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Reaching For The Stars: From Village Boy To ISRO Chief

His village didn't have a school so he went to school in a neighbouring village and often studied by kerosene light. IMAGE: Dr V Narayanan took over as ISRO chairman on January 14, 2025.......

'I Vote According To My Will. I Don't Listen To Anyone'

In a poor village of daily wage earners in Siwan, Bihar, people speak about their hard lives and why they vote. IMAGE: Uma Devi from the village Dumri in Siwan. All Photographs and Videos: Rajesh......

Mago Chuna Is Ready To Defend India Against China

IMAGE: The residents of Mago Chuna village have a message for China. Photograph: ANI Have you met Ms Noorie Gandhi? The Top Videos of the Week, listed by Shailajanand Mishra. Also see: Enjoy a......

'History is littered with religious conflict'

'The othering of religious groups inevitably leads to violence.''It is sadly a narrative that has echoed through the centuries since man first discovered God.' IMAGE: The Se Cathedral at Old Goa,......

Antidote against Nipah reaches Kerala; expert panel to decide further action

In the wake of the Nipah outbreak in Kozhikode district of Kerala, Indian Council of Medical Research has delivered the antibody requested by the state to combat the deadly virus. A mobile......

A saga of Jet Air's controversies

Controversies have perennially dogged Jet Airways. The latest tussle with the pilots has further dented the company's reputation, demoralised employees, inconvenienced thousands of passengers and......

Affordable housing: The new realty mantra

With the market for high-priced houses crashing, real estate developers are seeking a fortune in affordable housing and devising ways to keep the costs down. You could call it the Nano effect.......

Mining ban sees a new, cleaner Goa

Anyone who has read even a few of my columns would know that I go to Goa a lot. The mood, the food, the feni (of course) and, ultimately, the sea, the palm trees, the bougainvillea and the clean,......

How Reliance Jio is camouflaging its mobile towers

They are cheaper to build, costing around Rs 10 lakh each as against Rs 20-25 lakh for a traditional ground-based tower and even less than the Rs 12-15 lakh needed for a tower mounted on a roof......

Specialised seeds can really float your boat

German scientists have developed a new artificial surface, inspired by floating seeds. It could provide an alternative to the toxic paints currently used to prevent fouling on ship hulls. Fouling......

Sunny's Passionate About Pink!

Bollywood works hard but travels harder! Here's bringing you beautiful images from their travel diaries. Photograph: Kind courtesy Sunny Leone/Instagram Sunny Leone dresses up in designer......

Krystle's WOW Maldives Getaway

Chehre actor Krystle D'souza is holidaying in the Maldives and making such lovely pictures! Please click on the images for a better look. IMAGE: Krystle gives a new meaning to blue. All......

Deepika's SPARKLING February Fashion

If you need some cool winter fashion tips, Bollywood is the right place to look up. Movies stars are still showing us some woolly trends, even as others spice up their February fashion.......

When dancing around a TREE was so much FUN!

One of the most commonly used phrases in context of our movies is 'dancing around trees.' To the world they provide fresh air, fruits, shade and shelter, all this and more but in Bollywood, their......

The Issue With Looop Lapeta

The simplicity of the model that was the original, which allowed it to glide with grace, has been foregone, observes Rohit Sathish Nair. Looop Lapeta owes its existence to the 1998 German hit Run......

Olympic flag arrives in Los Angeles!

IMAGE: Members of LA28, local government officials and US Olympic athletes pose with the official Olympic flag as it returns to Los Angeles for the first time in 40 years, in Los Angeles,......

'Dravid's inclusion in ODIs a backward step'

India's bowling is their Achilles' heel and recalling Rahul Dravid to prop the batting order is a retrograde step, according to former cricketers Wasim Akram and Sanjay Manjrekar. Both reckon that......

Pix: Broken hearts in Senegal after harsh World Cup exit

IMAGE: A Senegal fan wears a shocked reaction after the match against Colombia on Thursday. Photograph: Mikal McAllister/Reuters Senegal's dramatic exit from the World Cup was met with......

Djokovic beats Murray to win Miami title

World number one Novak Djokovic defeated Britain's Andy Murray 6-1, 7-6 to win the Sony Ericsson Open for the second consecutive year on Sunday. Djokovic's victory was his third at Miami, avenged......

Belgian duo Henin and Clijsters to meet in semis

Belgian pair Justine Henin and Kim Clijsters will meet in the semi-finals of the Sony Ericsson Open after both advanced through their quarter-finals ties on Wednesday. Henin took a step towards......

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