Indian scientists have created the world’s first comprehensive open database on curcumin — the star therapeutic component of the golden Indian spice turmeric and a hot favourite with researchers across the globe — to foster innovation and generate public awareness. The Curcumin Resource Database (CRDB) or portal is a collaborative effort of the Indian Institute […]
Indian-origin author Sunjeev Sahota is among the half a dozen authors short-listed for the prestigious 2015 Man Booker Prize for Fiction. Sahota, who was adjudged the Granta Best Young British Novelist 2013, competes with fellow Briton Tom McCarthy, Jamaican Marlon James, US-based Anne Tyler and Hanya Yanagihara and Nigerian Chigozie Obioma for his second book […]
One of the major paradigm shifts one sees of late in India’s political economy is a focus on states. With terms like competitive and cooperative federalism floating around and becoming part of the political and economic lexicon, it is important to have an in-depth understanding of the factors that define these terms. The concept of […]
Armed with spray cans and creativity, a group of youngsters is steadily turning Kolkata’s walls – for long splattered with political slogans and quack cures – into graffiti artscapes, painting the city red, blue and a variety of hues. A motley crew of young men and women, with pseudonyms as fanciful as their creations, is […]
The Ramayana and the Gita are not religious texts and should be taught in schools, according to union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma. Sharma said that including the Ramayana and the Gita in school curriculum was an attempt to inculcate spiritual and cultural values in children. “It is an attempt to teach spiritual values to children. […]
Two Indian-American students have created an incubator for startup businesses to help budding entrepreneurs get their businesses off the ground for free, a media report said. Westview High students Aman Sharma and Bhavin Gupta have already helped three startups through their Oregon Business Incubator, which helps connect companies with industry experts and arrange interns with […]
The living room can be made in the northeast for a north or east facing house. For a west facing house, it can be in the northwest. For a south facing house, it can be in southeast direction. Heavy furniture can be placed against the south and west walls not touching them. TV should be […]
After lying “dormant” in the music world since the release of her last album “Amanda Leigh” in 2009, Hollywood actress and songstress Mandy Moore is confident that she’ll be back with a bang in 2016. She says she feels “unfulfilled” without creating music. “I’ve been working on music steadily for the last couple of years. […]
Even as they spar over jurisdiction, there are signs of cooperation as the union and Delhi governments are to create a single agency to clean up Yamuna river – which accounts for 70 percent of the capital’s water needs – realising that the multiple authorities engaged in the task have complicated the job. The agency, […]
On her first trip to India, “A Walk To Remember” star Mandy Moore knows it won’t be her last! She says the experience of gorging on kababs and kulfis, getting a taste of the hospitality and meeting “spirited women” as part of her work as a global goodwill ambassador of NGO PSI, has left her […]