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Scenes from previous workshops

Kids, come out and play!

Days when healthy activities such as outdoor sports or summer camps dominated the itenerary of children may be long...

17 May 2016 11:19 PM IST

Artworks depicting scenes from the epic Ramayana.

Whose story is it anyway

Writer Imran Ali Khan is on a mission to weave together the numerous folk renditions Ramayana.

17 May 2016 11:16 PM IST

Participants scale the artificial wall at the rock climbing world cup —Eddie Fowke

Scaling new heights

Mumbai has been put on the world map by becoming the first city in India to host a rock climbing world cup. We look at...

17 May 2016 11:09 PM IST

Still from Quartet

Before the sunset

Amitabh Bachhan surpassed even himself in Piku, with a performance around totally ludicrous, even mad situations.

17 May 2016 10:23 PM IST

Neuroscience’s secret to happiness

In his book, The Art of Happiness, the Dalai Lama wrote: “We need to learn how to want what we have, not to have...

17 May 2016 10:08 PM IST

Image used for representational purpose (Photo: Pixabay)

Living past 100 is becoming common

Last week, Emma Morano, a 116-year-old Italian woman, officially became the world’s oldest living person, when...

17 May 2016 10:07 PM IST

This study has been published in journal Cardiology.

Physical activity ‘magic bullet’ for obesity and heart...

This hypothesis is supported by the survey data from Europe where 42 percent give this as the main reason for their...

17 May 2016 3:31 PM IST

Corals exposed to the highest concentrations of coal dust died within two weeks, researchers claim. (Photo: Pixabay)

Coal spill may harm Australia's Great Barrier Reef: study

Risks to the Great Barrier Reef posed by large coal spills depend on the probability of accidents and the potential...

17 May 2016 3:30 PM IST

Humans have the same genes as the ones identified by the researchers in dogs. (Representative Image)

Dogs can provide clues about human brain tumour: study

Scientists have identified genes that could have a role in the development of brain tumours in both dogs and humans.

17 May 2016 2:29 PM IST

(Representative Image)

Health and well-being are more than just physical

Factors like loneliness and poor hearing were better predictors of being dead or incapacitated within five years.

17 May 2016 1:20 PM IST

Women with silent heart attacks were 58 percent more likely to die compared to women with no heart attacks. (Photo: Flickr)

Silent heart attacks strike more men but kill more women

Silent heart attacks were associated with a roughly tripled risk of dying from heart disease.

17 May 2016 1:20 PM IST

Han Kang's 'The Vegetarian' wins Man Booker Prize 2016

Kang beat writers including Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk and international bestseller Elena Ferrante to win the...

17 May 2016 11:42 AM IST