Great chefs and restaurateurs never rest; they just open great new places read more

Mihir Bose relates stories and points out major inflection points in a scholarly book on Indian cricket read more

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his government is committed to bring Citizenship (Amendment) Bill after consultations with all sections. He assured the Bill will be amended in way so as not to impact Assamese people. read more

In 2018, Delhi witnessed one peak on November 9, a day after Diwali, when pollution hit the emergency level. Another peak was witnessed between December 23 and 25. Pollution levels hit the emergency levels at least two times after that, largely because... read more

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast that the minimum temperature could drop further on Thursday resulting in a cold wave. read more

Pune city is currently in the grip of a cold wave and the met office has forecast that minimum temperatures over the next two days will hover between 9 and 10 degrees Celsius, with the possibility of a drop on January 6 and 7 read more

The city recorded its lowest minimum temperature in 1968 on December 27, when the mercury dipped to 3.3 degrees Celsius read more

Delhi encountered cold spells in December in 2014, 2011 and 2007, which continued for five days at the most. In the last two winters, the mercury didn’t drop below six degrees. read more

Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 5 degrees Celsius, three notches below the normal, the weather office said. read more

Sound exerts a small acoustic force and by turning up the volume of ultrasonic waves, too high pitched for humans to hear, scientists create a sound field strong enough to move small objects. read more

Poverty was a companion for Sumit, now a key India midfielder at the World Cup. Going to bed hungry or after having just plain bread — family couldn’t even afford milk — travelling ticketless on trains to save money for fruits or a meal at inter-district... read more

Taking inspiration from the 700 year old heavy European plough, a group of tribal students at the ITI, Alirajpur, have designed their own plough that does a better job of ploughing at much less effort, drawing appreciation from all around. read more

The Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), a unit of the Ministry of Earth Sciences, issued ‘swells’ alerts to states including Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Odisha read more