Category: Features

Adopt an animal at Tripura Zoo

By Sujit Chakraborty Agartala, Feb 14 (IANS) Ever dreamt of adopting a lion, a crocodile or a Himalayan black bear…

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Kolkata takes on Jaipur in literary face-off

By Saket Suman New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) For five days every January the Pink City of Jaipur becomes the…

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One hour a day can change your life: Robin Sharma

By Saket Suman New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) Private lessons that leadership and elite performance expert Robin Sharma has been…

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Ganga synonymous with threshold of afterlife, says new book

By Saket Suman New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) As millions of devotees continue to gather in the Kumbh nagri to…

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Sample West Coast cuisine in heart of Delhi

By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Be it Nandu Puttu (crab), Attirachi Kurumelagu (lamb pepper masala) or Pomfret…

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To clean Goa beaches, this ‘waste-bar’ exchanges cigarette butts, used straws for beer

By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar Panaji, Feb 3 (IANS) You could be fined Rs 2,000 for drinking beer on a Goa beach,…

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This Bengal teacher collects, cooks food to feed the impoverished

By Milinda Ghosh Roy Kolkata, Jan 27 (IANS) While the habit of wasting food at festivities, parties or even at…

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Microsoft lays AI sensors for smart farming, cutting-edge healthcare in India

By Nishant Arora Bengaluru, Jan 20 (IANS) China, the world's biggest agricultural producer, is leading the race when it comes…

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A school that challenged the claustrophobic orthodoxy of ‘purdah’

By Archana Sharma Jaipur, Jan 13 (IANS) Located in the heart of the capital of Rajasthan, this all-girls school, started…

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How five days a year transformed Jaipur’s cultural landscape over the past decade

By Archana Sharma Jaipur, Jan 13 (IANS) With winter in full bloom, Rajasthan's historic capital city is all set to…

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Vaduvoor: A tiny village luring and feeding global birds

By Vasudevan Sridharan Chennai, Jan 11 (IANS/Mongabay) "When some visitors ask, 'How do the birds know this lake is full?',…

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Swimming camels, mangrove islands of Kutch face mounting challenges

By Azera Parveen Rahman Bhuj (Gujarat), Jan 10 (IANS) In the land of contrasts that Kutch is, winter is the…

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‘Woodland buffers help maintain bird communities in forest edges’

By Vrushal Pendharkar Bengaluru, Jan 9 (IANS/Mongabay) Woodlands in agricultural fields surrounding a protected area maintain functionality of a wintering…

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Eat, drink and make merry at pocket-friendly House Of Commons

By Parul Soni New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Youngsters who are looking for an easy-on-the-pocket place to eat, drink and…

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Eye in the sky: Space technology aiding Meghalaya to expand boro rice cultivation

By Sahana Ghosh Shillong, Jan 8 (IANS/Mongabay) In Meghalayas tough hill terrains that limit field visits, space technology is aiding…

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Here’s a ‘politician’ with a difference

By Sanu George Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 7 (IANS) At a time when politicians are seen to increase their personal wealth when…

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Woman acid attack survivor turns saviour for burn victims

By Bhavana Akella Bengaluru, Jan 6 (IANS) Even 12 years after she survived an acid attack by a jilted lover…

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Border museum provides a rare insight into pre-Partition media

By Jaideep Sarin Attari (Punjab), Jan 6 (IANS) The important role played by the vernacular media in the country's freedom…

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How an all-women driving school is giving wings to women

By Brij Khandelwal Mathura/Agra, Dec 30 (IANS) On any busy traffic crossing in the historic Mughal city of Agra, one…

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Sakura re-emerges in a heightened pan-Asian avatar

By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) Some years ago, at a South Delhi eatery that grandly announced it…

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