As we all know that almost all snakes are extremely venomous. Still, human likes to tame them as their pets. Over the decades, from Anacondas to Pythons, there have been countless reported attacks by these reptiles on humans. Many have come face-to-face with these dangerous creatures in the jungle, in town and sometimes even in their own homes. Some were pets, some were contained and some were wild, but they […]
The selection committee picked the World T20 and Asia Cup squad in New Delhi on Friday. The squad for the tournaments are same which will be led by MS Dhoni. Pawan Negi is the only surprise selection in the squad while Mohammed Shami returns to the squad. Yuvraj Singh, Ashish Nehra, Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah have been retained in the squad. “In the shorter format, horse for courses work. […]
A new digital campaign by ActionAid, an NGO which works towards reducing poverty and promoting human rights, attempts to highlight the issue of gender equality, unpaid work- be it household work, in the farm or any other sector- and its impact on women and girls in India. What this first series does not address is the fact that poverty, unpaid and unrecognised labour – for men and women – continues […]
A dead woman identified as Linda Marie Smith was found, along with two Capuchin monkeys, an incoherent man, and a note, in a Florida motel. The local police department reported on Facebook on Jan. 29 that Smith’s body “showed no obvious signs of trauma” but they did not rule out suicide. This was a strange scene indeed, According to law enforcment in the area, the 59-year-old woman’s cause of death […]
Cancer can affect everyone – the young and old, including children. It is one of the leading causes of death in the world, where about 70% of all cancer deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries. According to the WHO, worldwide, the 5 most common types of cancer that kill men are – lung, stomach, liver, colorectal and oesophagus. In women, breast, lung, stomach, colorectal and cervical. However, cervical cancer […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to the 10 Indian Army soldiers who were trapped under snow in the Siachen Glacier after an avalanche hit on Tuesday. “Demise of soldiers in Siachen is very tragic. I salute the brave soldiers who gave their lives to the nation,” he wrote on the microblogging platform Twitter. Earlier in the day, the defence ministry had said that chances of finding the soldiers “are […]
The stage at the 2016 European Figure Skating Championships was pretty much set on fire thanks to a smoking performance by champions Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov on January 30. That’s saying alot, considering it’s made of ice but the Russian performers made it look easy by skating to the Ram-Leela song Nagada Sang Dhol Baje. If you thought the song sequence in the film starring Deepika Padukone and Ranveer […]
Whenever you think of banana peel, the first thing that your mind conjures is the image of someone slipping while stepping on it. But has it ever occurred to you that banana peel can be put to some really wise uses? Check out how, and you’ll surely give it the love and credit it deserves. 1 Soften meat: Add banana peel to the roasting pan before you roast the meat. […]
Even as unemployment rate in Euro zone fell to a 4-year low in December and is still lingering at 5 percent in the US, various companies across the globe are slashing jobs in hundreds and thousands. These cutting of jobs have been done mainly on bad or low quarterly/annually profits thus leading to cost-cutting act. We give a list of some of the major companies of the world that are […]
Tata Consultancy Services scored high on familiarity, loyalty, staff satisfaction and corporate reputation. India’s top multinational IT company Tata Consultancy Services has been rated as the world’s most powerful brand in Information Technology Services by a leading global brand valuation firm, the company said on Wednesday. Brand Finance’s 2016 annual report evaluated thousands of the world’s top brands to determine which are the most powerful and the most valuable. Scoring […]
