Modi Announces Seven New Schemes Worth ₹5,000 Crores For Varanasi
With an aim of boosting development in his Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched seven schemes at the total cost of Rs 5000 crore amid his assertion that his...
View ArticleEmbraer Will Have To Pay $205 Million To Settle Corruption Charges In India...
Aircraft manufacturer Embraer has agreed to pay over USD 205 million as settlement with American and Brazalian authorities for resolving corruption charges in India and three other countries. The...
View ArticleCyrus Mistry Plans To Sue, Was Caught Off Guard By Surprise Board Meeting...
Cyrus Mistry, the outgoing chairman of Tata Sons, plans to challenge the board decision that led to his ouster on Monday. According to the Financial Express, Mistry plans to move the Bombay High Court...
View ArticleGunmen Kill 59 In Attack On Police Academy In Pakistan's Quetta
At least 59 people were killed and 117 critically wounded when gunmen stormed a Pakistani police training academy in the southwestern city of Quetta, government officials said on Tuesday. Some 200...
View ArticleWhy The #DobaraPoocho Campaign On Depression Really Spoke To Me
The signs were all too familiar. I could not sleep all night and would be tired and groggy all day. I felt angry, sad, distressed and dejected for no apparent reason. I either screamed or sobbed;...
View ArticleThe Morning Wrap: The Sacking Of Cyrus Mistry; Terror Attack In Quetta; Varun...
The Morning Wrap is HuffPost India's selection of interesting news and opinion from the day's newspapers. Subscribe here to receive it in your inbox each weekday morning. Essential HuffPost Before the...
View ArticleIndia's Vow To Kill Super Greenhouse Gas Is A Major Step In Combating Climate...
At a global meet in Rwandan capital Kigali to phase out coolants that are causing climate change, the Indian government has announced a law to eliminate HFC-23, a super greenhouse gas. In a display of...
View ArticleStrip Down And Be Free
"Authenticity is...about the choice to show up and be real...the choice to let our true selves be seen." – Brené Brown When was the last time you openly acknowledged your fallacies? When was the last...
View Article'Dangal' Trailer Wrestles With Gender Bias And Slams It To The Ground
Salman Khan, 1988: Maine Pyaar Kiya; 2016: Sultan. Shah Rukh Khan, 1992: Dewaana; 2016: Fan. Aamir Khan, 1988: Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak; 2016: Dangal. It is not every day that angry activists, fierce...
View ArticleOn The Other Side Of The Screen, Forever
My best friend texted me in the evening to say she had a surprise for me. But instead we talked about the ingredients I should use to make vegetarian French toasts. For the next five minutes, our...
View ArticlePakistan Freezes Accounts Of 5,100 Terror Suspects, Including Jaish Chief...
ISLAMABAD -- Authorities in Pakistan have frozen bank accounts with more than ₹400 million of over 5,100 terror suspects, including JeM chief Masood Azhar who is under "protective custody" after the...
View ArticleHyderabad Man Arrested For Having Sex With Dead Female Dog
TELANGANA -- In a shocking incident, a man has been arrested in Telangana for having unnatural sex with a dead female dog. 22-year-old Aslam Khan, who hails from Delhi and came to Hyderabad few days...
View ArticleSamsung's Nightmare Continues With A Galaxy S7 Edge Explosion In The US
Samsung's nightmare seems far from over following the exploding Galaxy Note7 fiasco, after it was reported that a Galaxy S7 Edge has exploded in the US while it was on charging. PhoneArena reported...
View Article1 In Every 20 People Suffer From Depression In India
One in every 20 people in India suffer from depression, according a recent survey conducted by the National Institute of Mental Heath and Neuro Sciences in 12 states. The survey said that common mental...
View ArticleAkhilesh Yadav Is A Fantastic CM But It Takes Time To Become A Mass Leader,...
KOLKATA -- Senior SP leader Amar Singh on Monday denied allegations that he was trying to destroy the party and said Akhilesh Yadav was a fantastic Chief Minister but he needed time to become a mass...
View ArticleRSS Wants PhDs For 'Independent Researchers' Who Have Never Studied At...
Among the several recommendations that Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has sent the human resource development ministry for its new education policy, the right-wing group reportedly wants the government to...
View ArticleMAMI 2016 - Day 4: Resistance, Rebellion, And Repulsion
One of the most telling moments in Obaidah Zytoon's stunning documentary The War Show is a face-off between two sets of protesters in a small Syrian town square, one that lies completely in ruins. Both...
View ArticleV.K. Karthika Steps Down As Publisher Of HarperCollins India
One of the best regarded names in Indian publishing, V.K. Karthika, Publisher and Chief Editor of HarperCollins Publishers India (HCI), has resigned from her position after a decade-long stint with the...
View ArticleIndia Has The Highest Number Of People Helping Out Strangers, Says World...
While Myanmar is the most generous country in the world, according to the World Giving Index released by the U.K.-based Charities Aid Foundation, India is ranked 91 among the 140 nations surveyed, but...
View ArticleAbu Azmi Backs Akhilesh Yadav, Blames Amar Singh For Crisis In SP
MUMBAI -- Samajwadi Party's Maharashtra unit chief Abu Azmi on Tuesday lashed out at senior party leader Amar Singh, while blaming him for the major turmoil in the Yadav clan and requested party...
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