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There are a lot of passionate runners out there. But its not only the running that they love but also the reasons they run for which keep them going.

Runversation: The man who runs round the world to spread peace

Indian American Sridhar Reddy has been running for 30 years to to convey to the world to live peacefully and...

29 Aug 2018 6:44 AM IST

Groundbreaking: Earth Scientist Kusala Rajendran with her team in Nepal

Trail Blazer: Chasing quakes to dissect their phenomena

Born in a small village in Kerala, the ninth of 10 siblings, Kusala never imagined she would pursue a life of adventure.

29 Aug 2018 6:41 AM IST

The experience with astronauts and cosmonauts who spent many months suggests that if the crew is not provided with artificial gravity on the way to Mars, they will arrive on another planet physically weak

Final Frontier: How to brave radiation, zero G on the way to Mars

This concluding part on manned mission to Mars explores the challenges the crew face during the odyssey to and from the...

29 Aug 2018 6:37 AM IST

PCD has the potential to distress the individual, his partner and also disrupt the important relationship processes.

Sex and you: Men too suffer the after-sex blues

Post-coital dysphoria has the potential to distress the individual and his partner.

19 Aug 2018 12:51 AM IST

Singers Nithyashree Mahadevan and O.S. Arun were trolled on their rumoured singing of Thyagaraja keerthanas with a twist by injecting the word Jesus for any of Hindu gods.

Sound bites: Trolls haunt Christ in Carnatic

Senior singers unequivocally condemned the trend being set by these hatemongers.

19 Aug 2018 12:48 AM IST

Mars is the most accessible planet beyond the Earth-Moon system but the challenges of exploration are required to be well-understood to sustain a permanent human presence there.

Manned Mission to Mars: The challenges

The crew will have to travel to and from Mars on fast transits (4 to 6 months) and will spend 18 to 20 months on the...

19 Aug 2018 12:37 AM IST

Parents of students at Kalavoor Higher Secondary School take oath as part of campaign of no TV serial at home during study time.

Quality time: Prime time study for Kalavoor

Parents decided not to switch on TV from 7 pm to 9 pm as part of the plan to become the first a serial-freepanchayat'.

7 Aug 2018 2:15 AM IST

The need to preserve ones business heritage typically kicks in 50-60 years after an enterprise is formally established.

On the legacy route: A boost from the past

Old catalogues dating back to the 1930s are coming in handy for the progeny to make historical archival inquiries to...

7 Aug 2018 2:13 AM IST

Women rights activists protest in New Delhi on July 30 over the sexual assault of girls at a state-funded shelter home in Muzaffarpur district, Bihar. Police dug up the grounds of the rescue home after allegations that one girl was killed there.

House of horrors: India fails its daughters again in Bihar

The girls, in their statement to the investigating team, also revealed that they were sedated and raped every night.

7 Aug 2018 2:10 AM IST

Runversation: At 70, she has all the continents at her feet

For Chau Smith, running clears her head to make better decisions.

2 Aug 2018 3:19 AM IST

Farming is the least preferred livelihood and the village is the least preferred home.

Farm Friendly: Agriculture needs science, not politics

Sadly, political economy has pushed agriculture science to the background.

2 Aug 2018 3:12 AM IST

Leopards would start getting active in the late evening

Man vs. Wild: Humans make wildlife take up night shift

With the human footprint expanding around the world, more and more wild animals are becoming active at night, finds a...

2 Aug 2018 3:05 AM IST