‘Ghalib: A Wilderness at My Doorstep’ opens a new window to the renowned poet
New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib was born in Agra in the closing years of the 18th century. A precocious child, he began composing verses at an early age and gained...
Ours are the streets
By Sukant Deepak
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) Believing that the most incredible thing about the street is the fact that it is an activation of public life, contemporary artist Shilo Shiv Suleman, founder of...
Britain sees first Muslim gay wedding as man ties knot
New Delhi: In what is being termed as a first by the British media, a Muslim gay man married his partner of two years in a same-sex marriage. Ironically, they found love after one...
UAE-based Indian breaks record for largest greetings card
Dubai, Jan 2 (IANS) A Dubai-based Indian expat has broken the world record for the largest 'Pop up Greetings Card' record, the media reported on Saturday.
Ramkumar Sarangapani is currently the holder of the highest...
From the highest railway station Ghum to the southernmost Kanyakumari: India’s most beautiful railway...
The Indian Railways is known to the world as the largest railway network in the world. The grand Chhatrapati Shivaji terminus which happens to be the busiest station in India has been listed as...
Femina Miss India 2020 goes digital
BY PUJA GUPTA
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANSlife) In the wake of the Covid -19 pandemic, the Miss India 2020 pageant will be held virtually the Miss India Organisation has announced.
A nationwide audition to select...
Is India gaining notoriety as global hub of parental child abduction cases?
By J.V. Lakshmana Rao
Abduction and kidnap are bad words which are associated with a hefty ransom involving the cost of the life of the kidnapped or the abducted. Disgruntled spouses of couples, with...
Eight-month-old baby girl weighs more than 17 kgs
Amritsar: Obesity is increasing in epidemic proportions worldwide especially in developed countries. According to the the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013, India is just behind the US and China with about 30 million...
Scottish writer Douglas Stuart’s ‘Shuggie Bain’ wins 2020 Booker Prize
London, Nov 20 (IANS) Scottish writer Douglas Stuart's "Shuggie Bain" was on Thursday evening named the winner of the 50,000 pounds 2020 Booker Prize for Fiction, at the heart of which are the memories...
A first in India: Critically endangered vultures introduced into wild
BY VISHAL GULATI
Pinjore (Haryana), Oct 9 (IANS) After years of grit and determination, eight critically endangered white-rumped vultures, six of them captive-bred, were reintroduced into the wild on Thursday for the first time in...
