The decision by Cambridge University to deliver all its lectures online for the whole of the academic year 2020-2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic has been described as “shocking and sad” by...

The civic body on Saturday started an enforcement drive to implement the state government’s decision for mandatory use of Odia on signboards in all shops and business establishments.To begin with, o...

A 17-year-old on a school trip to the mother-cum-manager accompanying the world’s No.10 chess player on a tournament tour — Lotis Key’s two visits to the city, 40 years apart, have only the Moth...

Sometimes research does the most amazing things. After much exertion, earnest application, convoluted calculations and expenditure of funds, it arrives at a blindingly obvious fact with an air of wond...

In this age of exclusions, the French National Assembly is trying out a policy of inclusiveness. It has proposed that schools should replace the terms ‘Mother’ and ‘Father’ on administrative f...

Open-mindedSunita Kapoor in Kapoor & Sons Played by: Ratna Pathak Shah A mom for all ages. Cool, friendly, open-minded. Ratna Pathak Shah’s Sunita in Kapoor & Sons was a mom fighting many pe...

These unprecedented times have had all of us venture into activities and thoughts we normally wouldn’t. Top-of-the-ladder CEOs are gushing silly, showcasing their dishwashing skills and, as I said i...

Milk and bread disappeared from several markets in the city.Milk availability was hit because Amul, the largest supplier, was unable to supply its daily quota of around six lakh litres. The state-run ...

Our school celebrated the Mother’s 141st birth anniversary with cultural programmes to remember her teachings. The function started with highlighting the Mother’s life. This was followed by a devo...

Women who have joined the sit-in at Shaheen Bagh are facing difficult questions from their children as the public discourse around the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) protests touches a new low...