By Asad Mirza
IANS | August 24
The Talibans takeover of Afghanistan has once again put a big question mark on its future, but it has also offered a glimmer of hope for the redevelopment of this war-ravaged
New Delhi, August 23 (IANS) A strong sense of family values and religious sanctity are two important factors that keep marriages together, says Kiran Chadha, a former bureaucrat, writer, motivational speaker, p
BY D.C. PATHAK
IANS | August 22
Prime Minister Modi's speech on the 75th Independence Day was one of the most comprehensive and engaging addresses heard from the ramparts of the Red Fort -- it was remar
New Delhi, August 22 (IANS) Learning classical music since the age of nine, first under Geeta Hegde in Bangalore and then as a scholar at ITC Sangeet Research Academy under the tutelage of Pandit Ulhas Kashalka
New Delhi, August 19 (IANS) He has been sketching and drawing all his life, picking up notes from around him, working and re- working on these forms to integrate them into his personal style and using them as h
By Tessa Toms
IANS | August 17
"For India, a strong, prosperous and economically independent Afghanistan is a strategic priority," as said by former External Affairs Minister of India, Salman Khur
New Delhi, August 15 (IANS) The 75th Independence Day is a reminder of the bravery as well as sacrifices of sons and daughters of the soil who fought for the freedom of our glorious nation. Pride galore on Augu
Kolkata, August 14 (IANS) If I am asked to trace out the biggest problem of our country then I would say that the biggest problem of our country is that we dont realise our strength and this allows our enemies
New Delhi, August 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 use to c
New Delhi, August 9 (PTI): The impacts of the climate crisis can be seen around the world and not acting now will destroy lives, livelihoods and natural habitats, environmental experts cautioned on Monday, whil
New Delhi, August 8 (IANS) On the sidelines of Neeraj Chopra's historic 'golden throw' in Tokyo, a controversy has erupted among Olympic historians over whether the Subedar with the Rajputana Rifles
By Norbu Dolma
IANS | August 7
Chinese President Xi Jinping was on a surprise 'inspection tour' of central and southern Tibet from July 21-23. Xi, who had succeeded Hu Jintao in 2012, had visited Ti
By R.R M. Lilani
IANS | August 6
Amidst the World Health Organization (WHO) calling for China to allow for the phase two probe into the origin of Covid-19, a top Texas Republican on the House of Foreign Aff
Guwahati, August 4 (IANS) Soon after boxer Lovlina Borgohain bagged a bronze medal for India on Wednesday at the Tokyo Olympics, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted to congratulate the pugilist, sa
Jaipur, August 3 (IANS) A village in Rajasthan's Hanumangarh district, where Indian women's hockey team goalkeeper Savita Punia's family resides, is on cloud 9 after the team defeated world champion
By Asad Mirza
IANS | August 2
Most countries around the world whether big or small, developed or developing, pursue a space programme of their own or in collaboration with advanced countries. Most aspects o
New Delhi, August 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. Considering Coomi Kapoor
New Delhi, July 31 (IANSlife) Is the power of yoga, meditation and conscious shift towards spirituality enough to pull someone back from the deepest pits of drug addiction and alcoholism? The powerful and inten
New Delhi, July 30 (IANSlife) A 'free' year, with no school, work, or to-do list -- this is the general idea of a gap year for the Indian sensibility. A fairly common practice abroad, is this what a gap
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Atal Bihari Vajpeyee was known to choose his words carefully which explained his long pauses between sentences. Thus, when he once declared that after Jawaharlal Nehru, Anant Pai, the