India's largest prison nursery sprawling over eight acres of land at the Warangal Central Prison in Telangana is contributing in its own way to a greener planet as over four dozen or so inmates toil diligently every day to raise hundreds of plant saplings of different species

Sri Lanka will re-open all museums and other cultural attractions from July 1 for local tourists after being shut for over three months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Cultural Affairs Ministry said

A handful of restaurants and cafes in the Kathmandu valley have started allowing customers to order and dine on their premises going against the government’s order to operate only takeaway services

The Everest base camp trek that passes through Sherpa villages, glaciers and finally to the lap of the world's highest mountain–Mt Everest–has been ranked 4th best treks in the world by Lonely Planet, the leading travel guide book publisher in the world

Sarada Singha, a 45-year-old chief performer of her Kolkata based circus company, had everything going right for her until the COVID-19 outbreak and the subsequent nationwide lockdown forced her to become a fish vendor to manage two square meals for her family

For the first time in over four decades since the trend of gigantic Ganesh idols started, this year, 99 percent of Mumbai's top public Ganeshotsav organisers have decided to reduce the size of the idols, top office-bearers said on Tuesday

Poor and abandoned widows living in the ashrams and care homes  of Vrindavan, a temple town in Uttar Pradesh, have utilised the COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity, to promote self-reliance

Three members of the Pakistan men's national cricket team — Haider Ali, Haris Rauf and Shadab Khan — have tested positive for the coronavirus ahead of the team's upcoming tour of England, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said in a statement on Monday

Nepalese-origin Bollywood actress Manisha Koirala is facing social media flak after she took to Twitter to express concern over her country on Monday

Former national cricketer Mahela Jayawardena has hit back at former Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) President Thilanga Sumathipala amidst match-fixing claims surrounding the 2011 World Cup final in Mumbai that India won

I realized that time wasn’t rushing by, I was. This long lockdown has meant longer hours at home watching the birds, and they in turn have promptly obliged, writes Sneha Sudha Komath for South Asia Monitor  

In what can be seen as a subtle message in the backdrop of the recent India-China face-off, Prime Minister Narendra Modi used the International Yoga Day on Sunday to send out a message by asserting that yoga allows "emotional stability to confidently negotiate the challenges before us"

Remember the goosebumps you got when Indira Gandhi drove down Rajpath on Republic Day to the haunting strains of "Ai Mere Watan Ke Logon"? Or this homily from the late comedian and singer Robin Williams: "You know what music is? God's little reminder

Sri Lanka is amending its University Act to permit more foreign universities to set up shop on the island, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has told European Union Ambassadors in Colombo

Sri Lanka's  Ministry of Cultural Affairs says that all cinema halls in the country will be reopened from the 27th of this month