It's Going To Get Hotter In India

More than 80 per cent of Indians live in districts vulnerable to climate risks.Among these, Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Bihar are the most vulnerable states to extreme......

Carnatic Music Goes From Raga To Rage

They all seem to forget that the Music Academy is as much an independent institution as T M Krishna is an individual musician. In drawing those red lines for the Academy management, they do not......

DU to drop Pak poet Mohammed Iqbal who penned 'saare jahan se achha'

Those who laid the foundation to break India should not be in the syllabus, Delhi University vice chancellor Yogesh Singh said after the academic council passed a motion to remove a chapter on......

Several DU students protesting varsity action over BBC documentary detained

Nearly a dozen students protesting against the debarment of two students for allegedly participating in a screening of the BBC documentary on Delhi University campus were detained on Friday from......

Sam Pitroda's Twitter conference fails to impress

In a 45-minute Twitter conference today, Sam Pitroda, advisor to the prime minister on public information infrastructure (PII) and innovations, stuck to elaborating publicly-known details on PII......

Honorary LSE fellowship for RBI Governor

Reserve Bank of India Governor Y V Reddy has been awarded an honorary fellowship by the prestigious London School of Economics and Political Science for his contribution to the cause of the......

The amazing success story of K B Chandrasekhar

The story of K B Chandrasekhar, founder-CEO, Jamcracker Inc, is highly inspirational. Especially, for all the enterprising young Indian men who desire to be successful entrepreneurs. Chandra's......

Will India be a global pygmy?

Only recently we celebrated the 57th anniversary of our Independence. Just as the national flag was raised onAugust 15, 1947 with those striking and emotional words ofthen prime minister Jawaharlal......

He has played Chanakya 1,039 times

'Every time I step on stage, I feel like I'm performing the play for the first time,' Manoj Joshi tells Sadiya Updade. IMAGE: Manoj Joshi in and as Chanakya in the play. Photograph: Kind courtesy......

Narain: Tamil cinema's next big thing

The release record of a recent Tamil film called Chithiram Pesuthadi is truly unbelievable. When the film, directed by Mishkin, was first released without any publicity, it sank without a trace......

PHOTOS: Salt Lake Stadium to welcome teams with Rangoli

IMAGE: Salt Lake Stadium main gate adorned with a vibrant and multicolour display of geometric floor patterns. Photograph: Twitter Having created a buzz with their 1.5 kilometre long floor art......

Comeback man Jadeja leads Haryana to victory

Former India player and Haryana captain Ajay Jadeja made a fine comeback to domestic cricket after six years as he led his side to a 62-run win over Hyderabad at the Buchi Baby cricket tournament......