Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said the continuing violence in the northeastern state of Manipur is disturbing and needs to be stopped immediately. IMAGE: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi......
The radio collars of six cheetahs at the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh have been removed for their "health examination" by KNP veterinarians and experts from Namibia and South Africa,......
The environment ministry on Sunday said five out of the 20 adult cheetahs brought from Namibia and South Africa died due to natural causes and media reports attributing the deaths to factors like......
'An earthquake of a slightly higher magnitude in the Western Himalayan region is going to be catastrophic -- not just because of the fragility of the region, but because of how densely we have......
A traumatic COVID-19 medical emergency drove physician Dr Devi, of General Hospital soap fame, to run for public office in New York. IMAGE: Dr Devi Elizabeth Nampiaparampil canvassing for votes......
Cipla stopped making the product last year; Abbott Laboratories and Pfizer have had to reduce batch sizes by up to half. Indian regulators are privately pressuring major drug firms to better police......
The proposed changes to the child labour law to allow children and adolescents to work for their families would be most retrograde and regressive, say Shinzani Jain and Paranjoy Guha Thakurta.......
On the one had are sanitation oriented social enterprises and on the other are awareness raising campaigns by government, writes Rajni Bakshi. A law that bans toilets where human excreta has......
Sunitha Krishnan, founder and president of the Hyderabad-based Prajwala, was named a recipient of the 2011 John Jay Justice award that annually honours the contributions of three innovative and......
Greece was an opportunity for the IMF to set a precedent for an orderly debt resolution programme, writes Arvind Subramanian. The economic adjustment programme agreed last weekend between Europe,......
Udta Punjab truly soars when being its own madcap beast, profane and powerful and preening, says Raja Sen. There's an old joke about how two smack-heads score their fix in an unfamiliar new city.......
It was 30 years ago when Michael Jackson's iconic Thriller video was released. What followed was a worldwide frenzy that has travelled through generations and decades. The first music video ever......
Had Heath Ledger not refused help for his drug addiction, he would still be alive today. The Telegraph, citing the US Weekly magazine said Ledger's ex-girlfriend, Michelle Williams, drove him to a......
Back in the late 1960s, before Bollywood tunes and curry shops entrenched themselves in the UK, India was still something of a novelty. It was then that the West's greatest band -- the Beatles --......
IMAGE: Dream come true of Harshit Rana. Photograph: BCCI Delhi speedster Harshit Rana and Andhra seam bowling all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy have earned their maiden call-up in the 18-member......
IMAGE: Rohit Sharma said he is missing hanging out with his team-mates and is looking forward to hit some balls with them. Photograph: Rohit Sharma/Instagram India opener Rohit Sharma said he had......
IMAGE: Japan's Naomi Osaka did not drop a set all week en route to her win the Pan Pacific Open title at Utsubo Tennis Center, Osaka, Japan, on Sunday. Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters Naomi......
While sport is common in prison, fencing requires a blend of athletic skills and calm calculation in order to predict an opponent's moves. IMAGE: Prisoners undergo fencing learning sessions at......
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday IMAGE: Neeraj Chopra gives a thumbs up after his surgery. Photograph: Neeraj Chopra/Twitter Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra is......