Regarded as one of China’s most prominent human rights activist, Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo died following a short battle with liver cancer. He died while in custody at a hospital in China, despite appeals to the state to permit him to travel aboard for medical treatment. A university professor-turned-rights campaigner, the 61-year-old activist was transferred from prison to a heavily-guarded hospital on medical parole, after he was diagnosed with terminal […]
The first time Lily Collins strips, to the bone, in her new film To the Bone, it’s hardly titillating. On the contrary, it’s terrifying. Like all those other times actors have put their bodies through hell – Christian Bale in The Machinist, Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler, Matthew McConaughey in Dallas Buyers Club, Aamir Khan in Dangal, to name a few off the top of the head – the physical act […]
Swedish scientist Eva Ekeblad, best-remembered for discovering that alcohol and flour can be made from potatoes, is suddenly on everyone’s minds — all thanks to a Google Doodle. ‘[She] brought potatoes, then a greenhouse curiosity, to the people,’ Google noted July 10. ‘Eva discovered the starch was humble but mighty — potatoes could be ground into flour or distilled into spirits.’ Her discovery paved the way for alcohols like vodka […]
Indians are praising Mithali Raj after she became the leading run-scorer in women’s one-day international cricket. The captain of the women’s team reached 6,028 runs by scoring 69 in India’s World Cup group-game defeat by Australia at Bristol on Wednesday. A day later, accolades haven’t stopped with most Twitter users saying Raj’s achievement has taken women’s cricket to new heights in India. India are due to play New Zealand on […]
Planning a vacation seems like the perfect way to escape India’s monsoon. When it comes to International Destinations Bali and Krabi find top spots in the list for Indian travellers, say experts. In India, they prefer to go to Havelock and Kasol. Experts at online travel companies Make My Trip, Gofro, and Abhijit Mishra, country director, India, at Kayak, list out the trends this year during the rainy season. 27% […]
Malala Yousafzai a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate. She is famous across the globe for human rights advocacy, especially right to education for women and backing education of women in her native place Swat Valley in Northwest Pakistan. The local Talibans banned girls from attending school at her place, but that didn’t stop her from getting the education. Ever since then, Malala became the face of […]
The Parliamentary panel on finance will present its report on demonetization in the upcoming Monsoon Session and RBI Governor will not be called again on the note ban issue, the committee’s chairman M Veerappa Moily said today. During the more than three-hour long meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance here today, RBI Governor Urjit Patel took a lot of questions but many members said the central bank chief did […]
Pigeons and doves used in kabutarbazi, a popular sport, are being fed opium in water and injected medicines, claim PETA activists. Causing pain or death to birds is punishable under the Prevention of Animal Cruelty (PCA) Act. In the land of ‘Udta Punjab,’ not just humans, but animals are also being given drugs, it seems! Pigeons and doves used in kabutarbazi — a popular sport in the State’s rural parts […]
Choices made in unawareness are compulsions. Let us say you get angry right now. It is actually your choice to be angry. Somewhere, you believe that is the way to handle the situation, but the choice has been made in such unawareness that it is a compulsion – it is happening compulsively on a certain level. You are living by choice, but choices are made without awareness – unconscious choices. […]
The trailer of Nawazuddin Siddiqui starrer Babumoshai Bandookbaaz is finally out. The trailer gives us a gist of the movie and the character of Babumoshai. The movie is directed by Kushan Nandy and the lead star cast includes Nawaz, Divya Dutta, Bidita Bag – a model and an actress who has worked in films like Ichhe and Antarpravah. The movie is based on the story of a contract killer Babumoshai […]
