New wrestling selection policy has its pros and cons: Olympic medallist Yogeshwar"Earlier, the wrestlers who used to qualify went on to compete in the Olympics. As per the current selection policy, Antim (Panghal) who ha...
26 Nov, 2023, 04.37 PM IST
Why does ancient Rome fascinate the male mind?In posts shared on social media, women have been asking the men in their lives how often they think about ancient Rome. "Constantly," one h...
16 Sep, 2023, 07.08 PM IST
Edtech's post-Covid offline push continues with Unacademy CentresBengaluru-based Unacademy said its first offline centre will be operational in Kota by next month, followed by centres in Jaipur, Bengaluru...
18 May, 2022, 04.11 PM IST
Archbishop Desmond Tutu: Father of South Africa's 'rainbow nation'Archbishop Tutu earned the respect and love of millions of South Africans and the world. He carved out a permanent place in their hearts an...
27 Dec, 2021, 12.09 PM IST
View: Laying down the lawBeing semi-prone in public has been seen as both a sign of weakness and power.
21 Sep, 2019, 09.08 AM IST
Bharti Airtel, RGK Mobile team up for carrier billing servicesTelco’s customers can purchase content services with subscription requests would go directly to the operator’s billing system.
10 Jan, 2018, 05.28 PM IST
A literary love affair: Verona in Italy can satiate all your needsGlorious past, beautiful setting, amazing monuments, delicious food, the legend of Romeo and Juliet… Verona in Italy has it all.
09 Feb, 2017, 05.20 AM IST
Toledo, the Spanish city, which still retains its 11th century layoutAfter recapture from the Moors in 1085, it transformed into a hub for erudition, where scholars flocked to study rare Arab and Hebrew texts.
11 Sep, 2016, 04.00 AM IST
Higginbothams: A bookstore that protects MG Road's colonial charm even nowHigginbothams in Bengaluru served an illustrious clientele that included the last Mysore Maharaja Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar.
09 Jun, 2016, 04.25 PM IST
Sound stuff"A sound mind in a sound body" is a phrase learnt at school, where one also discovers the Latin avatar of the aphorism: mens sana in corpor...
24 Nov, 2011, 04.42 AM IST
- Seeing the statue of Capitoline Wolf in Rome
The Capitoline museums are where the bronze statue of the she-wolf (the socalled ‘Capitoline Wolf’) is displayed.
24 Mar, 2011, 08.29 AM IST
South Lebanon: Cosmopolitan character and multicultural legacyLebanon is an Arab country coloured by Western influences which gives it a cosmopolitan character and a multicultural legacy.
28 Jan, 2010, 12.27 AM IST
Something special about the CotswoldsThere are the rolling green hills, rose-covered cottages and babbling streams that make the area so popular.
01 Oct, 2009, 08.23 AM IST
- Roman remnant: Chester, fortress city of Deva
Chester, or the fortress city of Deva as it was then called by the Romans, was built as a bulwark against the fierce Welsh tribes in the 1s...
13 Aug, 2009, 03.57 AM IST
- Google Earth rebuilds ancient Rome online
Google resurrected ancient Rome online, opening a three-dimensional virtual version of the city for cyber-explorers interested in trips bac...
13 Nov, 2008, 04.55 AM IST
- Hip Bath
The Romans piped the water from hot-springs into a huge public bath, which became so popular that they named the beautiful city: Bath.
13 Dec, 2007, 12.00 AM IST
- Walking on history
Rome is all about the ancient, the classical and the timeless.
10 Aug, 2006, 12.17 AM IST