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What Ails India's Civil Service

'A large portion of youngsters who aspire to join the civil services are not motivated by the spirit of public service and idealism of which the civil services offer in abundance.' 'When they join......

The Funniest Animals You Can Meet!

The funniest wildlife photography competition in the world set up by Paul Joynson-Hicks, Tom Sullam and Michelle Woods, has reached its 2021 awards conclusion and announced that the Overall Winner......

Unusual animal friendships that will melt your heart

A few days back a news report mentioning that a cat in Crimea had adopted four orphaned baby squirrels turned viral and made netizens across the world go 'awww'. Following that we take a look at......

The odd, odd world we live in!

We live in a wonderfully, weird world and here's the proof of it! Aspencrow's 'Olympe' sculpture is unveiled at JD Malat Gallery in London, England. The artwork by contemporary sculpture Edgar......

Turtle with an attitude problem is 2020's funniest wildlife photo

What are you looking at? Terry the grumpy giant turtle summed up the general feeling towards a year that has been particularly cruel to both travel and wildlife. A photo of him "flipping the bird"......

New Rs 10 notes soon; old ones to remain valid

Dimension of the banknote will be 63 mm by 123 mm. The Reserve Bank will soon bring into circulation new Rs 10 denomination banknotes in chocolate brown colour, which will have India's cultural......

Obama reads Wall Street the riot act

Twenty-five years of Wall Street deregulation, started under the auspices of then US President Ronald Reagan, culminated last year in the meltdown of the world financial markets. Ever since, the......

Silver imports jump 35% as gold loses lustre

A year before, silver prices were $21 an ounce, while gold was around $1,300. Demand for silver has seen a significant jump in India, reflected in rising import numbers. On the first half of 2015,......

Rise seen in Internet's role in espionage

More than 100 countries are believed to be using the Internet for espionage, says McAfee, the information technology security company, in a report released on Thursday. "This is the rough consensus......

I Want To Talk Review: Abhishek Bachchan At His Best!

Abhishek Bachchan conveys the numerous chapters and challenges of his mind, body and soul with a never-before candour, observes Sukanya Verma. Parents never stop reassuring their child. When......

'Dad said I'm not going to help you with your career'

'He said, "There was nobody to help me. I came from Kolkata to Mumbai to make a career of my own".'"'I have my own journey, and you need to experience that to value what you will have in the......

COMING UP: July's OTT Releases

The pandemic saw OTT released on a regular basis. Not just Bollywood films, but Web shows, in various genres, entertained audiences and even changed their tastes to an extent. Theatres are open......

RRR Review

A copious amount of blood, beating, crying, saving, sacrificing, nationalism fills up its staggering three hours running time.Emotions run sky high, but you feel nothing, sighs Sukanya Verma.......

Bollywood's got the green touch!

As the saying goes, an idle mind is the devil's workshop. Bollywood denizens are doing all sorts of creative, constructive activities to keep themselves occupied and upbeat. Some of them are baking......

Buyan the bear predicts Croatia will beat France in World Cup final

A Croatian victory would be a huge upset, with France firm favourites to win the World Cup for a second time. IMAGE: Buyan, a male Siberian brown bear, attempts to predict the result of the FIFA......

Bear sighting at Olympic baseball stadium

Olympic softballers hunt roaming bear, no luck finding it so far IMAGE: Pitcher Monica Abbott of Team United States pitches in the first inning of their game against Team Canada. Photograph:......

Creator of Misha, mascot of 1980 Moscow Olympics, dies at 84

'It's symbolic that the artist has left us as many of us are remembering the 1980 Olympics.' IMAGE: The Olympic mascot Bear Misha is seen during the closing ceremony of the 1980 Summer Olympic......

World Cup 2023: If not Chahal, Sundar should have been picked: Yuvraj

IMAGE: 2011 World Cup hero Yuvraj Singh believes Yuzvendra Chahal should have been included in India’s squad for the upcoming marquee event. Photograph: Andrew Couldridge/Reuters The......

Tokyo Olympics: What you need to know right now

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Tokyo Olympics/Twitter The director of the Olympics opening ceremony was fired over an old comedy act in which he joked about the Holocaust, a day before the usually......

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