New Delhi (IANS) The Great Indian Bustard (GIB) or Great Indian Bast*** this was the main concern of the Indian delegation that was participating in the XIIth Conference of the ‘International Council for Bird Preservation’ meeting in Tokyo in May 1960, … read more
New Delhi (IANS) As the focus shifts to India and its rising number of Covid-19 cases, a new book suggests ways to boost immunity and overcome fear in the fight against the deadly virus. ‘Save your family and self from viruses’ … read more
New Delhi (IANS) In yet another surgical strike on malicious Chinese apps, the Indian government on Wednesday banned 118 apps over national security concerns, including the immensely popular PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) Mobile, Baidu and couple of virtual private networks (VPNs) … read more
New Delhi (IANS) The baggage of India’s foreign policy made the country “struggle mightily” to gain influence that “could have come so much more easily earlier”, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar writes in a seminal book to be released on Thursday. … read more
About Pranab Mukherjee, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh once told me that he was like Dhrupad Sangeet. If you don’t understand Dhrupad or if your ears are not trained to listen to Dhrupad, then it will be difficult for you to … read more
New Delhi (IANS) In the quest for the next Google, Facebook and Twitter coming from India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday talked about several homegrown apps which were recently awarded top prizes in the AatmaNirbhar Bharat App Innovation Challenge. In … read more
New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an unscheduled address to the captains of the Indian defence industry to assure them that Atmanirbhar Bharat (Self-reliant India) is not an inward looking idea but is for a stable global order. “Atmanirbhar … read more
Lucknow (IANS) With schools closed for more than five months now and online classes becoming the new normal, more and more children are now showing symptoms of mobile addiction that is causing behavioural problems. A senior psychiatrist at the King George’s … read more
New Delhi (IANS) Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane said on Tuesday that an overarching national mission should be there to identify the needs and compatibility of products with military applications as part of the armed forces modernisation strategy. General … read more
New Delhi (IANSlife) Two centuries ago, the British botanists began a visual study of Indian flora. Indian artists were commissioned to make botanical paintings which were sent back to Britain where it survives in collections at some of the Royal … read more