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Lightning: India's Deadliest Hazard

Lightning claims more lives in India annually than any other extreme weather event.Between April and July this year alone, 1,621 people died due to lightning strikes. IMAGE: Lightning flashes over......

A New Way To Retire Gracefully

This isn't just a home for the elderly. It's a place where life stories, generations, and cultures weave themselves into something quietly extraordinary, discovers Nitin Sathe. Illustrations:......

Reaching For The Stars: From Village Boy To ISRO Chief

His village didn't have a school so he went to school in a neighbouring village and often studied by kerosene light. IMAGE: Dr V Narayanan took over as ISRO chairman on January 14, 2025.......

Communal unrest grips Maha, state sees 823 incidents since Jan

Maharashtra witnessed 823 incidents of communal unrest so far since January this year including the violence in Nagpur, with demands for the removal of Aurangzeb's tomb and the spreading of......

The Sardar Who Won Over Kochi's Tummy

'We are Indians irrespective whether we are Punjabi, Gujarati, Bengali, Malayali or Tamilian.''I am the best example of this integration.' IMAGE: Mohinder Singh, part-owner of Sethi Da Dhaba......

Mining ban sees a new, cleaner Goa

Anyone who has read even a few of my columns would know that I go to Goa a lot. The mood, the food, the feni (of course) and, ultimately, the sea, the palm trees, the bougainvillea and the clean,......

Australia offers 'best job in the world'

As part of a new move to boost tourism, Australian state of Queensland is offering the 'best job in the world' to candidates who have just to laze around a beautiful tropical island for six months......

Expect worst drought in Asia, India may be hit

Dozens of farmers have already committed suicide in India after damage from unseasonal rains this year. Now if the summer rains are below normal, rural discontent will deepen. In 2009, the El Nino......

How Reliance Jio is camouflaging its mobile towers

They are cheaper to build, costing around Rs 10 lakh each as against Rs 20-25 lakh for a traditional ground-based tower and even less than the Rs 12-15 lakh needed for a tower mounted on a roof......

Assam Bids Farewell to Zubeen Garg

As the smoke from the flames flared up, slogans like 'Zubeen, Zubeen' and 'Jai Zubeenda' reverberated in the air, and people were heard singing his song Mayabini Ratir Buku. IMAGE: Singer Zubeen......

The Kannada Film That Trumps Adolescence

The unspoken subject of Mithya is violence, and the big zinger here is our recognition that the movie is showing us the makings of a juvenile delinquent -- perhaps the finest since Truffaut......

Krystle's WOW Maldives Getaway

Chehre actor Krystle D'souza is holidaying in the Maldives and making such lovely pictures! Please click on the images for a better look. IMAGE: Krystle gives a new meaning to blue. All......

When dancing around a TREE was so much FUN!

One of the most commonly used phrases in context of our movies is 'dancing around trees.' To the world they provide fresh air, fruits, shade and shelter, all this and more but in Bollywood, their......

Sunny's Passionate About Pink!

Bollywood works hard but travels harder! Here's bringing you beautiful images from their travel diaries. Photograph: Kind courtesy Sunny Leone/Instagram Sunny Leone dresses up in designer......

Asia Cup: Sanju, Rinku Left Out In The Cold!

Gambhir's focus has been on increasing batting depth and batting all-rounders and hence, Jitesh Sharma as a finisher would also help him keep a beefy six-hitter like Shivam Dube in the mix. IMAGE:......

Olympic flag arrives in Los Angeles!

IMAGE: Members of LA28, local government officials and US Olympic athletes pose with the official Olympic flag as it returns to Los Angeles for the first time in 40 years, in Los Angeles,......

Bump on head works wonders for Jeev

Still woozy from a golf buggy crash last week, India's Jeev Milkha Singh is proof a bump on the head can sometimes work wonders. Singh arrived on the honeymoon island of Jeju for the US $ 2.9......

How to use tea bag: Polly asked Bedi

A burly six-footer "Palm-Tree Hitter" who faced the likes of Fred Trueman, Wes Hall, Roy Gilchrist and Charlie Griffith with aplomb, Polly Umrigar was a completely different person off the field,......

Pix: Broken hearts in Senegal after harsh World Cup exit

IMAGE: A Senegal fan wears a shocked reaction after the match against Colombia on Thursday. Photograph: Mikal McAllister/Reuters Senegal's dramatic exit from the World Cup was met with......