'India is only a 150-year-old name'

'Bharat is a name that is 7,000 years old.''We are not saying the name of the country should be changed from India to Bharat; we only recommended that the stress should be on Bharat.' Photograph:......

2021 iPhone Photography Awards

Sharan Shetty from India wins 1st Place as Photographer of the Year in the 14th Annual iPhone Photography Awards 2021. The Grand Prize winner was Istvan Kerekes from Hungary for his entry......

'Our scriptures, they all respect nature: Bhoomi, Prithvi and Dharti Mata'

'Respect nature, working with (it) rather than against it.' IMAGE: Dr Rattan Lal, winner of thr 2020 World Food Prize. Photograph: Kind courtesy Worldfoodprize.org   Dr Rattan Lal, a soil......

Polar Vortex freezes US with snow

A blast of Arctic air from the polar vortex has brought dangerous, bone-chilling cold to a wide swath of the United States on Tuesday, stretching from the Dakotas through Maine, with snow expected......

What you can buy with $1 million

There was a time when $1 million could buy an urban penthouse, a waterfront villa, even a mountain chalet. But those days are a thing of the past, according to Liam Bailey, head of residential......

It helps investors to place their bets on India

Business processing outsourcing, or BPO as it's known in the trade, offers a solid opportunity for investors.Many basic back-office operations can be handled more cheaply overseas, and inexpensive......

No immersion of medals; wrestlers return from Haridwar

IMAGE: Protesting wrestlers Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat and Sangeeta Phogat at Har ki Pauri ghat, in Haridwar, on Tuesday. Photographs: PTI On a drama-filled Tuesday, some of India's best......

Muhammad Ali: The greatest of all time

Bikash Mohapatra salutes boxing legend Muhammad Ali IMAGE: File photo of American heavyweight boxer Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali), February 1964. Photograph: Getty Images.   'Age is......

Retired NFL star Will Smith shot dead in New Orleans

Will Smith, a prominent member of the New Orleans Saints team that won the NFL's Super Bowl in 2010, was killed by a gunman who shot the retired football player after ramming his car near the......

The greatest of all time turns 70. Wish him!

Bikash Mohapatra salutes boxing legend Muhammad Ali on his 70th birthday. 'Age is whatever you think it is. You are as old as you think you are.' 'Old age is just a record of one's whole life.'......