100 Indian Elephants March To New York

Photograph: Kind courtesy The Great Elephant Migration A huge herd of elephants -- 100 of them -- are arriving in Manhattan on Friday, which is also auspiciously the eve of Ganesh Chaturthi. Nope,......

'Sharks At High Risk Of Extinction'

'Shark fins are the most sought-after shark product.' IMAGE: Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational purposes.A grey reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) swims inside a......

AIIMS-Like Centre For Animals In Delhi

Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   In a major development, the Centre, for the first time, has initiated a draft proposal for setting up an All India Institute of Medical Sciences......

The Woes Of Wayanad Continue

Away from the distraction of its new high-profile politics, Wayanad's worries seemed very down to earth, discovers Shyam G Menon. IMAGE: Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on......

Banks' NPAs never went away, they were only hidden

Indeed, there were frauds, and the politician-banker-industrialist nexus played a role in the rise of NPAs, but governance issues in Indian banking are far more nuanced and complex, reveals Tamal......

Adi Godrej: 'There's no dearth of jobs in India'

'What exists instead is a clear gap between skilled people and the work at hand.' 'Employers on most occasions find it difficult to find a match between the two,' Adi Godrej tells Viveat Susan......

How NOT to celebrate Environment Day

Growing and harvesting trees for productive and economic uses are once again dead in the water, says Sunita Narain. On this World Environment Day, let’s understand how we are not going......

A requiem for Rio in Paris

The net effect of the Paris agreement for India is a sense of resignation that we cannot gain much from international cooperation either in the form of technology or funding. Without any mandatory......

Madhuri stands up for a cause

Madhuri Dixit has been appointed brand ambassador for a fund-raising project that will aid the conservation of Asian elephants and tigers.Gemfields, a Zambia-based emerald mining company,......

Madhuri stands up for a cause

Madhuri Dixit has been appointed brand ambassador for a fund-raising project that will aid the conservation of Asian elephants and tigers.Gemfields, a Zambia-based emerald mining company,......

Leonardo DiCaprio's brush with India

Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio met Indian Minister of Environment Jairam Ramesh at an event in New York on Thursday.Leonardo, who has launched an organisation with the World Wildlife Fund to......

Picked the right cause: Tendulkar on bushfire charity match

IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar conducts a masterclass session with young cricketers. Photograph: Suhaimi Abdullah/Getty Images Legendary Sachin Tendulkar, on Wednesday, hoped the charity match for......

Warne, Ponting to temporarily come out of retirement

Warne, Ponting, Langer to play Twenty20 bushfire match; Serena donates Auckland winnings to help raise money IMAGE: Fox Sports commentator Sarah Jones and Shane Warne, with his baggy green cap......

'Cricket is insignificant to what's happening in Australia'

'Lot of wildlife has unfortunately perished. All we can do is, as players, try and bring some good performances and bring some excitement and smiles on the faces of the people, who are doing it......

How Narang plans to produce Olympic medallists for India

'I have walked down the path and I hope that others who are following that path do not come empty-handed. I am hoping that the right kind of support is given to the academy and we are able to......