After strawberry, dragon fruit, UP to host ‘Tomato Festival’
Varanasi, Feb 12 (IANS) February is emerging as a month of fruit and vegetable festivals in Uttar Pradesh. After festivals of strawberry, sweet potato and dragon fruit, the Yogi Adityanath government is hosting 'Tomato...
Messages of love and hope from global litterateurs
By Siddhi Jain
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) Indian author, Ruskin Bond, and British spoken-word artist George the Poet e widely known for kicking off the Royal Wedding of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry with...
Manasa Varanasi bags Miss India World 2020 title
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANSlife) Manasa Varanasi, an engineer from Telangana, has bagged the VLCC Femina Miss India World 2020 title. Haryana's Manika Sheokand was declared VLCC Femina Miss Grand India 2020 while Uttar...
Now a dragon fruit festival in UP
Lucknow, Feb 11 (IANS) After the 'Strawberry festival', Uttar Pradesh will be holding more such festivals that focus on unconventional crops of fruits and vegetables.
Soon the sweet potato festival will be held in Gorakhpur...
‘Khadau’ gains popularity in Magh Mela
Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 5 (IANS) One of the fastest selling items at the ongoing Magh Mela in Prayagraj this year, is the 'khadau' (wooden slipper).
While it is normal for saints and seers to...
Beggars leave behind Jaipur’s streets to pick up vocational skills
By Archana Sharma
Jaipur, Feb 3 (IANS) An elegant heritage building here is playing host to 33 beggars these days, who are picking life skills thanks to an innovative Rajasthan government initiative.
The ambitious project started...
Transforming the face of slums in Delhi
By Puja Gupta
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANSlife) After changing the face of slums and villages in Mumbai, the Missal India initiative comes to the Capital. The NGO is working in Delhi through Misaal New...
Tamil couple ties knot, exchanges garlands 60 ft under water
Chennai, Feb 2 (IANS) A couple in Tamil Nadu tied the knot 60 feet under water in the Bay of Bengal near the coast off Neelankarai in the south of Chennai.
V. Chinnadurai and S....
Dogs learn new words after hearing them only four times: Study
Washington, (ANI): A new study discovered that talented dogs can learn new words after hearing them only four times.
Preliminary evidence shows that though most dogs do not learn words (i.e. names of objects) unless...
A new world everyday with raga
By Sukant Deepak
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) She might have started her classical training at the age of three and given her first performance when she was 13-years-old. Music might have defined her eating...
