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With an unexpected new turn in Kashmir, an ominous Afghanistan, a reliably unpredictable Trump, and an unfathomable reversal with RCEP, Modi may have to reinvent his character, suggests Ambassador B S Prakash.
Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma has triggered a row by saying that late president A P J Abdul Kalam was a great nationalist "despite" being a Muslim.
Good intentions and elaborate roadmaps apart, there is an urgent need for the Tamil Nadu chief minister to come up with branded schemes like MGR's meal scheme, asserts N Sathiya Moorthy.
The guidelines note that while there is not enough evidence yet to measure the impact of school closures on the disease transmission rates, the adverse effects of school closures on children's safety and learning are well documented. Gains made in increasing access to children's education in recent decades risk being lost and, in the worse cases, reversed completely.
Addressing the gathering after laying the foundation stone of the new building and performing the ground-breaking ceremony, Modi said many new things were being done in the new Parliament House, which will increase the efficiency of the MPs as modern methods will be incorporated in the work culture.
While a man of the age of the prime minister can fall sick at any time, a senior minister said it is unfortunate that it happened on a day when the President was completing a year in office.
Tandav is as mainstream and contrived as it gets, but not completely without its moments of charisma and drama, observes Sukanya Verma.
Imagine being paid to do what you really love -- to bury yourself in a book for hours on end!
Does the recent price cut make the once exorbitantly priced watch, with still limited phones to work with, an attractive option now? Let's take a closer look.
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'It has caused our cook no little mirth that the sahib next door -- who heads a factory with several hundred, or thousand, workers -- can be spotted doing jharoo-pocha,' observes Kishore Singh.
From 17 pre-school centres to 285 in less than five years - Hippocampus has brought the joy of learning to kids.
At least six people were killed as a gunman went on a rampage in Southern California, before being shot down by the police at a college library, some three miles away from where United States President Barack Obama was attending a fundraiser.
Anand, who had finished third in the penultimate leg in Bucharest, concluded with a seventh-place finish
The results are available on www.cisce.org.
Sri Adhikari Brothers Television Network Ltd would sell its SAB TV brand, 1,305 hours of programming and related assets to SET (Singapore) Ltd for Rs 57 crore ($13 million).
With the deadline for meeting RTE obligations ending on Sunday, the government ruled out any extension, maintaining that 90 per cent of the schools have met required norms.
The walls of the spacious hall, which would be about 1,000 square feet, would be coated with special acrylic washable distemper so that the students could write-wipe-off or rewrite as they desire, he said.
SRK talks about the success of Chennai Express and why he thinks entertainment is recession-proof business.
Builders are coming up with retirement home colonies that offer a number of services. The payment options include outright buys, deposit models and lifetime lease.
The existing building is a British-era building, designed by Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker who were responsible for planning and construction of New Delhi.
Aseem Chhabra stumbles on one of the hidden secrets of Delhi
Bangalore Connection 1888 tries to reclaim a piece of the city's past.
If you have a sensitive vision and capture situations realistically, then photography is the career for you!
Bhubaneswar-based Akshaya Rautaray and Satabdi Mishra are on a mission to promote reading.
Concept of housing for the elderly still carries a social stigma in the country.
If you are planning to follow the Pradhan Sevak, we have 10 tips for you.
During the meeting, the parties also decided to unitedly move forward in fielding a joint candidate for the post of deputy chairman of Rajya Sabha, which fell vacant after the retirement of P J Kurien on July 1.
The Time list also includes Zakouma National Park in Chad, Red Sea Mountain Trail in Egypt, Newseum in Washington, The Shed in New York City, the Geosea Geothermal Sea Baths in Iceland, Six Senses Hotel in Bhutan, Leopard Hill in Mara Naboisho Conservancy, Kenya and the Pohoiki in Isaac Hale Beach Park in Hawaii.
Revealing that at the time of her birth, she was cursed as a 'burden' by someone, Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani on Friday said that curbing the menace of female foeticide was a priority for the government.
Now they are reinventing their strategies to stay afloat, as they see no sign of recovery for at least six months.
Get your lowdown on what's happening in Malayalam cinema.
The new vaccine candidate, DIOS-CoVax2, uses banks of genetic sequences of all known coronaviruses, including those from bats, believed to be the natural hosts of many relatives of human coronaviruses.
'I'm very proud of having worked with one of the finest minds of India and Indian cinema.'
The 24-hour strike is expected to disrupt hospitals, courts, job centres, driving tests and council services, such as libraries, community centres and refuse collections.
What can Bollywood star Kareena Kapoor tell you about being pregnant that you didn't already know about?
Two persons have been arrested from Udupi in connection with the abduction and gangrape of a 22-year-old medical student from Kerala at nearby Manipal a week ago, police said.
At least five persons were killed and several others wounded in a shooting at a college in Southern California, some three miles away from where US President Barack Obama was attending a fundraiser.
Instrumental music played by maestros like Ustad Bismillah Khan, TN Rajaratnam Pillai and Pandit Pannalal Ghosh will keep passengers entertained in Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto trains which have a public announcement system in place.
