Sugar has been in news lately. After the stunning report which was published on Clamorworld, detailed out how sugar industry actually paid key researchers to underplay sugar’s role in heart diseases way back in the 60s, the latest point of concern is a sugar tax that has been levied in South Africa. In a bid to rein in the rising obesity conditions in South Africa, the Government has proposed to […]
Smiling or laughing is infectious, looking at someone smiling naturally makes you reciprocate, even if you are having a rough day. Be it a fight with your spouse or that frustrating traffic, you see a giggling baby and it tickles your funny bone, doesn’t it? Today’s mundane stressful work life has taken a toll on our health and we have forgotten to live in the present and enjoy the little […]
Two American lawmakers have introduced legislation in the US Congress to designate Pakistan as a state sponsor of terrorism, in a humiliating setback to Islamabad ahead of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s speech before the UN General Assembly. The bill, H.R 6069 or the Pakistan State Sponsor of Terrorism Designation Act, enjoins the U.S administration to make a formal call on the matter within four months of its passage. The President […]
Finally, the year 2016 is all set to witness a comedy film which looks a bit uncanny but equally hilarious at the same time. Here, we are talking about upcoming Bollywood release ‘Saat Uchakkey’. Trailer of the movie was recently released online and it has now created quite a buzz on the internet. The chemistry between Manoj Bajpayee and Kay Kay Menon will definitely leave you intrigued in this video. […]
As nutrition debates raged in the 1960s, prominent Harvard nutritionists published two reviews in a top medical journal downplaying the role of sugar in coronary heart disease. Newly unearthed documents reveal what they didn’t say: A sugar industry trade group initiated and paid for the studies, examined drafts, and laid out a clear objective to protect sugar’s reputation in the public eye. That revelation, published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine, […]
‘For every act of terrorism on Indian territory for which there is credible evidence pointing to the Pakistan army and the ISI’s involvement, carefully calibrated military strikes must be launched against the Pakistan army,’ says Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal (retd). The Pakistan-sponsored fidayeen attack on an army camp in Uri on September 18, that resulted in the martyrdom of 17 soldiers, is the worst since 2002. Though all four fidayeen were […]
India on Monday bid tearful adieu to its bravehearts who died in Uri terror attack. Heavily armed militants suspected to be from Pakistan-based JeM had on Sunday stormed an Army base in Kashmir, killing 17 jawans. Another soldier ( Sepoy K Vikas Janardhan, who was airlifted to the Army Research and Referral Hospital in Delhi, after being critically injured) succumbed to his injuries today, taking the toll to eighteen. While […]
Indian-born NASA astronaut Sunita Williams turned 51 on Monday. Williams, who holds the records for total spacewalks by a woman and most spacewalk time by a woman (50 hours and 40 minutes), was born on September 19, 1965, in Euclid, Ohio, US. She was born to Indian American neuroanatomist Deepak Pandya and Slovene American Ursuline Bonnie Pandya. On the occasion of her birth anniversarry, NASA History Office has tweeted out […]
Sounds outrageous, right?! Aileen’s journey is as outrageous as they come, folks; but that only makes it doubly inspiring at the same time. Aileen Adalid originally hails from the Philippines but she prefers it if you address her as a “citizen of the world.” It’s been over three years since she handed in her resignation at a cushy corporate job at Deutsche Bank and just started travelling. A Digital Nomad […]
When people are able to connect to the Divine and benefit from Divine Grace in their endeavours, the mind gets perplexed as to what it should ask for. This confusion is a sign that our being is not unified and that different parts within us want to go in different directions. Despite this the Divine is willing to forgive our ignorance and grant our wishes. In the Bhagwad Gita, Krishna […]
