Writer Amitav Ghosh will be the guest at The Express Adda in New Delhi on Saturday. The 60-year-old, who has authored notable novels such as The Shadow Lines (1988), The Hungry Tide (2004) and, most recently, The Ibis Trilogy, recently published his new work, The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable. The book marks Ghosh’s return to non-fiction and Read More

The Delhi High Court on Friday upheld the trial court order summoning liquor baron Vijay Mallya as an accused in several cheque-bouncing cases filed against him by Delhi airport operator DIAL, saying being incharge of the company he was “equally liable to be prosecuted”. Justice P S Teji refused to quash the summons issued to Mallya and said “the trial court Read More

Irked over a remark by Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi in Rajya Sabha on July 29, Opposition members including those from Congress stormed into the Well demanding an apology from him, leading to a near washout of the crucial Zero Hour. Trouble began when Naqvi, replying to Anand Sharma’s (Congress) remark that there was “frustration among youth” due lack of Read More

Once you buy precious jewellery, it’s essential to store your expensive pieces in the right manner to avoid losing the sheen of the metal. Remove your jewellery while doing household chores like cooking, cleaning and dish washing, says an expert. Hardik Kapoor, founder of online store Jewelsify, shares some tips to help you protect your ornaments: Diamond jewellery: Jewellery should Read More

Recently, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal released a video on YouTube and shared it on his social media wherein he said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is so frustrated, he may get him killed. As it is, he is very vocal about his opinion on Modi and seems to blame him for everything that goes wrong with the Delhi government. Therefore, Read More

Coverage of Hepatitis B vaccine at birth in India should be doubled by 2020 from the current 45 per cent by addressing the administrative and logistic issues to safeguard the young against the deadly disease, according to the World Health Organisation. WHO representative to India, Henk Bekedam, described “the administration of Hepatitis B dose within 24 hours of birth as Read More

July 29 was designated as the International Tiger Day at the Global Tiger Summit in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in 2010. This is an annual event when NGOs and forest authorities host celebrities and school children — and media invites experts — to create awareness about tiger conservation. Today, tiger enthusiasts can walk a mile under golden-black banners, adopt a tiger Read More

India should hit back at Pakistan for sponsoring terrorism in this country, BJPmember R K Singh said in Lok Sabha, adding there is no point in talking to the neighbouring country. The former Union Home Secretary referred to terror attacks in India, including in Pathankot and Kashmir, and said Pakistan Army is involved in these. These terrorists, he said, are Read More

Producer Sajid Nadiadwala seems to have perfected the art of delivering masala entertainers with top stars. His latest production Dishoom dabbles in a similar space with the coming together of his usual suspects — good-looking men, sizzling beauties, item numbers and high-octane action sequences. And the end result seems to have delighted viewers on Day One. At a Mumbai multiplex, Read More

Xiaomi has officially announced Redmi Pro in China. After teasing for quite some time, the device was unveiled with dual-rear camera and an OLED display. Xiaomi is claiming 100 per cent colour gamut and a superior 60000:1 contrast ratio. The specifications are enough to question whether this OLED panel is from Samsung but the report by Xiaomi Today claims the Read More