The author of a novel about Rajendra Chola delves into the provocation for an Indian kingdom to invade Indonesia in the 11th century.
Battles were fought, territories were drawn and re-drawn. An amateur historian has caught these shifts in a series of maps.
For the last few day, air pollution in New Delhi has been truly off the charts. The level of PM 2.5, tiny particles suspended in the air that can lodge in lungs and...
Considering how fast-paced the 21st century is, it is vital that everyone plays catch up. In the case of business especially, starting right and entering th...
Yes, copying Sonam Kapoor’s lehenga design is great, but have you ever tried emulating a real queen? They say, fashion is cyclical, so why not indulge in a ...
Nepal captain Paras Khadka beat the likes of Steve Smith, Virat Kohli and Chris Gayle with his historic century in a T20I against Singapore in tri-series which also...
Forests are quickly disappearing and if we don't act soon to regain the lost cover, we might soon bear the brunt. In the last quarter of 20th century, forest ...
The reconfiguration has been proposed “to deliver the vision of education enunciated in this policy and to prepare our students optimally in the 21st Centur...
What have the Romans ever done for us? Well, obviously the roads – the roads go without saying. How about guidance for how to live in the 21st century? That s...
Mount Agung became active again in 2017 after more than a half century of slumber following a major eruption in 1963.
One of the few existing tribes that were living in isolation is the Arhuaco, along with their Wiwa and Kogi neighbors. Once they had to face the Spanish conquista...
In the late 19th century, tensions were heightened between Britain and Russia as the nations battled over territories in central Asia. British forces held vulnerabl...
HIGHLIGHTS • Disney closed the deal with 21st Century Fox for $71 billion • With th...
Quatrain 75, Century X Long awaited, he will not take birth in Europe, India will produce the immorta...
Mein Kampf, which by law cannot be sold in Germany, has much more than a respectable market in India. In a country where the sale of 5,000 copies is enough to...
The four men were arrested after a video of stone pillars at Hampi being damaged by some men went viral.
By the end of the Nineteenth century, the British rulers had imported ‘Cement’ to India and commenced discouraging the method of using freshly ground li...
The report, by 210 authors, said that more than a third of the ice in the Himalayas will melt by 2100
Status-driven spending keeps people chained to their work Almost a century ago, in 1930, the great economist John Maynard Key...
If looked at, closely, the 18th century was an inglorious period in the history of India. Gradual disintegration and collapse of the Mughal Empire and debased cha...
I’ve been to over 10 countries and I recently travelled to Dubai for the first time ever (shocking, no?). Dubai to Indians is what Goa is to Mumbaikars. Almos...
With the launch of a new product, every brand wants to make a big deal out of it. It spends a ton of money on advertising and wants to grab the attention of the m...
Why ‘Mughal-E-Azam’ director could not get the actor he wanted.
Nowadays, people are getting more acquainted with Bollywood than Hollywood movies, because of the sheer talent and presence of our celebrities on the foreign soil. ...
Rajkumar Hirani, the man who forged the most surreal oeuvre of cinematic excellence with merely five films to his name. An industry outsider who happened to be a cr...
One can’t say that thievery is an easy profession, it being a crime is another matter altogether. But one has to set a target, sneak into a house, work stealt...
Delhi, Mumbai too are on the first-ever Prosperity & Inclusion City Seal and Awards (PICSA) Index
An international team of scientists, led by the University of Manchester, has developed a metal-organic framework, or MOF, material that provides a selective, fully...
Mayank Pratap Singh topped the Rajasthan Judiciary Services Examination after completing his five-year law college studies.
There is an increasing public perception that the social dynamics inside the IIT-Madras, which has an exclusive and elitist academic environment, is out of sync wit...
From a moffusil girl in Bihar to becoming the first woman pilot of Indian Navy, it’s been a long journey
Vinay Sharma, one of the convicts facing death penalty for the gang-rape and murder of a 23-year-old paramedic student in Delhi, had filed a mercy petition before P...
HIGHLIGHTS • PM Modi used the special powers conferred on him under rules f...
The study, published in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution, revealed that any form of microbial life was absent in the hot, saline, hyper acid ponds of the ...
Onion price rise: Flanked by their friends, the smiling couple in their bright, crisp wedding clothes takes hold of a packet of onion on their wedding
For the present age Bollywood isn’t only a bollywood outlet, yet it had connected sincerely with the sentiment of fans. From the previous 104 ye...
Very often we hear about or come across look-alikes of celebrities who are living a totally different life, somewhere in another part of the world, miles away. Yo...
When I hear the word startup the image of some youngsters working in a cool environment for 5 days of the week and hanging with venture capitalists in restaurants a...
According to a report by Vice, WWE seems to have committed a pretty clumsy slip-up, accidentally releasing an internal production feed of the NXT UK tapings from ...
‘Bikanervala’ is a leading brand in the line of Indian snacks and sweets. Their specialization in this field dates back to about a hundred years back....
Weeks after Amit Shah accused NCP leader Praful Patel of treason for having bought a property from the wife of an accused terrorist, the 'Mirchi' factor h...