Aamby Valley (Maharashtra) : Mumbai riders proved to be the dominating force, but it was Hyderabad-based Mohammed Riyaz who stole the show in the sixth edition of The Valley Run 2018 here. On a day when Mumbai grabbed six of the nine events in the two-wheeler...
By Bhavana Akella, Bengaluru : Anupama Shenoy, a former woman police officer in Karnataka, has entered politics to become a lawmaker and police politicians who make promises but don't fulfil them. "I have entered politics, floated a party to contest in the May 12...
Lima : White House senior adviser Ivanka Trump announced here a new initiative to allocate $150 million in seed money to facilitate access to capital for Latin American female entrepreneurs. "Today we launched 2X Americas, a new US initiative which will commit $150...
By Simmi Sareen, New Delhi : Scaling up a business is hard work. While launching a start-up and raising initial seed capital is tough, things get more complex once you are past the proof-of-concept stage and are set to scale. The funds to start a business are almost...
Jeddah : Three Saudi startups figure prominently on the Forbes list of 50 startups to watch in the Arab world this year. These startups are those who have not yet received big-ticket funding but are looking promising for the future, Forbes said, releasing the list...
By Sirshendu Panth, Kolkata : Setting up of a Groundwater Mission can help develop an action plan for tackling problems like arsenic and fluoride pollution, storage anomalies and the alarming dwindling of freshwater resources that plague the South Asian region, a new...
Sydney : In a pioneering effort to tackle the growing mountains of e-waste, an IIT-trained Australian scientist of Indian origin at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) here has helped launch the world's first microfactory that can transform electronic waste...
By Kushagra Dixit, Maholi (Uttar Pradesh) : With inter-community violence reported from many parts of India in a society increasingly polarised on religious and caste lines, a small town in Uttar Pradesh is setting an extraordinary example where a temple, a mosque,...
By Mohammed Shafeeq, Hyderabad : Arabic calligraphy is worship for Muqtar Ahmed, an Indian calligrapher who has made a mark for himself at the international level. Hailing from a remote village in Telangana and currently based in Bengaluru, Muqtar is on a mission to...
By Mamta Aggarwal, Hyderabad : Jayamma Bhandari was orphaned at the age of three and spend her childhood in grim poverty. She was forced into the sex trade by her husband. But unlike other victims who are forced into the murky business, she decided to challenge her...