Keeping the traditional rakhi alive
New Indian Expressby Shreya Veronica27 Aug 2026
Traditional rakhis have a charm that continues to endure, even as colourful and designer rakhis dominate the festive market.
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top 43%Hue are you, Chennai? Artists and architects pick the shades that define the city
New Indian Expressby Diya Maria George27 Aug 2026
There is an orange that belongs to Chennai, the orange of kanakambaram. Then there is a particular shade of violet that is found in December poo. The sea changes its blue with the hour.
From threads to timeless jewellery
New Indian Expressby Shreya Veronica27 Aug 2026
Raksha Bandhan is traditionally about the thread that celebrates the bond between siblings, but the rakhi itself is evolving.
NIKA2: Winged for the fields
New Indian Expressby Tejal Sinha27 Aug 2026
Terrain-following flight, fail-safe redundancy, and night-operation capability are not common specifications for agricultural drones built for Indian field conditions.
Visits set stage for a weighty season of diplomatic dialogues
New Indian Expressby Express News Service26 Aug 2026
A season of consequential diplomacy appears to be on hand as signals emerge from several directions at once.
Law imperils green cover in Garden City Bengaluru
New Indian Expressby Express News Service26 Aug 2026
Bengaluru's civil society’s efforts to protect the city’s two lungs—Lalbagh and Cubbon Park, spread over 200 acres each—appear to be undermined with the passing of the Karnataka Government Parks...
MP’s newest craft tourism villages help connect visitors with artisan communities
New Indian Expressby Express News Service26 Aug 2026
Madhya Pradesh is taking its textile heritage beyond the conventional craft market by developing tourism around the places where traditional skills are practised.
A virtual safari opens in Indore
New Indian Expressby Express News Service26 Aug 2026
A wildlife experience in Indore has taken a technological turn with the opening of a 14D Virtual Zoo and Digital Jungle Safari at Kamla Nehru Prani Sangrahalaya, popularly known as Indore Zoo.
Weekend in the Western Ghats
New Indian Expressby Srushti Kulkarni26 Aug 2026
You do not have to travel deep into the Western Ghats to leave Pune’s urban sprawl behind. The roads south-west of the city lead into a compact landscape of hill forts, reservoirs, art spaces and...
Elderly woman dies, few others injured in yet another fire in Bengal
New Indian Expressby subhendu.maiti26 Aug 2026
KOLKATA: An elderly woman died, while few others injured in yet another incident of fire that broke out in a residential building in West Bengal's Howrah district on Wednesday after a gap of hardly...
6 killed, 3 injured as vehicle plunges into gorge in J&K's Poonch
New Indian Expressby Fayaz Wani26 Aug 2026
SRINAGAR: In a tragic road accident, six persons were killed and three others injured after a vehicle veered off the road and plunged into a deep gorge at Sheindhara in Surankote tehsil of Poonch...
Three MPSC officials among six held over drug inspector exam paper leak
New Indian Expressby TNIE online desk26 Aug 2026
Mumbai Police on Wednesday arrested six people, including three Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) officials, over the alleged leak of a question paper for the Drug Inspector (Group-B)...
Ahead of Xi Jinping visit, Delhi and Beijing add new border hotlines, meeting points
New Indian Expressby Jayanth Jacob26 Aug 2026
NEW DELHI: Ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s expected visit to India next month, New Delhi and Beijing have agreed on a fresh set of measures to strengthen communication along the Line of...
Sitharaman invites Canadian investors to tap India's growth story
New Indian Expressby ENS Economic Bureau26 Aug 2026
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has invited Canadian investors to step up their engagement with India, highlighting opportunities in banking, insurance, fintech, semiconductors, rare earths and...
Nepal floods: India sends first tranche of relief materials
New Indian Expressby TNIE online desk26 Aug 2026
India on Wednesday night dispatched the first tranche of relief supplies to Nepal aboard a military transport aircraft after flash floods along the country's border with Tibet killed at least 160...
boAt sees improvement in financials, PAT grows 38% to Rs 84.5 crore in FY26
New Indian Expressby Arshad Khan26 Aug 2026
Consumer technology brand boAt on Wednesday reported that its profit after tax (PAT) grew 38% to Rs 84.5 crore in the financial year 2026 (FY26) from Rs 61.1 crore in the previous fiscal year.
Fear and loathing in Great Britain
New Indian Expressby Shyam Bhatia26 Aug 2026
Britain has a strange crime problem. According to the statistics, much of it is getting better. According to the public, almost everything is getting worse.
Women's T20 Asia Cup: Anjum Chopra bats for Richa to come up the order
New Indian Expressby Gomesh S26 Aug 2026
Two months after getting knocked out of the T20 World Cup in the group stages, India will be back on the field in the blues for the Women's Asia Cup which is starting in Dubai on Friday.
Nepal floods: 32 tourists from Kolkata reported missing, 65 stranded
New Indian Expressby Subhendu Maiti26 Aug 2026
KOLKATA: As devastating flash floods swept through different parts of Nepal on Wednesday, 32 tourists from Kolkata were reported missing.
Wrestler Dahiya's sample taken during Asiad selection trials
New Indian Expressby Firoz Mirza26 Aug 2026
CHENNAI: Wrestler Mukul Dahiya's sample, which returned positive for a stimulant (Mephentermine) leading to his ouster from the 2026 Asian Games, was taken during the selection trials held to pick...