Throwing light on how the Rakhi festival has evolved over time, but still retains its essence with new modes of celebrations like virtual Rakhi and more.

Do you know Kerala receives the highest rainfall compared to most states in India, but this year’s rains and floods have been noted to be the heaviest since 1924.

India’s struggle against the British rule is one of the most powerful ones in history. The freedom fight saw people of astonishingly diverse cultures, languages, regions and religions come together as one force.

The number of dead rises to 22 in Kerala as the Indian army is deployed in Kozhikode, Idukki, Wayanad, and Malappuram, read the dailies in the State.

Muthuvel Karunanidhi, affectionately called as ‘Kalaignar’, a five-time Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and DMK party president for 5 decades, died yesterday at 06:10 pm on August 7.

The most horrifying rape cases reported this year is that thirty-four minor girls were raped for months in a Muzaffarpur shelter home. Girls aged between 7 and 17 were raped and sexually assaulted in the home, in the Muzaffarpur case.

Leading daily newspapers headlined that in an attempt to sensitise people on the importance and relevance of soil, the recently renovated State Soil Museum has been set open to the public for the first time in Kerala.

Police clash with the Maratha Kranti Morcha protesters on the eve of Solapur district bandh calling for reservations in education and jobs, on Monday, July 30.

Plucking timbru leaves made 20 family members of Martabhai Rajveerkharadi to earn Rs. 40,810. This family lives in the forest area of Parsoda village near Himmatnagar in Sabarkantha.

Publishing an article in an international research journal is important in the academic world, as it could add value to the CV in the job recruitment process as well as it aids to promote and standout from the crowd.

A prototype of Iron Calorimeter detector (ICAL), which is developed at India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) has started functioning at Inter Institutional Centre for High Energy Physics’ (IICHEP), after suffering multiple delays due to political activism.

Cochin: Over a hundred families and livestock have been affected by flooding in the village of Chellanam – which is in the coastal region of Kerala – following heavy rainfall during the whole of Sunday.

Leh Deputy Commissioner says in areas close to the Chinese border, only Chinese services are available.

The rainfall in Mumbai continues to lash out and with it, thousands of issues – making headlines in all the dailies. The easiest thing to do in this period is to blame the BMC – Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation for their high handedness in handling monsoons this year, just as every year.

Telangana state made headlines by beginning to build a massive irrigation project known as the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation project (KLIP). E S L Narasimhan, Governor of the state, visited the site location on January 21.

This has been a common headline seen in News, Blogs, Social Media etc. Rumours of child lifting circulated through the social media and word of mouth have claimed more than 20 lives in the last three months.

India Meteorological Department (IMD), predicted heavy to very heavy rains at a few places including Uttarakhand, east Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Gujarat.

Commercial airlines were used to airlift pilgrims who were left stranded in Kailash. The Indian government has sought Nepal’s assistance for the ongoing evacuation of thousands of Indian pilgrims, enroute to Kailash Mansarovar.

At first meeting, the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) on Monday, directed the state government in Karnataka to release water to other states, primarily to Tamil Nadu, but the body did not discuss Karnataka’s decision to move to the Supreme Court by challenging the constitution of the CWMA.

Under mysterious circumstances eleven members of a family, including seven women, were found dead in their house in North Delhi’s Sant Nagar area on the morning of July 1st.

An anti-rumour campaigner was one of the three people killed in two days following rumours swirling in social media in Tripura about child-lifting for illegal organ trade.

A protest march has also been organized by the Mahila Congress in Alappuzha to show their solidarity in opposition against Actor Dileep.

The patent denied for genetically modified cotton troubles the farmers. The High Court Of Delhi has not approved the intellectual property rights (IPR) regime for GM technology and the immediate consequence of the denial is felt on farmers growing Herbicide tolerant cotton.

It is often said that children are the future of a country. As true as that statement is, the present of the country always belongs to the youth.

The ISO has made recommendation to rename the Bengali script to Bengali – Assamese script in the Unicode. This comes after a meeting on Friday in London, and years of struggle by the Assamese society from different quarters, both in India and abroad.

India’s Meteorological department expects the Industrial city of the country to get wetter on Tuesday. The residents of Mumbai can expect intermittent rain in the city and suburbs.

The central government’s Make in India event held at the beach, back in 2016, which had to be left abandoned after a fire engulfed the stage, had led to the “destruction of a part of the beach”.

Several highly populated zones in the Silicon city of India did not light up on Wednesday evening, causing inconvenience to the residents and threatening the safety of working women.

The high court of Kerala has passed a new order to the headload workers union. The court has prohibited the workers to load or unload consignment of mobile phones.

Farmers pose stiff opposition to officials, and seven people have been held in Salem. On Monday Revenue Department officials, notwithstanding protests by farmers, began surveying land and properties to be acquired for executing Chennai – Salem green corridor project.

A month-long suspension of regular security operations in the valley of Kashmir owing to the holy month of Ramzan has gone wrong.

On November 8, 2016, a breaking news startled the entire country of India. The news forced even citizens with very low annual income to knock the doors of Indian banks.

The Indian society today is in a constant state of metamorphosis. From one generation to another, there are amazing changes that are taking place in the very foundation of the societal structures.

Steering through the tedious stages of renting a home without any middle man or brokerage. A rundown on India's top 3 hassle-free rental services.

India is heading towards the worst water crisis in history and the situation is expected to get worse in the near future.

An earthquake measuring a magnitude of 4.0 on the Richter scale has jolted the northern state of Uttarakhand on Thursday morning.

Kolkata: West Bengal recorded about 12 deaths to lightning this week on Tuesday. With today’s count, the number of total deaths due to lightning went up to 33.

The organ transplant system in Tamil Nadu has been betraying Indians. A very long list of Indians waiting for cadaver transplant has been bypassed to give priority to International patients admitted in corporate hospitals.

Internet-beaming large balloons will soon be providing free Wi-Fi access to remote villages in Uttrakhand. The hill state will use tethered aerostats to provide internet access to the villagers in remote areas.

About 35 students or self-proclaimed “Warriors Against Plastic” from elementary and secondary school from local government schools of the village joined an awareness programme.

Superstition still reigns among tribal-dominated parts of Rayagada district, in the age of medical science innovation and technology.

A lot of medical experts have been linking bats to many lethal illnesses. The traces of these creatures around the trees have recently startled the entire world and the medical community due to their role in spreading the deadly Nipah virus.

According to the Indian Meteorological Department, the weather forecast in Kerala shows that the monsoon will be stronger by Wednesday.

A directive from the Union Ministry of Home Affairs has requested all the state government, including the state of Jammu and Kashmir - to review all steps necessary to prevent the entry of Rohingyas fleeing Myanmar and entering India illegally.

Several places witnessed instances of cloudbursts in Uttrakhand, including Uttarkashi, Pauri and Tehri on Friday.

The farmers in Madhya Pradesh have begun voicing for a pan-India bandh on Sunday, June 10th in a move that has caught the Centre and State governments unaware.

Petrol price has been cut by 7 paise per litre and diesel by 5 paise today. This is the second day the country saw fuel prices go down a trickle in as many days due to the softening international fuel rates.

Today, the High Court of Himachal Pradesh has passed a directive to the Shimla Municipal Corporation to curb their water usage and not to distribute water to individuals, specifically to wealthy individuals living in VIP areas.

As a result of increasing fuel prices in the country, the prices for other commodities have skyrocketed in tandem. Prices of petrol and diesel have risen for the 16th consecutive day.

Prime Minister Modi attacked Congress party, the main opposition, for spreading falsehood on a range of issues from farmer issues to dilution of anti-Dalit bill.

Himachal Pradesh followed suit by issuing an advisory in the wake of Nipah Virus epidemic in Kerala, which has taken 11 victims so far.

On Wednesday, Nara Lokesh, Andhra’s Minister for Information Technology, Panchayati Raj and Rural Development said that the State is taking necessary steps to combat the Chronic Kidney Disease – CKD – problem which is widely prevalent in Andhra Pradesh.

Following the price hike of fuel on Tuesday, the opposition headed by Congress’s Delhi unit president Ajay Maken protested against the government by marching towards the India Gate in bicycle.

The Nipah Virus (NIV) infection carries symptoms such as inflammation of the brain, breathing trouble, fever, drowsiness, headache, delirium and disorientation.

Yet again Pakistani Rangers have fired mortar shells, along International Border (IB) outposts near several places in Jammu and Kashmir’s Arnia sector, violating ceasefire.

Following the crucial election results in Karnataka, all eyes are fixed on today’s floor test in the State’s legislative assembly scheduled to take place at 4 pm.

As pressure kept mounting on the Congress and JD(S) coalition to keep their elected members together, the MLAs from both parties were shepherded onto buses on Thursday at about 11 pm.

After several hours of uncertainty over the next chief minister, the wait has ended abruptly as the Governor invited Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to form their government today.

While BJP is conferring with its party members at their party headquarters in Bengaluru, JDS and Congress are deliberating at Hotel Lalit Ashok on their newly formed alliance and proposed role of their respective parties in the government.

The fierce campaigning and intense rivalry between the two big national parties peaked at a high decibel and simmered on Thursday evening with Amit Shah from the Bharatiya Janata Party and Rahul Gandhi from Congress Party hurling accusations and barbs.

With over 16 years in making, India’s longest road-cum-rail Bogibeel bridge in Assam is nearly complete. Once functional, travel time between Arunachal Pradesh and Assam would reduce considerably.

Delhi, Haryana and Punjab saw normal life disrupted due to bad weather – with the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) predicting more bad weather this week.

The Indian Meteorological Department, the prime agency responsible for weather forecasting, meteorological observations and seismology, has been struggling to predict weather across the country.

An unassuming 20-year-old Jesna James, a second-year Commerce student of St Dominic’s College in Kerala, has been missing since the morning of March 22nd of this year.

Tamil Nadu students aspiring to appear for the NEET exams have been put in a predicament following the placement of centres outside Tamil Nadu by CBSE. The centres are in Kerala, Karnataka and even as far as Rajasthan.

On Wednesday, several regions in eastern, central and northern India witnessed dust storms, lightning and thunderstorms – to which over a 100-people became victims.

A team of 239 Indian railway probationers are set to visit Germany and learn best practices from Europe’s largest network. Railway probationers will soon take roles as officers who are currently in Vadodara at the National Academy of Indian Railways.

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), India’s capital city Delhi has once again outranked other megacities as the most polluted. Megacities with a populace of 14 million and more are ranked by WHO’s air quality data.

In what would be considered as a milestone for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and for India, all villages will now gain access to electricity, which will enable the poor people in villages and other rural areas to strive for things which otherwise would have been a distant dream to most villagers

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, popularly known as AIIMS, which provides Healthcare services across the country, came to a standstill following a strike called by over 1500 doctors.

India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) is a research project on particle physics and is underway to analyse atmospheric neutrinos near the western ghats in Tamil Nadu in 1,300 metres deep cave.

Yet another a mighty leader, and his might fall – would aptly summarise the case of Asaram “Bapuji” Sirumalani – a self-proclaimed Hindu saint with over 400 ashrams spanning across the globe.

The Supreme Court on Monday interfered to help the third gender to resolve their ‘identity problem’ while linking their PAN card with the 12-digit biometric number of Aadhaar.

Over hundred trees bordering the Girivalam path in Thiruvannamalai have been found barren with the outer part of the bark withering off from the trees. These dying trees which are found around the 14-km long path have sustained the scorching heat of sun rays during summers.

The Government of United Kingdom has expressed its apologies on Thursday, for disrespecting the Indian flag. The tri-colored flag was pulled down, torn and crushed by individuals, protesting against Indian Prime Minister, Mr Narendra Modi in Parliament Square, London.

Just like humans, fighting their old age and illness with medicines, a 700 year old banyan tree in Telengana, suffering from termite infection has been revived with the help of Botanists and medical professionals.

Indian Union Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley responded to the sudden shortage of currencies in the ATMs. He called it as a “Spurt in demand” while the congress leaders blamed demonetization.

Five accused including Swami Aseemanand, suspected to be responsible for the bomb blast in Hyderabad Mecca Masjid in 2007 were absolved by the court yesterday. The blast took place when thousands of people had gathered for their Friday prayers.

The alleged rape and murder case of an 8-year-old in Kathua is something that when looked at as a solitary incident makes us question why nature allowed humans to survive and why our species did not get extinct.

Actor Silambarasan had called for a press conference on Monday to talk about the various issues that the state of Tamil Nadu is currently facing. While the whole speech that he made got mixed reviews, there were a few points that he put forth that managed to strike a chord with the public.

The official website of Andhra Pradesh university had been under unauthorized hands for a few hours on Monday, displaying pro-Pakistani slogans like ‘Free Kashmir’ and ‘Pakistan Zindabad’.

A furore has been created by actress Sri Reddy in the Telugu film industry. What started as a series of controversial social media posts have turned into a full-fledged protest against women exploitation in the Telugu film industry.

Forest fires, from the perspective of an observer, look like large-scale destruction. And, we are tuned to think that destruction is always bad. Attempts are made to control and prevent forest fires and they are not allowed to spread.

Protests against the Supreme Court’s verdict over Cauvery issue have intensified in Chennai, posing a severe threat to the conduction of Indian Premier League (IPL) matches held in the city.

Images of construction of a road in Shaksgam valley by Chinese has been captured by Google’s satellite mapping application, Google Earth. The 36-km long road lies on the Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoK) in the Siachen Glacier.

Its April, the season for the commencement of the Indian Premier League 2018 and the entire country is basking in sheer exuberance and excitement. Cricket stadiums are decked up beautifully for the upcoming matches that are going to keep the air charged up with anticipation of the results.

Ever wondered how the eggshells are strongly built from outside with the mushy chicken embryo safely inside but can be easily broken from within when the chicks break out? This was a question that has been a tough one to crack but not everyone could figure out the condition what led to it.

There is another feather in India’s cap. Sathish Kumar Sivalingam has won the Gold in men's 77-kg category In Commonwealth games 2018 in Gold coast with a total lift of 317 kg (144kg snatch+173kg clean and jerk) by overthrowing his most challenging rival Jack Oliver from England.

In a two-decades-long battle between actor Salman Khan and Bishnoi Community, who would ultimately win? Salman Khan has been convicted of poaching two Blackbucks under Section 51 of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 which carries 1-6 years jail term.

Mirabai Chanu has created a new record by lifting a total of 196 kg in the 48kg category for women at Commonwealth games 2018 in Gold Coast. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed his hearty congratulations for her stupendous performance.

Donating organ is donating life to someone. The organs of one donor can save up to eight lives and improve lives of 50 other people. Kerala youth Arun Raj has given a new lease of life to seven patients by donating his organs.

Another feather to the cap of former Indian skipper MS Dhoni who took India to the gleaming heights of winning the ICC World Cup in 2011.

Living on the edge yet not despairing. The inconsistency with agriculture often drives farmers to roadblocks which encapsulate the means and ends of challenges difficult for them to fathom.

India is in the process of legalising Indian Standard Time (IST). After this process, all service provider across the country have to take time from National Physical Laboratory (NPL).

This is the much-needed change that India needs today – not demarcating anyone on the basis of caste, creed and religion. Erstwhile 1.2 lakh students in Kerala have already taken the preferred step to eliminate the same by not filling it up in the columns in the 2017-18 school admission form.