Singh was widely regarded as an expert in the rural and agricultural landscape of the country and is credited with the conceptualisation and implementation of the NREGA (National Rural Guarantee Employment) Act.
'Ambedkar's ideas have their own teeth -- if you don't have an appetite for them, you can't swallow them.'
'Unfortunately, during this pandemic, everybody started saying that well, these are desperate times and desperate times need desperate solutions.' 'Purely out of fear, anxiety, panic, this knowledge that people started acquiring from WhatsApp University and social media, it pushed science completely to the backseat.'
A bench of the Supreme Court yesterday upheld the death sentence against him in yet another case for which a review petition would be filed separately after the court released its detailed judgement, Hamid said.
Dismissing suggestions that the interest in books is on wane, the publishing industry has taken the 'digital' challenge in its stride and turned technology into an additional stream of revenue-generation.
Highly critical of Karnataka government's decision to celebrate Tipu Jayanti to "appease" minorities, an article in 'Panchjanya' described him as 'Aurangzeb' of South who "forcibly" converted lakhs of people.
Army's Northern Command, popularly known as 'Dhruva Command', on Wednesday celebrated its 44th Raising Day as its chief Lt Gen DS Hooda encouraged the troops to continue maintaining their "exalted standards" through professionalism, dedication and devotion to duty.
This is the most fun Sukanya Verma has had since Wonder Woman.
Neither Thiruvalluvar nor me will get trapped, Rajini said with a big laugh.
Religion is but one trait where intolerance manifests itself. We come across 'chosen' races, communities, political ideologies, economic systems, all lending themselves to discriminatory arrangements, which trample the rights of those considered beyond the pale of whatever is the favoured calling.
A tiny village in the Gangotri area and a self-discovery vacation...
It is a waste of time to speak up in today's India, believes Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
Both West Bengal and Odisha are slugging it out for getting the GI tag for the delicious sweet
'I like comedy and think I'm pretty decent at dance. I am also working on my body now' confesses Tusshar Kapoor.
'Soul might not win trophies. But, unlike trophies, soul actually matters,' says Shougat Dasgupta.
Getting a good night's sleep, it seems, isn't as easy as it is made out to be.
The PM performed Yoga with over 50,000 enthusiasts at the Forest Research Institute campus in Dehradun.
Don't get completely naked. The key is to steer clear of predictability when getting hot and heavy.
Here is the full round-up of fragrances that you'll want to instantly add to your collection of perfumes!
Ambassador Natarajan Krishnan and Ambassador Shankar Bajpai helped shape Indian foreign policy at a glorious, but difficult, time in history, recalls Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.
Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Monday made a veiled attack on Narendra Modi and Arvind Kejriwal, telling them "neither populism nor individualism" is an alternative way of governance and expressed confidence that people will entrust responsibility to a "hand" that works for equity.
With glam Goddesses gracing the red carpet, the InStyle Awards was a shimmering affair.
In an age of patents and intellectual property rights, it would be improper to deny that yoga comes from the Hindu tradition, says Sankrant Sanu.
Here's a view of the unbelievable destruction the fire has brought on.
Modi deplored "the thinking of many political leaders" that projects like roads were not meant for the poor.
Pankaj Vasani tells us how he moved from an unhealthy life to walking and running 20 kilometres a day.
Modi: Journey of a Common Man is blatant propaganda, feels Utkarsh Mishra.
It's another year of beautiful birds for the Audubon Photography awards. The Grand Prize went to Kathrin Swoboda for her photo of a Red-winged Blackbird. The National Audubon Society is an American non-profit environmental organisation dedicated to conservation. It protects birds and their habitats throughout the Americas using science, advocacy, education and on-the-ground conservation. See all of the winners below, and if you are still craving more avian photography.
The arrest of Arun Selvarajan is another reminder of how the ISI is trying to push its south India agenda.
