Similarly, some years ago I had gone to attend a friend's son's marriage in Mumbai. The drums were beaten so loudly that it caused palpitations in my heart and despite completely covering the ears with my palms, the noise penetrated deep inside the body and I suffered a momentary loss of hearing. ...
In 10 of 14 states surveyed, use of any modern method of family planning, among women of child-bearing age (15 to 49), decreased 6 per cent over 10 years, despite a greater awareness of birth-control methods and an improvement in family planning services, according to a comparison of National Family Health Survey (NFHS) data from 2005-06 a...
Some people are wondering as well how the Consul General of India continues to cooperate with a group under the banner of the ‘Federation of Indian Associations’ where there is hardly any participation from Keralites, Punjabis or Telugu folks, all put together, might constitute a majority in the Tri-state area....
When you step out to buy gold jewellery, be wary of getting duped. Check for purity and hallmark besides buy-back policy, says an expert....
China will have "to get involved" if any Indian "plot" disrupts the $46 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in restive Balochistan, an influential Chinese think tank has warned India. ...
While sections in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seem to believe, as Bal Thackeray did, that the gun is the only solution for the unrest in Kashmir, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has shown a willingness for conciliation which holds out some hope of forward movement....
From her fellow contestants to judges, she made everyone on the sets of "MasterChef Australia" fall in love with "desi" spices. Nidhi Mahajan, whose exit from the globally-renowned TV cooking show was an emotional affair, says Indian cuisine goes way beyond the misconceptions that people across the world have about it....
The actress says she won't apologise "come what may" and not allow herself to be "bullied into submission". The former Congress MP says she is in fact keen to go back to Pakistan to foster peace and engage in dialogue. ...
The Railway Ministry said "no" to a question in the Lok Sabha on May 4, 2016, when asked whether it is India's largest employer of manual scavengers -- sanitation workers who clear human excreta, a banned practice -- disguised as sweepers....
As India's 70th year of Independence begins, widespread progress is evident, but in rural India, where 833 million Indians (70 per cent) live, people are consuming fewer nutrients than are required to stay healthy, according to a National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau (NNMB) survey....
