While most of the actors choose festivals and holidays to release their films, megastar Rajinikanth has different plans. Apparently, the release date of his films automatically become holidays for the audience. You can say that the 65-year-old actor defines stardom in India. If recent viral images are to be believed, a few companies have declared a holiday for their employees on ‘Kabali’ release date. Yes, you read that right. Not […]

Defence Research & Development Organisation’s estate officer for its Landour, Mussoorie, establishment has sent a complaint to the Central Vigilance Commission and CBI, alleging “fraud and corruption” that may prove to be “bigger than the Adarsh scam” had taken place in several properties in cantonment area.  ET had reported on Tuesday that Sanjay Narang, a businessman who owns several properties in Landour, and cricketing icon Sachin Tendulkar had met Defence […]

Amrit water filter will soon dot many locations across the world where arsenic is a problem. “I am glad that technologies from academic labs are getting venture funding in units of millions of dollars,” says Prof. T. Pradeep from the Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. It was only a couple of days ago that he signed the final agreement with Nanoholdings based in Connecticut, U.S. wherein Nanoholdings […]

Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka on Monday sent a letter to the IT major’s 1.97 lakh employees, detailing what went wrong with the company’s performance in the June quarter. Dr Sikka’s email to employees comes days after Infosys disappointed investors with tepid revenue growth in Q1, which forced the company to downgrade its annual sales forecast. Infosys shares sank 9 per cent on Friday in reaction to Q1 numbers. Dr Sikka […]

If you noticed the treasury bench’s response in Rajya Sabha to the Kashmir protest, you would clearly identify the pattern. The BJP seems to be undeterred in its mission to allow the passage of the GST in this Parliamentary Session and its response in Rajya Sabha amply bore evidence of the fact. The indifference, the stoic silence and the minimalist slugfest ensured that the debate ended in three hours flat […]

Guru Purnima is national wide festival which is dedicated towards the Guru in this world. Guru word is used for the teacher who teaches anything to a learner. If we relate it to the ancient time, t is actually worshipping the Guru Vyasa who wrote the 4 Vedas. But in today time, it is all about worshipping your teacher and showing gratitude towards them for their impeccable hard work for […]

“One of the most popular books in the world, the Bible, tells us that when the Gods were on Earth, they were giants. . . . This, when you bring up in conversation, normally brings up, you know, laughter and people giggling and thinking you’re joking, and yet, the Bible is full of references of giants in our history.” – Michael Tellinger (source) Tellinger is referring to the Nephilim, as […]

#MonalofSushness : Day 14. Monal had remembrance of the smell of incense sticks from a time when she was very little. Perhaps three. She remembered artificial fragrance of rose from before her little sister was born. Monal’s Babi, her father loved them and he would light them regularly to express faith and also sometimes just for pleasure. Monal too grew a soft spot for these hand rolled sticks of beautiful […]

UNESCO approves all three nominations linked to India at 40th session of The World Heritage Committee meeting UNESCO on Sunday listed Chandigarh’s Capitol Complex and Sikkim’s national park among its World Heritage Sites, approving all three nominations linked to India this session. Today’s approval comes two days after the ruins of Nalanda University in Bihar made to the elite tag at the 40th session of The World Heritage Committee meeting […]

Deep in the Himalayas some three miles above sea level, Indian security forces and Chinese soldiers gaze at each other through a barbed-wire fence while trucks carrying goods from both sides pass through a large iron gate that marks the border. The Nathula Pass, once part of the ancient Silk Road and later sealed after a 1962 war, was reopened in 2006 as a symbol of improved relations between Asian […]