Captain Menon, Master of the oil tanker 'Sampurna Swarajya' of Shipping Corporation of India, is to receive the 2016 IMO Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea for her role in the dramatic rescue of seven fishermen from a sinking fishing boat in tumultuous seas.
Maratha outfits have announced that a mega rally will be held in Mumbai on August 9 in support of their quota demand.
Children will fall and rise again; that is what life is all about, says Virender Kapoor.
Anushka Panda, who has spinal muscular atrophy tells us how she scored 97.8 per cent and topped CBSE class 10 examination.
Faesal, who recently returned from a foreign training and was awaiting posting, said he had decided to resign from Indian Administrative Service, "to protest against the unabated killings in Kashmir, and lack of any sincere reach out from the Union government".
Among the successful students include wards of marginal farmer, daily wager and small time teachers.
Ira Singhal, the country's first differently-abled UPSC topper shares her secret to success and her big plans for India.
Rishabh Lawania's three tips for success: 1. Innovate. 2. Fail fast. 3. Always see ahead of time.
Former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar was sentenced to an additional 40 to 125 years in prison on Monday for molesting young female gymnasts, capping weeks of horrifying testimony from nearly 200 victims about his decades of abuse.
'Maharashtra has 34,000 active cases, of which 24,000 are asymptomatic, and hence need no medicines but are under quarantine.' '9,500 cases are showing mild to severe symptoms.' 'While 1,200 are seriously ill, only 200 of them are on ventilator support.' 'Let those claiming that the situation in the state has gone out of control, look at these numbers objectively before damaging the state's reputation for political gains.'
The narrative has some gaping holes, but one can ignore them as the subject is not dealt in a serious or profound manner.
'Children are always under some kind of pressure. Pressure to perform in examinations, peer pressure of all kinds, pressure to look good; their hormones are going crazy. And there's nobody to help them.
'We say we are proud to be Indian. Can we be proud of such an India where its people are hungry and on the streets?'
An oncologist, Vishal Rao built an innovative voice prosthesis that costs to help people who've lost their voices.
The apex court's five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra said Aadhaar is meant to help benefits reach the marginalised sections of the society and takes into account the dignity of people not only from personal but also from community point of view.
Needless to say, coaching institutes are unhappy with suggestion.
'This proved that whatever was growing in the mosquito's gut was a parasite -- it was almost certainly the malarial parasite.'
'When I see someone I think of them as aunty and uncle. I forget I am the same age, because in my mind I am still 18.' Aamir Khan gets ready for his milestone birthday.
'Whenever we were low in energy and wanted support, we turned to him.' 'He has done a lot for me.' 'He did not leave any stone unturned to launch me.'
The Union home ministry termed the suspension as null and void.
Visually impaired Srikanth Bolla is the CEO of Hyderabad-based Bollant Industries, an organisation that employs uneducated disabled employees to manufacture eco-friendly, disposable consumer packaging solutions.
'I come from a film family so I guess people will say it will be easier for me.' 'But people don't know how hard I worked to get a film.'
In our series on Super30 achievers, we find out how Aquibur Rahman has fared since he cleared his IIT-Joint Entrance Exam.
When most nonagenarians are content to pass their time in their neighbourhood's gardens, Raj Kumar Vaishya, 96, has enrolled himself in the Patna-based Nalanda Open University to pursue his lifelong dream of earning a masters in economics, reports MI Khan.
'The feeling is that Rajinikanth is pro-Modi than anti-Modi.'
Indians thrive in ordinariness -- from academia and science to business and military power. Sports is just an apt metaphor, says Shekhar Gupta.
Ronit Roy talks about the second season of Adaalat and his upcoming Hollywood and Bollywood projects.
A resident doctor, working at a government hospital, upset by the poor response from the state government, offers his side of the story.
'My collection for LFW is all about Indianness.' Fashion designer Soumodeep Datta quit computer science to pursue his dream.
Even though HMT has survived for over 50 years, it failed to find a new peg to sell itself even as later entrants captured market share.
If you don't have power in a game you are masters of, the world will walk all over you, notes Shekhar Gupta.
In India, if you live with your parents, there is no way in hell you can avoid their interference in the tiniest aspects of your life.
'When you go through the ups and downs of life you need someone who says that no matter what happens to you, whether you are successful or not, I am there with you.' 'In the absence of that person and that love, you have a society which is depressed.'
Payal Taori, Mumbai University's MA topper this year, shares her journey.
When the universe is your workspace, the sky is the limit, and there's no such thing as a glass ceiling. Divia Thani Daswani meets the women behind Mangalyaan
Virat Kohli is a confident man ahead of his first match as India's Test captain. On the eve of the Indian squad's departure for Australia on Friday, he declared that his players are mentally ready to cope with whatever comes their way Down Under.
'It used to sound very strange.' 'That the same child who used to sing Jana Gana Mana the loudest in class, who celebrated August 15 and 26th January with such fervour and who has always nurtured the desire to make India a better nation being called desh drohi.' 'It was very painful.'
Sunit Nair writes about what he thinks of his Father -- the word, the idea and the person.
'Learning by doing is in our genes.' 'We are applying the wrong method by making our children sit in a classroom for eight hours, listening to someone talk.'
What work in Jaipur's favour are lower costs, a good talent pool, better quality of life, and proximity to the Delhi National Capital Region
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