Cautioning Infosys employees against “lackadaisical” attitude towards greater value creation, CEO Vishal Sikka in a letter to them said “the road ahead is long and not easy”. In his New Year message to Infosys employees, Mr Sikka said: “The mountains ahead are tall ones. But there is no other way but to get there and go beyond. If we don’t, we will be made obsolete by the tidal wave of […]
How did a young girl with no formal education become one of India’s most inspiring teachers and social reformers? Google doodle on the search engine’s homepage celebrates the birth anniversary of one of India’s most inspiring women — Savithribai Phule. Savitribai was born on January 3, 1831, in Maharashtra’s Naigaon district. All her life she and her husband, Jyotiba Phule, fought social evils and discrimination towards women and children, even […]
It’s an all-too-familiar Hollywood story: the out-of-work actor eking out an existence in cheap housing, earning minimum wage delivering pizzas, desperate for his big break. But for Jay Abdo — one of the Arab world’s biggest stars before the conflict in Syria made him just another anonymous refugee on the mean streets of Los Angeles — it has been particularly tough. Just a few years ago, the 54-year-old actor could […]
Radish – It is a beloved part of our salad, has a pungent taste and has got lots of juices. They can be white, red, purple or black and are consumed raw as well as cooked. Radishes may not be our ‘favourite’ vegetable, but they certainly posses certain characteristics that make them a ‘good’ veggie. With a high water content and enough of Vitamin C, as well as Zinc […]
Mohammed Shami clearly does not care about Internet trolls or their moral policing. Just days after facing vitriolic abuse on social media for pictures he posted on social media with his wife Hasin Jahan and his daughter, Shami posted another picture with his wife on Sunday. Along with the picture, Shami wrote: I don’t have a friend. Neither is anyone mine nor do I belong to anyone. But seeing you […]
Meet Ritu Phogat, the most expensive Indian woman wrestler at the upcoming Pro-Wrestling League Ritu Phogat’s beatific countenance implores one to recall her wrestling bouts. With a fixed gaze at her opponent, finding the opportunity, she swiftly attacks Aparna Bishnoi, to toss and turn her, in a contest to defend her title at the National Wrestling Championship 2016. I am introduced to Ritu as she converses with her Jaipur Ninjas […]
After the expiration of company’s Welcome Offer on December 31 last month, Reliance Jio’s Happy New Year Offer has come into effect from Sunday and set the per day data cap (high-speed) for all service users at 1GB. As part of the promotional offer, users will be able to make unlimited phone calls and enjoy 1GB of free high-speed data per day till March 31. To recall, Reliance Jio was […]
All our actions and everything we desire have to do with eventually being happy. Our goals and objectives in life are a way of seeking happiness and contentment in different forms. Most of us believe that happiness is attained when something significant happens in life or we associate it with various types of indulgence. Momentary and materialistic gains are usually considered the source of a satisfied life. The more we […]
If you don’t like tight spaces, you might want to look away now. Otonamaki, which directly translates to “adult wrapping”, is a Japanese therapeutic method meant to alleviate posture problems and stiffness and it is gaining traction around the country. The idea for Otonamaki comes from the practice of Ohinamaki, which sees babies wrapped up in cloth in a similar fashion. This is meant to help with their physical development. Each […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented nothing short of a mini-rural budget in his much-hyped speech on New Year’s eve on national television, doling out sops targetting the poor and farmers. The package included interest subventions on small ticket home loans (up to Rs 12 lakhs), 60-day interest rate waiver on farm loans taken from cooperative banks, higher credit limit and government guarantee for small traders. Some good news indeed in […]
