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    Libraries News

    How James Patterson’s school library pledge grew from $1.25 million to $1.75 million

    James Patterson pledged $1.25 million in 2015 to fund school library grants, later increasing the donation to $1.75 million. By 2016, 467 schools had received support for books, programs, technology, and repairs. The flexible grants helped schools address their own library needs.
    World News
    Published 3 days ago

    Book-smart and shelf aware: How AI and bots are changing libraries

    The shelf-reading bot at Singapore’s National Library Board-operated libraries has been helping the staff solve a notoriously familiar problem: spotting misplaced books. (NLB Singapore)
    Lifestyle
    Updated 14 days ago

    Room of requirement: Why libraries now offer drills, telescopes, 3D printers apart from books

    (HT Illustration: Rahul Pakarath)
    Lifestyle
    Updated 14 days ago

    Reduce screen time, invest more time in reading: Yogi to youths

    CM Yogi Adityanath at the ‘Gorakhpur Book Festival 2025’ at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University. (HT)
    Cities
    Published 350 days ago

    Borderlands 4: Release date, time, where to play, editions and more

    Borderlands 4 release date, time and more
    Trending
    Published 403 days ago

    Pune ZP launches initiative to convert community halls into libraries

    Additionally, some of these halls will be converted into computer training centres in collaboration with the Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation Limited (MKCL). (HT PHOTO)
    Cities
    Published 572 days ago

    13-year-old girl sets up 18th library in Hyderabad, collects over 11k books

    The library was inaugurated by the Governor of Telangana, Jishnu Dev Varma, on Wednesday (www.jupiterimages.com/ Representational images)
    Education
    Published 688 days ago

    Ludhiana: 28 libraries to come up in villages soon

    Ludhiana deputy commissioner Jitendra Jorwal expressed concern that many young people spend excessive time on their mobile phones and emphasised that these libraries will help alleviate mobile addiction. (HT Photo)
    Cities
    Updated 722 days ago

    Book Lovers Day | Divya, Aahana; celebs reveal how reading helps them unwind

    Actors Aahana Kumra (L), Divya Dutta (R)
    Htcity
    Published 799 days ago

    Rajendra Nagar deaths: MCD to set up four libraries in name of students

    The incident took place in the basement of Rau’s IAS coaching institute (HT Photo)
    Cities
    Updated 806 days ago

    Post Delhi tragedy, PDA seals two coaching centres, four libraries

    A library sealed in Prayagraj. (HT Photo)
    Cities
    Updated 807 days ago

    MP: 13 coaching institutes, libraries, operating in basements sealed in Indore

    MP: 13 coaching institutes, libraries, operating in basements sealed in Indore
    Education
    Published 808 days ago

    Expensive PGs force UPSC aspirants to seek refuge in basement libraries

    A library for UPSC aspirants in Rajendra Nagar. (Sanchit Khanna/HT Photo)
    Cities
    Updated 808 days ago

    Common thread at Delhi coaching centres – violations galore

    The staff of a coaching centre vacate their basement in Old Rajendra Nagar in New Delhi on Monday. (Arvind Yadav/HT Photo)
    Cities
    Updated 809 days ago

    Book Box | When I see a woman read

    A woman reads a book
    Books
    Published 951 days ago

    Libraries seeing revival under Smart Cities mission

    Revamp work in progress at the 160-year-old Allahabad Government Public Library. (Sheeraz Rizvi/ HT Photo)
    Cities
    Updated 1055 days ago

    Review: Rituparno Ghosh On/And Film edited by Somdatta Mandal and Koushik Mondal

    Bengali filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh won around 12 national and some international awards for his critical and commercially successful films like Unishe April, Dahan, Asukh, Chokher Bali, Raincoat, Bariwali, Antarmahal, Noukadubi, Abohoman, Chitrangada and The Last Lear. (Prateek Choudhary/Hindustan Times)
    Books
    Updated 1060 days ago

    Ludhiana: Book lovers’ delight: Civic body starts looking for new library sites

    The new additions will bolster the count of libraries and reading spaces in Ludhiana. (Manish/HT image for representation purpose)
    Cities
    Updated 1077 days ago

    Germany's Libraries Day tries to keep book interest alive

    Literature can bring both hope and fear
    Lifestyle
    Published 1089 days ago

    US libraries are under threat from digital assault, can they be saved?

    Libraries in the US face budget cuts, book bans, and lawsuits, undermining their values(Photo by Arif ALI / AFP) /
    World News
    Updated 1103 days ago

    Humans of Thimphu: An archive of portraits, one story at a time

    Tandin Phurba, the founder of Humans of Thimphu (Courtesy the subject)
    Books
    Published 1108 days ago

    From robotics to farming, six new initiatives for BMC schools

    Mumbai, India – July 15, 2023: Education Minister Deepak Kesarkar during the launch of learning 2.0 is New co-curricular education for Mumbai Municipal school students across the the Mumbai, education including read Mumbai, kitchen Gardens inclusive education BMC Dashboard, Mental health care stem and robotics learning , initiative by an NGO Project Mumbai at wollen Mill municipal school , Matunga, in Mumbai, India, on Saturday, July 15, 2023. (Photo by Bhushan Koyande/HT Photo)
    Cities
    Updated 1189 days ago

    Fatehabad nuclear plant’s first unit to start ops by June 2028

    The first unit of the upcoming nuclear power plant in Gorakhpur village of Fatehabad is likely to commence operations in June 2028. (REUTERS FILE/REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE)
    Cities
    Updated 1236 days ago

    'Books show us a world we..': MK Stalin on World Book Day

    World Book Day: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin.
    Cities
    Published 1273 days ago

    Now, reading room and library facility at MTDC properties

    Tourists using the reading room at a MTDC property (HT PHOTO)
    Cities
    Updated 1277 days ago

    Haryana CM Khattar kicks off ‘jan samvaad’ event in Palwal

    Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar speaks during a public programme, at Bagpur Khurd village, in Palwal on Wednesday. (ANI)
    Cities
    Updated 1283 days ago

    A third of MCD schools need structural repairs, says audit

    MCD operates 1,578 primary schools running from 1,185 building complexes, which cater to around 8.67 lakh children in multiple shifts. (HT PHOTO)
    Cities
    Updated 1285 days ago

    Atmanirbhar Chaha stalls kick off; add to hawker menace in city

    The idea is reminiscent of Shiv Sena facilitating vada pav stalls in crowded places to unemployed youth, soon after the party was founded in 1966. Most of the shops were unauthorised but it was an attempt by the party to strengthen its roots in the city. (HT Photo)
    Cities
    Updated 1288 days ago

    Book Box: A Guide to Help Women Get Rich

    Lisa Pallavi Barbora.
    Books
    Updated 1288 days ago
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