Dhaka, top city facing climate change risks
Dhaka: The Bangladesh capital has topped a list of cities facing the highest climate change risks in the coming years. Kolkata came seventh, Mumbai eighth…
Wild meat trade continues unabated despite ban
New Delhi: The poaching of wild animals, birds and reptiles for meat continues unabated in the country, say wildlife experts, and one way to stop…
India 2G auction results not surprising: Frost & Sullivan
Chennai: The poor response to the 2G auction is not surprising given the current economic situation and poor investor sentiment, consultancy firm Frost and Sullivan…
Not any better – the Human race is becoming more stupid (The Funny Side)
Human intelligence peaked a couple of thousand years ago and people are now getting stupider, a scientist said on Monday. Professor Gerald Crabtree’s words…
IPad mini worth $1.5 mn stolen in US
Newcastle: A total of 3,600 new Apple iPad mini tablet computers worth $1.5 million were stolen from the JFK airport in New York, the New…
Kahaani festival for Delhi school kids
New Delhi: A festival of stories will draw thousands of schoolchildren to Pathways School, Noida, Nov 17-18. The “Kahaani Festival” will offer a multitude of…
Arvind Kejriwal: Can he make an impact in politics?
No individual has dominated the Indian political space more than Arvind Kejriwal in recent weeks. The reason is that he has done the unthinkable:…
Savita Halappanavar’s death a wake-up call says Irish senator
London: It’s time for us to “stop talking and legislate”, said an opinion piece by an Irish senator who described the agonising death of…
Book on Mumbai slum wins National Book Award in US
New Delhi: A book on lives of people in a Mumbai slum has won this year’s National Book Award for Non-Fiction in the United States….
See India through Kulwant Roy’s lens at NGMA
New Delhi: An old black-and-white photograph of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of independent India, signing an autograph for a young man in…