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ocean supercluster How Canada is trawling the seas to create wealth

How Canada is trawling the seas to create wealth

India can benefit from a similar programme and developing ocean technologies

Muslims across India celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr on Wednesday

The festival is marked with feasts and the faithful offers prayers at mosques as well as idgahs

Telangana-based NGO wins UN’s Equator Prize

The women sangams (groups) of the Deccan Development Society have bagged the United Nation’s Equator Prize for 2019. They have been selected for ...

It’s thumbs up for ‘dhoti’ in Secretariat, says TN Government

The dress code mandates its staff to avoid casual attire

Twitter trends: Who is Nesamani and why is everyone ‘Praying for Nesamani’?

The hashtags #Pray_for_Nesamani and #Nesamani are trending on social media platforms including Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram since Wednesday ...

How about a purifier made of clay for safe water?

Jain has also developed a ‘clay coin’, which, he says, can disinfect the water and make it safe for drinking

Orchha town in Madhya Pradesh makes it to tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Orchha is located around 80 km away from Tikamgarh district in Madhya Pradesh and 15 km from Jhansi of Uttar Pradesh

Millennials prefer Indian heritage destinations to foreign visits: Survey

Millennials in India prefer a historical or heritage destination within the country to a more commercialised foreign destination, a recent survey has ...

Sunny Leone trends after TV anchor confuses her with Sunny Deol

Sunny Deol may well be on his way to the Lok Sabha as the BJP’s member from Gurdaspur but it was his Bollywood junior Sunny Leone who was trending as ...

Web series on Modi to go live on day from election results

Eros Now is streaming 5 episodes of ‘Modi: Journey Of A Common Man' and will release two more episodes in five languages on May 23

Akshay Kumar named TAFE’s brand ambassador

TAFE, India’s second largest tractor manufacturer by volumes, has roped in Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar as its brand ambassador for the Massey ...

obituary Noted artist Surya Prakash dead

Surya Prakash, a well-known painter from Hyderabad, who was one of the first artists to put the city on the national map, passed away today following ...

Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver’s restaurants in India to trade as normal

The group’s UK-based restaurant business has gone into administration

Sniffer drones to patrol world’s busiest ports

Teams of drones are about to start policing the skies of some of the world’s busiest shipping ports. Their target? Environmental rule-breakers.It ...

Game of Thrones reaches finale

After eight seasons and 73 episodes, HBO’s long-running smash Game of Thrones came to its conclusion on Sunday night, with one more shocking demise ...

A checklist for those looking to relocate to a retirement home

Senior citizens looking to relocate to private-run retirement community homes often fail to look beyond the amenities. Invariably, they are awed by ...

Asian summer monsoon weakening unprecedented: Study

The study uses tree ring to track Asian summer monsoon back to 1566.

Dubai penthouse sells for $20 million

A sprawling penthouse in the iconic Palm Jumeirah island in Dubai has fetched a whopping $20 million, making it the second-most expensive apartment ...

Kami Sherpa scales Everest 23rd time

A 49-year-old veteran Nepali sherpa has scaled Mount Everest for the 23rd time, breaking his own record in reaching atop the world’s highest peak, ...

These cities are in the forefront in fighting global warming

Cities, which are home to more than half the world’s population, are stepping up efforts to slash pollution, often wresting the fight against climate ...

Contemporary sculptor Anish Kapoor tops the first Hurun India Art List

Anish Kapoor's works register highest demand in terms of value and lots in auction houses

Stuck in traffic? Burger King sees a selling chance

Burger King is planning to start a service that delivers its hamburgers to drivers stuck in traffic in Mexico City, Sao Paulo, Los Angeles and ...

Got a ₹2.5 note? It could fetch you ₹5 lakh

Collectors of vintage currencies, rare legal tender are hitting pay dirt

US TV networks, a major obstacle to YouTube’s hunt for ads

Three years ago, the beginning of the end of the US television business looked certain when one of the largest ad buying agencies vowed to move a ...

Gucci to push stricter animal-welfare norms

Kering SA, the French owner of Gucci and Saint Laurent, says it wants to improve suppliers treatment of animals used for products like leather ...

Controversial tusker opens Thrissur Pooram

The clearance was given after a team of three veterinarians conducted the medical examination of the 54-year-old elephant

Google Doodle honours English haematologist Lucy Wills

Her research helped identify folic acid supplementation to prevent anaemia in pregnant women in India

Rivers interrupted Dams and reservoirs affecting flow of benefits, finds study

Only just over one-third of the world’s 242 long rivers — that traverse a distance of 1,000 km or more — are free-flowing. The rest are disrupted by ...

Prince Harry and Meghan show baby son to the world

Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan showed off their newborn son to the world on Wednesday, describing having a baby as “magic”.Cradling his ...

After 6-year wait, Dindigul locks, Kandangi sarees enter GI Registry

Six years after receiving applications seeking Geographical Indications (GI) tags for Dindigul locks and Kandangi saree, the GI Registry has finally ...