When it comes to aging and staying slim, it seems as though Japanese women – and Asians in general – have hit the genetic jackpot. Many a comedian has speculated on how you never see an ‘old Asian lady’ and their slight frames are just well-known. And it’s not just an amusing stereotype. It’s actually true – Asian women for the most part do seem to age particularly well and […]
Sunday now, and you are getting a sick feeling about going to work tomorrow. You must get up early on Monday morning and get ready for the office. Now even the distraction of the idiot-box could not stop this anxious feeling. A thought strikes that you may feign sickness tomorrow and take one day – just one smallish day off but the client meetings and responsibilities at your office will […]
ATHENS: Greeks voted today in a tightly fought referendum on whether to accept worsening austerity in exchange for more bailout funds, or reject it in a gamble that could see it crash out of the euro. Polling stations were open across the country of 11 million people — on far-flung Aegean islands, in the shadow of the 2,400-year-old Parthenon in Athens, to the northern border shared with fellow EU state […]
The national award, with a cash prize of Rs. 1.5 lakh, will be given to three best rag pickers and three associations. Now, rag pickers’ services will be recognised by the government which has decided to give national award for their contribution to keep India clean. “There are millions of rag pickers in the country. This informal sector has saved the country. They are doing a good job and […]
Drone footage has revealed two elaborate new crop patterns in the English county of Wiltshire, home of the iconic Stonehenge circle. The images were captured by MrGro, a website that publishes drone videos of the mysterious shapes. Since the 1960s, the phenomena have been cited as evidence of the existence of extra-terrestrials, but sightings of irregular crop patterns date back to as early as the 1600s. The team at MrGro, […]
Delhi’s Ira Singhal topped the Union Public Services Commission civil services exam this year. But celebrations at her home are a little muted, as her parents are apprehensive about whether she will get a posting. Ms Singhal is differently abled, and her parents say although she had cleared the revenue services exam earlier, she had not got a posting. The young woman is an engineer from Delhi’s NSIT (Netaji Subhas […]
After giving us the critically-acclaimed Bengali film Gandu in 2010, director Qaushiq Mukherjee aka Q, is ready with another shot at box office success, this time a thriller titled Ludo. Co-directed by Nikon, the one-minute long trailer, released on Wednesday, has Q’s signature style written all over it: It is dark, scary, and very intriguing. Ludo is about a regular-adventure-gone-awfully-wrong for two teenagers: Looking for some quiet corner to […]
JAIPUR: A 2 year child has died in an accident between politician Hema Malini’s Mercedes and a Maruti Alto in Rajasthan two days back. The BJP leader’s car was speeding, said a police officer. All the media has been taking coverage and details of Hema Malini inuries,treatment and her travel back to mumbai in Jet. But, hardly anyone has been covering about the 2 year old innocent dead child […]
It’s true that we hold our lives very dear to ourselves. But, do we also hold dear those traits which actually make us alive in the true sense? As none of us would be ready to exchange our lives with howsoever big an offer comes to allure us; why then we discount our humanistic ideals in exchange of trifle allurements, succumbing to the commands of our mind? One of the […]
Excessive worry can interfere with sleep and inhibit your ability to perform daily tasks and activities. Find out what you can do to minimize your fears. Fear is a negative emotion, unless you’re facing an actual threat and need to fight or flee. And the usefulness of fear is minimal in daily life, particularly in the form of anxiety. Stressful events can produce short-term anxiety in almost everyone, which disappears […]
