More than 200 protesters buried their heads in the sands of Bondi Beach on Thursday in a demonstration over climate change inaction. The protest came as world leaders began arriving in Australia ahead of the G20 summit in Brisbane at the weekend. Prime Minister Tony Abbott has been criticised for not including talks on climate change in the summit. Since coming to power, Mr Abbott has axed a carbon tax […]
1) “Learn from the mistakes of others… you can’t live long enough to make them all yourselves!!” 2)”A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and Honest people are screwed first.” 3)”Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.” 4)”There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.” 5)” Before you start […]
Shubham Banerjee was 12 when he closed funding round with Intel Capital Turned Lego bricks into a device that could print in Braille Hopes to sell printer for $300 If Shubham Banerjee cannot lay claim to being the world’s youngest venture capital-backed entrepreneur, he comes very close. Banerjee was 12 years old when he closed an early-stage funding round with Intel Capital, the company’s venture capital arm, last month for […]
LONDON — The sexual revolution has gone too far, according to a founding figure of the Swinging Sixties who says the Pill means sex is no longer about love for young girls. Barbara Hulanicki, the founder of the Biba fashion label made the comments in an interview with The Daily Telegraph. She said that women are taking the contraceptive pill earlier than ever before. “What’s scary now is that there […]
You must have seen so many drag races, where results turned out to be unexpected (a more powerful car losing to a lesser one), but none of those would have been half as exciting as this one. That is because of the fact that this race was not between two sportscars or supercars, but it was a cycle that took on a Ferrari. Built by Arnold Neracher, the cycle shown […]
Beijing: China today launched a new remote sensing satellite into scheduled orbit from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre. The satellite Yaogan-23 will mainly be used for scientific experiments, natural resource surveys, crop yield estimates and disaster relief, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. It was carried by a Long March-2C rocket, marking the 198th mission for the Long March rocket family. China launched the first satellite in the “Yaogan” […]
Moscow: Russian state-controlled TV has broadcast what it called “sensational” photographs, which it said supported Moscow’s theory that Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by a Ukrainian fighter jet. Several commentators who have examined the photographs have described them as forgeries, however. The photographs, said to be taken by a Western satellite, appear to show a fighter jet firing a missile at a passenger plane over eastern Ukraine where […]
Arrogance is a virtue that can kill your opportunities and networks almost certainly. There is a fine line between confidence and arrogance, and I am sure everyone knows someone who shares either of these qualities; perhaps you yourself have been accused of exhibiting this attitude. Being confident isn’t the problem, the problem arises when confidence isn’t expressed in a proper manner. Unfortunately, many times, confidence is mistaken for being cocky […]
Zambia: It’s hard to believe, but here it is. A baby elephant with its courageous effort survived an attack by 14 lions in the South Luangwa National Park, Zambia. The three-minute startling video has gone viral on the web. The video shows a herd of lions viciously attacking the baby elephant, which got separated from its herd. The lions pounced on the adolescent elephant and tried to pierce their sharp […]
SAN FRANCISCO: The bull run in Microsoft’s stock this past year has helped the tech giant surpass Exxon Mobil and seize the rank of the second most valuable company, behind Apple Inc. Under new CEO Satya Nadella, Microsoft has worked to overcome its reputation as a clumsy behemoth struggling to keep up with new tech trends and consumer habits. Nadella has cut expenses — and jobs — while pledging to […]
