David Coleman Headley, convicted in the November 26, 2008, Mumbai attacks, has reportedly confessed to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) that Pakistan’s spy agency Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI) and its Army were behind the serial attacks that killed at least 166 people. According to a report by CNN-IBN citing the interrogation report of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) it claimed to have accessed, Headley has confessed that the Mumbai attacks were […]

An expert panel inventorying assets at Kerala’s famous Sree Padmanabha Swamy temple has approached the Supreme Court for permission to open a hitherto-untouched vault, a controversial move that may trigger a fresh face-off between the judiciary and religious authorities. The 16th century temple that used to be the royal chapel of Travancore’s former rulers shot to fame five years ago when one of its six vaults (later coded as ‘A’) […]

. A Government order in November 2015 has made it mandatory for all road developers in the country to use waste plastic, along with bituminous mixes, for road construction. This is to help overcome the growing problem of plastic waste disposal in India. The technology for this was developed by the ‘Plastic Man’ of India, Prof Rajagopalan Vasudevan, Professor of Chemistry at Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai. Plastic has slowly […]

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 […]

The US space agency NASA has released a stunning, yet first-ever video model of the Sun showing how its magnetic field behaves. According to scientists, the Sun’s magnetic field is responsible for everything from the solar explosions that cause space weather on the Earth — such as auroras — to the interplanetary magnetic field and radiation through which our spacecraft journeying around the solar system must travel. The video displays […]

With the launch of ‘Start Up India, Stand Up India’ initiative this weekend, many would-be entrepreneurs who were earlier waiting in the wings will be more willing to take the entrepreneurial leap and start their own ventures. But even the most experienced professionals will agree that entrepreneurship is a tricky choice to make. On one hand there are so many things that you have to do to achieve success and […]

As the new year begins, a new wave of would-be entrepreneurs come to the fore wanting to start their own company to bring their vision to life. The new year brings excitement, renewed faith, increases hope along with the never-ending list of things to achieve, change and do. Entrepreneurs are a breed of their own; visionaries, risk-takers, possess endless amounts of energy and positivity with countless ideas and bucket loads […]

Devendra Suthar, from Gujarat, India has world record 28 fingers and toes The 43-year-old carpenter suffers from rare condition called Polydactylism Suthar has seven fingers on each of his hands and seven toes on each foot Worries he will lose a finger while using hammers and saws at work place An Indian carpenter who has 28 fingers and toes says he has to be extra careful not to slice off […]

The buzz of French President to be Chief Guest gracing the National Republic Day ceremony in the country is on. And just to add a bit of fervour in the buzz, we present you the ever-so-patriotic songs from Bollywood. National festivals like Independence Day and Republic Day have always got a special association with Bollywood films. From the rich cultural diversity existing in our nation to the paradigms of brotherhood […]