Child recovered from under Thane rubble opens eyes
byThane, April 7 (IANS) The four-year-old miracle survivor of Thursday’s Daighar building crash in Thane finally opened her eyes to harsh reality Sunday, and…
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Acid attacks: New law hikes punishment, but doesn’t help victims
byNew Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Four sisters, in their 20s, were injured when two men on a motorcycle sprayed acid on them with a…
12 billion mobiles in the next 10 years (Comment)
byOne kilogram. That’s what it weighed, the bulky prototype used for a wireless phone call by a Motorola engineer in 1973. For the real…
Tomy becomes first Indian to make nonstop circumnavigation
byMumbai, April 6 (IANS) The Indian Navy’s Lt. Cdr. Abhilash Tomy Saturday became the first Indian to circumnavigate the earth in a sailboat –…
Popular music reconnects to traditional genres in subcontinent
byNew Delhi, April 6 (IANS) Popular music in Pakistan and India flourishing outside moviedom has reconnected to folk, classical and Sufi traditions to reach…
Can Rahul reform his party – and system? (Comment)
byThe recent reaffirmation by the Congress of its governing model of dual centres of power, notwithstanding party general secretary Digvijaya Singh’s caveat, was further…
Silent Conversations and the Coming of Internet Devta
byBefore the Internet, such things happened only between Man and God, in a language that had no script, like the Revelations. But while these…
India’s education system must prepare children for life
byThe far-reaching Right To Education Act, now in its fourth year of implementation, obliges the central and state governments to provide eight years of…
Great speeches and ground realities
byIt was encouraging to listen to Rahaul Gandhi, the youth icon of India, spilling his heart out at CII annual meet. He truly seemed…
Beauty of Shimla hills, Rhododendrons
byShimla: Much of the Himalayan lands in Himachal have a forest cover that hold a variety of trees, which are not only help to…