Till the quicksand of indiscretions enveloped Sushma Swaraj and Vasundhara Raje, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had the advantage over its principal rival, the Congress, of not being the victim of any major scandal....
Andrea Levy, shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, has six short stories - bound together by the common theme of racial prejudice - penned across her writing career, from her first story, to one commissioned by British Council, and one rejected because it was "too controversial" for the women of England, among other reasons....
Having a female manager does not necessarily equate to higher salaries for female employees, says a new study co-authored by an Indian-origin researcher....
Myanmar's opposition leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has urged the government to "carefully" handle the country's ethnic minorities issue, especially the Rohingyas,...
Groundwater is disappearing fast from the world and India is among the worst hit, shows data from NASA's Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites....
Shankar's "Chowringhee" would have remained restricted to Bengalis and Manto's work would have been imbibed only by Urdu readers if these works were not translated. In the past few years, translations in Indian literature have evolved with their own identity - reaching out to a wider audience....
Juan Pablo Escobar Henao, son of Colombian druglord Pablo Escobar Gaviria, has said he is in favour of ending the global fight against drugs....
It has taken about a decade for Indians to cross over to the Tibetan plateau (Tibetan Autonomous Region) from Nathu La since the historic beginning of border trade on July 6, 2006. Politically, it is a milestone for the Sikkim's SDF government. Chief Minister Pawan Chamling was around to witness under prime minister Atal Bihari Vajp...
Boxed into a political corner by successive electoral defeats, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati is back to the drawing board, plotting her next political move in Uttar Pradesh, where her writ once was the final word....
Tourists visiting Taj Mahal will now be able to upload selfies or photographs clicked with their loved ones directly from the 17th century monument of love....
