New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) Get a partner in your journey towards spectacular success, learn valuable lessons if starting a new business or managing an existing one, wade through some excellent case studies from historic…
By Saket Suman Title: Living with Tigers; Author: Valmik Thapar; Publisher: Aleph; Pages: 206; Price: 599 When one talks of wildlife experts and conservationists in India, Valmik Thapar is among the first to come to…
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) India shares a millennial old cultural, social and academic relation with Afghanistan, said Minister of State for External Affairs V.K. Singh on Thursday. While speaking at the 10th anniversary of…
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) For the first time, Jaipur BookMark, the B2B segment of the Jaipur Literature Festival, will invite budding authors to share a synopsis of their work, which will be assessed by…
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Bhupen Khakhars modern masterpiece “Man in Pub”, a haunting portrait of withdrawn individuals, isolated in otherwise social settings, tagged at a price range of 250,000-350,000 pounds, leads British auction house…
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) From the cotton fields of Telengana to the dark alleys of Kolkata and the dusty, open fields of Uttar Pradesh, a new book brings stories from girls who find their…
By Natalia Ningthoujam New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) It’s the crazy non-stop bustling energy of Mumbai that English alternative rock band Dinosaur Pile-Up’s frontman Matt Bigland noticed first about the Indian city. And he simply…
London, Nov 17 (IANS) BBC World Service will begin broadcasting in 11 additional languages including Gujarati, Marathi, Telugu and Punjabi. It said the move was aimed at bringing its “independent journalism to millions more around…
By Vikas Datta Title: Being A Dog; Author: Alexandra Horowitz; Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK; Pages: 336; Price: Rs 550 Remember the cold, soft nose nuzzling you when you get back home and pet your…
Stockholm, Nov 17 (IANS) The Swedish Academy announced that American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan has decided not to come to Stockholm to attend the Nobel Prize Ceremony. On Wednesday, the Academy said:, “In a personal letter,…
Kolkata, Nov 16 (IANS) The Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO) on Wednesday demanded that the central government immediately install Point of Sale (POS) machines at monuments under the Archaeological Survey of India for the…
Abu Dhabi, Nov 16 (IANS/WAM) The United Arab Emirates and France will cooperate to protect cultural heritage during armed conflicts. This initiative will be launched by Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of…
Mumbai, Nov 16 (IANS) Rabindranath Tagore’s play “Mayar Khela” is scheduled to be showcased here in the form of an opera. The opera will be presented on December 10, read a statement issued on behalf…
By Kishori Sud New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) The Indian music industry needs better infrastructure for aspiring artistes, say Prayag Mehta and Rishab Joshi, who together make the Electronic Dance Music (EDM) team Lost Stories,…
Phnom Penh, Nov 16 (IANS) Cambodia has issued a directive to ban remote-controlled miniature aircraft from flying over the famed Angkor archaeological park in Siem Reap province, an official said on Wednesday. Long Kosal, deputy…
By Saket Suman Title: Exile – A Memoir; Author: Taslima Nasrin (Translated from Bengali by Maharghya Chakraborty); Publisher: Penguin Random House; Pages: 342; Price: 599 One of the most controversial literary figures of contemporary times,…
By Vikas Datta Title: Russia – What Everyone Needs to Know; Author: Timothy J. Colton; Publisher: Oxford University Press; Pages: 287; Price: Rs 695 Winston Churchill, who once memorably described Russia “a riddle, wrapped in…
Rome, Nov 16 (IANS/AKI) Prosecutors on Tuesday opened an investigation into damage caused to one of Rome’s most famous statues – 17th-century sculptor Bernini’s Elephant and Obelisk at Piazza Minerva near the Pantheon. The prosecutors…
Jamshedpur, Nov 16 (IANS) Tata Steel inaugurated the third edition of its pan-India tribal conclave on Birsa Munda’s birth anniversary on Tuesday here, with over 40 tribes across 20 states from around the country slated…
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) Students from Jammu and Kashmir have given a “befitting answer” to terrorists with 95 per cent attendance in the Class 12 board examination, Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said here…