Sliceoflife

Watch: How an initiative called Project Rise is helping Indian migrants from rural areas transition into city life

Project Rise also helps migrants gain access to Aadhaar and PAN cards, financial linkages and low-cost healthcare

Lost City: This photo essay captures a decade's worth of dramatic change in Bengaluru

Through his photos of Bengaluru, captured over the past nine years, Pradeep KS chronicles the complete transformation of a city, its citizenry, and a way of life

Khotachiwadi: A walk through the charming heritage precinct that's preserving Mumbai's past

In the maddening bustle of Mumbai's Girgaum locality, a quaint little street leads to the 200-year-old heritage precinct of Khotachiwadi.

Watch: Rajeev Raja talks about his Indo-jazz band and how the genre is all-inclusive

The Rajeev Raja Combine is an Indo-jazz band founded by flautist Rajeev Raja in 2011 and aims to make jazz more accessible to the common public.

Fidget Spinner mania: The new anti-fidget toy fad a stress buster or a distraction in classrooms?

Just months after the fidget spinner first whirled its way into the hands of antsy youngsters, some schools have already banned it, prompting a debate about the difficulties that children experience concentrating

India could lose forest cover slightly more than the size of Mauritius by 2025: ISRO study

A staggering 2,305 sq km of forest cover in northeast India and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands could disappear by 2025, a study by ISRO scientists has predicted.

Mother's Day in Kamathipura: Women here want their children to be protected from the flesh trade

The mothers of Kamathipura want to see their children lead healthy and safe lives away from the red light district

Indian scientists develop wound healing ointment by modifying naturally occurring wood

A group of Indian researchers have modified lignin which is present in naturally occurring wood to develop a quick wound healing ointment.

Indian scientists find chalcone, a new anti-diabetic drug sourced from plants with faster response time

Chalcone, which is ubiquitously found in many plants, improves insulin sensitivity and reduces blood glucose levels in the same way as commercially available anti-diabetic drugs.

Swedish scientists discover world's oldest fungus in lava rocks found in South Africa

Scientists have discovered what may be the world's oldest fungus in South African rocks dating back 2.4 billion years.