David Choe, the artist who painted the Facebook Incorporation building in 2005, was not paid in cash. Instead, he was given stock and today the same stock is worth $200 million (roughly Rs. 1,279 crores). NYTDavid Choe was persuaded by Facebook’s founding president Sean Parker to do the work in exchange for stock when the company was just a start-up. Choe asked for $60,000 (roughly Rs. 38 lakh) to decorate […]

  Introduction It is a well-known fact that stress disorders are increasing throughout the world. The main reasons attributed to this are rapid urbanization, overcrowding and a very hectic lifestyle with too many goals and too little time on hand. Waiting for a bus, being in a traffic jam, watching horror movies, unhappy relationships, examinations and many more factors lead to stress. These factors cause changes not only at the […]

It’s no surprise a baby wouldn’t want to let go of his mama while she underwent emergency surgery. It’s probably rare that hospital staff would let the baby cling to her during the procedure. That’s what staff at the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital did when Phantom, a 6-month-old koala joey, wouldn’t let go of his mother during her recent operation for a collapsed lung, according to The Courier-Mail. After being […]

South Korea’s burgeoning MERS outbreak should be a reminder to the world that a virus some may have written off can trigger significant disease and major disruption, a World Health Organization expert says. The outbreak in that country has now infected 126 people, 11 of whom have died. And it may be a while yet before South Korea’s health officials manage to stop spread of the virus, said Peter Ben […]

Indian artist Nek Chand who created a famous garden of sculptures in the northern city of Chandigarh has died, aged 90. Mr Chand died in a hospital in Chandigarh after suffering a heart attack on Friday, his son Anuj Saini told AFP news agency. He used rubble from the city’s construction to create sculptures at the 20-acre Chandigarh Rock Garden. Mr Chand had no formal education and worked as a […]

  I’m very proud that Virgin Management has introduced a new initiative giving all employees in our London and Geneva offices a year’s full pay for shared parental leave. It was great to see the UK government introduce the new Shared Parental Leave legislation this year, but we wanted to take it a step further by giving all employees at Virgin Management with four years or more service, enhanced shared […]

Jagendra Singh published articles on Facebook criticising local minister Said Ram Murti Verma was involved in rape and high level corruption The following day police raided his house and he was burned alive Officers claimed he committed suicide, but are now charged with murder Verma has also been charged along with police chief Sri Prakash Rai An Indian politician and five policemen have been charged with murder after a journalist […]

Advice to interns: work hard and make your mark. And if you can discover a new planet while you’re at it, you could also be pushing the boundaries of our knowledge. Believe it or not, a 15-year-old boy did just that, according to Keele University in England, UK. While undertaking work experience at the university, Tom Wagg noticed a tiny dip in the light of a star as a planet […]

  Melbourne: A new study has suggested that peanuts can protect against early death from cancer and heart disease. The Maastricht University study found that men and women who eat at least 10g of nuts or peanuts and not peanut butter per day have a lower risk of dying from several major causes of death than people who do not consume them, News.com.au reported. Researchers in the Netherlands said peanuts […]

  There has been a huge amount of chest thumping about the recent strikes by the Indian army on two rebel hideouts on Indo-Myanmar border. In what was popularly considered as a retaliatory attack by the Indian army against last week’s gruesome strike on army personnel in Manipur, the surgical elimination of rebel groups operating out of Myanmar surely deserves the accolades. However what I am not sure is whether […]