COME Friday, I start my weekend, the most awaited days of my life. People in the five days work culture have a lot of things to catch up on. It is not less than festive time and I make sure that I leverage these two days the most. ..

    LAST two years have witnessed four Mars-centric events almost one after the other. China soft landed their Lander as also the Rover ‘Jhurong’ on Martian soil, USA landed their Lander and Rover ‘Perseverance’..

    IT WAS in 2002 when I first met her. We had recently shifted to our new house. All were busy in unpacking and organising things. I was carefully opening up the box of crockery when I heard a sweet voice. ‘Didi, press ke kapde..

LIFE– precious as itis, one cannotputitina secure box to keep it safe. Those who have tried to keep itthatway, realisemuchtotheirperil,thatitquickly loses its colour, fragrance, charm and character. Like a flower in a mud-filled garden, it needs exposure–to soil, to sunlight, to rains…, to the company of likeminded, lively flowers, not so like-minded buds and thorns and to the majesty oftrees. It also needs its own ground to stand firm and its own sky to think and dream about...

   NATURE had bestowed a myriad of colours and flavours to each fruit, making them succulently unique in their own way.While we all had our favourites in the intoxicating fruit basket, it seemed mango was the popular choice. Everyone would ..

   By Chauncey K. Robinson  TINA Turner, a trailblazer of rock and roll, has died at the age of 83. Throughout her decades-long career in the public eye, Turner showcased a raw and unfiltered musical energy whenever she took the s..

T HE most important component of grooming of young people between ages 12 years and 18 years is the sense of entitlement the kids get via multiple channels. Almost all adults -- the parents, other family elders, neighbours, teachers -- keep reminding the child of what he or she is entitled to. This is the general experience -- which few can deny. And that becomes a problem area in the child’s life and personality. Let us consider the details -- shocking details, so to say. The culture we have evolved ..

   Bengaluru, May 21 (PTI): A woman, identified later as Bhanurekha, drowned to death on Sunday after the car in which she was travelling with her family got stuck in neck-deep water at the K.R. Circle underpass just a stone’s throw ..

   By Dr. Gyan Pathak  INDIA is at a cross-road. The country needs to ensure the administration to be more sensitive and humane for which women’s spectacular success in UPSC is a good signal. The UPSC results show women at t..

   By Kalyani Shankar DAME Luck smiles at every Party at a particular moment. The 137-year Grand Old Congress Party, which has seen many ups and downs, is no exception. Winning a prosperous and significant Karnataka recently gave Congr..

   WE all were requested to assemble in the school auditorium for the staff photograph. All the staff members started gathering there. I was in the examination department and by the time I reached, all the best places were already occupied...

    GYM was not my cup of tea. It does not mean that I am not health centric, I am, but despite going to the gym and being muscular, I prefer walking. But this year my ‘gymholic’ colleague cum friend insisted me to join it ..

   IT WAS a bright sunny day, with birds chirping and flowers blooming. Happiness was in the air. An old man named John was standing in the garden. He was looking at the pond full of ducks. He seemed to be perfectly happy and content with h..

    THE demons in reference are fear of uncertainty and greed, these dangerous demons are the root causes of all unrest in society. Fear of uncertainty and greed are two of the most powerful demons in the world. They can cause people t..

   By Hamza Ameer  FORMER Pakistan Prime Minister, cricketer-turned-politician and chief of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Imran Khan is by far the most popular leader in Pakistan at the moment. Khan is someone whose populari..

THE subject of conversation within the family has had its own importance in human society. The quality of conversation among members of the family decides the quality of culture of the people, a fact that has been recognised since time immemor..

   By Vijay phanshikar NOBODY can deny the correctness of this observation about the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and its leaders. A few years after the AAP rode to power on the wings of the image of its incorruptibility, the party now stands..

    THE day after Donald Trump was inaugurated as President of the United States in 2017, women took to the streets in protest. In varying states of fury and disbelief, millions of women and their supporters participated in the first W..

   By Dr. Gyan Pathak  DECREASING investment in maternal and newborn health has stagnated the progress in preventing premature deaths of pregnant women, mothers and babies globally, due to which death befalls on one every 7 second..

   By Adv. R. S. Agrawal  THROUGH the order passed in the Commercial IP Suit between Applause Entertainment Private Ltd. and Meta Platforms Inc. and others on May 2, 2023, Justice Manish Pitale, at the Bombay High Court, has consi..

   By Arun Kumar Shrivastav  THE Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has launched a pilot programme to test its digital currency, the digital rupee, in India’s four largest cities. The programme is intended to assess the feasibility..

   By Gwynne Dyer  THERE is a fever raging in the ocean. Last month it was worst off the eastern coast of North America, where the sea surface temperature was as much as 13.8 degrees Celsius higher than the 1981-2011 average for t..

   By Kalyani Shankar  VIEWERS worldwide will witness the coronation ceremony of British King Charles and his Queen Camilla on May 6. The critical moment in modern British history will be 70 years after Queen Elizebeth 11 coronati..

   By YASHWANT RAJ  UNITED States President Joe Biden likes to say, quoting his father, “dont compare me to the Almighty, compare me to the alternative”. At 80, Biden is already the oldest President in US history and i..

   I WAS driving on a flyover today and I spotted the beautiful and huge orange canopy. Oh! you are back, it is almost a year since I saw you. How refreshing it is to see you back, I said aloud. I came across a few more canopies. I was in h..