital will come together on one stage at the “Cultural Cocktail- Youth…
By Sahana Ghosh Kolkata, June 16 (IANS) The West Bengal government’s flip-flop on making Bengali compulsory in schools seemingly played a major role in igniting fresh trouble in the Darjeeling hills, but experts believe the…
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,…
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) Learn how to combine Ayurveda’s age-old traditions with modern concepts of wellness, flick through the story of a young couple that pretty much reflects most modern-day relationships, and read a…
Hangzhou (China), June 15 (IANS) An exhibition of Chinese and Indian sculptures dating from 400 to 700 A.D. opened on Thursday in the eastern province of Zhejiang. The three-month exhibition includes 56 sculptures from nine…
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) The government’s project of creating a database of artists and art forms spread over six lakh villages in the country will begin soon, a minister said on Thursday. “The National…