Reiterating that relations between India and Pakistan are important to it, the US has expressed the hope that New Delhi and Islamabad would work on issues between them and reduce tensions. As US Secretary of State John Kerry mentioned a couple of weeks ago after a call with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif “relations between […]
NASA’s New Horizon spacecraft has captured stunning coloured images of Pluto as it gets ready for a close flyby of the mysterious planet system on July 14. The images show two very different faces of the mysterious dwarf planet, one with a series of intriguing spots along the equator that are evenly-spaced. Each of the […]
Chandigarh Nek Chand, was the man who literally ‘rocked’ Chandigarh for the past four decades, bringing India’s first planned city on the international map through his creations from waste material. Nek Chand, the creator of Chandigarh’s famous Rock Garden, died at the ripe age of 90. He suffered a cardiac arrest and died in hospital, […]
Human beings tend to curse their lives or situations when faced with adversity and hardship. But the ones who fight back strongly with greater energy, come out with flying colors. Such is the story of Dhananjay Kumar. A young boy from Samastipur district of Patori village marked his name in the history pages for others […]
New Delhi, June 20 The magnitude of yoga’s renaissance in the modern western world has made a huge impact on Hollywood celebrities, including names like Madonna, Beyonce Knowles, Reese Witherspoon, Charlize Theron and Robert Downey Jr. Many of them have found solace in this ancient discipline and have inspired their fans to follow in their […]
By Mohit Dubey, Varanasi For the teeming millions, Varanasi or Kashi is the source of spirituality, an ideal place for some soul searching and also for salvation. The city, said to be the oldest on the face of the planet, however has more to offer on its ‘menu’ than just that! For those in love […]
New Delhi, July 1 Sunil Jaglan, a Haryana village headman whose online drive for the girl child went viral on Twitter after Prime Minister Narendra Modi endorsed it, is now determined to take it to the nomadic tribes so that they can spread the message to other parts of the state and beyond. An inspired […]
One of the most coveted and sought after, film festivals celebrating and honoring Indian cinema, at a global platform, the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) is back with a greater thrill and ecstasy. The annual film festival of the southern hemisphere is scheduled to take place from 14th-27th August, 2015, and promises to color […]
Buoyed by growing sales, India will overtake the US to become world’s second largest smartphone market by 2017, says a report. According to international research firm Strategy Analytics, global smartphone sales are forecast to grow from 1.5 billion units in 2015 to a record 1.7 billion by 2017. China, India and the US are the […]
R. Paul Singh, a distinguished professor emeritus at the University of California, Davis, has been named as the 2015 Global Confederation for Higher Education Associations for Agriculture and Life Sciences World Agriculture Prize laureate. Singh, an agricultural engineering graduate from India’s Punjab Agricultural University, has been recognized for a body of research in areas such […]