CHENGDU, June 23 :A female panda called Xingya gave birth to the first pigeon pair this year on Thursday in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding told ChineseMedia on Thursday. The new borns came hot on the heels of this year’s first twin cubs, also born at the base, […]
Patna: The falling standards of education Bihar and the infamous ‘Bachcha Rai’ topper scam were topics that overshadowed what was supposed to be a celebration, as Patna’s AN College celebrated its Diamond Jubilee on Saturday. The occasion coincided with the 129th birth anniversary of Bihari intellectual and freedom fighter Anugrah Narayan Sinha after whom the […]
PHEDIKHOLA, NEPAL – In the village of Pedikhola, Durga Kami , now 68, is finally completing his secondary education. Every school day, puts on his school uniform and, with the aid of his walking stick, walks for over an hour to reach the school for another day of learning. Grandfather Kami had always dreamed of […]
Hey friends! Wednesday was for Missing Children. This day is observed all over the world on the 25th of May. The main motive of the day is to focus on children who have gone missing. On this day different countries do many things to find children who have disappeared. All people help on this day to find the cute little […]
South Koreans, Asia’s biggest per capita alcohol consumers, can now soothe themselves after a big night out with hangover-fighting ice cream. A convenience store chain has launched the Gyeondyo-bar, which translates as “hang in there” and according to the company is the first ice cream bar marketed specifically to combat the after-effects of alcohol consumption. […]
A theft led to one of the quickest divorces. This case took place in Bijnor district on Tuesday. The relatives of the bride at a wedding realized that their jewelleries and an amount of Rs 1.45 lakh had been stolen from their safe. Furious relatives held an entire baraat (wedding procession), including the groom, captive. […]
‘World Telecommunication Day’ is observed on 17th of May every year. First World Telecommunication Day was celebrated in 1969. World Telecommunication Day has been celebrated marking the founding anniversary of International Telecommunications Union (ITU) which was founded in 1865. World Telecommunications Day aims to make information and communication more accessible to people residing in remote […]
Historian Srinath Raghavan in his latest book, India’s War: The Making of Modern South Asia, 1939-1945 (Allen Lane), details India’s contribution to World War II. The book explores the war’s impact on the Independence movement, how it was during this period that the Army saw its biggest expansion, and why this inquiry is important from […]
The United Kingdom has declined to deport Liquor baron and Rajya Sabha MP Vijay Mallya and asked the Government of India to account for extradition. While acknowledging the seriousness of allegations against Mr. Mallya, and expressing their intent to assist the Indian government,they’re not handing him back to India in a hurry. “They have asked […]
Earlier, parents, acquaintances, and even the environment were the chief educators of children. The learners acquired the knowledge, ideas and beliefs of their own culture and tradition. Most importantly, they learnt values and that was education for them. The children of those days grew up to be responsible citizens. Nowadays, the concept of education has […]
India’s western beachfront state Goa has been busy with celebrations to mark the 90th birth anniversary of one of the country’s best-known cartoonists and illustrators, Mario Miranda. And why not? The Goans and Anglo-Indians, and the Bandra Bombayites all grew up on his captivating caricatures of our communities. Mario’s warm-hearted, often comic drawings of local […]
There are many different Indian places to visit—each with its own sights, smells, flavors and tempos. This journey visits old colonial India, via the towns and villages built up over that period and the wildlife sanctuaries where live some of the exotic animals that India was so well known for during that time. Two of […]