On the first death anniversary of her husband, Nitika Kaul is all set to pay him the most befitting tribute possible by following his footsteps to join the Indian Army.  Nitika, the wife of Major Vibhuti Shankar Dhoundiyal, who was killed during a gun battle with Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama on …

Mohan Kumar doesn’t even fit the image of a hardened criminal, let alone being a serial killer. But the 57-year old former school teacher was sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Karnataka for the murder of a 23-year old woman from Kasaragod district of Kerala in 2006. BCCL/FILE The Sixth additional district and sessions court judge who sentenced …

Noted wildlife conservationist Suresh, who is popularly known as Vava Suresh in his home state Kerala has been hospitalized after he was bitten by a pit viper during a rescue mission.  According to reports, the snake bit Suresh, who was in Pathanamthitta district to capture the snake after he had opened the container to display the viper to display it …

On Friday when the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) held the wreath-laying ceremony at CRPF campus in Kashmir’s Lethpora to remember their fallen compatriots and mark the first anniversary of Pulwama Attack, there was a special guest at the event.  ANI Umesh Gopinath Jadhav, a musician from Maharashtra had spent the better part of 2019 traveling across the country meeting …

Anyone who has travelled on public transport knows all too well, how difficult it is to get a seat. This is especially true if you are travelling with an infant.  Despite the civic sense and even written instruction on board to vacate the seat for the needy like pregnant women and passengers with children, most of the time, the seated …

Over the years, the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan has emerged as one of the most sought after tourist destinations in the region for both holidaymakers and thrillseekers who want to go on long rides.  But, Bhutan is one of those few countries around the world that puts the environment first and are dead serious about preserving nature. Bhutan is the …

The special Air India flight with 324 Indians who were evacuated from the coronavirus-hit Chinese city of Wuhan has landed in the national capital on Saturday morning.  The Boeing 747 Jumbo aircraft had taken off from Wuhan’s Tianhe International Airport in the early hours of Saturday and landed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi at 7:26 am.  On …

Processing the ever-growing plastic waste has always been a multi-faced challenge. One of them is about how to put it to the best use and make an impact from it. Around the world, most of the plastic waste processing has been focused on recycling or downcycling by which the discarded plastic is used as raw materials to make a range …

Last year, the Kerala Government had announced that the state will make its tourist destinations disabled-friendly by 2021. Now Kerala Tourism‘s Barrier-Free Tourism Project has won global recognition, as the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) made a special mention as an ‘Emerging Global Destination’ in the Accessible Destination Awards 2019.  The recognition was for the implementation of the project …

The coal-belching city of Jharia in Jharkhand is the most polluted in India, while Dhanbad, known for its rich coal reserves and industries, is the second-most polluted city in the country, according to a Greenpeace India report. According to the fourth Airpocalypse report by Greenpeace India, 231 Indian cities out of 287 had air pollution levels exceeded the 60 µg/m3 …