Nearly 70 per cent of schoolteachers in the national capital are overweight and obese, a recent survey has claimed.

The Centre has questioned the legality of SEZs in absence of any provision for the same in the Master Plan Delhi (MPD) 2021.

Delhi Metro has delayed the inauguration of the Yamuna Bank-Noida line by a month.

Terror alerts and swine flu scare did not dampen the spirit of Mumbaikars as they welcomed the elephant headed-god.

India and Israel have signed a far-reaching agreement on homeland security where the two countries will collaborate on policing, forensics, counter-terrorism, etc. Israel's ambassador Alon Ushpiz spoke with Indrani Bagchi about shared concerns, PM Modi — and justice in the 2012 attack on an Israeli diplomat:

New York-based writer Akhil Sharma 's novel Family Life has received rave reviews. The autobiographical book traces the journey of a family that moves to the US from India, its eldest son suddenly suffering a freak accident.

An unwanted child, a street urchin, a knife-wielding gang member and a child labourer — Basu Rai endured the vicissitudes of fate. But after his rescue and rehab, he dedicated his life to saving other street children.

At just 13 years, Malavath Poorna from Telangana has become the youngest female climber in the world to scale Mount Everest. Speaking with Rohit E David, Poorna discussed how she has emerged from a family of agricultural labourers to become a mountaineer, the difficulties she faced while navigating Mount Everest, the one thought that kept her going — and how she wants to climb many more mountains now.

As India debates environmental health versus economic growth, Rachel Kyte, vice-president and special envoy for climate change at the World Bank Group, feels it is vital to think beyond basic GDP.

One month after the horrific Badaun gang rape exposed how gravely at risk women and minors lacking domestic toilets are.

Alexandre de Juniac, chairman and CEO of Air France-KLM, which on June 24 launched a €500 million aircraft upgrade project called BEST AND BEYOND with the inaugural flight of an advanced Boeing 777 on the Paris-New York route, says flyers from India can look forward to top-of-the-line seats by the end of 2016.

CEO of the ICC World Cup 2015 John Harnden spoke with Amin Ali about ensuring excitement in cricket's mega-tournament, clamping down on racism, managing 'minnows' matches — and how Australia is sizing up India as a rival for the trophy.

The Centre will push for key reforms including the provision of incentivising civic agencies for good work & making officials concerned accountable for illegal construction or unauthorized development under their jurisdiction.

Singapore is one of India's closest partners in Asia. In his first visit to meet PM Narendra Modi after the formation of the NDA government, K Shanmugam, Singapore's foreign minister, tells Indrani Bagchi they would build some of India's new smart cities and involve themselves in skill development programmes in India.

The scent of 'black money' is in the air again. At the Supreme Court's order, Modi sarkar has set up a Special Investigation Team to look into cases of illegal outflow of money to foreign havens.

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti is seen as the power behind the new PDP-BJP government in Jammu & Kashmir.

Strongly condemning the assassination of Shahbaz Bhatti, the Federation of Indian Christians Organisations of North America appealed to Islamabad to bring the perpetrators of the "dastardly" crime to justice.

A five-year-old Indian boy has become a millionaire overnight after winning a lottery at a national bond draw here.

Police in Australia's Victoria state today inducted its first officer from Sikh community who will wear a newly designed police turban, a media report said today.

Khushbu Khatoon of Begusarai in Bihar was a happy bride after her nikah was solemnised with Kanpur's Imtiyaz on March 21.

A woman delivered her child on the roadside after she was allegedly denied treatment by doctors here, police said on Friday. Kiran (35) delivered the baby at around 11 am on the roadside at Katra Bazar in Shikohabad area of the district, they said.

The 3-year-old son of a Lekhpal of Mathura administration was allegedly abducted by unidentified persons from outside his house in Parshuram Colony on Friday and a hand scribbled note demanding Rs 20 lakhs for his release was left behind by the abductors near the house.

As governments think of ways to ease lockdown curbs, reviving the economy and opening up offices and shops, residents of Noida find themselves asking a question that involves the most basic of liberties.

A 62-year-old man died due to coronavirus in Noida, becoming the second Covid-19 fatality in Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar district, officials said on Saturday.

The ban comes right after the video conferencing service company started receiving a lot of criticism for poor security policies and privacy practices from it users.

WhatsApp is also working directly with NGOs and governments, including the WHO and over 20 national health ministries, to help connect people with accurate information.

The fake message was fact-checked by the PIB which said in a tweet that the "Government is doing no such thing."

The multinational companies, which hold the largest market shares in the sphere of technology, have decided to put their joint efforts in developing technology that will help world governments to cut the spread of the virus and save lives

It has the same iPhone 8 design, but the camera and processor are new.

The new feature, called Get The Facts, will debunk misinformation about the COVID-19 crisis.

The detection of Gravitational-wave in a collision between two black holes of substantially different masses has made astronomers excited.

Motorola is back in the flagship game with premium Edge series.

Hubble identified about 30 fragments on April 20, and 25 pieces on April 23.

It is also the largest asteroid expected to zoom by Earth within the next two months.

Boeing Co, the aerospace company also submitted its concept for a lunar lander last year but it was not selected.

In the month of Jan, he announced a break from YouTube but continued posting his regular videos after his break.

The finding was published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.

The tournament has a Rs 50 lakh prize pool.

With the Mi Box 4K, Xiaomi is venturing into a segment dominated by Amazon with its Fire TV Stick.

'Bharat is a Salman Khan film, where the main course is Salman Khan.''I am the aachar or papad in it.''It's on the table, so if you are fond of papad, then please have it with the main course.'

"From a very early age, I imagined myself playing powerful characters," she says, and she proves it with her filmography.

'Girish Karnad has left behind a lot of wonderful plays. We must continue to do his work. That's the way to keep his memory alive,' says Lillete

'Mumbai is very different from the rest of India. It can be ruthless if you don't have work or friends. The struggle time and times of disappointment are horrific and can break you.'

'People may frown upon things like role play or the fact that the father is talking to his daughter about sex. But slowly, shows like this will shift the conversation to our homes.'

'When Punjabis go for a movie, especially if they are abroad, they go with grandparents and parents. It is an event for them.''We always have to make family entertainers so that people feel comfortable watching with their families.'