London, April 1 (IANS) “Hamlet”, one of William Shakespeares most famous tragedies, is being translated into the Black Country dialect as part of a project that aims to record, celebrate and preserve the distinctive language…
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) : After his mammoth human Garuda, sculptor Arun Pandit is back with a power show titled ‘Power and Pathos’ slated to begin from Saturday. Curated by art critic Uma Nair,…
Gurgaon, April 1 (IANS) A book on veteran actor Kabir Bedi’s mother Freda Bedi is being penned by British journalist Andrew Whitehead. The “Sandokan” actor took to his Twitter handle and posted the news along…
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) The government has increased the entry fee at 116 centrally-protected monuments under the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). The revised rates come into effect from Friday. The enhancement comes after…
Tehran, April 1 (IANS) Iranians celebrated the 13th day of the New Persian Year, officially called Nature Day, in green environments on Friday. Iranians moved out of their houses, heading for parks, gardens or countryside…
Phnom Penh, April 1 (IANS) Cambodia’s famed Angkor Wat temple, which was originally built as a Hindu shrine dedicated to Lord Vishnu, earned $20.3 million in revenue from ticket sales to foreign tourists in the…
Singapore, April 1 (IANS) A giant floral chandelier, which is believed to be the world’s largest of its kind, was put up ahead of the upcoming Singapore Garden Festival (SGF) on Friday. The floral chandelier,…
In an era when technology dominates life, health is often neglected. Here is a book that offers healthy recipes straight from the Isha Yoga Centre; another that revolves around the cauliflour, said to be the…
Lucknow, April 1 (IANS) The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court on Friday took a grim view of the state-level Yash Bharti awards given to 46 persons and sought the Uttar Pradesh government’s response on…
Panaji, March 31 (IANS) Goa will get a full-fledged convention centre by 2019 to host the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar said on Thursday. Around two lakh square metres of…
Beijing, March 31 (IANS) The China-India Yoga College has drawn thousands since it opened in November last year in Kunming in China’s Yunnan province. Based in the Yunnan Minzu (Nationalities) University, the country’s first yoga…
Abu Dhabi, March 31 (IANS/WAM) The National Archives was gifted a large collection of books and periodicals on the culture, heritage and history of the United Aran Emirate (UAE) by the acting director-general of the…
Gurgaon, March 30 (IANS) Staying true to its theme of Shop-Play-Learn, the eighth edition of “Krackerjack Karnival” is back in town — for the first time featuring famous characters like “Minions”, “Iron Man” and “Iron…
Shanghai, March 30 (IANS) A 19-year-old German, Andrej Ciesielski, who in 2015 was arrested and banned from Egypt for life, for illegally scaling the top of the Great Pyramid of Giza, climbed without permission 420…
New York, March 30 (IANS) Archaeologists in Italy have discovered what may be a rare sacred text in the lost Etruscan language that is likely to yield rich details about Etruscan worship of a god…
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) If you think storytelling is an obsolete art, an upcoming exhibition in the city is an eye opener. Titled ‘Tales of Art’, it unfolds the fascinating world of storytelling in…
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee releases party’s manifesto for upcoming state legislative assembly polls in Kolkata, on March 11, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Purulia (West Bengal), March 29 (IANS) West…
Imphal, March 29 (IANS) Having been deemed ‘Best Film Critic’ in the 63rd National Film Awards, Meghachandra Kongbam, a Manipuri, says the honour he has received is actually a tribute to his state’s rich culture…
Bengaluru, March 29 (IANS) The stunning fjords of Norway and its picturesque towns are likely to become a more common sight for Indian film lovers as the Scandinavian country has come up with an incentive…
By Rahul Dass Title: On Intelligence – The history of espionage and the secret world; Author: John Hughes-Wilson; Publisher: Constable/Hachette India; Pages: 510; Price: Rs.599 Wars have been won – and lost – based on…