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Monthly archives: February 2015

 
 
 

1 million views for Anushka Sharma's `NH 10` trailer

New Delhi: The trailer for Anushka Sharma’s Anushka Sharma’s debut film as a producer, `NH 10` which was released three days back saw the actress go brutal and bold in the movie trailer. In just less than three days, not only has the trailer got positive rave response from the viewers but also it has garnered over more than 1 millions views on You Tube. The elated actress took to […]

New sample by Curiosity shows that water on Mars much more acidic

  Washington: A new Martian sample taken by NASA’s Curiosity rover hints at water that was more acidic than evidenced in its first drill at Mount Sharp – a layered rock record of ancient Martian environment. The rover used a new, low-percussion-level drilling technique to collect sample powder from a rock target called “Mojave 2.” The first sample of the mountain’s base layer came from a target called “Confidence Hills”. […]

3,600 kids orphaned by Ebola in West Africa: UN

New York: At least 3,600 children have been orphaned due to the Ebola outbreak in West African countries, the UN Children’s Fund (Unicef) has said. The Unicef said in a report Friday that the number covers those who have lost both their parents in the hardest-hit countries — Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. The Ebola outbreak that began in December last year has left almost 9,000 children with just a […]

22 Things You Should Avoid To Prevent Kidney Damage.

  Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)- The Silent Killer Kidney disease accounts for 26 million chronic kidney disease (CKD) adult cases, in the United States alone. People suffering from diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure and those who are older than 60 years old are more prone to this dilapidating disease. Most will have chronic kidney disease for years which they fail to look here and also without realizing it as the […]

 
 
 

These Baby Monkeys Are SO Cute, I Can Barely Handle It!

Vervet monkeys aren’t so different from humans. When a baby vervet is born, the troupe’s younger members — who are fascinated by babies — visit the newborn with a potent curiosity, and the other vervet mothers show interest in the newborn by examining it to win favor with its own mother. Have a look at the video to see these cheeky monkeys in action. Please follow and like us:

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella makes a big impression in just a year

Satya Nadella’s appointment as Microsoft CEO a year ago was surprising. A protracted search for Steve Ballmer’s successor had many expecting the nod to go to an outsider to steer Microsoft into the future, not the then-unknown 22-year Microsoft veteran. Microsoft even attempted to massage any concerns by strategically announcing Bill Gates was “substantially increasing” his time at the company. It’s still not clear whether Gates is really dedicating up […]

 
 
 

Google executives explain why the MBA approach to building things is ‘stupid’

Mobile executive? VB is hosting our 5th annual Mobile Summit on February 23–24 at the scenic Cavallo Point Resort in Sausalito, CA. See if you qualify here. Google’s hiring chief says he doesn’t give much credit to college degrees in the hiring process. So it should come as no surprise that other Google executives also regard staples of traditional business school training at the nation’s elite colleges as downright “stupid.” […]

Jupiter’s Opposition: Gear up to watch the brightest view of the planet tonight

upiter, the giant planet will make its closest approach to the Earth on Friday night, Feb 6. The phenomenon is called Jupiter’s Opposition, a celestial event when the planet Jupiter would be opposite to Sun from the perspective of Earth. As Jupiter moves closest to the Earth, it will appear as the brightest star in the sky tonight and those in the east coast of India from Kolkata to Viskhapatnam […]

'Hail Modi': Meet the Indian PM's uncanny lookalike

“Hail Modi. Hail Modi” Dozens surround one man, chanting pro-Modi slogans. But the man at the center of attention is Abhinandan Pathak, also known as Nandan Modi — the Indian PM, Narendra Modi’s lookalike. “I am sure I must have done a lot of good deeds in my previous lives (so) that God has made me look like Mr. Modi. I literally worship him every day and I believe Mr. […]

Train platforms full of dead bodies, cleaning filthy toilets with bare hands and eating rats to survive: North Korean defector reveals harsh reality of life inside brutal labour camps

Ji-hyun Park spent a year inside hellish labour camp after arrest Made to clean filthy toilets with bare hands as punishment Starving and desperate, people would eat rats, snakes and wild plants She says: ‘You could say the whole of North Korea is one big prison’ A woman sentenced to a North Korean labour camp has revealed she was forced to clean out filthy toilets with her bare hands as […]