Jovita Aranha

Once a deserted swamp with murky water, the lake has now been restored to its full glory with a variety of local and migratory birds, various fish species and reptiles, medicinal plants and fruit-bearing trees gracing its ecosystem.

The Social Justice Department has already sent across its proposal and is yet to receive a reply from KSRTC for permissions.

While these green norms set by the panchayat were only applicable to wedding feasts, the rules were later extended to almost all events that see over 100 guests in attendance.

Living up to his Hippocratic oath, this 67-year-old medic, Thiruvengadam Veeraraghavan dedicated his life to make affordable medical attention accessible to the most underprivileged sections in Vyasarpadi situated in North Chennai since the last 40 years.

The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) - in an attempt to resolve all confusion and ambiguity - issued a list of 10 documents that can be considered as proof of identity to gain entry to airport terminals and check-in purposes.

Mughal Emperor Akbar the Great wasn’t the first one to start this tradition of honouring learned men as the nine jewels of his kingdom - through his navratnas are certainly the most famous.

Indian para-cyclists, Abhishek Singh Sheku, Divij Shah, Harinder Singh, Ajay Singh, Ajay Kumar, Gurulal Singh, Kaigoulal, Bir Bahadur Singh, and Aditya Mehta, won laurels and clinched all medals at the 6th Asian Para-cycling Championship held in Bahrain in February this year.

Acclaimed American biomedical researcher, Robert Gallo, known for his discovery that human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the infectious agent responsible for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), bestowed the award at the 19th international meeting of the IHV.

From the endearing term, ‘Anna’ to words like Abba, Achcha, Bapu, Bada Din, Bachcha and Surya Namaskar, over 70 new Indian words from Telugu, Urdu, Tamil, Hindi and Gujarati alongside 900+ Indian words that already exist in the OED have turned global.

Registered as a formal trust in March 2011, the Good Samaritans is a very small group of medically trained persons who provide basic care, and run a small free pharmacy.