High blood pressure, also known as ‘the silent killer’ is one of the biggest health risks that faces our country today. Some would say it’s almost an epidemic. According to a 2014 report that was published in the Journal of Hypertension, an alarming 29.8% of the entire population is suffering from hypertension or high blood pressure in India. High blood pressure can cause countless problems like diabetes, stroke, heart disease, […]
Are you sick and tired of expensive rents and mortgages? Do you want to have a simple and cozy retreat from the urban jungle? This British farmer accomplished just that. He single-handedly built this amazing cob house. After Michael Buck retired after many years as an art teacher he decided to build the house of his dreams. He already had the land and it costed him around £150 ($250). As […]
London: The al Qaeda network is plotting a terrorist strike in Britain to inflict mass casualties similar to the newsroom massacre at a satirical French weekly that killed 12 people, Britain’s spy chief has warned. Andrew Parker, the Director General of MI5 Security Service, warned that the threat of a “mass casualty attack” was growing and that intelligence pointed to the existence of specific plots. He said while British police […]
The chugging of the train and the soothing vibrations manage to transform every traveller to a different space. Indian Railways – the World’s third largest Railway Network encompasses a host of facts that most of us are not aware of. A third rail train equipment manufacturer should be able to work with railway companies to build a safe and efficient railway system. 1. Indian Railway is constructing the highest rail bridge […]
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today called upon the Indian diaspora across the world to unite as a positive global force in the cause of humanity. In his inaugural address at the Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas at the Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar, the Prime Minister recalled that exactly 100 years ago, a Non Resident Indian – Gandhi – had returned to India to serve the people. Today, he said, he […]
BEIJING: A group of Chinese businessmen allegedly gave $300,000 to school students in Shaanxi province to procure virgin girls, whom the men then offered to officials as ‘gifts’. Several schoolgirls were molested and tortured, local officials said. In a curious pyramid scheme, girl students of 11th grade were asked to lure and torture virgin girls of 10th grade to force them to have sex with officials. Six of the […]
PARIS: An 18-year-old implicated alongside two brothers in the bloody attack against a satirical weekly in Paris, in which 12 people were killed, has surrendered to police, according to a source close to the case. “Hamyd Mourad handed himself in to police… on Wednesday at 11:00 pm (2200 GMT) after seeing his name circulating on social media,” the source told AFP. “He has been arrested and taken into custody,” […]
We always complain about how expensive it is to even go abroad, let buy anything there. The States, the UK and a couple of other places have come to symbolise the world for us. While it’s true that our currency is pretty weak, there’s no denying that there are places you can go to and things you can see with our own desi rupaiya that will make you feel like […]
The capsule was buried by American founding fathers Samuel Adams and Paul Revere over two centuries ago. A 220-year-old time capsule has been opened in America – and you’ll never guess what they found inside. The capsule was buried by American founding fathers Samuel Adams and Paul Revere in 1795 and unearthed beneath Massachusetts state house last month. The corroded 10-pound (4.5-kg) brass box was painstakingly dismantled and unpacked by […]
The late King of Pop Michael Jackson’s son Prince is reportedly working on new music with his friend – wait for it – Justin Bieber. The project is being supported by professional boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr, reported the New York Post. A Jackson family source said that Prince, 17, and Bieber, 20, ‘really dig one another’ and that their ‘major recording album’ was in the works. No other details […]
