New Delhi, September 10 (IANS) Kalinga Literary Festival (KLF) has announced KLF Book Awards 2020-21 in various categories e Non-fiction, Fiction, Poetry, Hindi, book in Translation , Bhasa First book, Business
New Delhi, September 9 (IANS) The Indian Army's elite Special Forces are all about "pure soldiering" without the "stiffness" and "spit and polish" of the infantry, says Abhay N
By Asad Mirza
IANS | September 6
The Pakistan government at the moment seems to be in a quandary. The manner in which it wanted to exploit the Taliban victory in Afghanistan has rebounded threatening to rei
Chandigarh, September 6 (IANS) The life of a 98-year-old woman educationist and administrator is an unlikely role model in a time of young Instagramers and Ticktock stars.
As Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder
New Delhi, September 5 (IANS) Even as the latest book "Absolute Power: Inside story of the National Stock Exchanges amazing success, leading to hubris, regulatory capture and algo scam", co-authored w
By R.R.M. Lilani
IANS | September 2
The Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Qi Zhenhong, at a recent meeting with Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi (now appointed as the Minister of Transport), said Covid
New Delhi, September 2 (IANS): In a shocking revelation, a report says that the US president Joe Biden wanted the then Afghan president Ashraf Ghani to create a "perception" that the Taliban is not wi
Washington D.C., August 31 (IANS) Former United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, following in the footsteps of her husband, has embarked on her journey as a thriller writer.
'State of Terror
New Delhi, August 31 (IANS) "It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it," General Douglas MacArthur, the legendary World War II military commander, had once famously declared. This is a b
New Delhi, August 30 (PTI): Life turned upside down for Avani Lekhara pretty early when a car accident rendered her immobile as an 11-year-old but what the tragedy could not do was take away her and her family&
News Delhi, August 28 (IANS) The Taliban in a shockingly rapid move took over Afghanistan after capturing Kabul on August 15. The world's best intelligence and security establishments were in awe with the q
Washington, August 28 (PTI) The US intelligence community has failed to reach any firm conclusion on the exact origin of COVID-19 and is split on whether it leaked from a lab in China or emerged in nature, even
By Asanga Abeyagoonasekera
IANS | August 27
R.W. Apple Jr. wrote back in 2001 that "like an unwelcome specter from an unhappy past, the ominous word 'quagmire' has begun to haunt conversations
Sydney, August 27 (The Conversation/PTI) SARS-CoV-2 has caused the greatest pandemic of the past 100 years. Understanding its origins is crucial for knowing what happened in late 2019 and for preparing for the
New Delhi, August 26 (IANSlife) Pakistani television actress Nimra Bucha who will be reading Ismat Chughtais story �Mughal Bachcha as part of Zee Theatres series of dramatic readings, ï
New Delhi, August 24 (IANS): Credibility of Washingtons foreign policies has come under a cloud with the unfolding of events in Afghanistan following the pull-out of US troops from the country. After the humila
New Delhi, August 24 (IANS) Ever since she wrote 'Boots Belts Berets' and 'On the Double', author Tanushree Podder has been asked why she had not written about the women who pass out from OTA (O
By Asad Mirza
IANS | August 24
The Talibans takeover of Afghanistan has once again put a big question mark on its future, but it has also offered a glimmer of hope for the redevelopment of this war-ravaged
New Delhi, August 23 (IANS) A strong sense of family values and religious sanctity are two important factors that keep marriages together, says Kiran Chadha, a former bureaucrat, writer, motivational speaker, p
BY D.C. PATHAK
IANS | August 22
Prime Minister Modi's speech on the 75th Independence Day was one of the most comprehensive and engaging addresses heard from the ramparts of the Red Fort -- it was remar