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Playing Barefoot, Meet The Iconic Kolkata Footballer Who Impressed The Scots
Two Indian football players have recently made headlines after being signed on by fourth-tier Spanish club Palamos CF, the oldest club in Catalonia and third oldest in Spain. Founded in 1898, Palamos...
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The PNB Journey: Swadeshi Movement & Partition To Scam & WhatsApp Jokes
Today, the Punjab National Bank is in the news for all the wrong reasons. Once upon a time, however, it was a bank at the heart of the Independence movement. Long before Mahatma Gandhi had arrived on...
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A Home-Run School in Gurugram Is Nurturing Basti Children in a Special Way!
There are superheroes all around us; all we need to do is look closely to identify them. This is a story about Sujata Gaur – who is transforming the lives of many underprivileged children in Gurugram –...
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Bridge Built by Blood & Language: Unique Exchange Held at Indo-Bangla Border
In 1948, when Urdu was pronounced to be the only state language of Pakistan, the citizens of East Pakistan immediately protested this move. The accumulated frustration erupted in 1952, following which...
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10 Brilliant Innovations by IITians That Can Create a Better Future For India!
In the recent years, there has been a ton of buzz about innovations that can help build a better world. For instance, eco-friendly edible cutlery, solar trees that harvest rainwater and self-watering...
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Hey Ram To Dashavatharam: 5 Times Kamal Haasan Broke the Cinematic Mould
Kamal Haasan is undoubtedly one of Indian cinema’s most versatile actors. With several Oscar nominations, and multiple other awards from India and abroad, this actor par excellence is also a very...
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50 Years of Bhutan-India Ties: 7 Times We Were Each Others’ Best Allies
It is no surprise that India and Bhutan have had strong diplomatic ties for decades. In fact, the relations between the two have been termed as a “special relationship,” a phrase used to describe...
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Unscientific Speed-Breakers Can Kill: Here’s What Needs to Change Immediately.
December 2016: A Tata Indigo Manza, travelling on a stretch of road near the National Institute of Bank Management, Pune, hit an unmarked speed-breaker and went flying into the air. The car eventually...
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SC Refuses to Extend Aadhaar Deadline; Here’s All You Need to Link by March 31
You order food via your phone; you pay for things online using your card. Well, all the essential services that form your bed of comfort and complacency will go, if you don’t link your Aadhaar card to...
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Col. Narendra ‘Bull’ Kumar, the Unsung Legend Who Secured Siachen For India
In the world of the Indian Armed Forces, he is known as ‘Bull’ Kumar. Colonel Narendra Kumar earned this unusual moniker when he charged at his six inch taller and tougher rival during his first boxing...
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Priority to Safety: Railways Opts For All-New Track Tech Worth Rs 2726 Crore!
Indian railway travellers can sleep easier, now that the budget has allocated Rs 2,726 crores for safety measures. According to a report by Indiatimes, 35 cases of rail accidents were reported in the...
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From Bacteria Batteries To Electricity From Kitchens– KPIT Sparkle 2018 Had...
KPIT Technologies is a company that specialises in IT consulting, and product engineering, and recently, KPIT Sparkle, the fourth edition of its national design and development innovation contest for...
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ISRO Plans To Have Humans Working From ‘Igloos’ On The Moon!
Making an effort to extend space research, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), has started working on building igloo-like habitats on the lunar surface for potential future missions,...
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Chennai to Get 17 New ‘Lungs’ to Help It Breathe Easier, Exercise Better!
If you reside in Chennai here’s some news that will make you breathe better. Greater Chennai Corporation has received an allocation of Rs 12.66 crore under the Centre’s Atal Mission for Rejuvenation...
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Freezing Future: Inside Chang La, India’s Doomsday Vault In The Himalayas
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of its official opening in 2008. Built by the Norwegian Government on a remote island deep inside the Arctic Circle, this...
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The Forgotten Rani of Ramgarh Who Raised An Army To Fight The British
In a park in Meerut stands the beautiful statue of forgotten warrior queen astride a horse — Rani Avantibai of Ramgarh. Among the grittiest women in Indian history, her unflagging courage and...
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“What We Engineers Need From You”– Former Student Writes Open Letter to College
Dear Director Sir, A few months ago while reading an article in the newspaper, I came across a report published by AITCE stating that “60% of engineering graduates are unemployed,” and this sent a...
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NHAI Wants All-Women Toll Booths? Here Are 6 Features the Booths Need First
The NHAI is all set to set an example for women empowerment, by deploying all women toll staff on International Women’s Day. The national body has decided to the lady toll collectors in a day shift on...
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Post Office Saving Schemes: What You Should Know While Planning Your Investment
My late grandfather spent a considerable amount of his retired life in the post office. As a young girl, I often wondered what it was about the post office that fascinated him so much. I knew he wasn’t...
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Know When The Dalai Lama First Visited India? It’s Probably Not When You Think
When India attained Independence on August 15, 1947, there were questions about what Free India should adopt as its national symbols. In many ways, Buddhism represented the aspirations and ethos of a...
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