India came closer to the first of four nuclear regimes it is trying to gain entry into, with countries belonging to the 34-member Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) raising no objection to India’s membership later this year. Diplomatic sources confirmed to The Hindu that after a proposal, circulated by the current Dutch chairperson of MTCR, had met with no objection by the deadline on Monday, India’s membership is a “done […]
For those living in Mumbai and Pune this place qualifies as a weekend getaway. But for the rest of the country, it is an amazing place to check out. Not only because of its beauty but due to its historical importance in Maharashtra. We are talking about the Raigad Fort. A favourite among trekkers and heritage lovers alike, the Raigad Fort might soon get a place in the list of […]
Earth without humans. We’ve probably all thought about it at one time or another. And thanks to recent trends towards the post-apocalyptic, particularly in Hollywood, we have the iconic images that give us an inkling of the aftermath. But how exactly would this formidable but hypothetical future unfold? Now, a video traces the timeline of this future, beginning with the minutiae of the first hours and days after humans disappear, […]
The Reserve Bank of India left its policy rates unchanged in its second bi-monthly monetary policy review for this financial year. The benchmark repo rate, at which RBI lends to banks, is unchanged at 6.5% as the central bank as it took cognisance of rising inflation in recent months. Consumer price index inflation jumped to 5.4% in April from 4.8% the previous month. This “inflation surprise in the April reading […]
A vast majority of the food and beverage products endorsed by some of the most popular celebrities in the US are unhealthy, finds a new study. The findings showed that advertisements on fast foods, sweets as well as non-alcoholic beverages like soda and other sugary drinks, were the second-largest in the endorsement category, comprising 18 per cent of endorsements and frequently targetted children and adolescents as the audience. […]
Do you at times feel a lack of self-motivation? We all do go through such a phase in life, but it is important to sail smoothly across the shore. Right? So, today we will share this video, which was published on YouTube by Asap THOUGHT. These guys list out 8 simple ways of staying motivated in life—check it out for a cool after-thought! Please follow and like us:
A few months after turning fifty Monal one day chanced upon a friend called Urmila. More than ten years ago Monal had met her over a dance performance they had staged with a common friend Rehana and three high school girls. In a typical Indian folk dance style, the young girls danced the part of the male of the couples. Those days it was a popular song from the Hindi […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reached Switzerland on a day-long visit, where he is likely to seek support for India’s membership to the elite 48-member Nuclear Suppliers Group or NSG. He is also likely to raise the issue of black money stashed by Indians in Swiss banks. Switzerland is the third stop on PM Modi’s five-nation tour and is considered one of its high points. He reached Geneva after a […]
On Friday, self-made billionaire Larry Ellison gave a funny and poignant speech filled with life advice to the University of Southern California’s class of 2016. Ellison’s commencement speech was quite the coup for the USC class, but there’s a good reason why he was there. Ellison was granted an honorary doctorate by USC, a Doctor of Humane Letters. He has just donated $200 million to the university, one of the largest […]
Imagine living out your childhood fantasies of small, dear English cottages, a crackling fire-place to keep you warm in chilly nights, lush green lawns with summer blooms peeping out from the grass, lady-birds, butterflies, fresh mountain air,blue skies, and Pine Forests! What better way to refresh andrejuvenate the senses, than plan a quick getaway to the Hills in the summer months, and return with a complexion and buoyancy which is […]
