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After submitting research article, 14-yr-old selected for MSI Fellowships Virtual Panel of NASA

Aurangabad (Maharashtra) , August 20 (ANI): In a remarkable achievement, Diksha Shinde, a 14-year-old girl was selected as a panellist on the Minority Serving Institution (MSI) Fellowships Virtual Panel of National Aeronautics and Space...

First transgender woman competes in LIVA Miss Diva 2021

By N. Lothungbeni Humtsoe New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANSlife) Redefining beauty norms with Dipanjali Chhetri, the first-ever transgender woman who made it to the Top 50 LIVA Miss Diva 2021 Co-powered by MX TakaTak, is...

Examining the leadership skills of Indian Prime Ministers

By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) There are any number of systematic psychographic studies in the US context that investigate the dispositional traits of demagogic and political leaders that are often put to...

Audio room apps connect fans with celebrities

By Ekatmata Sharma New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Celebrity culture has come a long way in Bollywood. From an era where filmy magazines were the only source for fans to get a glimpse of their...

Letters between Srinagar, Delhi highlight complex realities confronting 2 teenagers

By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Two teenaged girls, one in Srinagar and the other in New Delhi, set out to be pen-pals and over the years this has blossomed into an abiding...

Bonalu celebrated with gaiety in old Hyderabad

Hyderabad, Aug 1 (IANS) Bonalu, which symbolizes the unique culture of Telangana, was celebrated with traditional fervor and gaiety in the old city of Hyderabad on Sunday. Large number of devotees thronged Sri Simhavahini Mahakali...

Parsis — an insider’s gaze

By Sukant Deepak New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) Several years back, when she decided to go on a pilgrimage to Parsi sites including Sanjan, Navsari and Udavada, someone asked her where her family was from....

‘Bhut Jolokia’ chilli now heads to London

By Sujit Chakraborty Guwahati/Kohima, July 28 (IANS) "Bhut/"Bhoot Jolokia", one of the hottest chillis in the world, was on Wednesday exported, for the first time, from Guwahati to London. Similar to "Naga jolokia", "Raja Mirchi", "Naga...

Scripting a tale of the forgotten

By Sukant Deepak New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) One day, her house help was watching a Hindi film on television, showing Sita refusing to give the agni pariksha and pointing that she too could have...

BTS, YouTube announce ‘Permission to dance’ challenge for fans

Mumbai, July 20 (IANS) Popular South Korean band BTS wants the world to dance on their latest track "Permission to dance" as they have announced a challenge on YouTube Shorts. Starting Friday, fans across the...