Manali, June 11 (IANS) Union Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma will inaugurate daylong Chandra-Bhaga Sangam Parv in Himachal Pradesh’s Lahaul-Spiti district on Monday, event organisers said on Sunday. He will be accompanied by Haryana Chief Minister…
Bhubaneswar, June 11 (IANS) Legendary poet and essayist Haraprasad Das was on Sunday conferred with the covetous Kalinga Literary Award for his work and contribution to literature at the fourth edition of Kalinga Literary Festival…
By Vikas Datta The Second World War was truly a “world” war — for, apart from encompassing most of the globe, it saw all military forces drawing in additional “personnel” beyond the planet’s dominant species….
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) Odisha’s 12-year-old Padmalaya Nanda, who has won the Little Miss Universe 2017 beauty pageant, says that she wishes to promote her culture across the world. She feels that she can’t…
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) There has been a substantial shift in the bilateral, regional and multilateral foreign trade policy of the United States post Trump taking over as the President. Author Amiya Chandra’s latest…
Ottawa, June 10 (IANS) An Ontario man who invented the Hawaiian pizza, a style of pizza known for its inclusion of pineapple and ham, has died at the age of 83, leaving a legacy that…
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) One of the finest contemporary Indian writers in English, Manu Joseph is all set to publish an extraordinary work of fiction this September. Publisher HarperCollins said, Joseph’s new novel, “Miss…
Kolkata, June 9 (IANS) The Tagore Centre for Natural Science and Philosophy (TCNSP) here will take up the task of translating Nobel laureate poet-philosopher Rabindranath Tagore’s “Visva Parichay” into English and other languages to highlight…
Bhubaneswar, June 9 (IANS) Thousands of devotees thronged the pilgrim city Puri in Odisha to catch a glimpse of Lord Jagannath and his siblings during the Snana Yatra (bathing ceremony) on Friday. The deities reached…
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) Read a page-turner based on the rivalry between real-life paleontologists, get a reference manual for entrepreneurs, managers and leaders who want to think better — individually or as teams –…
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…
Oviedo (Spain), June 8 (IANS) Polish poet and author Adam Zagajewski has won Spain’s prestigious Princess of Asturias Award for Literature, the prize’s jury announced on Thursday. Zagajewski, who was born in 1945 in what…
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) Technology giant Google’s Arts and Culture arm on Thursday launched a new virtual exhibition project that will showcase 3,000 years of the world’s fashion and style, the company said in…
By Vikas Datta Title: Chronicle of a Last Summer; Author: Yasmine El Rashidi; Publisher: Tim Duggan Books/Penguin Random House US; Pages: 194; Price: Rs 499 Volcanic emotions contribute to, and are further generated, during turbulent…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) An Indian linguist and anthropologist who is globally revered for his work on dying languages, Ganesh Devy has researched and documented 780 living Indian languages. He says…
Panaji, June 8 (IANS) Fish and not beef is Goa’s most preferred cuisine and therefore, the Centre’s notification on cattle trade will have no impact on the coastal state’s tourist inflow, state Tourism Minister Manohar…
Mumbai, June 7 (IANS) Art lovers can enjoy unique paintings and prints by Norwegian artist Lene Makwana soon at an upcoming exhibition here. Makwana’s works mainly consist of watercolour paintings and digital collages ranging from…
West Hartford (US), June 7 (IANS) A book originally borrowed from a library in West Hartford in the US 52 years ago has finally found its way back to the library. Staff members of the…
Sydney, June 7 (IANS) An indigenous Australian artwork formerly owned by singer Sir Elton John for two decades was auctioned and sold for $312,110 here, media reported on Wednesday. The contemporary work, titled “My Country…