New Delhi: One of the most dreaded diseases, cancer is emerging as a leading killer worldwide decimating 10 million people yearly and Indian women are no exception to it. World Cancer Day is being observed today i.e. Feb 4 worldwide. Every year more Indian women that men are diagnosed with cancer. Though the number of women diagnosed with cancer is more but more men die to cancer annually. In […]
How does an average Indian respond to incidents of sexual harassment? Depending on the extent of damage done, the initial flurry of questions are usually the ones confirming that the woman in question was not callously ‘inviting’ trouble. If it is ascertained that she has not flouted any rule laid down by Indian conventional wisdom – that she had not consumed alcohol, was not alone or dozing off in a […]
Swine flu has claimed 191 lives in the country in January alone with Telangana reporting the highest number of cases of people afflicted with the H1N1 virus followed by Delhi, the government said today. The total number of cases of swine flu coming to light across India in January stood at 2,038. It’s everywhere. Rajasthan has been among the worst swine flu-hit states along with Telangana, where two more died […]
Jerusalem: Researchers are developing a new technology that would enable smartphones to screen their users’ breath for life-threatening diseases. A research consortium headed by Professor Hossam Haick of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology is developing a product that, when coupled with a smartphone, will be able to screen the user’s breath for early detection of diseases. The SNIFFPHONE project will link Haick’s breathalyzer screening technology to the smartphone to […]
Nepal is a beautiful country with never ending stunning landscapes, charismatic mountains and mesmerizing lakes. Nepal is one of the finest country with wide prospect of development in technology and tourism sectors. With wide variety of flora and fauna in the country, Nepal beholds some of the rarest species like the one-horned Rhino, the Bengal tiger and their national flower Rhododendron. But how many of us know these interesting facts […]
Sydney has joined the list of cities with a Frank Gehry-designed building. The Chau Chak Wing Business School building has been dubbed the “brown paper bag” by local media. Speaking at Monday’s opening, Mr Gehry said he hoped the building would generated a “spirit of invention” in those who work and study in it. The A$180m ($140m; £93m) building for the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), is named after businessman […]
Los Angeles: Actress-director Angelina Jolie has been named the most admired woman in the world, leaving behind Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, Hillary Clinton, Queen Elizabeth II and even India’s Congress chief Sonia Gandhi. According to a new poll of 25,000 people, the mother-of-six and United Nations special envoy was most worthy of respect internationally, reports dailymail.co.uk. However, the internet-based market research firm YouGov study found that Britons still […]
DUBAI: A prominent Saudi Arabian cleric has whipped up controversy by issuing a religious ruling forbidding the building of snowmen, described them as anti-Islamic. Asked on a religious website if it was permissible for fathers to build snowmen for their children after a snowstorm in the country’s north, Sheikh Mohammed Saleh al-Munajjid replied: “It is not permitted to make a statue out of snow, even by way of play […]
Just Guess who is in above Image….? ……..Pranab Mukharjee These stunning photographs of famous people and places of India revealing the side you have never seen before which will leave you baffled with the eras that have come and gone. I am sure most of the pictures will surprise and provoke your thoughts to dig up history of great India. Actress Madhubala Photoshoot For LIFE Magazine A Rare Photo Of […]
US First Lady Michelle Obama has praised ‘American Sniper’ for its depiction of military families and “the complex journeys that our men and women in uniform endure”. Obama spoke to a gathering here on Friday organised by Got Your 6, a group that promotes accurate portrayals of veterans in entertainment. Bradley Cooper, who played Chris Kyle in ‘American Sniper,’ was one of the panellists at the event, reports variety.com. “The […]
