A new ranking of the best countries to be an immigrant has placed Sweden in the top spot, closely followed by Canada, Switzerland, Australia and Germany. The United States, a country which was largely founded through mass immigration, came in seventh. U.S. News and World Report, which compiled the ranking, said it looked at measures such as economic stability, income equality and job markets to create its list, using a […]

Tapeworm infection can hit you silently without any obvious symptoms right away – until you notice weight loss, experience abdominal pain, or, worse, discover larvae have made their way to your brain or blocked some portion of your intestine. If the idea of strong medication or surgical intervention worries you, it is a good idea to nip the problem in the bud with some simple home remedies. Or better yet, […]

Reports in ‘The Hindu’, and accounts provided in a book, detail how at least one vault at the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple was opened decades ago Seventy-nine years ago, long before the latest discovery of phenomenal treasures in the Sree Padmanabhaswami Temple in Thiruvananthapuram, at least one of the several vaults of the temple had been opened and an inventory made of the precious objects found inside. The Hindu’s correspondent, who […]

At least seven people died and 19 others were injured after terrorists attacked a bus ferrying Amarnath Yatra pilgrims in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday night. The attack took place at around 8.20 pm near Khanabal Anantnag district where terrorists first attack two police posts before fleeing and then opening fire at the bus. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, who spent the night in Anantnag among the survivors […]

Mansoor Peerbhoy had had a rather privileged upbringing. He went to an English medium school and later graduated as an engineer from the Vishwakarma Institute of Technology (Pune). He was one of the most well-read and polished members of the Indian Mujahideen. His residence was in an upmarket Pune locality, and he was a software engineer employed with Yahoo India. An academically bright, suave and soft-spoken man, he never exhibited […]

While the first The Dark Tower trailer gave us a good look at how the film will turn out, with some impressive gun loading sequences from Idris Elba, who plays the main protagonist of the film; the international trailer serves more as a character sketch of Elba and McConaughey’s characters. he trailer introduces us to the Gunslingers, referred to as knights, whose duty is to protect the Dark Tower, which […]

It is a day of high drama on Dalal Street. The day when Sensex hit a new high, trading was halted by NSE for 3 hours due to a technical glitch. Traders complained about quotes not getting through almost minutes after the Sensex hit a high in opening trade. Finally, regular F&O and cash market trade resumed well past noon. What was particularly striking was the mayhem and chaos in […]

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Monday pledged the alliance’s support for Ukraine as it faces a bloody insurgency by pro-Russian separatists in its eastern regions. More than 10,000 people have been killed since a Russian-backed rebellion against the pro-EU government in Kiev erupted in April 2014. Ukraine and the West accuse Moscow of smuggling weapons and troops across the porous border, a charge it denies. “Russia has maintained its aggressive […]

What does 65,000-strong crowd with excellent taste in music do when it has time to kill? At a July concert in London, fans waiting for Green Day to take the stage amused themselves with an impromptu rendition of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody. Thanks to a strategically-placed camera, the moment was captured, and then uploaded by Green Day on their official YouTube page on July 3. The crowd did have a little […]

A poor farmer’s son who had to live in an orphanage has become one of the most successful farmers in the drought-prone Vidarbha region and wants others to follow his footsteps and end farmer suicides. Savi Thangavel, 68, can be seen attending to farmers from all over Vidarbha, foreign delegates, ministers and even bollywood actors on his farm, which is just 25 km from Nagpur in Mahegaon village. What is […]