Col Ranveer Jamwal, first Indian Army officer to attempt to conquer Mt Vinson in Antarctica
New Delhi, Dec 26 : After successfully scaling six highest peaks in as many continents, Col Ranveer Jamwal is on way to climb the ...
Britain bans puppy and kitten sales by pet shops
Britain is forbidding puppies and kittens from being sold by pet shops in a bid to crack down on animal exploitation and abuse.
The ...
New Zealand’s Maori language back from brink
Beneath the carved timber roof of a traditional “marae” meeting house at Wellington High School, dozens of students ...
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos commits $2 billion to help homeless, pre-schools
Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com Inc’s founder and the world’s richest person, on Thursday said he will commit $2 billion to helping ...
A year on, Rohingya still fleeing Myanmar for crowded camps
Bangladesh Aug 23: Hamida Begum fled her home in Myanmar to neighbouring Bangladesh about two months ago with her husband, ...
Anger over charity auction of night in Mandela’s cell
Johannesburg, Jul 5 : A plan to auction a night in Nelson Mandela’s prison cell was condemned today by site officials who said ...
You are a cork floating in ocean but in cradle of nature: Irrfan on cancer
New Delhi, Jun 19 : Opening up about battling “high-grade neuroendocrine cancer”, actor Irrfan Khan says he has fought ...
Starbucks shuts 8,000 US stores for racial bias training
Starbucks closed more than 8,000 stores on Tuesday to train around 175,000 employees against racial bias, an unprecedented public ...
Country gets its ‘first’ visually impaired doctor
It was a random conversation with family members after her SSC exams that led to the birth of this visually impaired doctor, probably ...
AIR launches new programme to send greetings to soldiers
Public broadcaster All India Radio (AIR) on Monday started a new programme through which people from all walks of life can send their ...