Cardamom is a wonderful medicinal spice that has similar health properties as those of cinnamon and ginger. Cardamom is rich in minerals such as iron, manganese, calcium, and magnesium. It also contains antiseptic, anesthetic, antispasmodic, antiviral, and antioxidant properties. Cardamom is an excellent spice for the respiratory system and works as a natural expectorant in relieving congestion and phlegm from the lungs and sinus passages. Cardamom is also great for […]

France’s Interior Ministry says 940 cars were set alight by revelers ringing in the New Year – 12 percent fewer than the 1,067 set aflame last year. The figures issued on Thursday show that, despite the dip, setting fire to parked cars remains a firmly entrenched way for some French to send out the old and ring in the new. Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet said on BFM-TV that numerous cars […]

The first trailer of the upcoming ‘Entourage’ movie made its debut more than three years after the final episode of the celebrated HBO series aired. The trailer is set in Asia, panning over a city at night. Leading into shots of nightclubs and debauchery, the old favorites from the eight seasons of the show are introduced. Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier) is shown facing off against legions of rumoured police officers […]

Last two years have seen remarkable stories of new jobs and salaries that raised the hope of thousands of engineering graduates getting ready to pass out. The $110 billion IT industry, hires them by the thousands every year, keeping the engineering education sector gainfully engaged. Almost always, it’s only the success story that we hear – Infosys planning to hire 16,000, TCS setting a much higher target of 55,000 new […]

Acquisitions, fundraisings, controversies, awards and recognitions were some major events witnessed in the startup ecosystem in 2014. As Flipkart’s Big Billion Day caught the eyes of many, the Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi too made headlines. With around five international acquisitions this year, Zomato amazed us, at the same time Myntra’s acquisition by Flipkart caught many eyeballs. While InMobi was awarded the most outstanding startup of the year by Forbes India, […]

Tech entrepreneurs were busy in 2014, building startups and raising money for products that could make it big in 2015. While no one can predict the future, there are a handful of startups we are especially excited to watch in the coming year. This unscientific list, compiled by VentureBeat’s staff from their own reporting, is an eclectic list of startups that we think are especially promising. We did the same […]

A fishing boat from Pakistan with four people on board went up in flames off the Gujarat coast in what appeared to be an attempt to evade investigation by the Indian Navy on New Year’s Eve, the government disclosed today. So far, no survivors have been found from the vessel which set sail from near Karachi in Pakistan for what the government described as “an illicit transaction” in the Arabian […]

New Delhi: The deadly H1N1 influenza virus has returned and appears to have taken epidemic proportion in several parts of the country like Telangana and Andhra Pradesh where two fresh cases were reported on Friday, according to the health department officials. As per reports, two women, one each from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, were found infected with swine flu disease. “A woman from Kadapa in AP and another woman from […]

STUTTGART, Germany — Soon after the Islamist group Boko Haram kidnapped nearly 300 teenage girls in Nigeria in April, the United States sent surveillance drones and about 30 intelligence and security experts to help the Nigerian military try to rescue them. Gen. David M. Rodriguez, the top general for American missions in Africa, rushed from his headquarters here to help the commanders in the crisis. Seven months later, the drone […]

Conventional western medicine dictates that Lesions on the tongue could indicate oral cancer; Ulcers could indicate high stress and a white, filmy coat creates an environment perfect for bacterial infections. But did you know that the tongue can actually be a great indicator of the health? Conventional medicine treats the ‘furry’ tongue as a cosmetic problem. The concern is due to bad breath and unsightliness, and they don’t delve to […]