With two-thirds of India's gold held in rural areas, efforts to curb its imports with schemes to monetise holdings or convert them into paper bonds won't have much sheen till the mindset towards physical possession of the precious metal is changed, experts maintain....
A 135-year-old legacy comes to an end! Like in the case of the telegram, India Post has quietly discontinued the traditional money order service, which was an integral part of the department since 1880, facilitating pan-India door-delivery of funds to a payee from over 155,000 post offices....
The Aam Admi Party's (AAP's) suicidal tendencies are bound to help the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) more than any other party because the saffron outfit is politically better placed to exploit them....
Most photographs of the Taj Mahal taken before 2003 show the Yamuna river flowing close to the rear foundation of the edifice, its water in fact lapping the rear wall. But now a park developed by the Archaeological Survey of India, no doubt to beautify the area around it, has distanced the Yamuna by a good 100 hundred yards from the world-famous marble maos...
As a society we don't nurture the opinion of young people and the culture of debating social issues is completely missing, but the rise of social media has empowered people to highlight issues that bother them, said a social media activist....
A week ago, the Houthi rebels, backed by Iran, had a free run of Yemen. In Tikrit, Iraq, the Shia militia, led by Iranian officers, and helped by the largely Shia Iraq army, had cornered the ISIS in Saddam Hussain’s palaces. The fall of Tikrit would add to the halo on the Iranian-led Shia fraternity....
It is an undisputedly history-rich bouquet of books that IANS is offering to its readers this weekend, covering the most debated topic of India-Pakistan rivalry to juxtaposing the neighbour's state of affairs in global politics. And then there are some gems from history repolished through the eyes of foreigners. Take a look....
This is the time of spring, the time of new life. The trees and grass are getting greener and Mother Nature looks beautiful....
You might have already heard about ‘Summer to Kerala’ program organized by FOMAA. It is an Educational Root Tourism program for Middle and High School Students taken up as a visionary project to start in summer of 2015. ...
World Malayalee Council (WMC) NJ will be hosting the 20th Anniversary celebrations of the global organization on Saturday, June 20, 2015, at the Renaissance Woodbridge Hotel, 515 US Highway 1 South, Iselin, NJ 08830. This will be a full-day program with meetings, discussions, entertainment and formal dinner. ...
