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Why We Are Moonstruck

Deciphering its secrets will unlock the early history of not only our planet, but also of the star system, explains Kumar Abishek. IMAGE: A Full Moon. Photograph: ANI Photo We are all......

Why I Was Detained For 27 Hours In Egypt

'I was not scared because I knew I had not done anything wrong. And I was walking for a good cause.' IMAGE: Ajit Rajagopal. All photographs: Ajit Rajagopal The 2022 United Nations Climate Change......

Want to migrate to Nithyananda's 'Kailaasa'?

'It's a moot point if Kailaasa will ever evolve beyond being a haven for a fugitive from justice,' notes Devangshu Datta. IMAGE: Swami Nithyananda. An apocryphal story features a meeting......

Taliban-run Afghanistan: Does India have a role?

New Delhi should resist any temptation to act as spoiler and instead should cooperate with its SCO partners in reaching a regional consensus behind the formation of an interim government in Kabul,......

What Modi can learn from Abe

Both have been robustly muscular leaders who began as immensely charismatic politicians conveying an impression that they were makers of history, raring to go.Both have been hyperactive on the......

Lonely Planet is betting big on India

Lonely Planet, the world's leading travel information provider, is betting big on India, which it sees as its fastest growing market, besides China.On the day the company announced the launch of 10......

BBC to launch DVDs in India

Cashing in on the fast growing DVD market, BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), has decided to launch its DVDs in India. It is likely to rope in music......

Tourist arrivals to India to go up by 25%

Buoyed by the revival of tourism in Jammu and Kashmir and a boom in states like Goa and Kerala, foreign tourist arrivals to India are tipped to go up by 25 per cent this year, a top tourism......

Chennai among top 10 cities in the world to visit in 2015

Image: Kathipara Junction, Chennai. Photograph, courtesy: Pratik Gupte/Wikimedia Commons Chennai has been named among the top 10 cities to visit this year by a leading global travel guide with the......

'Tourism to be No.1 forex earner'

India plans to double its foreign exchange earnings from tourism in the next three years and make it the number one foreign exchange earner, Tourism Minister Renuka Chowdhury said."We earned $4.8......

'Independence Without Safety Means Nothing'

'I humbly request the government to create safe spaces for ALL women, the strictest of punishment and the swiftest justice.' IMAGE: A vigil in Mumbai to condemn the rape and murder of a trainee......

PHOTOS: John, Nargis, Dia, Soha at Lonely Planet Awards

Lonely Planet Magazine India Travel Awards 2013 were held on Friday at the ITC Grand Central, Parel, Mumbai. Bollywood celebrities turned up in style to take in the show and party.Murder 3 actress......

PIX: Rhea Chakraborty, Dia Mirza at their fashionable best

It was an evening of merriment as the Lonely Planet magazine celebrated it 6th India Travel Awards. The Bollywood celebrities who dropped in were at their fashionable best. Rhea Chakraborty,......

Seoul to host Bollywood awards show

Seoul (South Korea) will host the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards in 2010. 'It is expected to draw hundreds of India's leading actors, actresses and filmmakers', according to South......

Bollywood's SPACE adventures!

When it comes to courtship, Bollywood's romantics aim for the stars and moon. But when it comes to space travel, they develop cold feet. Neither Sushant Singh Rajput’s dream project,......

T20 WC PIX: Miller, Markram steer SA to victory over India

Images from the T20 World Cup Super 12 match between South Africa and India, in Perth, on Sunday Scorecard IMAGE: Aiden Markram and David Miller made 52 and 56 runs respectively, the latter......

Abhilash Tomy Challenges The Oceans Again

'When I crossed that point where I had the accident, I felt light and that was a very physical experience. I felt something leave me.'Shyam G Menon chronicles the voyages of that incredible Indian......

Alone and cornered... Kohli had no option but to quit

The Indian team has moved beyond Virat Kohli - The Leader, it will now only be about Virat Kohli- The Batter. IMAGE: His relations with the BCCI having reached its lowest ebb, it can be safely......

Bindra lauds IOC's decision to postpone Tokyo Olympics

'I think the decision was taken timely. It is a very complicated decision which had to be taken.' IMAGE: Himself a part of the IOC's Athletes' Commission, Abhinav Bindra said the athletes around......

In Brazil, the ball is the world

It is almost midnight and our visitor from Delhi after his 36 hour travel to Brasilia is fast asleep. I am still watching a late night mystery on television. Suddenly there are deafening cracker......

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