How India can fight cyber terror

Like China, India needs to encourage 'hacker clubs' in view of the challenges of virtual terrorism, says Lieutenant General Prakash Katoch (retd). The use of the Internet has been a boon to crime......

China, Nepal resolve Mt Everest height row

Ending a long-standing dispute about the height of world's tallest mountain, Nepal and China have agreed to recognise the snow and rock height of Mount Everest, official sources said on Thursday, a......

Image: This Indian engineer 'builds' glaciers

A retired Indian engineer has claimed to have "built" 12 new glaciers, in an effort to stop global warming melting away the Himalayan glaciers. According to a report in The Telegraph, Chewang......

UN says India's caste system a human rights abuse

The United Nations Human Rights Council, meeting in Geneva, is expected to ratify draft principles which will recognize India's caste system as a human rights abuse. The UN will condemn the......

Buzz: Bangladesh to play T20I series in Pakistan, no Tests

IMAGE: Bangladesh cricket team (Image used for representative purposes). Photograph: BCCI Bangladesh government has refused to give approval for the team to play Test cricket in Pakistan but......

Indian to head Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club

An NRI entrepreneur in the United Kingdom has been appointed president of an English County Cricket Club, becoming the first Indian to hold such a post. Professor Nathu Puri, listed by the Daily......