NEW DELHI: The capital’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) has been adjudged the world’s best airport for the year 2014, under the category of handling 25 to 40 million passengers per annum, officials said on Saturday. Airports Council International (ACI) presented the Airport Service Quality (ASQ) award to IGIA at a ceremony of the ACI Asia-Pacific/World Annual General Assembly on April 28 in Jordan. “We are honoured to represent an […]

Stress is the leading cause for all your troubles ranging from bad skin to landing you in the hospital due to heart or any other ailment.   In this rat-race world, from a kindergarten kid to a retired person has stress. Want to cut down your risk due to problems caused by stress and simultaneously increase your longevity, then follow these easy stress-free tips by Dr. Vihang Vahia – Psychiatrist […]

The sequel of 2015 erotic film “Fifty Shades of Grey” will be “more of a thriller”, says Universal Pictures’ chairman Donna Langley. The upcoming second instalment will be written by Niall Leonard, husband of “Fifty Shades Of Grey” author E.L. James. Many see it as a “compromise” to appease James after she demanded more control over the movie and wanted to write it herself, but Langley defends their decision to […]

Self-doubt. It’s that sneaking feeling we all get from time to time. Are you good enough? Will you really be up for the task? Keeping your confidence, improving yourself and your work, and even boosting the assurance and productivity of others are things many professionals don’t always think about, but that impact them every day. Several LinkedIn Influencers weighed in on these topics this week. Here is what two of […]

Yeli Village: A once-barren bank of the Ye river in central China now has 12,000 trees thanks to unlikely but dedicated gardeners: two friends, one blind and one without arms. The story of Jia Wenqi, 53, with no arms, and his blind friend, Jia Haixia, 54, is one of perseverance, environmental awakening and of finding a path in a country where it is difficult for the disabled to find jobs. […]

Beijing: A Chinese construction company is claiming to be the world’s fastest builder after erecting a 57-story skyscraper in 19 working days in central China. The Broad Sustainable Building Co put up the rectangular, glass-and-steel Mini Sky City in the Hunan provincial capital of Changsha using a modular method, assembling three floors per day, company vice president Xiao Changgeng said. The company, which has ambitions to assemble the world’s tallest […]

                              There has been widespread appreciation of India’s prompt relief measures to Nepal devastated by the deadly earthquake on April 25. While aid has poured in from across the world, India’s effort stands out and can be best encapsulated in the words of the Nepali Ambassador designate to India, Deep Kumar Upadhyay, “India has been prompt […]