Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday met a baby of Syrian refugees who was named after him as an honour. The prime minister on arriving the Calgary Stampede held the two-month-old Justin Trudeau Adam Bilan who was slept happily. PM Trudeau on holding the baby boy said, “‘This is Justin-Trudeau,’ and after a while, he said, “I appreciate that you named him after my name.” According to a report […]
It was earlier reported that the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has asked Bengali filmmaker Suman Ghosh to beep out words like ‘cow’, ‘Gujarat’, ‘Hindu India’ and ‘Hindutva view of India’ in his documentary on Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, titled The Argumentative Indian. Now, Ghosh has unveiled the trailer of the documentary on his Facebook page and also shared it on Twitter. He said that while the film was […]
Roger Federer won a record eighth Wimbledon title and became the tournament’s oldest champion Sunday with a straight-sets victory over injury-hit Marin Cilic who dramatically broke down in tears midway through the final. Federer claimed his 19th Grand Slam title 6-3, 6-1, 6-4 and at 35 is Wimbledon’s oldest men’s winner of the modern era, succeeding Arthur Ashe, who was almost 32 when he won in 1976. However, the Swiss […]
A suicide is always a crushing tragedy. It is legally considered to be extreme and irrational, as we all believe that human life is our most precious triumph. Ironically, the suicide note always argues the opposite: That there are rational motives which compel people to end their lives. Such is what we learn from the young 25-year-old IT engineer Gopalakrishna Durga Prasad who jumped off the fourth floor of a Pune […]
How did Subhas Chandra Bose die? To find the answer, the Indian government had appointed three commissions. The Shah Nawaz Committee (1956) and Khosla Commission (1970) said that Bose died in an air crash on August 18, 1945 at Taihoku airport in Japanese-occupied Taipei, while the Mukherjee Commission (1999) concluded that he did not die in an air-crash. The government, however, rejected the findings of the Mukherjee Commission. But that […]
India has overtaken the US to become Facebook’s largest country audience with a total 241 million active users, compared to 240 million in the US. The change at the top of the platform’s country rankings comes just a few days after Facebook announced it has more than two billion monthly users around the world, a report in The Next Web on Thursday said. The portal was quoting figures that the […]
What is karma? Even though karma is intricately woven into our everyday existence, shaping our lives and directing our evolution, it remains largely misunderstood. Only by raising our karma consciousness, can we hope to improve our lives and create a more compassionate and loving environment around us.Here are some myths about karma. Myth 1 – Karma is vengeful: As a universal law designed to maintain harmony and balance through divine […]
We are not oblivious to the fact how depression is fast becoming a common lifestyle problem with many of us suffering from symptoms like anxiety, stress and insomnia. These may seem like mere day to day problems, but they can turn into a matter of concern in the long run. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), depression is the leading cause of ill health and disability worldwide. More than […]
We are going to see an actual volcano!” shrieked my best friend, as we boarded the ship. The year was 2004, six months before the Indian Ocean tsunami. The Indian Coast Guard had organised an excursion for students to India’s only active volcano, Barren Island, and we were over the moon about being selected to see nature at its most primordial. As the piercing sound of the ship’s horn reverberated […]
Filmmaker Anurag Basu and his much-delayed adventure saga ‘Jagga Jasoos’ finally saw the light of the day with its release today! And whether or not the 2 hour 45-minute ride was joyful, let’s find out. First things first, ‘Jagga Jasoos’ from the very first scene will get you a taste of the entire dish waiting to be served. The film is a musical, a genre which has never really been […]
