Category: Features

at 12.30)Of simplicity and ethereal beauty: Memories of growing up in a different Darjeeling

By Saket Suman New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) "'When the wind is right and the cloud is gone, you can…

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Mithila to see revival of 700-year-old way of matchmaking

By Nirmal Ashu Ranjan and Mudita Girotra Madhubani (Bihar)/New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) Marriages are made in heaven, they say.…

7 years ago

A small Himachal village that’s taking art to nature

By Vishav Bir (Himachal Pradesh), June 16 (IANS) Art is not a commodity but an experience, say connoisseurs, and this…

7 years ago

Four recent examples which show real life is imitating the movies

By Nury Vittachi You know that movie where someone jumps out of a building and lands safely on a passing…

7 years ago

Bike-sharing schemes: Flourishing or running riot?

By Liu Qin and Zhang Chun Almost a hundred Chinese cities now have bike-sharing schemes. The bikes, in various colours,…

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Hyderabad’s ‘haleem’ a favourite during Ramadan

By Mohammed Shafeeq Hyderabad, June 14 (IANS) Biryani may be Hyderabad's signature dish, but even the world-famous delicacy takes a…

7 years ago

Kolkata’s dancing cop who makes people smile

By Milinda Ghosh Roy Kolkata, June 13 (IANS) Commuters look out in surprise from windows of cars and buses. Some…

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Meet the villagers protecting biodiversity on the top of the world

By L? Zhi It was a chilly February day and Dangwen and his wildlife monitoring team were on patrol along…

7 years ago

Why rain-bearing clouds are thinning out over India

By Juhi Chaudhary The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted that this year's monsoon rainfall will be around 98 per…

7 years ago

Top 50 ranking not difficult if we improve on perception: IIT-D Director

By Vishal Narayan New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) The Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi (IIT-Delhi), which is now ranked among the…

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Chicken Kabasa from Dubai to spice up your Ramadan feasts

New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) The holy month of Ramdan is as much about fasting as it is about feasts…

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Himachal CM Virbhadra Singh in temple restoration drive

By Vishal Gulati Shimla, June 9 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh's octogenarian Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh has taken it upon himself to…

7 years ago

‘Open Access publishing is the way forward’

By Saket Suman New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) India's first open access platform for academic authors to publish their works…

7 years ago

United Coffee House: Food and conversation destination for 75 years

By Nivedita New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) With a legacy of 75 years, United Coffee House (UCH) has been witness…

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Cosmic tango: Learning how black holes mate or merge

By Sahana Ghosh Kolkata, June 8 (IANS) Black hole merger is literally a match made in heaven. And the latest…

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The sound of Metal is turning into a requiem

By Anand Venkitachalam It was born in an era of protests. As young people took to the streets across Europe…

7 years ago

Agra air continues to choke the Taj Mahal

By Brij Khandelwal Agra, June 5 (IANS) Almost a quarter century after the historic Supreme Court judgement to shift or…

7 years ago

On World Environment Day, activists want rivers declared as ‘national asset’

Agra, June 5 (IANS) Earlier this year, a court declared that Ganga and Yamuna rivers should be treated as "living…

7 years ago

This World Environment Day, make an effort to reconnect with nature

By Imran Khan Patna, June 5 (IANS) Abha and Sanjeev Singh are a well-off couple living with all the luxuries…

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Gujarat’s Solar Irrigation Cooperative has a solution for groundwater crisis

By Mukta Patil Dhundi, Kheda district, Gujarat: Phodabhai Parmar, a 72-year-old farmer, sits on a charpai sipping tea as solar…

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