Jenn Harper, founder of the indigenous women’s social enterprise 'Cheekbone Beauty', poses for a photo in Toronto, Canada on 16 January 2020. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Belinda Goldsmith   'We wan

New Delhi, January 16 (IANS) The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) aims to fast-track citizenship for six persecuted minority communities -- Hindus, Parsis, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and Christians -- who arrived i

Indigenous people participate during the Presidential Summit for the Amazon, in Leticia, Colombia September 6, 2019. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez   Involving native tribal communities is critical to saving

New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) With each passing day, Delhi voters appear to be getting increasingly concerned with economic issues and less worried about development issues, findings of the IANS/C-Voter Delhi Tracke

IANS Photos By Siddhi Jain    New Delhi, January 14 (IANSlife) Born near Rajasthan's Barmer district, 31-year-old handicraft artisan Ruma Devi defied all odds when she created ripples of soci

By Sukant Deepak    New Delhi, January 14 (IANS) Stressing that the upcoming Union Budget must focus on providing more jobs to the youth, serious infrastructure development and addressing the pr

Beijing, January 14 (IANS) The world's oceans were the warmest in 2019 than any other time in the recorded human history -- especially between the surface and a depth of 2,000 metres, an international team of 1

People line up to go online at an internet cafe in Banihal, India on December 23, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Athar Parvaiz   India said it cut communications to prevent unrest in Kashmir, where

BY D.C. PATHAK  IANS | January 12   The elimination of Gen Qasem Suleimani heading the Al Quds Force of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps in an American Drone attack at Baghdad, draws a paralle

Jammu, January 10 (IANS) Muzaffar Hussain Beigh, patron of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) indicting Mehbooba Mufti of making provocative statements, which led to the abrogation of Jammu and Kashmir's specia

Mumbai, January 10 (IANS) The turmoil that has gripped the youth and students -- powered mostly by the intelligent but impatient millenials -- inside and outside campuses across the country, is considered unpre

New Delhi, January 9 (IANSlife) With a long and colorful history from its humble beginnings in Italy, today FILA enjoys great brand recognition in the sportswear segment. FILA entered the sportswear market i

Kanpur, January 9 (IANS) More than 40 years after she picked up the gun and turned into a bandit, following a dispute over four bighas of land with her cousin Maya Din, Phoolan Devi's family in her native villa

New Delhi, January 7 (IANSlife) Wellness begins with a happy and healthy self. Yahoo India suggests these tips for making your days healthier in 2020. Find activities outside the gym Rather than making a

By Sukant Deepak   New Delhi, January 6 (IANS) As Indian art and artists had a phenomenal 2019, receiving much national and international acclaim, we speak to some art makers who looked at things im

BY ARCHANA SHARMA  Jaipur, January 1 (IANS) Known for following the overseas research and having not fared brilliantly so far in its wildlife conservation centric research, India enters the 2020 wi

 New Delhi, January 1 (IANS): Ending the year on a positive note, a majority of Indians are optimistic about their lives taking a turn for the better. In IANS-CVOTER State of the Nation Poll 2020, more tha

BY ARUL LOUIS  New York, Dec 31 (IANS) If the state of India-US ties in 2019 could be captured in an image, it would be that of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump striding hand

New Delhi, December 31 (IANS) A legend at Alfred A. Knopf, where he was only its third editor-in-chief in its over 100-year history and which he considered the "best job in the world", winner of Lifetime A

BY ARUNDHUTI BANERJEE  Mumbai, December 26 (IANS) Actress Sobhita Dhulipala, who plays a traumatised pregnant woman in the upcoming Netflix anthology film "Ghost Stories", says that the trauma atta