If things go as planned, the Centre will develop 12 new Lakshadweep islands under its island development programme. But they will limit their access to 'high-end' serious adventure and fun tourists -- those who won't mind spending more than Rs 15,000 for a one-night stay in some of the world's most exotic and unexplored places.
If we are to realise the full potential of biologics' ability to improve people's health, it is essential to encourage public policy and support R&D.
In China, the government regulates the entire jewellery market.
The National Park is facing the worst floods in the past 10 years.
Mumbai's Bandra Kurla Complex moved down from 18th to 19th position.
These unmanned aerial vehicles can fly at high speeds, detect intruders, do aerobatic maneuvers like loops, rolls, spins, and hammerheads effortlessly and communicate with each other intelligently.
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz said a contact was established between India's NSA Ajit Doval and his Pakistani counterpart Nasir Janjua after recent tension between the two countries on the LoC.
These 10 spectacular trains promise the most exciting and luxurious journeys through historic places, rocky mountains, forests, deserts and even snowcapped landscapes.
This year is supposed to be a year of change, and change there will be of political leadership and alliances.
While Kapil is an academy member of the Laureus World Sports Awards along with Australian cricket legend Steve Waugh, Yuvraj has been invited in role of an ambassador.
It took Tamanna only two days to ace the scuba diving world record.
As investors brace for the announcement of election results, the Volatility Index is surging. Here's how to negotiate the turbulence.
The resignations follow an audit of the Indian operations of Mattel by a well-known audit firm, experts say.
TIME said a record 45 people on this list are under 40 -- including the youngest designer ever, 14-year-old actor Millie Bobby Brown -- and a common theme in the tributes is how much people can learn from them.
Artem Vaulin, 30, has been accused of distributing over $1 billion (approximately Rs 6, 750 crore) worth of illegal content.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif asserted that Pak is 'fully capable' of defending its territory against 'any aggression'.
Mukesh Ambani drops from 18th in 2012 to 35th position.
The shortlist for the 2014 Sony World Photography Awards, one of the world's leading photography competitions, has been announced.
The model-turned-actress seemed to enjoy every moment of being showstopper for Anita Dongre.
Are Indian teenagers deserting Facebook? If not the whole hog then gradually? Where are they going instead? Why?
The 30-share Sensex dropped 68.16 points at 18,664.88 and the 50-share Nifty fell 23.15 points at 5,519.10 levels.
Dr Jonathan Reisman, who spent four months in Kolkata with leprosy patients who have become socio-medical outcasts, attempts to fight the much-misunderstood disease
One third of the world's poor live in India.
Netflix plans local studio in India push. Move comes as rival Amazon Prime Video lines up as many as 18 original shows for India.
Fifty years ago, an upstart American boxer who later became known as Muhammad Ali 'shook the world' when he dethroned Sonny Liston to claim the heavyweight championship of the world in Miami Beach.
Besides Jeff Bezos-led Amazon, Walmart-owned Flipkart is also facing a threat from Asia's richest man and RIL chairman Mukesh Ambani, who is also betting big to grab a share of the country's e-commerce market.
It looks like IBM is betting on Vaswani to replicate the success he had with Dell
Angela Nikolau, 23, scales horrifying heights in her bid to get the world's great cities as her backdrop.
The Rs 1,989 crore statue being built to honour Sardar Vallabhai Patel has taken 3,000 labourers nearly 5 years to complete.
The development of the Rih-Tiddim road and establishment of numerous rural "haat" (flee markets) along the Mizoram-Myanmar border would also increase the trade volume, Modi said while addressing a public meeting at the Assam Rifles ground here after inaugurating the 60-MW Tuirial hydro-electric power project.
During the hearing, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, said that meaning of Sanskrit 'shlokas' is a universal truth and merely because it is written in Sanskrit, it does not make it communal.
The service includes a doll, a double bed, some condoms and lube.
With so much bad news, everybody is hunkering down in readiness for Mr Modi's next radical Big Idea, says Kanika Datta.
In a chilling revelation, Indian Mujahideen chief Yasin Bhatkal, who is currently in the custody of Delhi police, has told interrogators that the terror group was planning to use a small nuclear bomb while carrying out a devastating strike in the industrial city of Surat in Gujarat.
Nigeria is building one of the world's biggest and ambitious projects on 5,000,000 square metres of land reclaimed from the Atlantic Ocean.
Little-known stories of royal families losing their wealth.
Brexit is, in the parlance of the financial community, a 'risk-on' development.
Competing alongside some of the world's best ultramarathoners, Vishwas Bhamburkar, the only Indian in the fray timed 59 hours, 21 minutes and 55 seconds, well within the 60 hour cut-off required to successfully complete the race. Sunil DeSouza reports on the Ahmedabad-based runner's gruelling run.
"Growth is expected to moderate gradually in China... pick up in India, and remain broadly stable in the Asean-5 region."
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