Join #Bengaluru’s fight for justice against a negligent government on Saturday, August 27, 2016 from 10.30 am onwards at Town Hall. Register Now: http://goo.gl/IJ95qM or RSVP: Usha Dhanaraj – 9591985287 or Lakshmikanth – 8861768806 Known as India’s IT hub, Bengaluru boasts of leading the country into an era of technological and digital revolution. However, today the city stands exposed for having fallen prey to uncontrolled urbanization, haphazard growth and above […]

In a development that would help infertile couples have a baby, the Indian government on Wednesday (August 24) cleared the draft surrogacy Bill 2016. The Bill seeks to prohibit ‘commercial’ surrogacy and denies foreigners, NRIs, single parents, live-in partners and same-sex couples from becoming parents through a surrogate mother. It is imperative that you should know what surrogacy actually is, how does it work and what are the risks associated […]

The recent Scorpene data leak has stirred quite a storm in the Indian defence scenario. India has spent close to $3.9 billion on six  Scorpene submarines built by French major, Direction des Constructions et Armes Navales (DCNS). As per the Australian daily where the data was leaked, nearly 22000 pages of sensitive information about the key induction in India’s Naval force was compromised. As per India’s Defence Minister, Manohar Parrikar, […]

It was midnight and the phone of senior Navy officer posted at the Naval Headquarters wouldn’t stop ringing. “The Australian has published a report claiming details of Project 75 (the official name for the submarine project) have been leaked,” the caller said. Minutes later, after the report was read on phone, the Chief of Navy Staff Admiral Sunil Lanba was informed. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, who was simultaneously informed by […]

Rescue teams were working through the night to try to find survivors under the rubble that remained of central Italian towns flattened by an earthquake that hit in the early hours of Wednesday, killing at least 159 people. One hotel that collapsed in the small town of Amatrice probably had about 70 guests, and only seven bodies had so far been recovered, said the mayor of the town that was […]

Stargazers will be treated to a spectacular celestial show this weekend, the Venus-Jupiter conjunction. On the evening of August 27, the sky’s two brightest planets – Venus and Jupiter – will come so close to each other and appear as one large, bright star in the sunset sky, providing space enthusiasts an opportunity to witness the stunning show. During their conjunction, Venus and Jupiter will be only about 1/15th degree […]

India’s national record holder in marathon O P Jaisha’s Rio timing was 2 hours 47 minutes. Her timing for the same event in Beijing Worlds last year was 2 hours 34 minutes. Why such a big change in timings? Because Indian Officials didn’t give a crap about her run. But how is it an official’s fault? How can the officials help her win? Marathon runners who run for 42 kilometers […]

A palliative nurse recorded the most common regrets of the dying and put her findings into a book called ‘The Top Five Regrets of The Dying.’ It’s not surprising to see what made the list as they are all things that touch each of our lives as we struggle to pay attention to and make time for things that we truly love. Below is the list of each regret along […]

For the once-in-4-years Olympic follower, there are no positives for India in Rio. But if you dig deeper, we have unearthed a gem in Rawat. The alarm rings, it’s 4 am, a 25-year-old Manish Singh Rawat wakes up to get ready for his shift as a waiter in a small hotel in Badrinath named ‘Krishna’. However, he is up two hours before all his co-workers. And no, he is not […]

In a world where readily believable first-hand accounts from the frontlines of the war against terror are abound in the same pensive space that authors on this side of the line are trying to define, there is probably little that an author can do with fiction that non-fiction hasn’t already. In other words, the war in Syria and the rise of the Islamic State have supplied enough narratives written along […]