Even before a flamboyant secret agent with a penchant for vodka martinis "shaken, not stirred" appeared, Britain was not left undefended against communist or other subversives, the nefarious designs of megalomaniac criminal masterminds or terrorists....
A two-minute video clip on Facebook of a screaming baby being roughly and repeatedly plunged in a bucket of water has left child rights activists fuming....
Pope Francis on Saturday held mass for tens of thousands of Catholics at a stadium in Bosnia-Herzegovina's capital city of Sarajevo....
The advisory committee has backed the approval of flibanserin, a drug that is counterpart to Viagra - the widely used drug for male erectile dysfunction, the New York Times reported. ...
Ever wondered why we often help others even without expecting anything in return? That could be thanks to simple biological mechanisms that have evolved to keep a group of individuals cohesive, says a new study....
Go back in time to the Kurukshetra war, learn how innovators innovate. Want to know how food can increase your brainpower or why flight attendants aren't tipped? It's assorted fare from the IANS bookshelf to keep you company this weekend. Take a look....
Many a social and political processes related to projection of some icons and undermining of the others have intensified during last few years. Even during the last regime of NDA led BJP rule from 1998, Savakar’s portrait was unveiled in the Parliament. At one level the game of undermining some icons and projecting icons is a part of va...
On March 12, 1930, Mahatma Gandhi delivered his legendary address on the sands of the Sabarmati in Ahmedabad to mark the beginning of the Salt March. These powerful words have taken sculptural form in the work of Mumbai-based artist Jitish Kallat and are being exhibited at the Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW) in Sydne...
Amitav Ghosh is back with his much-awaited ‘Flood of Fire’, the last in the Ibis trilogy, where history and fiction interweave and span the years leading to the first Opium War between Britain and China....
"We know that sports can enhance the development of children and adolescents, but the dynamic that comes with sport may be beneficial to the development and well-being of adults as they age," said David Walsh, assistant professor at University of Houston in the US....
