New mango named Nirbhaya after gang-rape victim
byLucknow, May 23 (IANS) A new variety of mango, harvested at Uttar Pradesh’s famous mango centre Malihabad, has been named Nirbhaya after the 23-year-old…
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Environmentalists concerned at Everest becoming a garbage dump
byDehra Dun : NCC teams climbs Mt Everest; Sanawar boys on the peak; twin sisters make it to the top; first Indian amputee on…
Bangladesh’s Shahbag movement still on, claim leaders, activists
byDhaka, May 22 (IANS) Directed at channeling the “patriotic spirit” of youngsters in Bangladesh to create a “secular youth force”, the Shahbag movement, that…
Afghan women getting jailed for ‘moral crimes’
byKabul, May 21 (IANS) The Afghan government should take urgent steps to halt an alarming increase in women and girls imprisoned for “moral crimes,”…
Kerala nearly free of child labour: Minister
byThiruvananthapuram, May 21 (IANS) State Labour Minister Shibu Baby John Tuesday said Kerala is almost free of child labour and that his ministry will…
Nine years as PM: What will be Manmohan Singh’s legacy?
byNew Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh completes nine years in office Wednesday, the longest tenure of any prime minister outside the Nehru-Gandhi family. But his…
Dhaka’s rickshaw army – commuters’ ‘best option’
byDhaka, May 21 (IANS) With a hoot and a honk, meandering through Dhaka’s famed traffic snarls, the legion of psychedelic rickshaws that are an…
Prayer, spirituality gets the doctors’ nod
byNew Delhi, May 21 (IANS) Hardly anyone doubts the power of prayer and almost everyone has a turnaround tale – maybe personal, or of…
Now posh residents protest lack of water
byGurgaon: Residents of the posh DLF City here today staged a noisy protest against the developer, saying the area was getting very little water despite…
In a first, NCC expedition scales Mount Everest
byNew Delhi: The first-ever expedition of the NCC to Mount Everest created history when its two teams scaled the world’s highest peak May 19 and…