The guava tree at my great grand-parent’s house in Bangalore drove me crazy. As the tree bore fruit, the strong-sweet smell around the house was intoxicating and all I ever wanted to do was climb the tree to grab one of the green-yellow fruit. The only catch was that after just a few bites I’d get this unexplainable stomach ache that drove me nuts for the rest of the […]
Ottawa: Canada will expand its military mission against Islamic State by launching air strikes against the militants` safe havens in Syria as well as Iraq, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Tuesday. That will make Canada the second NATO member nation after the United States to attack Islamic State positions in Syria, which have also been hit by jets from Jordan and the United Arab Emirates. Harper also said […]
Vikas Bahl’s Queen has been named the Best Hindi film at the 62nd National Film Awards. Kangana Ranaut has been adjudged the Best Actress for her performance in Queen. Kangana has earlier won the Best Supporting Actress award for Fashion in 2008. Court has been declared the Best Feature film. Kannada actor Vijay won the Best Actor for Nanu Avanalla Avalu while Bengali director Srijit Mukherji won the Best […]
A Germanwings plane carrying 150 people has crashed in the French Alps on its way from Barcelona to Duesseldorf. The Airbus A320 – flight 4U 9525 – went down between Digne and Barcelonnette. None of the 144 passengers or six crew is expected to have survived. The plane crashed after an eight-minute descent, an official said. It is not clear if it sent a distress signal. The dead are […]
The Supreme Court today struck down Section 66A of the Information Technology Act holding it violative of Article 19(1)a of the Constitution, which guarantees freedom of speech. “Section 66A of the IT Act is struck down in its entirety…,” said the apex court bench of Justice J Chelameswar and Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman. “Our Constitution provides for liberty of thought, expression and belief. In a democracy, these values […]
The peanut, or groundnut (Arachis hypogaea), is a species in the legume or “bean” family (Fabaceae). The peanut is native to South America, Mexico and Central America. Peanuts are also referred to as earthnuts, ground nuts, goober peas, monkey nuts, pygmy nuts and pig nuts. Peanuts are not the same as tree nuts (almonds, cashews, walnuts, etc.), which grow on trees but grow underground and are part of the […]
Nestlé is draining California aquifers, from Sacramento alone taking 80 million gallons annually. Nestlé then sells the people’s water back to them at great profit under many dozen brand names. The city of Sacramento is in the fourth year of a record drought – yet the Nestlé Corporation continues to bottle city water to sell back to the public at a big profit, local activists charge. The Nestlé Water Bottling […]
The hit franchise of Mission: Impossible returns with its latest installment ‘Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation’. The latest series of the Hollywood blockbuster revolves around superstar Tom Cruise’s character Ethan and his team who will get set for another mission. After his daredevil stunts on Dubai’s Burj Khalifa tower in the last episode, Tom Cruise, in the first teaser of Rogue Nation, impresses with some bike chase sequences. The plot revolves […]
Sunil Mantri: What is floatation ? Mahendran Khedkar: Floatation also known as floating and float therapy, floatation involves lying in a salt-water solution in a specially designed tank. It is the most effective and incredible means of stress relief and relaxation available. Now widely accepted, floatation is also used to treat a wide range of ailments and conditions. For many years, float tanks were used only by researchers in […]
he ancient city of Mohenjo Daro was one of the world’s earliest major urban settlements – but as Razia Iqbal found on a recent visit to Pakistan, its remains are in danger of crumbling away. As a lover of language, I am convinced that certain combinations of letters have in them some innate magic – like Kubla Khan, or Xanadu, or Nineveh. So allow the words Mohenjo Daro to […]
