Many of us have talked about the need for more trees in the city and the communities we live in. However, it is surprising to know that apart from a few popular trees, many of us cannot even name the common trees we pass by on the street—and even fewer know about their benefits. Nevertheless, every tree has its own purpose and story. Here are seven trees that are commonly […]
The UIDAI on Saturday asked people to take “due precautions” while sharing their personal information such as Aadhaar on the internet for availing any service. Playing down reports of Aadhaar pdf being allegedly available through Google search query of Mera Aadhaar, Meri Pehchan, UIDAI claimed that the issue had “nothing to do with the security of Aadhaar and its database”. “People share their personal information, including Aadhaar on internet, to […]
To be a successful entrepreneur, you need to be able to juggle several hats at the same time. Identifying a problem and developing a scalable solution is the easy bit. Your initial days as a founder may be spent coding and refining the technical architecture, but then comes a concerted effort on streamlining operations, drumming up sales, and executing a marketing strategy. In an ideal scenario, founders already have experience […]
The Yoga of Imperishable Brahmn, chapter eight, is one of the most fascinating chapters of the Bhagwad Gita. The chapter starts with Arjuna’s technical questions about Brahmn — the Self, adhyatma, Atman, karma, action, adhibuta, elements, adhidaiva, the indweller and adhiyagna, pure consciousness — and Shri Krishna explains these terms. The freedom to ask questions is the fundamental quality of a good student.A good student must have the following three […]
Mumbai-resident allegedly spent $1.41 million (Rs 9.1 crore) on British e-commerce websites using a foreign travel card issued by the State Bank of India (SBI) with a meagre spending limit of $200 (Rs 13,000) prompting the CBI to register an FIR today, officials said. The SBI had filed a complaint with the CBI in this regard alleging that its NRI Seawoods branch in Navi Mumbai had issued a Foreign Travel […]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended the 31 March deadline for linking Aadhaar with various services till the five-judge constitution bench delivers its judgement on petitions challenging the validity of the biometric scheme and the enabling law. A five-judge constitution bench headed by chief justice Dipak Misra had on 7 March said it may not be possible to decide by 31 March the batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity […]
The farmers called off their protest on Monday after the Maharashtra government, on the back foot over the ‘long march’ by 30,000 of the state’s poorest agriculturists, accepted most of their demands. Under pressure after the protesting farmers trooped into south Mumbai’s Azad Maidan on Monday, after walking the more than 180-km distance from Nashik in seven days, the state government accepted all their nine demands. The government, which was […]
In 1994, the journalist-author-activist Sanjoy Hazarika published Strangers of the Mist: Tales of War and Peace from India’s Northeast which, in his own word, “looks at how little men and women have reacted to imperial, insensitive administrations, politicians and policies, through their eyes and mine.” Published at a time when serious work on the Northeast was still rare, the book became a standard reference point for anyone interested in this […]
Thomas Edison was the inventor of the lightbulb. We can well imagine what our lives would be like if it were not for this marvelous invention. The lightbulb makes it possible for us to utilize the night for those activities that through the ages were mostly possible only in the day. Candlelight and fires have a limited lighting capacity. While we may take this invention for granted, it was invented […]
