The Teachers' Day is to celebrate the birth of one of the greatest teachers of all time in India and its first vice president, Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. There are many names like APJ Abdul Kalam, Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton and Chandragupta Maurya who are remembered as teachers.

The literary scene has been quiet for some time now, but as the heat of summer gradually recedes, quite a few literary festivals and gatherings are on the cards. With such crowd-pulling platforms for publicity and launch of new books scheduled in the coming months, many works of interest by headline authors will soon hit the stores.

Anita Dongre has made a name for herself in the fashion world, but there was a time when she faced difficulty in getting a store in a mall in Mumbai. The designer says she comes from a "traditional family where the women were always homemakers" and had to overcome her family's resistance while starting out.

If you often tend to belittle your four-year-old son or daughter's ability to do a task, think again. According to psychologists, young children may have a sense of self-worth similar to that of older kids and adults, and may become discouraged.

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Friday announced that the state will distribute free sarees to over one crore women on the occasion of Bathukamma, a regional festival.

Good news for the bibliophiles of the national capital, the Delhi Book Fair is all set to begin from August 26.

US researchers have discovered two previously unknown areas of the brain that help humans process familiar and unfamiliar faces differently.

Playing games during short breaks at work can refill workers with energy, finds a new study.

A video of a toddler doing burpees along a swimming pool is going viral on the social media.

Lighting a cigarette may not be a good way to relax and it may increase sensitivity to social stress, according to a new study by the French National Centre for Scientific Research published on Tuesday.