Angad Singh Padda, a 23-yeal-old Sikh student, mesmerised everyone with his graduation speech at UC Berkeley. The UC Berkeley Leadership Award Recipient from Chandigarh, Punjab took the opportunity to talk about “problems”, not of his own but of the world. In a powerful, funny and evocative speech, he urged everyone to fight together for a greater good and “make the world a better place.” And not just that. The young […]

NASA has introduced a fresh batch of 12 new astronauts, among whom Indian-American Lieutenant Colonel Raja Chari is one. The 12, who were chosen from among over 18,000 applicants, will soon be given rigorous training for distinguished space missions into the Earth’s orbit and deep space. This batch has seven men and five women and this is the Class number 22 of American spaceflight trainees starting from 1959, making it […]

Legendary hockey player Major Dhyan Chand might soon be conferred with BharatRatna (posthumously) as Union sports minister Vijay Goel has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to fulfill the long-pending demand. This has come four years after cricketing maestro Sachin Tendulkar became the first sportsperson to be conferred with India’s highest civilian honour. Dhyan Chand, who died in 1979, guided India to three gold medals at the Olympics (1928, 1932, and […]

Legendary American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan delivered his Nobel Lecture to the Swedish Academy in the form of an audio file on Monday. Dylan, who won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature, was required by laureates to give a lecture no later than June 10 to collect the some $900,000 in prize money. The speech, published as an audio file, with a text transcript, on the Academy’s website, starts “When I […]

In Karnataka’s Kodagu district, a 300-acre privately-owned forest is being protected and allowed to regenerate by a couple, as a safe-home for wildlife and indigenous plants. The couple, Pamela and Anil Malhotra, came to India from the United States with a dream. They bought the land bit by bit until the Save Animals Initiative Sanctuary Trust became a reality. The Malhotras embarked on a journey to save at least a […]

As someone living with fragile bone disorder since she was a kid, odds were always against Ummul Kher. When she was 14, her parents disowned her because she wanted to study beyond Class 8. What took her ahead was sheer merit and determination as she went on to get admission in a prestigious Delhi University college and later entered JNU for her master’s. This week she cracked the civil services […]

Leo Varadkar was 22 when he made his foray into Irish politics. At 27, he was elected to the parliament. At 36, he publicly came out as a gay and finally, at the age of 38, Vardakar appears on course to become Ireland’s next prime minister. Born to an Indian immigrant father and an Irish mother, Varadkar is currently serving as Ireland’s Minister for Social Protection. He announced his campaign […]

While Karnataka girl Nandini KR topped this year’s Civil Services Examination, considered to be one of the toughest in the country, there’s a piece of good news from Jammu and Kashmir too. A record 14 candidates from the terror-hit state have qualified for the elite services. Nandini KR, who belongs to the OBC category, qualified the examination with Kannada Literature as her optional subject. She has graduated with a BE […]

Bollywood actress Manisha Koirala has a huge filmography to her credit and a massive fan following. The actress was on the top of her game for more than two decades and then came the turning point in her life—she was diagnosed with cancer. The actress was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2012 and later went on for the extensive treatment and chemotherapy to a hospital in New York. The actress […]

Union Environment minister and long-time RSS member Anil Dave passed away today. He was 60. The two-time Rajya Sabha member from Madhya Pradesh complained of uneasiness at his home this morning and was rushed to AIIMS where he died. As political leaders – including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress president Sonia Gandhi – condoled the death of the leader, a note describing his last wishes has surfaced detailing how […]