A team of scientists, including one of Indian-origin, has uncovered key structural differences in the brains of parrots that may explain their unparalleled ability to imitate sounds and human speech....
India's tennis legend Leander Paes added another feather to his cap when he reached the milestone of playing with 100 doubles partners when he featured alongside Spaniard Marcel Granollers at the Aegon Open....
Marital rape is condemnable as is violence against women in any form, said Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi. Her view assumes significance as it runs contrary to the government's position that charge of marital rape was untenable in India due to the nature of the society and its beliefs and mindsets....
India is unlikely to see the imposition of another Emergency due to changes made in the Constitution and people being more vigilant, veteran journalist and political commentator Kuldip Nayar has said, noting that the Congress should have learnt the lesson of not pursuing dynastic politics from the peri...
You cannot hide from Facebook, no matter what you do. An experimental algorithm out of Facebook's artificial intelligence lab can recognise people in photographs even when their faces are not fully visible....
Across the realm of fiction, there have been some singularly unique crime-solvers - bored ex-soldiers, journalists seeking the perfect scoop, enterprising pre-teenaged children, retired teachers, curious housewives, early psychoanalysts, insightful clergymen and other unconventional types - but trumping them for novelty is a savvy, resour...
Indian film fraternity members like Sonakshi Sinha, Kunal Khemmu, Anushka Sharma and Alia Bhatt have come forward to urge their fans to sign a petition asking the President of the People's Republic of China to ban the Yulin Dog Meat Eating Festival....
Till the quicksand of indiscretions enveloped Sushma Swaraj and Vasundhara Raje, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had the advantage over its principal rival, the Congress, of not being the victim of any major scandal....
Andrea Levy, shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, has six short stories - bound together by the common theme of racial prejudice - penned across her writing career, from her first story, to one commissioned by British Council, and one rejected because it was "too controversial" for the women of England, among other reasons....
Having a female manager does not necessarily equate to higher salaries for female employees, says a new study co-authored by an Indian-origin researcher....
