TORONTO: Indo-Canadians along Canadian leaders celebrated India’s 68th Independence Day with cultural performances and a colourful parade. Ontario premier Kathleen Wynne said that India is a nation with a vibrant economy and a culture that resonates across the global community. “Our province is proud to be home to one of the largest and most dynamic Indo Canadian communities in the country. It is a wonderful celebration and I wish you […]
ClamorWorld :What do you like to do in your free time? Aloke Surin :Be outdoors! Ideally, I’d like to spend every weekend hiking. ClamorWorld :What do you like about hiking? Aloke Surin :It is a great form of exercise where you are not confined to a gym and is usually done in some of the most beautiful or spectacular natural locations in the world. You do not need fancy gear […]
Washington: Defying gravitational forces, an Indian-origin scientist-led team has developed a new way of making surfaces that can actively control how fluids or particles move across them. The discovery may enable new kinds of biomedical or microfluidic devices or solar panels that could automatically clean themselves of dust and grit. “Most surfaces are passive. They rely on gravity or other forces to move fluids or particles,” said Kripa Varanasi, an […]
A rare animal was born in Scottsdale last Sunday. Her name is Butterfly. She is a geep, a cross between a goat and a sheep. Her mother, aptly named Momma, is a sheep. Her father, Michael, is a pygmy goat. Butterfly has hooves like her goat father, and a head shaped like a goat. Her body is covered in wool, and has a tail like her sheep mother. The cute […]
KATHMANDU: Narendra Modi first Indian PM to visit Nepal in 17 years. Narendra Modi embarked on a visit to Nepal on Sunday to help speed up negotiations on a power trade pact that is at the centre of a new effort to improve ties with a neighbour that serves as a buffer with China. Since becoming prime minister in May, Modi has sought to shore up support among smaller countries […]
CANBERRA: More than 150 Sri Lanka asylum seekers have been flown from an Australian immigration detention camp to the Pacific island nation of Nauru after they refused to consider returning to India, an Australian official said on Saturday. The 157 ethnic Tamil men, women and children had left the port of Pondicherry in an Indian-flagged ship in late June and were intercepted by an Australian customs vessel. They spent weeks […]
Last year, FirstBiz did a series on how Indian banks goof-up and customers have to run around to rectify the wrongs that the banks have done. Based on its popularity and reader requests, Firstbiz has decided to continue the series and focus upon areas where banks make the most blunders, which in short is everywhere—from deposit accounts to cards to loans. Linked Finance Ireland is the best option to go for […]
Kolkata: The status of stock, information on the availability of blood of specific groups in state-run blood banks will now be a click away as the West Bengal government is now all ready to roll out a web portal linking them together. “The state government is determined to help people with information on blood banks in the state. That’s why we’ve thought of linking them together through online and work […]
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: At least 91 Palestinians were killed and another 350 injured in Israeli attacks, medics said, as a hoped-for ceasefire disintegrated with the apparent capture of an Israeli soldier on Friday. Nineteen Palestinians were killed on Friday night in Israeli air strikes on Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip early Saturday. Fifteen of those victims, including five children aged 3-12, came from the same family […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) calls it “one of the most virulent diseases known to humankind”. Here’s the lowdown of the disease that can kill up to 90% of the people who are infected: What is Ebola? Ebola is a highly-contagious hemorrhagic virus that breaks down the epithelial cell wall of blood vessels and triggers extensive internal and external bleeding. How do humans catch it? From animals, through close contact […]
