Online purchases made through mobile phones are steadily increasing in India and are likely to touch $40 million in 2016 from the current $30 million, indicates a new joint study by Assocham and Grant Thornton. According to the study, a significantly low (19 percent) but fast-growing internet population of 243 million in 2014 is an indicator of the sector’s huge growth potential in India. This underlines the potential of internet […]
Apple spends nearly $700,000 (about Rs 44616215) a year to protect CEO Tim Cook. Patently Apple pulled the figure from Apple’s Schedule 14A report with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. In full, the report stated (emphasis our own): “This amount represents: (i) the Company’s contributions to Mr. Cook’s account under its 401(k) plan in the amount of $15,600; (ii) Company-paid term life insurance premiums in the amount of $2,520; […]
Pupils’ shape and size can reveal whether your kitten is a hunter or the hunted, research shows. The study also said that species with pupils that are vertical slits are more likely to be ambush predators that are active both day and night. “For species that are active both night and day, like domestic cats, slit pupils provide the dynamic range needed to help them see in dim light yet […]
Indian army is surely ruling the popularity charts on Facebook! For the second time in as many months, the Indian Army’s Facebook page has topped the People Talking About That (PTAT) ranking for Facebook pages. And with this, it has managed to leave behind a host of foreign government organisations including the CIA, FBI, NASA and even the Pakistani military. “It is big for the army’s social media. Only two […]
A tiny orphaned kangaroo from Australia holding tight to a teddy bear has won hearts everywhere, “showing the value of a good hug.” The man who shared the picture on Twitter said he was surprised it was of interest as far away as Russia and the US. Tim Beshara from the island of Tasmania off Australia’s south coast posted an image of the baby kangaroo that his mother has been […]
India is witnessing a radical transformation where highly qualified youngsters are giving up cushy jobs to make a difference in the lives of poor people in rural areas. To the people of Jawhar, a rural tribal hamlet in Thane, situated around 150 kilometers away from Mumbai, she is their own ‘Nagli Madam’, who has found an indigenous solution for infant malnutrition that has plagued the area for the last 50 […]
Often I read internet write-ups comparing Indian tourist destinations to European ones. Many a times you would find a particularly popular tourist hub being promoted as India’s Switzerland or a certain destination looks exactly like a certain locale in Europe. While per se there is no harm in comparing locales globally, I am very intrigued by the fact […]
She won the election by leaning right on national security and left on the economy. Now comes the fallout AMERICA’S first woman president won last November by taking two large risks, transforming an election campaign that had seemed to be slipping away from her. One of those gambles, her hard-edged response to the Cuban-refugee crisis and post-Castro turmoil on that island, may yet pay off for her. The second, her […]
A study dating back to 2009 showed that a “regular yoga practice improves several aspects of sexual function in women, including desire, arousal, orgasm and overall satisfaction.” Yoga improves flexibility and helps increase circulation to our pelvic region. In the tantric sense, that would mean that your Muladhara and svadisthana chakra gets the needed energy and helps awaken it. It makes you express your physical self better with your partner. […]
Logan: Scientists claimed to have discovered the world’s first known venomous frogs with spikes on their heads in Brazil. Scientists have long known of poisonous frogs, but the two species of frog discovered in the wilds of Brazil have been found to be capable of injecting poison into predators using horns on their head. According to the study that describes the species, these frogs have well-developed delivery mechanisms, utilising […]
