Saba Naqvi Pushpa M. Bhargava is the founder-director of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) in Hyderabad and is seen as the architect of modern biology in India. The former vice-chairman of the National Knowledge Commission was summoned to give evidence before a committee set up by theContinue Reading
R.K. Roshni Thiruvananathapuram: At the forest check-post at Kottoor, nearly an hour-and-a-half from the city, Kingini, a tribal youngster who appeared for his higher secondary examinations this year, sits behind the wheels of a four-wheel drive. Kingini lives at Podiyam, a settlement of the Kani tribespeople inside the Agasthyarkoodam forests.Continue Reading
Chennai: For the past few months, Sharanya Govindarajalu has been helping save lives in a way only a new mother can – by donating her breast milk. Five days a week, the 32-year-old mother of a seven-month-old sends 100ml to 150ml of her breast milk to a neonatal hospital soContinue Reading
Lack of awareness about menstrual hygiene is a major cause of concern in IndiaContinue Reading
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Philip Mathew Sr. Adele Korah met Felix Richa for the first time in 2005 inside a state prison in Bangalore, now Bengaluru, a southern Indian city. “I saw him sitting inside the prison chapel, looking guilty and desperate. I spoke to him, and he poured out his woes to me,”Continue Reading
Abhishek Saha Srinagar: He ran the race of his life, clocked a good time and qualified for the next round. But Bashir doesn’t want to be photographed nor does he want his real name used. He has just finished the first task of the physical endurance test at a policeContinue Reading
By Kaushik Basu It was six months ago, on November 8, that India hit the headlines the world over, with its sudden demonetisation. It was announced in the evening that, at the stroke of the midnight hour, all bank notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 would cease to beContinue Reading
May 10, 2017, the 160th anniversary of the revolt of 1857, is a historic day for Bareilly’s Free Will Baptist Church. Standing opposite the Bareilly club, the structure houses rich history associated with the country’s freedom struggle. On May 10, 1857, it became the first church to be attacked byContinue Reading