US President Barack Obama's historic visit to be the chief guest at India's Republic Day celebrations turned out to be much more than symbolic as it helped cut the nuclear knot and paved the way for a 'new era' in India-US relations....
"Once you take to kite flying, you're never gonna turn back," Bohart, from Portland, Oregon, said as he used his entire body weight to leverage his gigantic 15-metre-long kite intricately stitched together to form a Red Indian riding a horse and titled 'Crow'....
One of the largest glaciers on the planet, Totten, is melting due to ocean warming, a phenomenon that demonstrates the vulnerability of East Antarctica and its role in increasing the level of the oceans....
Chemparathy, Augustine George, San Ramon, California; Accumulation of the Biodiesel Precursor Triacylglycerol Offsets Oxidative Stress in the Model Alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii....
The one thing that anyone travelling across Kerala just cannot miss is the jackfruit tree as it is tall and well spread. On most occasions, one can see the greenish-yellow jackfruit hanging in adequate numbers - not surprising as this is by far the largest tree-borne fruit. ...
Aimed at encouraging higher education institutions to engage with problems of rural India like sanitation and hygiene, water, health and education and to provide appropriate solutions for them, the government's recently launched Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA) can lead to transformational change in the country if the technologies are "relev...
Two contrary tactics are apparently guiding Narendra Modi. On the political front, he is willing to accommodate outsiders in senior positions even if it means breaking the rigid mould of a cadre-based party. Outside politics, however, he is filling crucial posts in what can be called cultural outfits with acknowledged saffronites....
A hero of mine is no more. Veteran Indian journalist B.G. Verghese passed away on December 30, 2014, at the age of 87. Indians will always be indebted to him for the stupendous contribution he made, in his six-decade-long career, as a journalist, writer, civil rights advocate, and social and political commentator....
Signature cocktails that raise the art of mixology to new heights and world cuisine that leaves you spoiled for choice, preceded by a yoga session and soothing spa treatment -- all this and more is on offer at the Dusit Devarana luxury resort within the national capital, a stone's throw from the Indira Gandhi ...
Filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj, who excluded the representation of Kashmiri Pandits in his film "Haider", Thursday said he was never "insensitive" towards the mass exodus that made the majority of the community "refugees" in their own country. ...
