Kathmandu: Human waste left by climbers on Mount Everest has become a problem that is causing pollution and threatening to spread disease on the world’s highest peak, the chief of Nepal’s mountaineering association said Tuesday. The more than 700 climbers and guides who spend nearly two months on Everest’s slopes each climbing season leave large amounts of feces and urine, and the issue has not been addressed, Ang Tshering […]

We often make snappy judgments based on people’s appearances — their colour, race, disability and other factors — and these judgements often have great affect on our behaviour towards them. While there are times when these judgments may be formed on the basis of implicit bias, it is our responsibility to rethink our prejudices. A new public service advertisement made by Ad Council reminds us just that. Released last month […]

  If you remove all foods high in sugar, starchy veggies, sweet fruits especially the juice, snacking, and half of your carbs especially gains and rice, and then workout with light weights for 30 minutes every other day, the body will build new muscle from the protein and burn fat for energy for the next 12-48 hours after the workout. Here is my challenging but very effective 3-step fat burning […]

Washington: Mars once had a body of water bigger than Earth`s Arctic Ocean and vast enough to cover the entire surface of the planet, NASA scientists said in a study released on Thursday The new research, providing estimates on the quantity of water on the Red Planet, is based upon detailed observations of two slightly different forms of water in Mars` atmosphere, and was published in the journal Science. The […]

  Success can be measured from two standpoints – externally and internally. Externally it is the measure of a job well done and the accompanying recognition from society. Internally it is a feeling of achievement, satisfaction, fullness, completeness, wholeness which comes on the completion of a task or the fulfillment of a desire. What is a true measure of success, the outer accolades or the inner joy and peace which […]

‘ Bollywood actor Aamir Khan launched the trailer of upcoming movie ‘Margarita With A Straw’ in India’s showbiz capital Mumbai on Wednesday. Aamir Khan, who was specially invited by film’s director Shonali Bose, launched the trailer in the presence of movie’s cast and crew. A visibly excited Aamir also mentioned that he had seen the film on the persuasion of his wife, Kiran Rao. The film is about a girl, […]

  A militant Korean nationalist has slashed the face of the US ambassador to South Korea at a breakfast meeting in Seoul, but the envoy narrowly survived serious injury. Mark Lippert, 42, was also cut on his left hand, with blood spattered over the breakfast table. Security officers subdued the attacker, one pinning him down with a shoe on his neck, until he was arrested. North Korea described the attack […]

From selling vegetables in his local village, long distance runner Indrajeet Patel has indeed come far – today he competes with some of the best athletes in the world.He won the 2013 and 2014 editions of the Mumbai Half Marathon and Singapore’s 3000 meter Asian Area Champion (Jr.) in in 2010). Patel doesn’t consider his past as a farmer a hindrance. “Farming is a labour intensive process. Right from sowing […]

  Basic facts and importance of liver Liver is the second largest solid organ in the body weighing upto 1-1.5 kgs and situated in the right side of the upper abdomen, protected behind the rib cage. It processes everything that we eat and drink and converts it into energy and nutrients that body needs. The liver also stores vitamins and metabolizes hormones that are required for the functioning of the […]

  India has taken measures to ensure that the mails of politicians and government officials are not snooped into. While this is one major threat that the government had to deal with the next problem that need to be dealt with is spoofing. Recently reports showed that the ISI had picked up information regarding Indian army posting in Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir. A technique known as spoofing was deployed […]