Rakesh Jhunjhunwala bet on the India story: Harsh GoenkaRakesh Jhunjhunwala came from a humble background. His father worked in the income-tax department and he thought his son would make a good ...
Things getting worse in Western Ghats, says Madhav GadgilGadgil and the report prepared by the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) headed by him are back in news after over two dozen people...
Statue of Unity: This 93 year old man is behind world’s tallest statueIn between recollecting his childhood days, he passes instructions to a dozen-odd workers giving shape to statues at his workshop in Nodia’...
Baby steps under the Annapurna: What trekking up to the peak with a 6-year-old meansThe Ghorepani-Poon Hill climb in Nepal promised to offer one of the finest Himalayan views. But was it foolhardy to attempt the trek with a...
Reminiscences of a legend: Udupi Ramachandra RaoA project director, Rao started from scratch and delivered the Aryabhata satellite in an unbelievable timeline of three years from one of t...
View: 30,000 feet up, even Scotch and slippers are lethal weaponsRecently, when all the free inflight booze led to a free-for-all, an allegedly inebriated comedian, Kapil Sharma, hurled a shoe at his coll...
Cover design unveiled for new Harper Lee novelHarperCollins unveiled the jacket art for Lee's "Go Set a Watchman," the unexpected follow-up to her classic "To Kill a Mockingbird."
Lokpal Bill passed: Anna Hazare breaks fast, cold-shoulders Arvind Kejriwal's AAPHazare chose not to make any mention of Arvind Kejriwal and others from the AAP, who played a role in building the movement.
- 20 gm bird braves human invasion, climate change
It’s the mass of humanity against a frail bird, weighing all of 20gm. The bird’s home in high-altitude grasslands has been made fragile by ...
- Brahmaputra: Taking on brahma’s son
The large volume white water contains some of the most treacherous rapids with waves six meters high being 'normal'.