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The story of thorium: A $50,000,000,000,000,000 (50 quadrillion) discovery untapped

Despite much optimism and promise, the development of thorium energy has historically been hampered by politics, bureaucracy and economics.

Kashish Film Festival Day 3 and 4: Of spirited discussions and 'cause' cinema

What's in a queer film festival, besides the films?

Kashish Film Festival Day 2: Of Koti, Tharoor's bill and workplace policies

Day Two of Kashish Film Festival saw the screening of the Marathi film Koti, and a panel discussion on the way ahead for the LGBTQ community.

Kashish Film Festival Day 1: Ian McKellen, Sonam Kapoor enthrall the audience

Kashish focuses on one new country every year and viewers are treated to LGBT cinema from that country. The country in focus this year is Brazil.

The Marwari wedding: Getting bigger and fatter as thrifty community learns to splurge

Marwari, a community that was famously insular, is happily globetrotting and fostering a generation which is more worldly-wise than its predecessors.

World Culture Festival: Why Art of Living won't have it easy explaining its stand to NGT

At the hearing at the NGT court, government agencies failed to justify their stand on the issue of granting permission to the Art of Living Foundation

Raisina Files: When politicians and business leaders came together to discuss Asian integration

The inaugural session of Raisina Dialogues was held to explore and examine the prospects and opportunities for Asian integration

A close look at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s itinerary; it's relentless and gruelling

When PM Narendra Modi lands at Varanasi’s Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport on 21 February, he would have just stepped into his fifth state of the day.

Berlin film festival's most memorable starry moments, courtesy Meryl Streep, George Clooney and Colin Firth

Here are some of the highlights from the 11-day Berlin film festival, which presented more than 400 movies from around the world.

Police attack on students: Left-backed unions to escalate stir; AAP video adds fuel to fire

After the Delhi Police's attack against students seeking justice for Rohith Vemula, students’ unions have decided to intensify their protest.