People turn a corner and overhear secrets, men change stripes so as to acquire shades of villainy most convenient to advancing the plot, secondary characters confess to past sins just so that the leading women are absolved of all responsibility, notes Sreehari Nair.

The splendid rock figures around Cappadocia and the silent, eternal ruins of Ephesus made a trip to Turkey even more memorable.

vIn its effort to tackle the impacts of climate change in Kerala, the Communist Party of India-Marxist-led government has launched an ambitious project to improve the green cover of over 3,000 temples being managed by five devaswom boards under its control.

Prime Minister Modi saw a reflection of himself -- she does not come from a political background, has no lineage, and had a lifetime of personal struggle and sacrifice.

Aseem Chhabra watched some great films and some huge disappointments in 2020.

Wheeling round, a look of utter shock on its face, a marmot jumps in fright after a young fox sneaks up behind it. The split-second encounter between prey and predator -- called the Moment -- has won the man who captured it the title of Wildlife Photographer of the Year. He was chosen from a longlist of various category winners, all of whom managed to record the oddities, rivalries and beauty of the natural world. Scroll down for some of the winners.

There's never a bad time to visit Japan.

Hurricane Irma hopscotched up Florida's west coast making two landfalls and driving a wall of water and winds that submerged Miami. Here are some of the most telling images from the ground from Irma's path.

The result is a glorious spring flower festival with brilliant splashes of color everywhere the eye can see.

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Dr Devinder Singh, associate professor, Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, has become perhaps the first second-generation Indian American to head a state medical board.

A United States court has sentenced three Indians to prison -- terms ranging from 54 to 48 months -- and ordered their deportation after the jail term following their conviction in a case related to smuggling liquid ephedrine, disguised as "green tea extract", into the country.

The brooding and compellingly intriguing Dark Knight will surely light up the box-office over the weekend in America, Canada and many other countries.

More cases of international credit card fraud with links to India have come to light in Britain, even as authorities refused to rate the problem from Indian cities as very high.In a latest incident, a British journalist discovered that money was withdrawn from his bank account in Chennai this week, while nearly 500 others in Bournemouth suffered the same fate.

A profusion of religious architecture spreads over an ancient agrarian landscape in Tamil Nadu, the deep south of India. Guy Trebay takes it in.

A large part of the drop in life expectancy is due to increased mergers and acquisitions

IT campuses have taken the drudgery out of the work environment, finds Priyanka Joshi, as she peeps into facilities across Bangalore, Gurgaon and Mumbai

Gopalpur-on-Sea is a picturesque and peaceful seaside resort offering pristine, palm fringed beaches.

Gaurav Dhiman and Piyush Chawla guided India to a nine-wicket victory in their opening match of the ICC under-19 World Cup.