By Vishnu Makhijani Book: Even If It Ain’t Broke Yet, Do Fix It — Enhancing Effectiveness Through Military Change; Author: Vivek Chadha; Publisher: Pentagon Press; Pages: 192; Price: Rs 795/$25.95 For all the rhetoric that…
By Vikas Datta Title: So, You Think You’re Clever?; Author: John Farndon; Publisher: Icon Books Ltd; Pages: 289; Price: Rs 525 For anyone who thinks themselves smart and highly-educated, one check of their capability can…
New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) Fondly recalling the brief tenure of Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar, under whom he served as Finance Minister, senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha on Tuesday observed that his success had proved…
New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) It was during the tenure of former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao that the “seeds of Congress party’s decline were sown”, former Union Minister and Congress leader P. Chidambaram said…
By Vikas Datta Title: Secrets of State; Author: Matthew Palmer; Publisher: G.P. Putnams Sons/Penguin Random House; Pages: 448; Price: Rs 399 India, losing its patience over continuing acts of hostility emanating from its neighbour, and…
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) In a bid to protect green cover, the Delhi government on Monday decided to officially recognise 16 trees across the city as its “natural heritage”. The decision was taken by…
London, Sep 26 (IANS) Researchers in New Zealand have restored the “true sound” in the earliest known recording of computer-generated music that British mathematician Alan Turing’s pioneering work in the late 1940s helped create. Jack…
By Vikas Datta Title: Exotic England – The Making of A Curious Nation; Author: Yasmin Alibhai-Brown; Publisher: Portobello Books; Pages: 336; Price: Rs 599 Britain, by a slim majority, chose in July to leave the…
Moscow, Sep 26 (IANS) An exhibition by a US photographer, best known for his works featuring teen nudity, in Moscow was closed after some protesters blocked the venue and deemed it child pornography. Camouflaged men,…
Agra, Sep 25 (IANS) Activists in Agra and Vrindavan on Sunday demanded immediate release of water into the dying Yamuna and a firm assurance from the union government that a minimum flow of water would…
Mumbai, Sep 25 (IANS) Actress Richa Chadha wants to explore the mythological space on the big screen, and yearns to portray the role of Draupadi from the epic Mahabharata. “I would love to play the…
By Vikas Datta On this September day, over seven decades ago, a most audacious Allied operation, intended to wrap up the Second World War by 1944 itself, ended ignominiously with shattered remnants of their elite…
Washington, Sep 25 (IANS) The first black President of the US has formally opened the first US national museum about the African-American history in Washington DC. Barack Obama said the $540m (?415m) museum represented a…
Mumbai, Sep 24 (IANS) Social activist Anna Hazare on Saturday said artistes were beyond religion and country and there should be a difference between war and art. “Artists are only artists irrespective of their religion…
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) Intimate moments in the lives of the African community living in India are all set to be showcased at an upcoming photography here to sensitise the public against racial bias…
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) Three Indian students have won an all-expense paid six-day holiday in South Korea on the basis of essays they wrote on the East Asian nation in a competition that saw…
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday urged Indians to actively engage in important issues facing the country to protect and advance the “noisier” Indian democracy. Speaking at the launch of a…
Beijing, Sep 23 (IANS) China’s Fujian province is offering reward for finding missing parts of four ancient wooden arch bridges, which were washed away in torrential floods brought by typhoon Meranti, the media reported on…
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that despite citizens turning into netizens due to technology and obliteration of traditional boundaries, the family continues to be the country’s biggest strength….
London, Sep 23 (IANS) Dysregulation of the DNA — an important cause of ageing — does not take place in some people, while in some individuals, the DNA appears to be youthful despite their advanced…