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Brands eye new kids in tinsel town

Change is the only constant for brands as they move from one popular celeb to the currently trending ones to endorse...

7 Oct 2019 12:00 AM IST

The nine-day festival is expected to be attended by tens of thousands of spectators. (Photo: AP)

Albuquerque Intl Balloon Fiesta off to slow start

International balloon fiesta grounded by fog.

6 Oct 2019 1:39 PM IST

The Lunar Bible on display at the museum. (Photo: AP)

Questionable artefact replaced in Museum of the Bible

Museum of the Bible quietly replaces questioned artefact.

6 Oct 2019 12:58 PM IST

In 1996, when the Okhla landfill site was commissioned as a dumping ground, Satyawati Sharma, then a 63-year-old, (now 86-year-old) used to commute to her friends house via that road. As the years went by, the piles kept on mounting to the extent that one could call it the Himalayas of dirt.

From mountain to molehill

The capital's infamous landfills, that have ironically become landmarks, are finally being cleared out, causing elation...

6 Oct 2019 12:50 AM IST

With World Mental Health Day around the corner, psychologists and psychiatrists are pushing for a government ministry that would focus solely on mental wellbeing. Sure, we may be talking about it more, but people are finding hope in such a possibility.

The mind matters most

As per the World Health Organization, suicide is the second-leading cause of death in people between the ages of 15 and...

6 Oct 2019 12:46 AM IST

As pollution continues to engulf the environment and endanger life on land and water alike, a group of youngsters try to capture the plight of marine life and spread awareness.

Untangling climate crisis

Ghost nets are essentially commercial fishing nets that have been lost or discarded in the sea.

6 Oct 2019 12:38 AM IST

At a young age when kids barely manage to hold their school bags, Naitik managed to hold drumsticks with his tiny fingers and would play them to rhythms.

Drumming in circles

Mumbai's Naitik Nagda is the first drummer to introduce a 360-degree wheel of drumming in India and second in the world...

6 Oct 2019 12:08 AM IST

Wood furniture can be refurbished to look new

Antique it up!

While you may be tempted to go all out with the old and in with the new', its time to get creative and refurbish all...

6 Oct 2019 12:02 AM IST

Sheila Varghis with the Ambassador of India at the Indian Embassy, Moscow.

An expedition of thousand miles

She loved flipping through old albums. Photography is an excellent way to document a moment for posterity.

5 Oct 2019 11:56 PM IST

Striking a personal note, he said visiting Africa over the years had helped him come to terms with the death of Diana, who died in a car crash in Paris in 1997 at the age of 36. (Photo: Instagram)

Prince Harry's South Africa tour strikes a personal note

UK's Prince Harry says Africa's embrace helped him cope with mother's death.

5 Oct 2019 3:25 PM IST

The turbines seem to hinder villagers agrarian way of life. (Photo: AP)

Wind turbines in Israel land in trouble

Israel's Golan Druze see a blow in wind energy plan.

5 Oct 2019 1:32 PM IST

There are about 3,000 Francois Langurs living in the world. (Photo: AFP)

Rare, orange-furred monkey born in Australia

'Incredibly rare' monkey born at Australian zoo.

5 Oct 2019 12:40 PM IST