India ranked ninth in world tree planting

India has been ranked ninth in the tree planting roll of honour in a campaign to plant a billion trees, which was launched by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in November 2006. The......

'We have enough centres for testing. Why panic?'

The spread of swine flu has brought the Union health ministry under the scanner. Dinesh Trivedi, minister of state for health, who belongs to the Trinamool Congress, has remained in the shadows......

Buzzing Bengaluru finds peace with flowers

There is different sort of buzz these days in Bengaluru, far different from the traffic mess on the city's roads. The colourful flowers on display at the Lalbagh botanical garden are drawing......

Mumbai witnesses 'highest tide' of the season

Mumbai reportedly experienced the highest tide of the season on...

It's no longer raining millionaires!

The world's richest are getting poorer. The wealth divide among people is also narrowing down. The recession has transformed the global map of the world's wealthiest people, with Europe nudging......

How Foreign Trade Policy will help boost exports

The Union Commerce Ministry announces the integrated Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) every five years. The policy aims at developing export potential, improving export performance, boosting foreign......

Bill Gates keen to partner ID card project

Microsoft, the world's largest software company, is keen to partner India in a project to issue unique identification to each citizen, its chairman Bill Gates said on Friday. "Microsoft wants to......

Manmohan meets Obama at G8-G5 summit

US President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh cozied up to each other at a summit of the G8-G5 groupings at L'Aquila in Italy on Thursday. Leaders of the world's......

How Bhumi Spent Her English Holiday

Nimrat's foodie holiday... Bipasha's fun time with Devi... Sidharth explores Europe... Photograph: Kind courtesy Bhumi Pednekar/Instagram Bhumi Pednekar, who will turn 35 on July 18, enjoys her......

New Jodi in Bollywood!

Pooja on holiday...Kareena's favourite Yoga pose...Samantha puts on her thinking cap... Photograph: Kind courtesy Wamiqa Gabbi/Instagram Wamiqa Gabbi and Siddhant Chaturvedi's chemistry is......

'You've To Choose Your Battles Carefully'

'If you are a strong-minded, opinionated woman, scars are inevitable.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Geetika Tyagi/Instagram After speaking about her new film Yes Papa, about a survivor of child......

Bipasha Basu gets pierced!

Bipasha Basu has taken accessorising to the next level. She recently got herself a piercing. The actress revealed through her Twitter account that she'd wanted to do it ever since she was 16.......

Something old, something new in women's semis

Something old and something new distinguish the women's semi-finals at the US Open on Friday when young and seasoned rivalries will determine combatants for the singles crown. Champion Serena......

Images: Australia vs West Indies, Champions Trophy

After winning the toss, West Indies skipper, Floyd Reifer, elected to bowl first. And what a decision it turned out to be! Opening the bowling for West Indies, Kemar Roach got Australian......

The 100m runs from 9.9s to 9.58!

From the moment that Usain Bolt danced across the line in the Olympic 100 metres final exactly one year ago and still clocked a massive world record of 9.69 seconds people began asking just how......

South Africa thrash England

England recorded their lowest total in a Twenty20 international as South Africa bowled them out for just 111 before easing to a seven-wicket win in the World Cup second round match on Thursday.......