Written By Priyanka Pant

Old Delhi's street dentists practise a dying tradition on a pavement near the Red Fort. Twenty years ago, nearly 30 street practitioners had patients lining up to see them. Now, only four remain.

In a country that has a rich tradition of honouring the special relationship between teachers and students, G Bhagawan's story has, unsurprisingly, struck a chord with many. Mr Bhagawan, who teaches English at a government school in Tamil Nadu's Thiruvallur district, was recently transferred to another school. Photos and video of tearful students p...

Age is just a number for 72-year-old Lakshmi Bai, who earns a living by typing documents on a typewriter in front of the District Collectorate in Madhya Pradesh's Sehore. A video of the sprightly woman went viral this week - shared across platforms on Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp. It even got the attention of former cricketer Virender Sehwag, who...

A television presenter in Kuwait was reportedly fired on air, minutes before the live show she was hosting was to end. According to some reports, Amal Al Awadhi may have been let go after state-run Kuwait Television (KTV1) received angry complaints received over the clothes she was wearing onair. Ms Al Awadhi took to social media to ask Kuwait's Mi...

Every year since 1992, Chef Vikas Khanna has fasted for a day during the holy month of Ramadan to honour a Muslim family he credits with saving his life during the 1992 riots in Mumbai. Now, 26 years later, the New-York based celebrity chef says he's happy to have finally tracked the family he lost touch with and said he would break his Ramadan fas...

With prices of fuel at an all-time high, Indians today woke up to the news that the price of petrol had been slashed by 60 paise while the price of diesel was down by 59 paise. For many, it was a welcome relief after 16 straight days of hikes in petrol and diesel prices. But the happiness was short-lived as the Indian Oil Corporation quickly clarif...

A television news anchor in Kuwait has been suspended after she called a male colleague "handsome" on air. According to media reports, her casual comment was interpreted as "flirtatious" by some and caught the attention of a Kuwaiti Member of Parliament - who complained about it on Twitter. The journalist has defended her remark as "routine" and sa...

Three neurosurgeons from the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh (PGI Chandigarh) have unlocked the mystery behind Michael Jackson's iconic "gravity-defying" dance move made famous by his 1988 music video "Smooth Criminal".

A video going viral captures the moment a man from Madhya Pradesh's Indore got down on one knee and proposed to his girlfriend on board an IndiGo flight to Goa. He even got a little help from IndiGo's ground staff who held up signs which read, "Will You Marry Me?" Fortunately for him, it looks like she said "Yes" to his romantic proposal.

Lucknow's Milind Raj says he was out for his usual morning walk last month when he heard an animal whimper. The 27-year-old says he traced the source of the distressed cries to a puppy trapped inside a drain. According to him, the dog had been stranded there for two days.

Who among us hasn't had to sit through a painfully boring PowerPoint presentation at school or work? At some point, your eyes glaze over and you stop paying attention to what is being said. Amazon's Jeff Bezos recently revealed he has banned those dreadful PowerPoint presentations. Instead, Amazon employees put together "narratively structured six-...

It's a problem many of us are used to dealing with: bad roads filled gaping potholes. Day after day, we suffer nightmare-ish commutes while waiting for local government authorities to do something. But Telangana residents took matters into their own hands on Sunday, staging a unique protest by repairing part of a pothole-ridden road themselves.

Union Minister Piyush Goyal is being trolled on Twitter for a post celebrating an important milestone for the Narendra Modi government -- the electrification of all villages in the country, which was announced on Sunday. The former power minister tweeted two satellite images of India, taken at night, in what appeared to be a before-and-after scenar...

A tweet by a man who claimed he had cancelled an Ola cab booking because the driver was Muslim went viral over the weekend. Abhishek Mishra tweeted that he cancelled his booking because he did not want to give money to "Jihadi People." Amid anger and outrage, many on Twitter reacted to the controversy with humour. The phrase "cancelled Ola cab book...

Cricketer Sana Mir, the former captain of Pakistan's national women's cricket team, has hit out at the body-shaming and objectification of women in advertisements. In a scathing Facebook post, Ms Mir says she'll never endorse products that make women feel "self-conscious." Angered by an ad for hair removal cream, Ms Mir says she has just one messag...

Old Delhi's street dentists practise a dying tradition on a pavement near the Red Fort. Twenty years ago, nearly 30 street practitioners had patients lining up to see them. Now, only four remain.

In a country that has a rich tradition of honouring the special relationship between teachers and students, G Bhagawan's story has, unsurprisingly, struck a chord with many. Mr Bhagawan, who teaches English at a government school in Tamil Nadu's Thiruvallur district, was recently transferred to another school. Photos and video of tearful students p...

Age is just a number for 72-year-old Lakshmi Bai, who earns a living by typing documents on a typewriter in front of the District Collectorate in Madhya Pradesh's Sehore. A video of the sprightly woman went viral this week - shared across platforms on Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp. It even got the attention of former cricketer Virender Sehwag, who...

A television presenter in Kuwait was reportedly fired on air, minutes before the live show she was hosting was to end. According to some reports, Amal Al Awadhi may have been let go after state-run Kuwait Television (KTV1) received angry complaints received over the clothes she was wearing onair. Ms Al Awadhi took to social media to ask Kuwait's Mi...

Every year since 1992, Chef Vikas Khanna has fasted for a day during the holy month of Ramadan to honour a Muslim family he credits with saving his life during the 1992 riots in Mumbai. Now, 26 years later, the New-York based celebrity chef says he's happy to have finally tracked the family he lost touch with and said he would break his Ramadan fas...

With prices of fuel at an all-time high, Indians today woke up to the news that the price of petrol had been slashed by 60 paise while the price of diesel was down by 59 paise. For many, it was a welcome relief after 16 straight days of hikes in petrol and diesel prices. But the happiness was short-lived as the Indian Oil Corporation quickly clarif...

A television news anchor in Kuwait has been suspended after she called a male colleague "handsome" on air. According to media reports, her casual comment was interpreted as "flirtatious" by some and caught the attention of a Kuwaiti Member of Parliament - who complained about it on Twitter. The journalist has defended her remark as "routine" and sa...

Three neurosurgeons from the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh (PGI Chandigarh) have unlocked the mystery behind Michael Jackson's iconic "gravity-defying" dance move made famous by his 1988 music video "Smooth Criminal".

A video going viral captures the moment a man from Madhya Pradesh's Indore got down on one knee and proposed to his girlfriend on board an IndiGo flight to Goa. He even got a little help from IndiGo's ground staff who held up signs which read, "Will You Marry Me?" Fortunately for him, it looks like she said "Yes" to his romantic proposal.

Lucknow's Milind Raj says he was out for his usual morning walk last month when he heard an animal whimper. The 27-year-old says he traced the source of the distressed cries to a puppy trapped inside a drain. According to him, the dog had been stranded there for two days.

Who among us hasn't had to sit through a painfully boring PowerPoint presentation at school or work? At some point, your eyes glaze over and you stop paying attention to what is being said. Amazon's Jeff Bezos recently revealed he has banned those dreadful PowerPoint presentations. Instead, Amazon employees put together "narratively structured six-...

It's a problem many of us are used to dealing with: bad roads filled gaping potholes. Day after day, we suffer nightmare-ish commutes while waiting for local government authorities to do something. But Telangana residents took matters into their own hands on Sunday, staging a unique protest by repairing part of a pothole-ridden road themselves.

Union Minister Piyush Goyal is being trolled on Twitter for a post celebrating an important milestone for the Narendra Modi government -- the electrification of all villages in the country, which was announced on Sunday. The former power minister tweeted two satellite images of India, taken at night, in what appeared to be a before-and-after scenar...

A tweet by a man who claimed he had cancelled an Ola cab booking because the driver was Muslim went viral over the weekend. Abhishek Mishra tweeted that he cancelled his booking because he did not want to give money to "Jihadi People." Amid anger and outrage, many on Twitter reacted to the controversy with humour. The phrase "cancelled Ola cab book...

Cricketer Sana Mir, the former captain of Pakistan's national women's cricket team, has hit out at the body-shaming and objectification of women in advertisements. In a scathing Facebook post, Ms Mir says she'll never endorse products that make women feel "self-conscious." Angered by an ad for hair removal cream, Ms Mir says she has just one messag...