As scientists attempt to gain a better understanding of the solar system and search for those existing beyond our own, they have often made incredible discoveries, especially those in the form of numerous exoplanets that mimic the ones in our own solar system. In another such discovery, scientists have discovered a mysterious hot spot 930 light years from Earth on a gaseous exoplanet, at a place where they did not […]

Disney has released a new trailer for its adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s “A Wrinkle in Time“. This new trailer focuses on Meg Murry  a young girl who’s having trouble at school after her father mysteriously vanishes. A Wrinkle in Time hits theaters on March 9th. Please follow and like us:

Yoga can help boost your immune system health, alleviate stress, and give you a full body stretch and workout. Just one 30 minute session of Hatha Yoga, a more active form of yoga, can burn nearly 150 calories if you weigh about 155 pounds – that’s similar to what you’d get with water aerobics!1 Whether your goal is weight loss, fitness, an energy boost, unwinding after a long day, or […]

George Gordon Byron, as he is popularly known, was a British Romantic poet, English nobleman, peer, politician, and satirist whose poetry and personality captured the imagination of Europe. Byron led an unconventional lifestyle and produced a massive amount of emotion-stirring literary works. He died at a young age of 36 years in Greece pursuing romantic adventures of heroism. Let’s have a look at of his most famous quotes: “Friendship is […]

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s most outspoken member of Parliament has implored Prime Minister Narendra Modi to speak out on the Padmaavat controversy. “Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan are being criticised for not coming out to openly condemn the protests against Padmaavat. But why must we in the entertainment industry be expected to take a stand on political issues when the honourable prime minister is quiet?” asks Shatrughan Sinha. “Mr […]

‘Welcome To New York’ trailer is here, and the movie, based on IIFA awards, is just a rip off of many movies and actors. The trailer begins with Diljit Dosanjh performing on the famous ‘Sholay’ dialogue ‘Kitne Aadmi The’. Well, here there’s an aurat with ghagra choli. This trailer also mocks Shah Rukh Khan as Riteish Deshmukh, in a scene, ends up telling Karan Johar, ‘Shah Rukh Khan ke saath […]

Historians call Afghanistan the graveyard of empires. In future, they may label it the training ground of Indian statecraft. Avinash Paliwal’s book on Indian policy towards Afghanistan describes how, despite being dealt a poor hand by geography, military capacity and excessive caution, New Delhi has been able to remain a Great Game player for two decades. If the yardstick is ensuring a pro-Pakistani regime does not rule in Kabul, India […]

  Quick, social media-friendly recipe videos have changed the way people approach cooking. The BBC spoke with Hebbar’s Kitchen, an online platform that has adopted the format, with a focus on Indian audiences and vegetarian food. These two-minute long videos, packaged like a mini cooking show, have managed to “break the monotony of having to flip through recipe books,” says Sudarshan Hebbar, an IT consultant who helps run Hebbar’s Kitchen, […]

Manisha Singh, an Indian American lawyer, was sworn in as assistant secretary of state for economic and business affairs on Friday, returning to head a department where she had once served in a junior position. Ms Singh, 45, born in Uttar Pradesh, is the first woman appointed as the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs. She was sworn in by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. She previously […]

It is not a question of the nature of the work that you are doing which is causing stress; it is just that you don’t know how to function smoothly within yourself. You have no control over your own system. That is why you are stressful. Have you seen that in many situations, one person may be very stressed out but another person seems to go through it effortlessly? So, […]