Culture

With the Government emphasising on the need to preserve and revive water bodies for drinking, agriculture and other purposes, any effort in this direction is welcome. Doing this is a …

A Paddle Steamer built in 1944 in UK’s Dumbarton Shipyard has been refurbished at the Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata (erstwhile Kolkata Port Trust) and is undergoing trial runs before …

Having suffered a personal tragedy of losing his younger brother because of lack of ambulance spurred a man living in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, to start free ambulance service. Meet Anil …

A 24-year-old participant at a ‘Dahi Handi’ event in Mumbai died after he fell from the top of a high human pyramid while playing ‘Govinda’ in the Janmashtami celebrations. Sandesh …

Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra shared a short video laced with humour to drive home the importance of forests to combat climate change. If you cut down trees, they won’t …

Thanks to his caregivers, Odum, a 22-year-old male sloth bear has finally got relief from his toothache as a broken incisor was extracted to provide him immediate relief. The bear, …

A video posted by Italy’s Coast Guard on Twitter shows the dramatic moment of a luxury superyacht sinking in the Mediterranean Sea. It has been posted by the Italian Coast …

Animals can display maternal affection not just for their offspring but even for those belonging to others. An example of this has come up in Madhya Pradesh’s Sanjay Dubri National …

Heard of Bull in a China shop but what is it doing in a bank! The creature entered Bank Leumi located in central Israel’s city of Lod and not just …

The driver of a mini tourist bus in Srinagar’s Khayam Chowk area in Jammu and Kashmir was caught off guard by the sight of a Black-headed royal snake peeking out …

In a horrifying incident, a man killed his wife by pushing her in front of a speeding train at Vasai near Mumbai on Monday. shocking video has emerged of a …

A fascinating 15-second video shows hundreds of ducks crossing a highway and bringing three cars to a complete halt.  A white car is completely surrounded by a sea of ducks …

There is heartening news for India as Scotland’s Glasgow city museums have signed an agreement with the Government to send back seven artefacts stolen from this country. Among the seven …

<p> <strong>Wedded to the mission of spreading the message of truth, ahimsa and other ideas of Mahatma Gandhi, M. Karuppiah, who started a cycling expedition way back in 1992 has …

<p> India all-rounder Shardul Thakur came up with a match-winning performance with the ball in the second ODI against Zimbabwe as he took three wickets for a mere 38 runs …

<p> Some of the most famous street foods of Delhi and Mumbai today, whether it is the Bombay chaat or tandoori bites, arrived in India post partition with refugees recreating …

<p> <strong>Making one’s writing debut with short stories can be risky as the format requires a narration that captures the whole story in limited words without losing any of the …

<p> <strong>There are several actions and gestures on the part of the police force that reflect their humane side. One such is the example of M. Amina, of Tamil Nadu’s …

<p> <strong>Residents of a Balhama household in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar district were in for a rude shock when they encountered a highly venomous snake, a 4-foot-long Levantine viper inside …

<p> <strong>In keeping with its athlete-first approach, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has reached out to the football's world governing body FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) …

<p> A video showing a Jaguar hunting down a crocodile in a river has gone viral on social media.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en"> OMG what a power!! <a href="https://t.co/LHZazN2zwP">pic.twitter.com/LHZazN2zwP</a></p> …