New Delhi: Is sending ‘kisses’ on WhatsApp or posting intense love emojis on Facebook to your spouse replacing the real act between the sheets? It would seem so, according to leading experts on sex and behavioural sciences. According to them, many young and working couples in India are now getting hooked on to smartphones and tablets, even in the bedroom, and this is having a paralysing effect on their […]
As humans, most of us have been able to appreciate the beauty of African animals, either through photos, video footage, or by getting up close to them at zoos and on wildlife reserves. It almost seems unfair then, that a leopard living deep in the jungle can’t experience that same joy — unless, of course, she’s looking at another leopard. But what if wild animals were given access to […]
These centres, formed by a collaboration between the government and NGO, are helping distressed women in their most crucial time of need. The first centre in Bhopal handled 9,500 cases within the first 9 months itself! “Beta, keep an eye on her while I go to the clinic,” said Mona’s mother to the young man, who had rented a room in her apartment as a paying guest. He had […]
Is Insurgency Rising In North East Again? In yet another attack on the army, nearly 18personnel of the army’s 6 Dogra Regiment were killed in a militant attack in Manipur’s Chandel district. In what is being touted as one of the biggest attack on the army in the region since 1993, fears are high that the death toll could rise further as 11 soldiers have been seriously injured in this […]
Here’s what happened yesterday: someone on the internet typed “Top 10 Criminals” into Google’s Image Search and was confronted with an image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi — right next to American gangster Al Capone and the mastermind behind the 1993 Mumbai blasts, Dawood Ibrahim. It got so crazy that Google apologised to the Prime Minister and now displays this disclaimer when you use the search term in question: These […]
Here is the list of Countries that issue visa on arrival to Indian citizens: Bolivia – 90 days Burundi – 30 days; obtainable at Bujumbura International Airport Cambodia – 30 days Cape Verde Comoros Djibouti Ethiopia Guinea-Bissau – 90 days Guyana – 30 days provided holding confirmation, issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs Indonesia – 30 days Jordan – 2 weeks, must hold US$ 3000 Kenya – 3 months […]
Bill Gates is something of a model for education skeptics. Gates – like Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg and Oprah Winfrey – dropped out of college. If they didn’t need a college degree, the skeptics suggest, maybe you don’t need one, either. Gates has just published a blog post with something of a reply: Yes, you do need one. “Although I dropped out of college and got lucky pursuing a […]
A teacher from Kolkata has launched a petition on Change.org, a blog and a Twitter campaign urging the government to use prominent women on India’s currency notes.Why are there no women on India’s currency notes? That’s a question being posed by a Change.org campaign launched by a school science teacher based in Kolkata. Born on Twitter a week ago and also publicised via a blog and the online petition, […]
A group of environmentalists and B.C. First Nations opposed to Arctic oil exploration are protesting a multinational oil and gas company’s movements through the West Coast’s Inside Passage. International environmental organization Greenpeace says Royal Dutch Shell is transporting its oil−spill−containment vessel, the Arctic Challenger, up B.C.’s coastline to the Aleutian Peninsula in Alaska. Chief Calvin Craigan of the Sechelt First Nation says increased tanker traffic in the region could […]
India’s IT industry is unlikely to remain the amazing job-engine that it has been. For the past two decades, the fastest way to increase your income has been to land a job with an IT company. The industry has provided a ticket to prosperity for millions of young Indians; children of security guards, drivers, peons and cooks catapulted themselves and their families firmly into the middle class in a […]
