He calls her ‘maa’, she calls him ‘havas ka poojari’. Dharam (Ranveer Singh) and Shyra’s (Vaani Kapoor) romance in Aditya Chopra’s Befikre breaks most stereotypes set by the genre. Opening with a break-up scene, the film quickly brings forth the quirkiness of these characters taking you on a back and forth journey that chronicles the sequence of events leading to the present day where the ex-lovers have now become awkward […]

We could continue to argue about the merits and demerits of demonetisation by the Government but one aspect is surely heartening and that is the fact that as a nation we have started taking baby steps towards a digital and cashless economy. It is almost common practice today to see signs of Paytm and other mobile wallets in shops and even relatively low resource traders like the vegetable vendors are […]

“I didn’t choose garbage, it chose me!” for a woman fighting to keep her very first project in India alive, Jodie Underhill – co-founder of Waste Warriors – seems rather upbeat. “When I witnessed how severe India’s garbage problem is, it completely broke my heart. I also realised then that I’d found my life’s mission. I love a challenge and I’ve picked up lots of garbage whilst on my travels […]

Viral fever is one of the most common seasonal infections that can affect anyone at any age including infants and children. Besides many medicines available in the market, there are also various herbs that are effective to relieve the symptoms associated with a viral fever. Here are some home remedies to treat this seasonal infections:   Coriander tea One should drink coriander tea during viral fever as it acts as […]

It’s finally here. After months of teases, set images, GIFs and leaked photos, the first trailer for Priyanka Chopra’s Hollywood debut Baywatch was released online on Thursday. And surprise, surprise: Priyanka Chopra’s in it for a grand total of one shot. And she isn’t even running in slow motion. To save you the trouble, we’ve pulled the shot out for you here: But moving beyond that, the trailer itself looks […]

It is estimated that around 8% of the black economy is held in the form of cash. So, 8% of Rs. 75 lakh crore is held in cash. So, around Rs. 6 lakh crore of black money is held in cash. There are no official estimates of black money held in cash but experts on estimating black money such as Prof. Arun Kumar have estimated the amount at Rs. 6.5 […]

President-elect Donald Trump, whose election to the post was one of the biggest surprises of the year, was on Wednesday declared the TIME 2016 Person of the Year. Time magazine every year chooses one person “who had the greatest influence, for better or worse, on the events of the year.” “It’s a great honor. It means a lot,” Trump said in a telephone interview on NBC’s “Today” show. The magazine’s […]

Demonetization is like an earthquake that refuses to stop despite shaking all of us down to our very core. It struck the Indian subcontinent on November 8 and we’re all still reeling from subsequent aftershocks, with no immediate relief on the horizon. One of the undoubted silver linings of the fallout surrounding demonetization is the push towards the adoption of e-wallets (digital wallets or mobile wallets). With hard cash in […]

A Karnataka land official’s driver who committed suicide left a note stating he killed himself because he was harassed for knowing how the officer converted into legal tender Rs 100 crore black money belonging to mining baron G Janardhan Reddy, said police. Ramesh Gowda, the driver of special land acquisition officer Bheema Nayak, stated in the note that this money was used in the lavish wedding of Reddy’s daughter in […]

Superstar Shah Rukh Khan is better known as the king of romance, and quite rightly so. But the witty actor is now experimenting with character roles which surely present him in a never-seen-before avatar. If ‘Fan’ showed the madness of a crazy follower, then Rahul Dholakia’s ‘Raees’ is bound to break his lover boy image for sure. The much-awaited trailer of ‘Raees’ is out and the superstar is looking nothing […]