Safeguarding the Green Shields!
10 May 2025 8:23 PM ISTForests, as vital carbon sinks and biodiversity hubs, offer powerful climate mitigation and adaptation benefits, but only if they are restored and provided urgent protection through global cooperation, imaginative policies, local engagement, and sustained international funding
The ‘Regional’ Renaissance
10 May 2025 8:21 PM ISTOnce confined to the fringes of the mainstream, the ever-admired regional cinema has now found a new launchpad, in the form of receptive OTT platforms, to unleash a cultural movement that celebrates language, authenticity, and storytelling with boundary-breaking resonance
Rupture of a Quiet Resistance
10 May 2025 8:17 PM ISTAshutosh’s Reclaiming Bharat offers a sharp, insider’s account of India’s 2024 general elections—decoding why BJP’s dominance stalled despite unrelenting religious optics, and uncovering the democratic resilience pulsating beneath the surface. Excerpts:
Trails of the Learning Curve
10 May 2025 8:15 PM ISTBased on extensive fieldwork in seven diverse slum clusters, From Shanties to School by Manimala Roy is a deeply insightful exploration of how India’s economic liberalisation in 1991 catalysed a silent yet powerful educational revolution in the urban margins of Delhi
From the Edge of Caution
10 May 2025 8:09 PM ISTWith the northern borders burning, travellers should abstain from visiting risky areas in order to ease the strain on security personnel and ensure their own safety
PM Modi chairs high-level meeting after ceasefire announcement
10 May 2025 8:00 PM ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level meeting Saturday evening with top government functionaries, including Defence Minister...
Indus Waters Treaty will remain in abeyance: Sources
10 May 2025 7:45 PM ISTNew Delhi: India's punitive measures against Pakistan including putting the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance following the Pahalgam terror attack will...
Plea in SC seeks direction not to allow registration of trademark 'Operation Sindoor'
10 May 2025 7:40 PM ISTNew Delhi: A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the authorities not to allow registration of trademark under the name...
Pakistan announces opening of its airspace for all kinds of traffic after ceasefire with India
10 May 2025 7:29 PM ISTIslamabad: Pakistan announced on Saturday that it was opening its airspace for all kinds of traffic, shortly after the announcement of a ceasefire...
India, Pak worked out understanding on stopping military action: Jaishankar
10 May 2025 6:30 PM ISTNew Delhi: India and Pakistan on Saturday worked out an understanding on stoppage of firing and military action, External Affairs Minister S...
India-Pakistan have agreed to 'full and immediate ceasefire', announces Donald Trump
10 May 2025 6:02 PM ISTWashington: President Donald Trump on Saturday claimed that India and Pakistan have agreed to a "full and immediate" ceasefire after talks mediated by...
DGMOs of India, Pak agree to halt military ops from 5 pm onwards: FS Misri
10 May 2025 6:00 PM ISTNew Delhi: The directors general of military operations (DGMO) of India and Pakistan have agreed to stop all firings and military action on land, air...
Old age being a constant witness to changes
Wings of desire
Expressions of Spring
A sweet tale by the river Ichamati: Taki, a town in West Bengal, is known for its production of jaggery and sweets, and ‘Bijaya Dashami’ at Ichamati along the international border between India and Bangladesh
59th Annual Flower Show at Delhi University
The warehouses where the Gods are made
The evening aarti on the Dashashwamedha Ghat in Varanasi
TMC Protest at Parliament
National Zoological Park in Delhi
Udyanotsav 2017 Mugal Gardan press preview
Union Budget 2017-2018
National Zoological Park in Delhi is hosting a variety of migratory birds this winter
