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. ...
Thanks to an innovative green technique involving some 1,200 indoor plants adopted by a business centre in south Delhi, one can actually breathe "Davos quality" air in the national capital -- where the smog is three times worse than Beijing's....
Crude has fallen by over 60 percent since last June. I don’t recall any analyst predicting such price capitulation. It was a rare and difficult event to foresee and could be categorized as what mathematician Nasim Nischolas Taleb calls a "black swan event"....
Two Swiss pilots will attempt to take their solar-powered aircraft around the globe, to demonstrate the promise of clean energy and would stop over at India also, among various countries, during the flight....
Union Environment and Forest Minister Prakash Javadekar Tuesday said while the population of tigers faced a threat globally, India recorded an increase to the tune of 30.5 percent in the recent national estimation....
