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Indian cuisine is probably one of the richest cuisines of the world. It is highly versatile and has different food and recipes from different regions. Some of the recipes have...

It’s 50 years since the Stockholm Conference in 1972 decided to celebrate World Environment Day on June 5 every year. That conference spurred the formation of environment ministries and agencies...

The finest die young. God seeks their company as much as we do. One such soul left us on May 31, 2022. He was born Krishnakumar Kunnath and immortalised as KK. A...

India is changing. We are yet to comprehend whether for better or worse. Any assessment is  likely to be subjective, depending on which side of the great divide you are...

Social media is a useful tool of connecting people. With the onset of 4G services and a variety of affordable smartphones, the users of social media have grown manifold in...

Hero worship is a phenomenon common to all cultures and civilizations, and the more decadent a culture the more vigorous is the manner of its myth-making habits. If one wanted...

Every year, lakhs of youth appear for the Civil Services Examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission for recruitment to one of the most coveted services of the Government...

They are not afraid to speak their mind. They make themselves heard. They are the ‘trouble makers.’ They are Unapologetic and Defiant. They are ‘Outrageous’ and Inconvenient for their family...

Two incidents and vitriolic exchange of words between two interest groups kept the media space filled towards the second fortnight of April. The one at the national level was the...

Bhubaneswar: The man whom Mahatma Gandhi described as a great patriot, who wore himself out in giving shape and reality to various nation-building schemes, is none other than an Odia,...